HEAING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM Mildred Tuchez Grand Canyon University HEALING HOSPITAL: A DARING PARADIGM When I consider the field of health care and what it means to be a caregiver I start to formulate in my mind what the term “care” means. For many people it means being Compassionate, supportive and striving to make a difference in other people’s lives. It means being passionate about the care we give. It means providing high quality value driven care. To provide care that is all encompassing we need to meet the needs that the mind, spirit, body and soul.
I believe that providing the best possible care for each patient should be the primary concern of nursing. In doing so, the environment is crucial in the meeting the needs of the patient. Central concepts of nursing are “person, environment, health, and nursing” ( Masters, 2014, p.48).Careful consideration must be given in educating the patient about the illness. In early years, the responsibility fell upon the physician. In recent years, the responsibility has been transferred to the nurse to manage the patient’s environment in order to promote the patient’s recovery.
They again entered his car, but instead of driving south toward her place of employment, he drove in the opposite direction. Some conversation was had in which he stated that it was possible for a person to die quickly and not be able to make amends for anything done in the past, and he referred to the possibility of “judgment day” occurring suddenly. Mrs. Damms’ testimony as to what then took place is as follow: “when he was telling me about this being judgment day, he pulled a cardboard box from under the seat of the car and brought it up to the seat and
Although these unfortunate circumstances are present, patients still deserve to receive good care at all times. Humanistic values and morals continually exist in health care. Jean Watson’s theory is a resource of knowledge to help nurses understand how to choose ways to save their caring practice and why it is important. After understanding Jean Watson’s theory, nurses will be able appropriately to apply them to clinical applications and in result, patient care will improve. Caring for patients defines who nurses are and represents the art within an ideal professional nurse.
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.
I am committed to excelling personally and professionally in all that I do and to serve as a role model by leading a healthy lifestyle. I believe that becoming a registered nurse will only be the beginning of my contribution to those I will help, and the medical field in general. After I get my BSN I plan to continue my education and get either my MD as an Orthopedic Surgeon or a masters as a Certified Nurse Practitioner. I feel as though I possess several characteristics that will positively influence my capability of successfully pursuing my goals as a healthcare provider. I have several strengths that will help my ability to connect with patients on a more personal level and not just business.
Promoting health and well-being is a valuable part of a health care professional, it takes on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC, 2008) principles that all individuals should be treated with the utmost respect and receive the highest standard of care. This reflective essay aims at explaining how learning experiences in two different health care settings have helped build on my ability to protect those vulnerable people in society and promote good health and wellbeing. Gibbs (1998) model of reflection will be used throughout the essay to describe the event, feelings, evaluation analysis and conclusion and out an action plan in place for future events. My first placement was a residential unit for those people with learning disability, my second setting was a maternity unit and I experienced both neonatal and antenatal care. Pseudonyms will be used in accordance with The Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC, 2008) to protect confidentiality.
The challenge of entering into a vigorous program such as DNP will allow me to continue to enhance my skills and help me reach my career goal as an APN. I have what it takes to succeed based on my nursing and critical care experience. I want to continue to grow in nursing profession where there is learning, growing and giving back. During my time as a nurse, I have learned a lot about my strengths, grown professionally, and acquired a strong interest in special needs and emergency management. This particular focus, as well as the balanced theoretical, practical and academic nature of the DNP program is especially attractive to me, given my range of experience and interests.
Achieving the goals of the report would not be a simple mission but is very much probable. As a nurse, I would particularly advance my skills in the nursing career in order to achieve the objectives set by the Institute of medicine report. (Institute of medicine, 2010). There are continuous modifications in the education scheme and nurses ought to keep up to date with the improved information in the field of nursing. Different skills are trained in the institutions of higher learning and hence going back to universities to get a master’s degree is a major step in achieving the objectives set by the report.
From my personal experience, I have come to understand the occupation of nursing as both, science and art. It demands dedication, intelligence, education, and the commitment to life- long learning from all individuals who aspire to be great nurses. Nursing focuses on the patient and more importantly, their needs. These needs encompass more than the physical body; thus, we must look to the psychological, social, and spiritual needs of our patients. In doing so, nurses must be care-givers and educators - providing the necessary information, skills and knowledge, to their patients to allow for self-nurturance, well-being, and growth.