Nursing is one of the most respected and rewarding occupations in the healthcare industry. An exemplary nurse exhibits qualities such as empathy‚ selflessness‚ and the ability to work well under pressure as a team and also independently. Although the nurses job description focuses on patient care‚ nurses are also the patient’s number one advocate; the doctor may diagnose and order treatments for the patient‚ but the nurse is the one whom the patient sees and establishes a connection most. Nurses
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Reflection - IOM Future of Nursing Kavitha Joseph Grand Canyon University Trends and Issues in Today’s Health Care NRS 440V June Helbig April 14‚ 2013 Reflection - IOM Future of Nursing Knowledge can give nurses greater power to take action and lack of knowledge can leave nurses powerless to provide safe or effective care ( Innocent‚ 2011). During this difficult economic time many recruiters prefer to hire experienced nurse with knowledge. To gain knowledge one must have education. Education makes
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Community Health Nursing Reflection Maria Jelyn Engelhardt-Parales NUR/405 August 27‚ 2012 Amy Weaver Community Health Nursing Reflection Community health nursing practice aims to improve community health by promoting a healthier group of people‚ individuals‚ families‚ and residents within the community. The goal is to maintain‚ preserve‚ and promote health by providing information‚ education‚ teachings‚ and health care services to the population. The focus is on the collective good of
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disturbs its natural physical‚ emotional‚ or mental balance. Stress reduction refers to various strategies that counteract this response and produce a sense of relaxation and tranquility. Stress in nursing school is one of the most painful and main cause of many students dropping out of Nursing school. During the past years‚ whenever test approached my body‚ and mind turn nervous making It impossible to concentrated on lesson. I remembered when I just started college I will be so afraid to enter
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One aspect that I believe to have been a successful part of my practice over these past few weeks is my increased confidence and ability to recognize assessment results that stray from the norm‚ such as a blood pressure of 90/60. This was particularly made apparent a few times within these past few weeks‚ but more particularly when working with a patient whose temperature averaged around 34.5 degrees Celsius. As that is well below what one’s average temperature could be and could be a warning sign
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Summative Communication & Cultural Safety Reflection | | | Following an adaption of Johns’ model of structured reflection (Jasper‚ 2003)‚ I will discuss an event that occurred during my residential placement as a nursing student‚ what I have learnt and how I would act if the situation arose again. Lastly‚ I will discuss what I have learnt in relation to the Nursing Council of New Zealand competencies for cultural safety and communication. Description
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I cared for my patient on 11/06 on P5 room 10. I was given report from the leaving nurse about my patient shortly after I got on the floor. The nurse that I was assigned to was from the ICU and she was a floating nurse for that day. My patient was an 8 week old baby boy who came into the hospital on 11/03 for failure to thrive. During the report‚ the nurse showed us where the position of NG tube on the patient. After the report‚ the nurse and I did a whole physical assessment‚ and vital on the patient
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The Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC) standards of proficiency for pre-registration nursing education (2010) sets out exactly what student nurses must achieve to enable registration onto the first part of the register. Another NMC publication; Standards to support learning and assessment in practice (2006) lays out what a post registration nurse requires to fulfil in order to formally assess student nurses. These two sets of standards make it clear what is expected of both students and mentors
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CRITICAL REFLECTION JOURNAL Upon reflective exploration of my 16 week journey regarding the overall critical reflection of Nursing 5403 also referred to as Organizational Theory or Administration I‚ I find that I have a more sound and in depth theoretical understanding of key leadership and nursing administrative concepts and processes. This course has increased my knowledge base in regards to organizational design‚ augmented my awareness of healthcare administrative concepts‚ and strengthened
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ASPECT OF NURSING CARE) Reflection on Clinical Practice – First Placement (Year 1) The following essay is a reflective account on an event that I‚ a student nurse encountered whilst on my first clinical placement in my first year of study. The event took place in a nursing home. All names have been changed to protect the confidentiality of the patient (NMC‚ 2008). Throughout this essay I shall be using Gibbs model of reflection. The
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