Professional Identity Paper Introduction Who am I as a person? Who am I as a professional? These questions are constantly going through my mind when I think about who I want to be as a professional. This paper will discuss what strategies I am using to help influence my professional identity and how I deal with failure and what role it plays in my developing professional identity. This paper will focus on my journey through the first year of graduate school and what areas I have seen growth and
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|Blancaecontreas@yahoo.com | Blanca Contreras |Objective |Seeking a responsible and rewarding position utilizing my full capabilities while gaining new experiences‚ in a career environment that offers | | |professional and personal growth with continued challenge and advancement potential | | |Bilingual (English and Spanish) Effective interpersonal‚ verbal and written communication skills
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from the start. I was able to get quick peeks of the tasks that the nurses had to accomplish throughout the day as I ran blood and specimens back and forth to the lab and various floors. The nurses were always up on their feet‚ running around taking care of the many patients that flooded the floors. As I discharged patients from their stay in the hospital‚ they always made a comment regarding the outstanding care that every nurse provided them during their stay. Whenever I heard those comments‚ I
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epigastric pain described as bad heartburn. Her sister tells the nurse‚ "I felt like that when I had toxemia during my pregnancy." Admission assessment by the nurse reveals: today’s weight 182 pounds‚ T 99.1° F‚ P 76‚ R 22‚ BP 138/88‚ 4+ pitting edema‚ and 3+ protein in the urine. Heart rate is regular‚ and lung sounds are clear. Deep tendon reflexes (DTRs) are 3+ biceps and triceps and 4+ patellar with 1 beat of ankle clonus. The nurse applies the external fetal monitor‚ which shows a baseline fetal
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Danielle Rudolph Position Paper #1 A nurse is someone who has the knowledge and capability to take care of those in need. Nurses manage‚ maintain‚ or recover health and quality of life. This means providing care in not only a vital/physical manner‚ but in ways such as comfort‚ confidentiality‚ teaching‚ and advocacy. Nurses strive to achieve the best quality of life for their patients regardless of their ailments‚ culture‚ religion‚ ethnicity‚ age and so on. Nurses are capable of assessing‚ planning
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that talked about an oncology patient who was very upset about being treated by a nurse who smelled strongly of cigarettes and had nicotine stained nails. Meanwhile‚ the nurses are educating the patients and encouraging them not to smoke. Hypocritical‚ yes‚ but according to many nurses‚ “nurses had to have the right to choose how to live their lives without being turned into ‘health gods’ “ ("How happy and‚" 2008) Nurses are looked at as perfect role models who should be the picture of health. But we
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When it comes to medical attention who does the best job attending to patient’s needs‚ a nurse practitioner or a medical doctor? A nurse practitioner is a nurse who is qualified to treat certain medical conditions without supervision of a doctor. A medical doctor is someone who has practiced medicine for many years and is board certified to practice medicine and take care of patients. When it comes to patients care who is more focused on the patient‚ who is quicker at diagnosing the problem and can
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comes about without input from the employees and many of the nurses that you oversee are feeling resentful of the change. As a nurse leader‚ identify factors that may lead to conflict and ways you can manage them. Wherever there are people the ability for conflict exits. Conflict is a disagreement‚ opposition or clash. It can affect the person emotionally‚ physically and specially. It can result in a fight‚ discord and division. Conflict can be used to motivate; however it can be destructive and
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the four phases were; Orientation-patient seeking help‚ nurse and patient meeting‚ identifying the problem and interventions needed. Identification- identifying the best person to support patient‚ patient relates their personal feelings about the experience and is encouraged to participate in care. Exploitation- patient explores‚ all parts of the problems‚ and gains independence on achieving the goal Resolution- termination of the nurse-patient to encourage balance both ( can be difficult for
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Nurse Practitioners Taking Over Home Health Fields Nurse Practitioners (NP’s) have integrated their profession into many fields including adult primary care‚ family primary care‚ neonatal care‚ acute care‚ pediatric primary care‚ as well as many more fields. NP’s have started to penetrate the home health care field‚ but have not fully integrated their profession into it yet. This paper will delve into the idea of NP’s fully integrating into the home health profession as well as the legal changes
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