For the hospital reflection journal‚ I chose to discuss my experience in the place I could perceive myself working in during my nursing career – the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). My NICU hospital experience occurred on Sunday‚ March 26‚ 2017 at the Honor Health Scottsdale Shea center. My nurse and I were assigned to two premature infants – a 4-week-old female and an 8-week-old male. The infant I decided to do my assignment on was the 4-week-old female. She was born on 02/20/2017 at 25 weeks
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The Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-440V Trends and Issues in Health Care September 3‚ 2012 Introduction This paper will discuss the future of nursing and its relation to the future of health care in the United States. This writer will discuss the Institute of Medicines’ (IOM) report “Future of Nursing: Leading Change‚ Advancing Health”‚ that was published in 2010. This paper will identify the importance of this report to the nursing workforce‚ and will outline
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Reflection of a Critical Incident I chose to write about this incident because I feel it emphasizes the risks to which the patients can be exposed while receiving care in a health care facility. It shows how policies and procedures can be neglected by the healthcare professionals‚ placing the patients at increased risk of getting hospital acquired infection. According to Statistics Canada one in nine patients admitted to Canadian hospitals acquire an infection as a result of their hospital stay
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Reflection The incident that I am going to reflect had happed during my nursing studies. I was posted in a busy emergency care (EC). My role was to observe and assist a RN. Ms. X came to EC with severe abdominal pain. After the initial assessment Doctor ordered a list of blood tests. I accompanied RN to observe blood sampling procedure. Ms. X was clearly not cooperating for the procedure and was screaming. I helped to position the patient with the help of family members so that the RN could carry
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There are many skills that nurses will need to be a great leader. Within this essay‚ the reader will learn different leadership theories‚ systems and complexity theories‚ advanced communication‚ and building consensus. In my current facility‚ we practice primary nursing. Primary nursing is having one nurse provide direct care for a small group of patients. The setting is an inpatient youth psychiatric unit with the nurse to patients ratio is 1 to 7. The children’s age ranges from 6 to 21 years old
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Participative leadership fosters comradery between employees and allows for the formation of friendships between coworkers. This is very important‚ especially in nursing since so many nurses participate in a “mobbing” mentality where often more experienced and qualified nurses seem to display more aggressive behavior towards their peers. ( Bortoluzzi‚G.‚Caporale‚L. & Palese A.‚ 2014) Employees that want to work with one another everyday will be more motivated to complete tasks and work as a team
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MAKING DECISIONS & SOLVING PROBLEMS 1 At the end of this session you will be able to discuss: The concepts of decision making and problem solving; The impact of poor decision making and problem solving on the workplace; What constitutes critical thinking; The concept of systems thinking; How to find the cause of a problem rather than a symptom. 2 What might be the consequences of poor decision making and problem solving in the workplace? 3 Expert decision-making
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Reflection of Leadership Styles Throughout this P.Q.P. course there have been numerous discussions about what makes a good leader. Leadership styles can be broken down in to several distinct categories‚ but the understanding and internalization certain qualities of these styles is instrumental. In our group discussions‚ to be an effective leader you must be able to juggle between these styles depending on the situation. As the Department Head of 15 teacher’s conflicts arise‚ not everyone has
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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL As a second year nursing student I felt mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety when I was thinking about my upcoming clinical placement because even though I have been working as a patient care assistant at Royal Darwin Hospital for a year and had already undergone clinical teaching block for one week . The responsibility of being a nurse is big and much complex than my current job [1.2 Fulfils the duty of care] especially when handling assigned patients. Thus‚ need to have
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The nursing role is rapidly evolving as nurses are tasked with an even wider range of health care responsibilities. In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and care centers around the US‚ nurses are rising to meet these challenges. Today’s nurses are not just caring for the sick; they are changing our very notion of modern medicine and health care delivery. A nurse’s role is about being a more effective member of the health care team and navigating clinical systems. No matter the work environment‚ all nurses are
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