Once I started researching a career in nursing I realized that there were a lot more types of nurses then I had originally imagined. I have not decided on which field of nursing I would like to specialize in yet but I just imagine myself as a general nurse, working in a hospital setting. A Registered Nurse (RN) is not a doctor assistant; a RN gets to treat wounds, give IV’s and basically get to treat their own patients. Right now my main priority is to stay focused on taking all necessary steps to pursuing Nursing as a career.Gwendolyn Mink describes most Registered Nurses as working directly with the patients and their families. They are the families’ contact with the medical world, in the hospital and at the patients’ home.
An informal carer is able to gain more knowledge of type 2 diabetes. The informal carer can encourage the formal carers to communicate more with each other and work as a multi-disciplinary team. As Ann doesn’t attend to any of her appointments as she feels that it is pointless the formal carers can work together and they can use way to persuade Ann to work with them and help her condition. They could do this by expressing
I rarely call in sick. I am conscientious about supplies that are used, being careful not to contaminate or use more supplies than necessary. When patients are admitted to our unit, I start discharge planning and instructions as soon as possible in order to make the discharge from the unit as expedient as possible. Professional development: I am able to improve my personal performance at work by attending continuing education courses, attending hospital training classes and inservices, and maintaining nurse licensure that is always in good standing. I read professional nursing journals and visit nurse websites in my free time to keep up to date on new trends, treatments, and medications.
Theory in Professional Practice Critically ill patients are at high risk for becoming deconditioned and delirious. When I started working in intensive care, keeping your patient sedated and comfortable on the ventilator was the norm. However few years ago early mobility became the new norm. Intubated patients that were mobilized within twenty-four hours from admission were weaned off the ventilator sooner; and they never became delirious or deconditioned. Using fewer sedatives that promoted a normal circadian cycle prevented delirium.
Raphael Thomas Professor Davis ICW/Interview March 26 2012 Have you ever thought about the future of our healthcare programs in the United States or even our health care professionals, like nurses? Some say that one day this will be a demanded job in the near future. Nurses do more writing than one would dream of, because not everything in the world is ran by computers, which makes writing an essential part of a nurses job; meanwhile still remembering what their main job id and that is to keep people healthy and to save lives. Nurses have much work done and it goes overlooked and greatly unappreciated. Nurses such as Barbara Doyle have done much appreciated work in her field.
She has a master in administration of law and in her medical conditions she stated that she has hypertension and she takes medicine for her condition. Ana stated that she does not how to equilibrate her life and she has some episodes that she does not what to do. She feels anxious, frustrated, scared and overwhelmed with her life. Ana stated that some of stressor comes from work and her family. She stated that maybe is because of the type of job she performs however she has a very supporting family and husband.
Although it is not possible to know every detail about every different cultural, it is expected that the nurse refresh or familiarize his/herself with the cultural and difference of their patients. With Jane, it is important that the nurse know that she typically does not eat regular American food or she likes to meditate every morning. There are several theories that are available to help understand why Jane acts different and looks at things differently that most people. Erickson’s adult growth and development theory explains that most people between the ages of 18 and 35 seek to find satisfying relationships. This may be with an intimate partner or friends.
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.
I tended to the needs of my ill aunt and during this period of time, the idea of playing nurse never crossed my mind; rather, care giving was a way of life. The magnitude of influence that caring for my aunt had in shaping my career decisions is immense; although it was unknown to me for quite some time. Nursing synthesizes care giving in a way that utilizes my natural strengths while benefiting others. The intrinsic value of caring for my aunt provide me with undaunted motivation. Unfortunately, cost is a barrier to quality medical care to patients in the hospital settings.
I observed my RN carefully and how she uses the machine. It’s stated that “Despite this, dignity is seldom defined and there are few guidelines that nurses may use in their practice to safeguard individual patients’ dignity.” (Ballie, L. 2007). And since this was my first time, I felt quite uncomfortable in assisting the task. I felt like a must push myself in doing the allocated tasks since it was my first time watching a patient being showered. I knew that if I was to become an RN one day, I must overcome this uncomfortably, and view it as a natural thing.