Reflection – Handover During my time on placement so far I have encountered the handover of patients between nurses coming on and off duty every single day. The purpose of this essay is to reflect on this event. The purpose of reflection is to promote desirable pactise though the practitioners understanding and learning about his/her lived experiences (John 1995). I have decided to use the first handover that I saw being given for this reflection. It was my first placement on a rehabilitation and palliative care ward.
Personal Philosophy of Nursing As a Registered Nurse and a Health Care Provide, I impact and influence patients and the people around me. It is important to know what your philosophy is and how you integrate that into how you care for and work with people. In my paper, I want to write about why I became a nurse, what I believe about nursing and where I think the profession is headed. Choice of Nursing I worked in health care for several years prior to becoming a nurse. My first health care job was as a pharmacy tech in a retail pharmacy.
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.
I also need to take into consideration how much money college is going to require. After I complete the required college courses, I will have to decide on a hospital to work at for a few years, this is called an internship. An internship usually means working with possibly a head nurse, or a nurse who has several years of experience. Someone might say, “Where would I work as a NICU nurse?” I would work where there is a NICU unit, this is usually in a children’s hospital or a large local hospital. I would work 12 hour shifts, 8-10 hour shifts, or even flexible hours.
I have all three of them with me now, and they are old enough to understand how important going to school is. I want to be a good role model for them. I want them to look up to me and feel motivated to follow in my steps when they are older. My personal long-term goal is that I eventually want to obtain my masters in nursing. One day when I am physically tired of the fast paced work as a floor nurse, I want to be able to teach nursing students how to provide patient care with dignity and
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”.
If not for my mom who knew someone from Hemet Valley Medical Center, I would still be looking for a job right now. Hemet Valley Medical Center (HVMC) also has an orientation program for the new grad nurses, and I participated on batch 2012. The HVMC new grad program offers guidance and support very similar to what UTMC offers. The questions is, can the new grad students digest what the program can
Susanne Elduayen’s Personal Philosophy of Nursing Submitted by Susanne Elduayen, RN The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N3645 Transition to Professional Nursing Jeanean Boyd, MSN, RN Angie Miller RN RSCN BA MSN September 6, 2014 Introduction When I was young, all I ever wanted to be was a nurse and it took me a lot of different jobs to get to where I am today. My personal philosophy has always been to treat people with compassion, respect and honesty. I continue to build and develop my own philosophy on these core beliefs. I will discuss my own personal nursing philosophy in further detail throughout this paper. When I look back over my past 20 years of nursing, I realize that I have touched the lives of many different people.
At the time I had no clue what I wanted to do in the future. They described all the different careers and the wonderful future working in the medical field will bring. When I became a freshman at Tempe I enrolled in the medical academy. I was somewhat Interested in finding a job in the medical field, but just not sure what exactly. The H.O.P.E.
My Brilliant Paper Over the years I have been asked many questions in my life, but one seems to keep popping up. "What are you going to do when you grow up? ", and for the most part I have always know. In elementary school I wanted to be a doctor, then in middle school I knew what kind of doctor I wanted to be; a pediatrician. And then half way through high school I decided to change my mine once again I decided to become a physical therapist.