For as long as I can remember‚ I have wanted to be a nurse. I was dead set on being helpful behind the scenes. I craved to fill the role of the nurse who was in the background‚ helping out by doing the small‚ unimportant jobs. I felt I was not good enough to fill a higher position. This was before I began actually assuming the role of a volunteer in my community. Volunteering at Lincoln County Mercy Hospital has taught me a lot of lessons and skills. I began on the MED/Surg floor. I was there to
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medical –surgical‚ ICU‚ long-term care and dialysis motivated me to pursue a nurse practitioner degree. My goal as a nurse to meet the health care needs of the people and help them to achieve physical‚ psychological and emotional well- being. I believe nurse practitioner program would fill me with tremendous scientific knowledge and skills which I can use to make a difference in the health status of the different communities including minorities‚ vulnerable population. As a nurse practitioner‚ my immediate
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“It is the nurse that the child first hears‚ and her words that he will attempt to imitate” (Quintilian) This quote was said by Quintilian about being a labor and delivery nurse. Labor and delivery nurses are responsible for assisting‚ supporting and educating women during the four stages of labor. They also coach mothers through contractions and offer advice for pain management. Being a labor and delivery nurse is an exciting job because it’s mentally challenging‚ benefits society and has a positive
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the path on becoming and making the choice of a career. Picking the appropriate college for the occupation someone wants to pursue is quite critical for learning from the best professors and influencers. Some of the foremost colleges for becoming a Nurse Anesthetist include Lincoln Memorial University‚ University of Tennessee‚ and the University of Cincinnati. The best colleges in wanting to go after a career in a Physician Assistant is the University of Kentucky‚ University of Mount Union‚ and Duke
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Chemically- Impaired Nurses Jaime Littles Christina Mazzeo Sociology 101 Research Paper When deciding to enter the stressful and demanding field of nursing‚ I asked myself how will I physically‚ mentally‚ and emotionally deal with the demands of the profession? It takes a lot of long hours‚ knowledge of procedures and practices‚ and devotion to patients and their families. So how do nurses deal with the demands of their job? It has surprised me that in researching the profession
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profession that focuses on the care of pregnant women and the babies they give birth to. Obstetrics nurse deals with the care of women during pregnancy‚ childbirth and the time after the women’s pregnancy‚ as well as offer nursing care for women with health problems of or related to their reproductive system. Some obstetrics nurses may specialize in labor and delivery nurses. Obstetrics nurses may work in public health and preventive medicine administration. They can have private practices‚ work
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Review The professional setting is a public healthcare facility that has licensed for 1‚395 beds and budgeted to staff 745 bed. This facility provides emergency‚ inpatient‚ and outpatient services with 714 full-time physicians and 900 registered nurses (RNs). The hospital is also a teaching hospital that trains many medical professionals daily. The hospital has several units like children center‚ maternity ward‚ medical surgical floor‚ trauma/emergency department‚ Intensive care unit‚ psychiatric
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International Nurses in Canada Nurses play vital role in the person’s life. Nurses take care of health of all age group of Canadians and make the nation very healthy and wealthy. Nursing‚ as a career to both men and women offer varieties of opportunities for professional development and the personal satisfaction by helping people‚ when they really seek caring hand. Duties and Responsibilities of a Nurse in Ontario‚ Canada In Canada duties and responsibilities of nurses are well defined and listed
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What is a nurse leader? The profession of nursing is one of leadership by its very nature. Nurses are looked to as leaders across the health care continuum‚ regardless of their role or practice settings. Throughout nursing school I have been taught that I will be a part of care teams‚ associate with colleagues from other disciplines‚ and be held accountable for patient care outcomes. A nurse leader does not mean nurse manger. Not every nurse manger is a good leader‚ and those with strong leadership
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Nurse Fatigue Nurse fatigue is experienced every day in the nursing field‚ it is the inadequate adaptation and restoration of work energy (Drake‚ Luna‚ Georges‚ & Steege‚ 2012). Nurse fatigue can be emotional‚ physical or mental‚ it can also be a feeling of weariness‚ tiredness‚ lack of energy or having trouble performing at work (Drake‚ Luna‚ Georges‚ & Steege‚ 2012). Also it can be caused by working long shifts and causing exhaustion from staff burnout‚ leading to an adverse effect on patient
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