I decided to choose one of my junior staff nurse as my learner. Hana (not real name), she is qualified State registered nurse (SRN) from Private Nursing College. She has been working in our hospital for six month and her appointment has been confirmed as staff nurse in organization. Hana look familiar with the ward facilities and common procedure in ward such as receive new admission, transfer out patient, writing nursing report and assist doctor whenever needed. Hana show interest in learning and willing to be my learner for the purpose of these assignment.
The position that I chose to focus on for this project is Clinical Nurse Supervisor at Ohiohealth. I have a connection who is the Nurse Manager of the particular unit and that I could interview. This Nurse Manager is a former Clinical Nurse Supervisor and now is responsible for staffing the open position. Methods used include interviews of the Nurse Manager and a job observation. I went to the cardiovascular health/open heart unit at Riverside hospital on October 7th to do the research.
The first career we will be looking at is Midwifery. If you have no previous experience working in healthcare, you will have to do a three or four year degree course that leads to registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The training covers biological sciences, applied sociology, psychology and professional practice. Study hours tend to be split equally between theory at a university and hands-on clinical practice. During the practical part of the course you will have direct contact with women and their families in hospitals, community clinics and in their homes.
I had the opportunity to interview a registered nurse who I have trained in the past when she was new to our department, but now I admire and view as a mentor. My interview was with a forty-two year veteran diploma graduate registered nurse who is but one year from retirement. She has worked at several different hospitals and in several different departments through out her career. I enjoyed hearing her experiences and related to a lot of the past and could understand what nursing has been, how it has moved forward, and what the future might hold for nurses. A time ago nursing was viewed as a “woman’s job”.
I told E.M. that I was collecting data in order to provide myself with the opportunity to identify my strengths and weaknesses, and integrate my interviewing and communication skills learned in semester one of Practical Nursing. Once again, I reminded E.M. about the confidentiality between us, and that she did not have to answer any questions that she did not feel comfortable with. I reassured E.M. that I was using initials only in my assignment, and that the only other person viewing this interview would be my Nursing Practice teacher. During this time, I demonstrated professionalism by arriving on time, well dressed, and had all materials prepared and ready for the interview. During the working phase of the
New Grads’ Program in Nursing Summary of the Article I chose the article, “Nurse residency program empowers new grads,” written by a Registered Nurse, Taylor Keasler, about the orientation program for new grad nurses in University of Tennessee Medical Center that she had participated on. According to Taylor, the goal of the program is to bring together the new grad nurses form different schools, with varying degrees and backgrounds into a group that will provide a solid foundation to be able to successfully incorporate knowledge and skills into the nursing field (Keasler, 2013). She elaborated the components of the program such as medical-surgical orientation guidebook, Basic Knowledge Assessment Tool (BKAT); medical-surgical,
Scenario A female is referred to home health services for skilled nursing evaluation, and observation. The patient was discharged from the hospital a few weeks ago diagnosed with a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA). The skilled nurse was recommended to teach, train, and monitor the effectiveness of new prescribed Coumadin therapy. Standardized Terminology Application The registered nurse selected the appropriate clinical diagnoses using the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) terminology based on patient’s actual needs, and comprehensive assessment. The care plan was created using a linkage between diagnoses, interventions and patients’ desirable goals.
According to "Hospice Administration Careers: What Are My Options?" (2003-2012), hospice volunteer coordinators recruit and train hospice volunteers to work with patients or perform other duties (Volunteer Coordinator). As a hospice volunteer coordinator, you're responsible for developing volunteer training programs that meet standards of hospice care. She began with the company after seeking a position at a nursing home and did not get the job, she then found out about part-time job with Faith Hospice of Oklahoma submitted her resume and got the job. I asked her what made her decide to get into this line of work, she stated “It was the same kind of work she did when she helped her husband who is a Chaplin.” They would go to hospitals, nursing homes talking to them and she really enjoyed it so that is what made her decide to get into this line of work.
Katharine Kolcaba The Comfort Theory The Theorist Katharine Kolcaba was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1944 She earned her nursing diploma from St. Luke's Hospital of Nursing in 1987 She earned her Ph.D. in Nursing in 1997 Recently retired from full-time Associate Professor of nursing at the University of Akron College of Nursing In 2006, Kolcaba received the Researcher of the Year award Framework The Comfort Theory Kolcaba's Comfort Theory states that comfort is one of the fundamental needs of all individuals. Providing comfort is the first thing a nurse does for an ill person. Enhancing comfort for a patient will result in the patient engaging in health seeking behaviors. This, in turn, results in institutional integrity, meaning better practices and policies. There are three forms of comfort.
CASE ANALYSIS. INTRODUCTION The practitioner is a nurse working in a walk –in and urgent care centre. This case analysis is based on a consultation for acute sore throat. A pseudonym will be used to maintain confidentiality as per Nursing and Midwifery Council ‘code’ (2008).In this consultation, Roger Neighbour’s model (Neighbour 1987) of consultation has been used as this incorporates various other elements of the other consultation models. CONNECTING Sunita a 25year old mother has attend the walk-in centre accompanied by her husband.