Actually I was talked into it by the director of nurses of the hospital I was currently working at. The hospital held a lunch and advertised free nursing school to any of the ancillary medical staff working in respiratory‚ radiology‚ pharmacy‚ EMS and the LVNs. About 15 of us took the bait but only 3 of us graduated. We all began our two year contract requirement in the step down ICU units and eventually began working in the ED and other ICU units. It was the hardest two years I ever worked. Of the three
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and in case of any emergency he is willing to step in and help so I don’t have to drop out of school once again. In case I do find myself needing a plan B on my career choice I do however think I will be able to drop to a lower level nurse such as an LVN instead of an RN because I have already studied a lot of the content intended for that program just in case I needed to fall back upon that
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Faculty Interview Tonya Reed HSN/548 – Role of the Health Care/Nursing Educator April 28‚ 2015 Stephanie Vaughn Faculty Interview The health care industry is facing multiple changes today. The change in legislation regarding mandatory health care and the regulation of health care further compromises the existing nursing shortage. Amid this shortage of nurses increases the demands for nursing educators. The obligation of the nurse educator extends beyond teaching the student. Educators must change
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Midwives‚ Nurse Anesthetists or move into healthcare management. LPNs that are experienced can supervise Nursing Assistants and Nursing Aides but the best path to promotion is to continue to achieve the RN title.The differences between an RN and LPN/LVN may be small to some it’s important to know in advance so that you pick the appropriate avenue for your college studies. Consider what you want to do as a nurse when making your
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Chapter 38: Nursing Management: Vascular Disorders Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. When discussing risk factor modification for a 63-year-old patient who has a 5-cm abdominal aortic aneurysm‚ the nurse will focus discharge teaching on which patient risk factor? a. Male gender b. Turner syndrome c. Abdominal trauma history d. Uncontrolled hypertension ANS: D All of the factors contribute to the patient’s risk‚ but only hypertension can potentially be modified to decrease the patient’s risk for further
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In the second learning exercise there is a problem with unhappy staff members on your unit. They are displeased with how requests for days off are being handled and they want changes to be made. On the committee you have formed there are four LVNs‚ three CNAs‚ and five RNs so all shifts are represented. Since all shifts are signified here I do not believe more members need to be added at this time. After three meetings and the committee getting no where this fourth meeting needs to serve a purpose
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Unit 1 Open Book Questions Chapter 1 1. What is meant by a holistic approach to medicine? (See page 2 in your textbook.) Pertaining to the total patient care that considers the physical‚ emotional‚ social‚ economic‚ and spiritual needs of the person 2. Name the three schools modeled after the Nightingale Plan that were established in the United States by the end of the nineteenth century. (See page 4 in your textbook.) Saint Thomas‚ Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing‚ Connecticut
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Vocational Nursing Scope of Practice The term “scope of practice” is accustomed to explain sort limitations of accountabilities‚ engagements and measures of a certain line of work approved by-law. The aforementioned takes account of constraints besides functions in the profession that the law permits. It is correspondingly based on qualified experience and education. As a healthcare provider‚ it is very important to be acquainted with the scope of practice of your profession along with the other
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student nurse. I have worked hand-in-hand with a diverse range of patients in all ages. I have two years of experience in senior living as a caregiver and Med-tech and six years of experience in customer service. I am interested in this position‚ as a LVN staff nurse with Ladenheim Dialysis Assess centers because not only am I able to provide optimal care for patients who suffer with kidney failure and being able help them live with their disease difference by providing optimal care and preventative
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Many people in our community suffer from severe mental illness and neurological disorders. The personal suffering is great‚ and there is a huge cost in terms of the burden of care on families plus the overall loss of the individual’s contribution to society. The costbenefits of early diagnosis and intervention are well established at an economic‚ societal and individual level but hampering early intervention is the current lack of definitive‚ quantitative techniques for diagnosing or measuring
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