Registered Nurse with extensive experience in the healthcare field. Goals direct. Exceptional leadership ability and good professional judgment. Strong patient advocacy.…
The main problem is that nurse staffing ration is affecting patient's safety. Since there is no Nurse Technicians and not enough nurses, there is so much to do and not enough resources to help me. One of my patients is complaining of severe abdominal pain and the physician is angry with me because I wasn't able to bring the equipment to her. One of the actions I would do speak to the physician and explain to her that charge nurse is currently taking care of a serious patient. In addition, I will let her know that a patient who just had surgery is experiencing severe pain and I need to check on him first. The physician needs to understand that there are not enough nurses on this shift. I will also tell her that I will help her after I check…
Improving the quality of care and patient safety is the top priority of every hospital.…
Nursing students have a scope of practice specified in the Nurse Practice Act (NPA) of the State of Nevada. We are required to provide treatment to our patient based these scope practice. Practicing any activity out of our scope is a violation of law. Some of our scope of practice includes “nursing student … shall identify himself or herself by his or her appropriate title,” “a nursing student may, as an apprentice nurse, perform those tasks which the nursing student has successfully demonstrated in his or her program of education,” “there is a formal procedure for the nursing student to refuse to perform any task until he or she is comfortable with his or her ability to do so safely,” and others. I complied with NPA’s scope of practice…
R/s Mr. Jessie Brown has bladder cancer and he suffers from chronic pain. R/s Mr. Brown’s friend Marie Isert (87 year-old) is taking care of him. R/s Ms. Isert can’t adequately take care of Mr. Brown. R/s Ms. Isert is physically unable to care for Mr. Brown and there is a concern regarding her memory lapse. R/s Mr. Brown fell and Ms. Isert had to call EMS for help and it took 3 EMT to lift Mr. Brown. R/s Mr. Brown’s cognitive is okay but due to him always in pain, the pain deters him from communicating. R/s Mr. Brown can’t walk and Ms. Isert has to assist him. R/s Ms. Insert carefully gives Mr. Brown pain medication around the clock. R/s Mr. Brown’s pain control is not adequately. R/s the situation is not safe Mr. Brown nor Ms. Isert. R/s the transport chair can’t fit into the room. R/s Mr. Brown is confined to his bedroom with no room to maneuver.…
Every person has his or her own values, assumptions and perceptions. For the best provision of client care, the nurse must understand the elements and that of the nursing profession. Since they affect the way people think, and respond to world and other people in it.…
I am currently studying the Bachelor of Health Sciences Degree to gain a competitive grade point average (GPA) to get an internal transfer into the Bachelor of Paramedic Science Degree and become a paramedic. Paramedic are health care professionals known as pre-hospital team leaders who provide out of hospital care to patients (Health care Act (SA), 2018). They respond rapidly to emergency and assess patient and provide medical services and care for the patient until hospital arrival. Paramedic are employed by the ambulance services, govern and organisations and hospitals. For the purpose of this essay the focus will be on both paramedic and triage nurse and will analyse the collaborative work as an interdisciplinary team within the emergency department.…
Nurses are turning increasingly to staffing agencies to find employment. Many hospitals and other healthcare facilities go through cycles of hiring personnel and then laying them off when budget cuts come down at the end of the fiscal year. This leaves many nurses unemployed while there is an increasing need for their talent.…
On my charge nurse day, there were staffing and communication issues. The unit was overstaffed and as charge nurse, we needed to find out which employees were due to float to other units. I think that this takes important leadership skills and the ability to delegate to individuals. These skills are crucial to utilize in the work place, in addition to “developing excellent communication skills [because] … it requires the ability to express yourself clearly and to understand another person” (Black 170). I think that this is a core personality trait to develop because without great communication skills, one cannot effectively function as a charge nurse. As charge, it was our duty to determine the last time that staff floated. Those who hadn’t…
It is the RN responsibility to delegate nursing tasks to other team members like the LPN/LVN and the nursing assistant. These task should follow the legal parameters established by professional nursing organizations in the scope of practice and standard and defined by the state of its nurse practice in addition to the institution policy (Cherry & Jacob, 2014).…
Trust is continually evolving in the nurse patient relationship and as we become more educated and socially and emotionally aware, we are better able to assess the context of and redefine the way trust is established for that moment. Knowing the basics of building trust is just a stepping stone to becoming better leaders within our profession as we apply the skills across the continuum from patients to co-workers and other health professionals.…
There is a diverse range of aspects related to nursing staffing in health care organizations. Staffing levels in hospitals are likely to have a bearing on the assurance in the delivery of safe and reliable care. However, nursing staffing challenges have remained perennial prompting prolonged attention on the allocation of nurse staffing resources to facilitate patient safety (Weston et al., 2012). Nevertheless, focus on staffing levels has particularly increased with the prevailing shortage of nurses (Rochefort, et al., 2015). Furthermore, there have been changes in the manner nursing is approached. Traditionally, it would be assumed that well-trained practitioners were not prone to errors. Such was consistent with the traditional tendency…
I certainly agree about the necessary information about Betsy before a reputable nurse could offer proper care be given. I can also feel through the information given about her is that Betsy has in a way, given up her will to go on after the death of her mother and have to be move into unfamiliar placement. I used the word placement instead of “home” or “resident” because it is more befitting of her feeling of the current placement.…
Clarke, S. (2003). Patient safety series, part 2 of 2: Balancing staffing and safety. Nursing…
The familiar phrase of overworked and under appreciated has rang through the nursing field. As health care reform and insurances make critical changes, nurses are forced to keep up. Nursing managers are in a bind to meet the new budget cuts and criteria set forth by these changes, which includes higher patient to nurse ratios. Low staffing can lead to nurse burnout, job dissatisfaction and poor staff retention (International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2014). This article will outline some issues at hand with unsafe staffing ratios and the legislative actions regarding this matter.…