Final Course Reflection Paper Judith Onduso Winona State University Through the completion of my graduate program‚ I have gained an immense amount of knowledge and a plethora of skills which I have used and will continue to use after my graduation. Emerging Patterns Impacting Quality Healthcare delivery I had an opportunity in this class to understand The Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA requires that insurance plans cover precautionary services and stops insurance companies from dropping
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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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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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this week’s lesson‚ Hebda stated that she is “biased‚ but any opportunity to discuss nursing informatics is exciting…” Speaking of this excitement‚ when the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment assignment was given to me in the first week of this course‚ most of the information that was presented for us to complete‚ I end up with a very low score. Also‚ I did say that I was interesting in the Telenursing position. Nursing informatics had opened many avenues to my career pathway‚ but I am more focus on
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Christian Worldview Reflection In the book‚ Be thou my vision: Pursuing God’s perspective in a pluralistic world it states ‚ “provides life events and experiences that deposit eternal truths in our minds and lives‚ and make room for intimacy with Christ”. When I read this phrase it picked up my attention right away because I am a true believer that God always help us and never is going to leave us alone but‚ at the same time‚ I believe it is our job to be smart and choose the best choice. When
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While taking this class I was able to learn several strategies for taking nursing exams. I learned three Ideas that will use during the unit exams‚ final exams and the HESI exam. As instructed by Silvestri (2014)‚ I learned to read every word of the question completely. In the past I would quickly read the question and over looked a key word(s) like “do first” or “priority”. Secondly‚ I will determine if the question presented is a positive question where they are asking for the nurse to do something
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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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the goal‚ and I know that Arizona board of nursing protect the patient from unprofessional nurses. Also‚ I went with open mind to know more about the patient right and care to achieve my goal as a nurse. The meeting was regarding the previous situation need more information and as a nursing board member need to decide it. The meeting was at 4747 N. 7th Street‚ Phoenix AZ 85014‚ at meeting room and contained 11 members and the president‚ student nursing‚ and the security guard. The tone room was very
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