The hospital had a hard time retaining employees and one motive for the class was helping new nurses feel more comfortable and helping us have meaningful, fulfilling employment. In this class we learned about a lot of things but we learned about Julia Brenner’s theory and it has always since stayed with me. I now work in the recovery area of a much larger hospital and have worked in several departments. I have gained a lot of great experience and I have seen my growth described by Brenner’s model. Most importantly though, is probably the fact that I borrowed ideas from that class and from Brenner’s model and have instituted parts into the orientation of new staff-members within my current department.
The Journal of Nursing Education states, “researchers found the concepts of caring and nurturance were identified as high motivators for choosing nursing” (Williams, Wertenberger, Hames, Gushuliak, 1997). At that time, I was working back office at a Urology office and was going to school. I decided one day that to be able to provide for my daughter if something were to happen between my husband and I that I could always support us. Therefore, my journey began. A Journey Amongst Friends I was fortunate enough to go to nursing school with my best friend Harley.
Being so curious I asked the nurse manager of the operating rooms if I could watch a surgery, and I was able to see a full knee replacement. Having that experience informed me about the surgical process. Even as a medical researcher I have the spark of curiosity that will push me to discover. Being able to discover new ways to help mankind would be fulfilling. The career options with a medical degree are numerous and plentiful.
The importance goes further to the core of the problem focusing on the nurse and evaluating what is needed to be done in order to educate this patient group. The research problem involves nurses who are not comfortable discussing end-of-life issues with their patients and is identified in the first few paragraphs of the article. This is a significant problem nurses and doctors can educate, manage and monitor for these chronic patients. The purpose is not clearly stated in the study, but is inferred within the abstract of the article as well. Patients and families dealing with potential end-of-life issues is a very common problem in health care today.
My goal for my future is to become a nurse anesthetist. I chose this profession because I have had a lot of experience in hospitals between the both of my parents’ several admissions into the hospital. I like the fast paced environment in a hospital and the fact that I can help someone excites me. It is my personality to want to help someone but I am not the kind of person that would want to perform surgery, but I do like jobs that put me under pressure. The profession of nurse anesthetist, to me, is the perfect balance between my likes and dislikes.
Watson concentrated on the “caring moments” of the nurse and the patient interaction. She believed that through nurse’s attitude and competence a patient’s world could become larger or smaller, brighter or drab, rich of dull, threatening or secure. With these interactions she believes that a bond is created. Working in the emergency department, Jean Watson’s “caring moments” might be one of the last things that I would do in an acute care situation. But now that I think about, her theory is used more often than none.
Discourse Community Analysis: Nursing Whenever a nursing student is asked what prompted his or her decision to become a nurse, most of time he or she will say “I enjoy helping others.” That is partly the reason why I chose to become a nurse, but honestly, I decided on a nursing career primarily because I thought I was not smart enough to be a doctor. I never wanted to be a nurse, because I had seen some nurses quit their jobs due to too much stress and fear. Many people think of a nursing career as a nasty and thankless job, as did I. However, through this project, I realized that nursing could be a very rewarding profession, just as that of a doctor or any other profession, and wherever I go, I will have a job since I am the kind of person who wants to live in as many different places as possible. And yes, nurses are paid fairly well.
They should be there for the patient to confide in if they don’t feel comfortable with the staff of nurses. Family members and spouses are a resource for the nurses. They have been around the patient more and can alert the staff if there is a change in the patients’ behavior or condition a lot quicker. So, I take care of my family members and spouses as much as possible, because they are usually a big help to
With the nurse manager role transitioning from a traditionally “leadership’ role to a more “managerial” role it is important for the nursing community to come up with solutions such as empowerment theory, emotional intelligence and developing future nurse leaders that will allow nurses to still receive the leadership and mentoring qualities they deserve (Kramer & Schmalenberg, 2004). According to Kramer et al. (2007) having a supportive nurse manager who possesses leadership qualities is an essential component of a healthy, productive work environment. Leadership is incredibly important (especially currently) in health care as nurses are often working short, have a high rate of “burning out” and are taking care of patients who are highly acute due to all the advances that have been made in recent medicine (Prudy, Laschinger, Finegan, Kerr & Olivera, 2010). In a study done by Kramer and
Nursing is an exciting and challenging field to study and perhaps you might want to make as your career. Nursing uses a scientific process to plan and care for those people in need with a variety of acute illness, it also helps you learn to teach many of the unwell to stay healthy or cope with their illness. Nurses are basically beneficial to the doctors. They assist the doctors by providing Medicare treatments to , test ,injections, and even drawing blood as directed by the leading physician. Nurses also take on the role of observing patients for mental , physical, social and or emotional changes.