That, along with her nursing background also helped when it came to analyzing situations and making tough decisions. Andra had built her trucking company from the ground up by borrowing money from family and using credit cards. While she was a nurse, she took and analyzed what a patient was telling her and used it to her advantage and made the decision to become an owner of a trucking company. She has also become a leader with her people and heritage. Andra the program Rush which involves itself with organizations that work to improve the position of minorities.
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. I was going to then ask her if she enjoyed what she did but I really did not need to, as we began the interview, it ended up being more like a story of her how she began working at Faith Hospice of
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.
Change, though a part of our daily routine in nursing was difficult. My history with this organization was that often nurses found that practices that were adequate during their own experience as a patient and therefore should not be changed or improved on. More well seasoned nurses had told me during my initial fact finding phase that they prefer specializing in either mothers or newborns, but not both. All my nurses had certification in neonatal resuscitation and basic life support which was the basic structure of being competency in couplet care. After assuring the support of my clinical coordinator and my senior leader, I spoke at a staff meeting about the benefits of couplet care.
Banner tries to do their best to provide many career options for nurses in order to try and deflect any issues with nursing shortages or staffing difficulties. For many years Banner Health has been known for being the cream of the crop in healthcare and a career advancement to there as a nurse is something nurses strive towards. This organization gives nurses many opportunities to advance and enhance their careers while working through Banner Health by providing continuing clinical education, tuition reimbursement, and scholarships or grants (Banner Health, 2015). Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center has been named one of the top 100 hospitals to work for by Nursing Professionals magazine ("Stretching Targets," 2009, p. 10). For Banner Health they have a unique vision for their nurses.
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.
In the introduction she explains what it was like to grow up in the ad after WWII. I like how she gave just information about how her dad was treating her as she grew up. The reason why is because it takes a lot of guts to write that way that you care about. I also like how she described what
Among other things, nurses want safe workplaces that promote quality health care. “It’s the role of the nurse executive and nurse manager to establish a work environment that supports professional practice,” says Pamela Thompson, CEO of the American Organization of Nurse Executives. “That’s one key piece to retention.” It’s also important that nurses play an active role in shaping their environment. “Nurses want to work in a place that brings high quality to patients and know they have a role in the process,” says Susan Shelander, director of recruitment and retention for Memorial Hermann, Houston. Creating such an environment is not easy.
Another skill a successful Nurse should have is empathy, many patients are confused and scared about their conditions and it’s the Nurses job to show that they understand and try to further explain the condition using words that will not frighten or confuse the patient. You must have emotional stability, throughout a Nurse’s career there are many situations that cause emotional stress. It is the nurse’s job to provide support and sympathy to the patient and their family through the hard times and also to be the back bone of the group and to always be optimistic. Hospitals experience death every day and it is the Nurse’s responsibility to hold professionalism when this occurs. Nurses must be able to retain information.
We know our responsibilities and know how to carry them out. Our physicians and nurse manager are supportive in the patient care that we perform, however due to the shortage in staff I do not feel that the highest quality in care is being provided to our patients. Often we are very short staffed and the acuity of each assignment given to nurses is unrealistic to give each patient the attention and care they need. Our manager is aware of this ongoing problem and even protest of assignments are filled out daily by staff but not change has taken place as of yet. Infection rates are rising as well as