registered nurse. I was pleased with how quickly I was able to research my patients once we hit the floor‚ as this is only my second week using Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Cerner Millennium. While researching a patients’ orders‚ I found incongruent information regarding his diet. If I had not thoroughly researched my patient’s orders and questioned the night nurse about the patient’s diet status‚ the patient’s scheduled procedure could have easily been postponed as the oncoming nurse was unaware
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help and care for people. My mom is a nurse and has been for 20 years. She never pushed me towards nursing‚ I think she wanted me to figure out who I wanted to be. I think with her experience as a nurse I have learned through her what it takes to care for a person and the sacrifices she makes in order to be the best nurse possible. I think she worked hard to be where she is at now. I am grateful for her showing me what my calling is also. I want to be a nurse; I believe with my compassion and caring
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The definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association describes a framework that incorporates caring and health promotion. It is far reaching and intentionally inclusive to all fellow human beings. It has a goal to advocate and help decrease any element of suffering. Nursing is a professional body which strongly advocates the advancement of professional knowledge. Scholarly resources are used to anchor our credibly with research findings. The use of objective data develops
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The American Nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations” (American Nurses Association‚ 2013‚ p. 1). Their definition of nursing does not specify if there is a difference in who is providing the care. Associate-degree nurses (ADN) and baccalaureate-degree
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Introduction The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has made an active commitment to promote the creation of healthy work environments that support excellence in patient care. There is a plethora of evidence supporting the notion that unhealthy work environments contribute to many other serious problems in healthcare such as medical errors‚ patient readmission‚ and nurse turnover. Therefore‚ the AACN has put forth six essential standards for the establishing and sustaining of healthy
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familiar phrase of overworked and under appreciated has rang through the nursing field. As health care reform and insurances make critical changes‚ nurses are forced to keep up. Nursing managers are in a bind to meet the new budget cuts and criteria set forth by these changes‚ which includes higher patient to nurse ratios. Low staffing can lead to nurse burnout‚ job dissatisfaction and poor staff retention (International Journal of Nursing Practice‚ 2014). This article will outline some issues at hand
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Enhancing nurse education through technological advances is a growing trend of nursing programs today. As the complexity and amount of information that nurses are required to comprehend‚ support has grown for integrated curriculum approaches that include instruction with the innovative use of technology. A new litany of teaching and learning methods has arrived to include internet clinical instruction‚ online discussion boards‚ and research opportunities for both students and faculty. Programs
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Competency of Associate and the Baccalaureate Degree Nurse A demand for nursing was seen in our nation at the conclusion of World War II. Upon the return of servicemen the United States entered the baby boom era‚ where 78 million children were born between 1946 and 1964. (Creasia & Friberg‚ 2011‚ p. 14) To meet this demand‚ in 1951 Mildren Montag proposed a new program to prepare nurse technicians in two year associate degree programs which allowed a quicker entry into the workforce. Also‚
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A situation that I observed‚ which did not meet the five rights of delegation‚ was a student nurse starting an IV on a patient. The registered nurse (RN) caring for this patient was not successful gaining IV access. She knew the student not only had experience with IVs‚ but worked on a unit where nursing assistance could start IVs. Once the RN was unsuccessful‚ the RN allows the student to start the IV nevertheless she was successful. Although this may be an appropriate task for a nursing assistant
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in the workplace‚ differences in opinion and way of doing things sometimes ruffle working relationship. After several‚ not so pleasant encounters and brushes with one co-worker (nurse educator)‚ I learned that for peace sake‚ it is best to keep out of her way and stay in my lane. On one occasion‚ I overheard a new nurse orientee requesting that her exam date be moved to the following day because of a family emergency.
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