NURS 130 September 22‚ 2010 All nurses have multiple duties that they must complete during their entire shift. The types of duties can vary during the day and on some days‚ they can be very overwhelming. This is especially true for a charge nurse. “Charge nurses are expected to lead staff while managing the work systems and processes on their units to ensure that the needs of patients are met” (‚ 2009). Upon observation‚ the charge nurse at a geriatric facility has many duties. They are in
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Over the course of this year I believe I still have some growing to do in the clinical setting. One of my weaknesses I have is lacking confidence in myself. Many times I doubt myself when I know I shouldn’t. For example‚ many times during post conference or even on the floor the clinical instructor may ask a question about a procedure or medication‚ instead of answering the question myself I will let someone else answer. A lot of times I know the answer the instructor is looking for‚ but I won’t
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Reflection on Temperature‚ Pulse‚ Respiration and Blood pressure I am a nursing student from Australian Catholic University. This role play is about the vital signs. Now‚ I am going to write a reflective write about the video of my role play of TPR which is a part of assignment and done by me and my other two friends. Firstly‚ in my video when I play a nurse role‚ first of all I asked about the patient’s condition such as how are you today. I also make the eye contact while taking to patient
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My classroom clinical experience overall was very interesting and educational. Educational in more ways than one‚ I gained a lot of hands on experience as well learned the basic routine of a nursing and rehabilitation facilities. I was introduced to some really great in the field skills as well some not so great methods of doing these skills. Things were not done to terrible bad just a few skills that I know I learned in class the correct way that should have been implied the correct way at the
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Alternate Clinical Experience: A.A. Meeting The meeting I attended took place at 8 pm Sunday night at Holy Name Church in Pompton Plains. It was an open meeting and held in the basement of the church. Upon entering I was introduced‚ greeted warmly and was offered coffee and cake. To my surprise‚ I ran into two members that I knew in the past. There were 16 attendees excluding me and another student. Among the attendees there were fourteen males and only two females with their ages being
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For this third clinical‚ I observed a situation where a student was having chest pain and was constantly shaking. Whenever his chest pain would return‚ his heart rate would increase. I was able to tell he was uncomfortable and in pain due to his behavior. The student would clench his chest with his arms and rub his chest whenever his chest pain would return. As indicated before‚ he had an elevated HR only during chest pain‚ but his overall vital signs were normal. Whenever he would stand up‚ he would
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local hospital. At the time‚ I had no idea what I wanted to do in life‚ but this short‚ summer experience guided me to the path of nursing. Throughout the years‚ my mom had been placed in the hospital numerous times from her failing body. Due to this‚ I was able to get a sense of the environment. Whether it was an infection in her gallbladder or a tear in her stomach‚ the main caretakers were the nurses‚ who always made sure she was alright. Their care of patients inspired me; they were not just
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RATIONALE NSTP is one of the means for us students to help those in need as well as for us to contribute to society by aiding these people to become better citizens. We chose Literacy Training Service or LTS for this semester because we aim to lend a hand to the grade five students of Nepomuceno Elementary School in their studies especially in reading and basic mathematics to the best of our abilities. Our main objective is to assist them to become literate and to cope with the lessons in class
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It is not easy to live and study in the USA for every international students. We need to deal with everything by ourselves. Today I want to talk about my daily life and the lives who study in ASU. I remember the first day I arrived in USA. I was nervous and excited. I knew that it was the new beginning of my life. But I just could feel sad after I left airport. Because I lost one of my baggage. I did not how to deal with it. At that time‚ my English was not very good. I could not explain what happened
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Reflective Report on Clinical Experience Arrangement of the Clinic Description The number of first year students is usually limited to 2 (it can go up to 3 depending on the day) together with a third year student. It means that there will be 3 or 4 people interviewing the patient at the same time and treatment in this arrangement. The third year students can benefit from the support of the supervisor but hardly any suggestion from the first year students as our role in the clinic is mainly
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