The Role of the Public Health Nurse in the Community The assignment for this paper asks about a disaster that could happen in my community. A disaster is any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption‚ and or devastation requiring external assistance (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2012‚ p.508). The purpose of the paper is to provide information how the professional nurse react in the community when a disaster take place. The Role of the Nurse The disaster selected for the paper
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Ghandi that I frequently reflect over as I persevere in my academic studies to become a nurse. Although I did not know that I wanted to be a nurse until my freshman year of college‚ I always knew from a very young age that I wanted to support and provide care for people in need. My experiences‚ values‚ and strengths would eventually contribute to my desire to become a nurse. At the same time‚ my character gives me the energy and willpower to thrive in my academic studies. With that‚ I share my life’s
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Health Nurse St Clair College 0689028 NRS63171-16F Professor Gina Bondy & Debbie Ferraari October 31‚ 2016 Page Break Home health nursing is an independent form of nursing. It allows patients to maintain living in their home while a nurse comes by and assists them. It is defined as " the provision of healthcare services and equipment’s to client’s and families in the homes" (Potter & Perry‚ 2014). The purpose of this paper is to gather an insight on the role of a home health nurse. A qualitative
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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 wait
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The Nurse I Aspire to Be Ever since I can remember I have always wanted to be a nurse. I always wanted to be the person to help bandage people up when they got hurt. As a child‚ my four sisters and I would pretend to be patients having something wrong with us. Being the patient was fun and all but I wanted to be the nurse every chance I could get. Our mom even went along with it because she would load us up with lots of Band-Aids‚ gauze‚ leg wraps‚ eye patches and medical tape. She also was on the
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hours; nurse fatigue is a critical topic that needs to be addressed within the medical profession. Most hospitals assign nurses to 12-hours shifts‚ and the average of four to five patient’s per nurse. The long shifts are extremely tiring for most nurses‚ and furthermore‚ can be detrimental to their health‚ which ultimately puts the patient at risk. As a result‚ nurses may not extend the therapeutic communication as expected and could make dangerous‚ and sometimes fatal mistakes. Nurses may also
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The aim of this assignment is to demonstrate how Peplau’s concept of the nurse-patient relationship can be used to influence an incident in practise. I have chosen to focus on the nurse-patient relationship‚ as I am in the early stages of my adult nurse training and I feel it would be beneficial to understand this relationship more accurately. The first part of this assignment defines a concept and briefly outlines the nurse-patient relationship as a concept. The second part focusses and outlines
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The Life of a Licensed Practical Nurse Courtney Joy Everest University Online The Life of a Licensed Practical Nurse Nursing is one of the most popular occupations in the U.S. The number of nurses in the United States is expected to expand to 3.2 million by 2018‚ accounting for at least 581‚500 new jobs for upcoming nurses‚ according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Just think if the nurses expand by that much‚ what will happen for all of other jobs. This essay will inform the reader the
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The nurse administrator role is one that I was curious in learning about‚ because I will finish up my Masters of Health Care Administration this year. Nursing administrators career choices range from nurse managers to Chief Nursing Officers (CNO). Two other career choices in this role are nurse supervisor and health information nurse specialists. The main objective of the nurse administrator is to assure that the best possible care is being administered to all the patients being seen in an area
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The Nurse and Friar Lawrence were meritorious parental figures in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ because they were stronger influences on Romeo and Juliet than their actual parents. The Nurse and Friar Lawrence knew more about Romeo and Juliet than their parents. In Juliet’s case‚ it is due to the fact that she was raised and breastfed as a child and mentored her whole life by the Nurse. “When it did taste the wormwood on the nipple Of my dug and felt it bitter‚ pretty fool‚ To see it tetchy
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