NURSES ON THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX In the Clinical Set-Up: As a staff nurse‚ thinking outside of the box may not be as usual or as routinely as we do every shift‚ like doing endorsements or administering medications. On the floor‚ not every issue‚ challenges and patient’s problem requiring nursing intervention necessitate out of the box thinking. We incorporate the nursing process‚ with adequate knowledge‚ nursing skills and attitude learned from getting the degree and through our mere experience
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in various jobs so as to be flexible‚ offer customer service skill‚ have the ability to solve problems and multi task during demanding work hours and environments. A flight nurse is a profession for registered nurses skilled to manage serious care for patients of all degrees throughout rescue missions or medical emigration on flight. Think of Others Thinking of others can be illustrated can be simply exemplified as being compassionate and empathetic. Compassion as defined by Davis (2011) is a feeling
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assistants (CNAs)‚ licensed practical nurses (LPNs)‚ and registered nurses (RNs) are important medical professionals for their dedication to help people have good health care. CNAs are also known as Nursing Aids‚ who are in the beginning stage of nursing; therefore‚ they must be in a supervised setting. LPNs are also called Licensed Vocational Nurses(LVNs) whose careers are the second step in the health field. These nurses are under the supervision of registered nurses or physicians. They are flexible
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I believe that every nurse client relationship is a therapeutic relation and based on my knowledge from CNO guideline‚ it is a nurse client relationship based on trust‚ professional intimacy and empathy to provide best possible care to the patient. This piece of scenario is based on my experience in general ward‚ where i did an admission procedure. Today with the use of computer system it is highly convenient for a nurse to plan an admission through the patient details‚ which are received before
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registered nurse. I was pleased with how quickly I was able to research my patients once we hit the floor‚ as this is only my second week using Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Cerner Millennium. While researching a patients’ orders‚ I found incongruent information regarding his diet. If I had not thoroughly researched my patient’s orders and questioned the night nurse about the patient’s diet status‚ the patient’s scheduled procedure could have easily been postponed as the oncoming nurse was unaware
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help and care for people. My mom is a nurse and has been for 20 years. She never pushed me towards nursing‚ I think she wanted me to figure out who I wanted to be. I think with her experience as a nurse I have learned through her what it takes to care for a person and the sacrifices she makes in order to be the best nurse possible. I think she worked hard to be where she is at now. I am grateful for her showing me what my calling is also. I want to be a nurse; I believe with my compassion and caring
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The definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association describes a framework that incorporates caring and health promotion. It is far reaching and intentionally inclusive to all fellow human beings. It has a goal to advocate and help decrease any element of suffering. Nursing is a professional body which strongly advocates the advancement of professional knowledge. Scholarly resources are used to anchor our credibly with research findings. The use of objective data develops
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The American Nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations” (American Nurses Association‚ 2013‚ p. 1). Their definition of nursing does not specify if there is a difference in who is providing the care. Associate-degree nurses (ADN) and baccalaureate-degree
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Introduction The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has made an active commitment to promote the creation of healthy work environments that support excellence in patient care. There is a plethora of evidence supporting the notion that unhealthy work environments contribute to many other serious problems in healthcare such as medical errors‚ patient readmission‚ and nurse turnover. Therefore‚ the AACN has put forth six essential standards for the establishing and sustaining of healthy
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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
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