The topic of discussion is about the License Practical Nursing (LPN) in the nursing field. I’m currently attending Bryant & Stratton College in the License Practical Nursing (LPN) Diploma Program. The daily duties and responsibilities for an LPN include but not limit to; providing basic medical and nursing care such as checking blood pressure and inserting catheters, ensure the comfort of patients by helping them bathe or dress, discuss health care with patients, and report status of patients to registered nurses and doctors. Furthermore; nursing is a profession that can be at the same time, both fulfilling and challenging. Since nurses represent most of the workforce in the healthcare field, they are often sort by hospitals and many nursing
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Yes, my chosen field is because of my compassion and love to care for the sick and the elderly. However, this occupation requires many sacrifices, to include long hours and many nursing are moving to the regions that are compensating their service with a better salary. This, leads to another issue in the nursing field; long working hours is affecting the performance of on-duty nurse. In 2014, a study in the American Journal of Critical Care found that nurses impaired by fatigue, loss of sleep, daytime sleepiness and an inability to recover between shifts are more likely than well-rested nurses to report decision regret, a negative cognitive emotion that occurs when the actual outcome differs from the desired or expected outcome. Many nurses across this Great Nation, continue to get their licenses revoke for different reasons. Moreover, many of these cases are identifying that nurses long working hours are contributing to unethical decisions. For example; once the patient safety comes in question, because many nurses become addicted to the same medication they are administering to their
Yes, my chosen field is because of my compassion and love to care for the sick and the elderly. However, this occupation requires many sacrifices, to include long hours and many nursing are moving to the regions that are compensating their service with a better salary. This, leads to another issue in the nursing field; long working hours is affecting the performance of on-duty nurse. In 2014, a study in the American Journal of Critical Care found that nurses impaired by fatigue, loss of sleep, daytime sleepiness and an inability to recover between shifts are more likely than well-rested nurses to report decision regret, a negative cognitive emotion that occurs when the actual outcome differs from the desired or expected outcome. Many nurses across this Great Nation, continue to get their licenses revoke for different reasons. Moreover, many of these cases are identifying that nurses long working hours are contributing to unethical decisions. For example; once the patient safety comes in question, because many nurses become addicted to the same medication they are administering to their