I had the chance to observe and learn what a nurse leader does on a daily base on a busy cardiovascular surgical step-down floor. During my shadowing I followed assistance nurse manager for six hours‚ during those hours we audited floor nurse’s charting especially telemetry strip reading charting‚ had the chance to help out a nurse who was having a hard time drawing blood‚ since the ANM was good at drawing blood he jumped in to help out but‚ mostly we spent most of the hours going room to room between
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Master ’s-Prepared Nurse Interview Introduction I had the privilege to work for many years with couple of master’s prepared nurses and they always inspired me to join master’s level program. I interviewed one of my friends [S.V] who is a colleague at the hospital where I work as a requirement for the course and also to get a broader depth and understanding of the Masters in nursing program. That helped me to get more information about the program
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Nurses are the leading advocate for improving our country’s nursing education and health to enhance the health care for the elderly and ill. Nurses primary focus is caring for the patients. Observing the illness in which they are enduring‚ assessing their functional status‚ reporting their condition‚ promoting health and disease prevention‚ teaching‚ care strategies‚ assisting them and their family in their care‚ and developing plans to enhance their health are also duties of the nurse. Nurses have
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Qualification as a medical assistant and a licensed practical nurse (LPN) does not qualify Jerry to fill‚ or even refill‚ any prescription. Only pharmacists‚ doctors‚ and other certified professionals can order medications. Jerry working as medical assistant means he is responsible for both administrative and clinical duties (Fremgen‚ 2009). Jerry is a LPN‚ which means that he is responsible for many of the same duties as registered nurses‚ which does not include filling or refilling prescriptions
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Reflective Practice Introduction: Reflection its self is looking into personal thoughts and actions. For nurses this would mean looking at how they performed a particular task taking into consideration their interaction with their colleagues and other members of staff‚ patients and in some cases relatives This then enables the nurse to assess their actions and thought processes. There are various frameworks of reflection that one could choose and the examples used for this work
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(Bureau of Labor Statistics). If a respiratory therapist were to go beyond what is required of them degreewise‚ they could make up to at least $80k(Bureau of Labor Statistics). A similar career‚ which pays a similar salary‚ is a licensed practical nurse
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Nurses hold a unique position in the heath care industry that allows them to create special relationships with their patients. NICU nurses not only create relationships with their patients‚ but also their patients’ families by nurturing our future generations. NICU nurses provide life saving care to infants that are at high risk after birth. They serve under the supervision of doctors and are required to uphold an oath to do what is reasonable and necessary to maintain life and reduce suffering.
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A Labor and Delivery nurse help bring people into the world everyday. The care for women during labor‚ childbirth‚ monitoring the baby and the other‚ coaching mothers and assiting doctors. As a Labor and Delivery Nurse you’ll prepare women and their families for the stages of giving birth and help patients with breastfeading after the baby is born. Labor and delivery nurses are registered nurses (RNs) who provide care to women and their newborns during the various stages of pregnancy and childbirth
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Nurses are facing many legal or ethical dilemmas in their career. It is very essential to know what kind of dilemmas nurses may face during their profession and how they have been dealt with in the past. Nurses should combine knowledge of ethical and legal aspects of health care and professional values into nursing practice. It is very essential for the nurses to know the difference between law and ethics. Ethics observes the values and actions of people. On the other hand‚ laws are necessary rules
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How to stop elder abuse in a nursing home According to Sokolove Law thousands of elderly Americans are abused each year in nursing homes responsible for their care. A recent study found violations at 94% of nursing homes in the U.S. (1) I feel it is much higher than that because I’m a C.N.A. (certified nurse’s assistant)‚ and have been in the nursing field for almost 8 years now. Although abuse is illegal it still manages to happen more frequently and needs to be stopped. “According to the Nursing
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