It was a great learning opportunity for me because I was able to acquire new knowledge in my clinical practice. I believe that I will be able to use this assessment method if I will be working in an aged care setting in the…
Dr. and fellow Colleagues: For myself it has been a long road, but I can honestly said that over these past ten weeks I start to realized what does a Nurse Practitioner responsibility will be when I take over my own patient load. I gave thank you to my preceptor in this class since he spends many hours explaining what my role will be in near future. I feel scare, but I had the same feeling when I finish my first nursing education as Register Nurse. I honestly believe that I met the objectives for this class and look forward to passing my boards.…
Within the next ten years, more than one million registered nurses in the United States will be eligible for retirement. This will potentially leave the nursing profession with the largest shortage in history. The need for health care is only growing due to the aging baby boomer population. “Nursing researchers have noted that the projected nursing shortage, if not rectified, is expected to affect health care cost, job satisfaction and quality patient care” (Lartey, 2014, p. 1027). Without an adequate number of nurses’ patient safety is at risk, resulting in medical errors due to understaffing.…
1. Using the internet, do a search for a HIPAA violation made by a nurse, and describe the violation and resulting penalty. A nurse shared patient information to her spouse. She violated HIPAA.…
As an undergraduate, I gained invaluable hands-on clinical experience working in the University Health Services Clinic. I was able to directly interact with the patients, listen to their concerns, take their vitals, and network with nurses, practitioners and physicians about their condition and treatment plan. I worked on a team of medical professionals…
I also had the sense that by using this evidence based approached, I was enhancing my skills as a clinician and as a case manager. This coincided with his increasing of level of attunement after each session. Knowing that my client was receptive of the intervention and was willing to to participate each week also made me proud to be his case manager while keeping in mind our professional boundaries. What did you learn about yourself as a clinician using this model? I learned that as a clinician we must not limit ourselves to the more conventional practices in our field.…
My determination towards attending a post-bac program started during the time of my transfer from a college to a university. In order to pursue my career goal as a Physician's Assistant, I would need stellar grades in order to be competitive in this growing field. Unfortunately, there were academic problems in my early college and university years that lowered my GPA and in order to prove myself capable of being a Physician's Assistant, I feel the need to undergo another year of intense studying. With so many healthcare career options out there, one might wonder why I choose to be a Physician Assistant.…
First, l am thankful for all who have contributed to seeing me to the end. I also hope to continue to reflect on myself whether by journaling, volunteering and other activities to promote quality of care using evidence based practice in my clinical experience. The fact that the program was online worked for me, as it gave me the flexibility and time to complete all class work on time. I would suggest that the school have a group of past students that can encourage other students and maybe serve as mentors. I would hope the faculty keep on having the weekly discussion board as this helps all students especially when you think you have no idea of what you are doing.…
Throughout my clinical rotations, I have dedicated myself to giving best shot at all the specialities, and at the same time trying to figure out a speciality that would align flawlessly with my personal and future goals. While this task seemed straightforward and uncomplicated, it was challenging to find a specialty that combined cerebral requirements of internal medicine and procedural skills of surgery, until my Anesthesiology rotation. Major factors that drew me to the specialty were the challenge of managing critically ill patients, the clinical application of pharmacology and physiology and the hands on nature of the speciality. During my third year, I had glimpse of the profession while doing my core rotations. My first month into clinical rotations, I was on-call for my internal medicine rotation.…
Please explain how you envision fulfilling our Mission as a graduate of the Program. The mission of the Yale PA program “is to educate individuals to become outstanding clinicians and to foster leaders who will serve their communities and advance the physician assistant profession.” I have known that I wanted to work in the healthcare profession since I was little. The desire to help and heal people is a fundamental part of my nature.…
My clinical placement was at the New Farm Clinic – Unit 2 (General Psychiatry). Initially, I had mixed emotions about my clinical placement. I felt excited, because I knew it is a great learning experience for me regarding mental health disorders. However, I also felt a little anxious thinking that the patients might be in their period of hallucinations though not to a degree that they are dangerous to me.…
I could not agree with you more. Making the decision returning back for a master degree is a lot scarier and the pressure of keeping your grade a 3.0 or above is some serious stuff. Also being asked to think deeper is a lot of pressure. I’m not too good at explaining things and can be very short with people because I lack the patient. It is going to be hard because I have get out of my confront zone and work on the patients apart too.…
Nursing is always changing. With change, issues arise. Societal influences have led to some of these challenges. One prominent challenge in nursing curriculum is the lack of clinical sites. Many factors contributing to this issue.…
This week for clinical I was able to work with a patient who was non-ambulatory as well as nonverbal. I found this to be an eye opening experience because I had not worked with a patient who could not verbally communicate back to me. This gave me a new perspective in regards to both caring for patient and communication techniques used with nonverbal patients. I found that this clinical for this week was an amazing experience. Prior to meeting my patient I had been very nervous about coming into clinical because I found out he was non-verbal as well as non-ambulatory.…
1. Please list any course work or experience gained through your degree that is relevant to your internship goals* As a nursing major, I have been able to take a variety of courses pertaining to the scientific aspects of healthcare. These courses include Nursing Fundamentals; Integration of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology; Medical-Surgical Nursing I; Health Assessment; and many more. The content I have learned and utilized in these courses has prepared me for the scientific intricacies of a healthcare profession, considering that they require me to draw from a large background of science. In addition, a sole requirement of the Medical-Surgical Nursing I course is the clinical portion.…