Cultural safety plays an important role in nursing ethics. However, ethics is probably one of the most frequently applied yet commonly misunderstood components have missing practice. Everyday nurses make decisions about what is the right course of action but sometimes nurses make mistakes and pursue the wrong course and occasionally who will be called upon to explain the reasoning behind their decisions. Although much of this will be clinical there will be those times when the conditions are ambiguous where there are competing and conflicting claims. Cultural safety in its most practical sense provides a framework for making the best decision in any given situation with such dilemmas arise. It provides guidance for rules for right and wrong…
Resolving this conflict allowed me to learn about my strengths and weaknesses as a health care provider. My capacity to empathize with both the patient and his wife signifies a strong sense of compassion. This enabled me to present a thoughtful approach respectful of both of their needs. When providing patient care, it is important to advocate for the patient while remaining cognizant of the patient’s relationships with others (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2015). While in this instance I addressed the situation with an indirect approach, I am mindful that my natural inclination to avoid confrontation could hinder my ability to provide optimal patient care. The ANA’s Code of Ethics (2015) can help guide my practice, reinforcing that in…
There are many different theories that are used in the nursing profession. Each of these theories have their own concept and uniqueness that can be applied in a nursing capacity. All nursing theories have some form of connection to the advanced practice nurse (APN) practice. There are different types of theories for nursing circumstances. It is important for APN to obtain a good understanding and know how to apply the theory to their practice. Some of these nursing theories are Maslow's theory, Orem Self Care theory, and Watson theory. Maslow’s theory involves the use of a pyramid to address the needs of human beings reaching self- actualization. Paris and Terhaar (2011) used Maslow's Theory in combination with the National Database for Nusing…
Imagine starting your first job as a new nurse in a big hospital in a huge city. You have been there for roughly two months, so your training with another nurse is done. You have report and have your patient load for the day, so you begin your day. In room 303 is Amir, a 75 year old Muslim man who is a post-operative patient for a fractured femur. You walk in, introduce yourself and begin your assessment. You move his gown to listen to his heart and lungs but he becomes upset and pulls his gown back over him. You explain what you are doing but realize he still holds his gown down over his body. You think he is crabby because he is in the hospital and that you will finish your assessment later. Also it is about 8 am and he has not had his breakfast, you call the kitchen and order scrambled eggs, ham, oatmeal, and apple juice. You check on him thirty minutes later, he has not eaten anything. You tell him he needs to eat so that his healing process will not be delayed. He doesn’t try to eat anything. You take the tray away and think that he is just being a crabby old man today.…
There are a variety of values, assumptions, and beliefs that influence my perspective and performance as a labor and delivery nurse. Values guide the very principles of care and the nurse’s vision of its overall purpose, while certain assumptions and beliefs are involved in directing care on a more day-to-day level in a highly profound and meaningful way.…
Nursing theories can help create and promote a healthy professional environment for patients and members of the healthcare team. They assist as building blocks and guide assessment, interventions, and evaluation of nursing care. They also assist nurses in describing, explaining, and predicting everyday experiences. Nursing theory improves nursing practice by strengthening the nursing focus of care and facilitates the nursing discipline in analyzing goals, values, and beliefs. It improves the health and quality of life of the patient, their families, and the community.…
These incidents can drastically reduce if healthcare professionals would take the time to fully understand and thoroughly communication between one another. Health care professional must realize they are dealing with people’s lives within a hospital setting. In particular, a significant amount of decisions…
This paper introduces you to my world. It explains my professional goals, including why I am pursuing my Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). This paper addresses my current role as a registered nurse (RN) at St Mary’s hospital on the Neuro Trauma Intensive Care Unit (NTICU). I will explain how I got where I am today. I will inform you of my understanding of importance of integrity. I will express my importance of how ethics play a role in my life and how Fowler (2010) broadened my understanding of ethics. Lastly, I will cover why professional writing and communication is so important to the profession of nursing.…
Only one word comes to mind when I think about the perception of care in the nursing profession, servant. I believe the nursing profession is similar to what Jesus was doing on the earth. When Jesus walked on the earth, he served people from all over the world. No matter if they had a sexual disease, blind, broken, etc. Jesus still cared for them with love. “I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strength the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice’ (Ezekiel 34:16 New English Translation). This verse from Ezekiel explains…
Perhaps one the most respected professions on this planet is certainly being a nurse, of any kind, whether you are a Licensed Vocational Nurse, Registered Nurse or a Nursing Assistant, the amount of adoration that follows those jobs around is obvious to most. But one of the better kept details of the downside of being a nurse are often mocked as mistreatment from doctors and administration who belittle them hilariously on TV or patients who are cranky old men who don’t want to take their medication that the nurse had to bend over backwards to get despite it being regular Tylenol.…
Image can be defined as a reproduction or an imitation of something or as a mental picture or impression of something (Merriam Webster Online Dictionary, 2011). Most images are hard to distinguish because it is based on subjective perception and opinion. The forever-changing image of nursing is an example of how subjective perceptions affect the profession. Different stereotypes engraved and the portrayal in the media of nursing can influence the image of the profession. The roles of these aspects including the lack of uniformity of nursing will be discussed.…
For decades, the imagine of a naughty nurse has been used in TV shows, advertisement, commercials, movies, and more. The media both reflects and reinforces the naughty nurse stereotype. Many people assume the health care profession is nothing more than taking care of patients and having sexual relations with co-workers. Grey’s Anatomy for an example, the nurses, and doctors are always displaying scenes of sexual relations, in the work place at that. In all reality, that is not the case. The nursing profession doesn’t even relate to that. Anyone in the nursing profession knows there is no time for sex in between assessments, passing medications, reviewing orders, and charting! Yes, of course you want to look appealing and feel confident in your appearance, but with that being said, just because you are an attractive person, does not mean you are having or looking for hook-ups in your place of employment.…
When a person starts a sense of responsibilities in a specific career, trustworthiness is the essential value that everyone should appear. If people chose to work, they are required to perform their best. Even though people have different personalities and identities, there are a large number of values and careers that does not fit on anyone. While I sat my heart on nursing, my values should consist of helping people and looking for their requirements. Nursing is a career that deals not only with people's personalities, but also with their souls. I was not aware of these values until I experienced this story.…
Lindsbeth,M.A., Marhaug, V., Norberg,A.,& Uden G. (2008). Registered nurses ' and physicians ' reflections on their narratives about ethically difficult care episodes. Journal of Advanced Nursing , 20(2)245-250.…
Doctors and nurses both make a huge difference in our lives. Even though they are very different one would not be able to function without the other. Most people think that nurses are just doctors who don’t get paid as much or doctors can easily do a nurses job if they wanted to. They receive different schooling, they work together but their individual jobs are different, and their salaries are very different. But they both work to service you and keep us healthy.…