For my clinical experience today I shadowed an RN‚ at the Ashe County Health Department. The RN was participating in the flu clinic today. She administered many flu vaccinations. Most of the individuals that came in today for the clinic were over the age of 65 and were given the high dose flu vaccination. The RN also worked with a Spanish interpreter during several visits throughout the day. She would first assess a Spanish speaking individual’s ability to speak English‚ then if deemed necessary
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collective decision making in which managers should have authority with‚ instead of over‚ employees. Managers should be able to listen‚ consider and evaluate employee’s suggestions to help achieve a productive outcome. *Source: Leadership Roles and Management
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During my clinical attachment‚ I will be posted to polyclinic‚ community hospital or restructured hospital. I will learned something different that I learned in school as I will explore to new culture and environment and meet different healthcare workers such as doctors or pharmacist and they will be my future colleagues or superior. I think clinical attachment is important for a nursing student because clinical attachment can prepare us as a student nurse to acquire practical skills when facing
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1. Why would there be cause for concern if a young pregnant mother is Rh-‚ her husband is Rh+‚ and this is their second child? (pg 655) RhoGAM prevents the mother from sensitizing herself against her child. If the second child is RH+ and she did not take RhoGAM‚ there is a chance the mother will be sensitive to the second child and the child is at a risk of develop erythroblastosis fetalis and die before birth. 2. A patient complains of no energy‚ a chronic sore throat‚ a low-grade fever
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I believe that nurses should have more influence on improving the healthcare system. Nurse are trusted for information about health and healthcare and play a pivotal role in improving quality and safety of care‚ but this is not generally understood or recognized. I have noticed that insurance executives and the pharmaceutical industry have more influence on the healthcare system than nurses do. Nurses are the front-line caregivers in our health system‚ which gives us a unique and invaluable perspective
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My clinical nursing experience at Chestnut Hill has had a profound impact on my academic and professional journey in nursing. As a nursing student in an accelerated program‚ I am consistently saturated with a host of medical and nursing care knowledge. In a very short period of time‚ this information must be absorbed and retained. Consequently‚ I have found it very difficult to bridge the academic realm of this program with my clinical experience until now. For example‚ if I am assigned to a patient
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goals and desires of every interest party would have been easily accomplished. Lastly‚ beside the conveyance of more successful and better client health results‚ in aiding registered nursing to undertake competencies; monies would play a crucial role in it. A competency according to Courtney and McCutcheon (2010) is the ability usage a set of associated knowledge‚ skills‚ and abilities needed to effectively
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Master’s-Prepared Nurse Interview Grand Canyon University Theoretical Foundation for Nursing Roles and Practice NUR-502 May 23‚ 2012 Master’s-Prepared Nurse Interview With the rapid growth in the implementation and use of electronic medical records‚ there is an increase in how we define the role of nurses and other team member’s (Deese & Stien‚ 2004). Along with providing optimal care‚ nurses are also responsible for interpreting and accurately documenting large amounts of information
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Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher wrote an article called “Underpaid or Overpaid? Wage Analysis for Nurses Using Job and Worker Attributes‚” that represents the wages of nurses in hospital‚ whether is increase or decrease. As shown in the data collect by Hirsch and Schumacher: As seen in table 1‚ the average hourly wage for RNs during 2005 through June 2008 is $29.45‚ 7.4% more than the $27.43 average for the college control group. The distributions‚ restricting the sample to those with wages
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For this clinical I spent time at an outpatient surgery center. I got to observe many medical procedures‚ assist with patient admission and discharge‚ and learn how to complete preoperative and postoperative assessment. In addition‚ I had many opportunities to observe how nurses work as a team‚ so I was able to gain insight on how to deal with stressful situations appropriately. The staff at this clinical was very kind and passionate about what they do. They gave me lots of advice regarding nursing
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