I believe one of the hardest aspects of being a nurse is having to deal with a patient’s death‚ especially if it’s unexpected‚ and you have grown close to them. Although I am not a nurse‚ I do know the pain of losing someone dear to me‚ just as every individual does. As a new nurse‚ of course‚ it would be difficult to handle a sudden and bloody patient death. As of right now I don’t know how I would handle it because I have not had to face such a situation. Dealing with a patient’s sudden death would
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The role of a Registered nurse (RN) is different from that of an advanced practice nurse. More so‚ my experience as an RN provided the foundation that has been helpful transitioning into a Psychiatric and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). When I started this graduate program‚ I was able to apply my learning into bedside care. Now I practice based on my learnings from class‚ as well as bedside experiences‚ and it has been wonderful. I am beginning to get comfortable being in the role of a
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Figuring out who you are can mean the difference between failure or success in life. From birth we are taught who we should be by our parents and society. However‚ it is ultimately up to us who we become. I am a 33 year old mother of three and a nurse. My self concept is constantly changing as life confronts me with new roles to play and trials to overcome. Although I have many attributes I pride myself on being competent‚ caring and creative. As a small child I watched my parents work hard and
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Pursuing a career in the field of nursing can be very rewarding. Schreiber and MacDonald (2010) describe a theory that involves how a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) practices nursing to connect with patients “while keeping vigil over them” during surgery. A common misconception about being a nurse anesthetist is that very little patient to provider interaction occurs. People assume that CRNAs must not enjoy interacting with patients‚ since the patient is under general anesthesia
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being therapeutic. At the end of his stay at the hospital‚ the health care providers’ (such as Barb) and patients’ (Marcus) relationship comes to an end because that is the evolution that must be taken by all nurse-patient relationship‚ this is known as the termination phase. Because nurse-patient relationship is a professional‚ it ends when the patient meets their health goal or helps patient set a new goal. Building therapeutic relationship is critical because it helps the patient leave with a
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halls. A nurse: I panicked and looked around. If she saw me‚ the nurse would certainly tell my
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on critical care nurses Moral distress has been a topic of interest to many nursing researchers due to the consequences that it poses‚ however few studies have examined the impacts of moral distress on nurses. By utilizing existing research on the topic‚ Corley (2002) proposed a theory of moral distress that encompassed its negative effects. Corley (2002) theorized that moral distress negatively affects nurses‚ patients and organizations. When subjected to moral distress‚ nurses can suffer‚ feel
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How the Nurse Feels is a story of a teenage girl named Tess Powell‚ who during the course of the story goes through some profound changes. Tess plays the role of the Nurse in her school’s current production of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” But Tess has a rather bothersome problem. She is not able to play her role correctly‚ because of a failure in fully understanding and thereby expressing the emotions felt by the character. During the story she gets a crush on a boy‚ who has a small role in the
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which is nurse residency program‚ I noticed few a gap in evidence. Since gap in evidence is the difference between what we know and what actually happens in current practice‚ nursing programs today do well in helping students develop nursing ethics and values‚ and in assisting student with identifying with the profession of nursing‚ Students’ clinical experiences at the bedside are powerful learning experiences‚ and students use these opportunities to learn to work and think like a nurse. but Nursing
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the constitution. Hence‚ nurses and for that matter‚ all health care professional have a legal‚ moral and ethical responsibility to protect patient’s privacy. Moral and ethics are all about doing good and not causing harm to individuals and society. Thus standing in Lena shoes is not an easy responsibility at all. Lina certainly faced an ethical dilemma of balancing the safety of her sister health and the privacy of her patient. Erickson and Millar (2005) sated “As nurses‚ we need to balance patient
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