Over the recent years‚ entering a hospital has become a health gamble. Hospital budget cuts lead to less staff. Fewer and fewer nurses are trying to tend to more and more patients. This creates a dangerous environment for the patients and poor work conditions for the nurses. It’s a vicious cycle because nobody wants to enter a profession where you are overworked. Too many hours of forced overtime quickly lowers moral and causes burnouts. So‚ people quit. In an effort to promptly replace them‚ new
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1. Nurse-Patient Relationship Phases a. Orientation (beginning) i. Therapeutic Relationship 1. Develop trust 2. Establish goals 3. Therapeutic contract 4. Nursing diagnosis b. Working (Middle) i. Planning and Implementation 1. Communication skills to help client 2. Work on behavioral changes 3. Explore feelings and problems c. Termination (End) i. Evaluation 1. Inform client of other sources of help available 2. Evaluate therapeutic outcome 3. Evaluate nurse-patient relationship
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program I was deciding between being a pediatrician or a pediatric nurse‚ but now that I have been through the program and had a chance to explore many different careers I have shifted between many different pathways in the medical field. Especially when I went to the medical career club meetings‚ I would always question what I thought I wanted and would end up going back to my main reason for wanting to be a pediatrician or a pediatric nurse‚ I love working with kids. As I transitioned from introduction
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Although my motives for becoming a nurse haven’t always been as set in place as they are now I have always‚ ever since I can remember‚ had the idea that this was the profession for me. I am an outgoing person who enjoys working with and helping people. It wasn’t until my father was diagnosed with cancer that I knew that being a nurse is what I wanted to do‚ to be an advocate to my father and to all the other patients that I would eventually care for. During my first year of study I was kept very
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When dealing with ethical decisions‚ it is very important that nurses maintain a nonjudgmental view. Each nurse comes into the career with their own set of personal values and beliefs. These may not coincide with the values and beliefs of patients and their families. Nurses must be aware of the values that patients and families possess in order to reach ethical decisions. Values are a learned trait throughout each individual’s life. Early on‚ influences come about from family. Over time‚ one will
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Alpha Mansaray Family Nurse Practitioner Program Wilmington University Statement of Goals As a child growing up in country of Sierra Leone during times of civil unrest‚ I watched my grandmother who lacked the ability to read and write care of an entire village of people because of the compassion she had for she fellow Africans. As she is much older now and no longer resides in Sierra Leone‚ she always reminds me of her story every now and then of how a young African girl without the ability to
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organizations still face. Researchers from the last 10 years or so shows the importance of adequate registered nurse staffing in accomplishing good patient outcomes‚ safety‚ and satisfaction. Better RN staffing and not too overworked‚ have been shown to reduce patient mortality‚ enhance outcomes‚ and improve nurse satisfaction. “One study found that for each additional patient assigned to a given nurse‚ the patient has a 7% increase in the likelihood of dying within 30 days of admission and a 7% increase
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achieving your set goal can be hard for some of us. I have chosen to pursue my career in nursing. Becoming a Nurse is a very challenging career field‚ but it has always been my dream. I have always felt compassionate toward caring for people in need‚ saving peoples’ life‚ bringing cheer and joy to patient while they are sick‚ and most importantly comforting patient in need etc. To become a nurse requires dedication towards
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A family nurse practitioner’s success is not measured by location of employment nor by obtaining a degree. A successful practitioner is someone who community members and patients seek to consult with health care needs. It is the ability to provide comprehensive care and realistic goals to help patients achieve positive health care outcomes. This is all achieved by having a strong base of knowledge and experience in the nursing field. Nursing experience has taught me that patients need individualized
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Why do I want to be a nurse? I want to be a nurse because my life experiences have taught me to have compassion for people. My childhood consisted of being abandoned by my parents‚ abuse and poverty. My decisions also led me to be a teenage mom and married by the time I was 18. My childhood and my marriage have taught me to fight hard for something you believe in‚ not to ever give up. I want to carry this compassion over into nursing‚ to love people that are broken not only in their body‚ but in
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