Nursing Philosophy Essay

According to Denham, Eggenberger, Young and Krumwiede (2016) assessments are tools that allow nurses to gather holistic data, which in turn guides the scope of nursing care that will be given (p.108). Through an assessment a nurse is able to acknowledge what the negative and positive factors influence a patients health and wellness. In order to identify these factors the nurse must be able to complete a thorough assessment of the entire family unit as the household can either make or break the…

Impact on Nursing Practice Every nurse will face a patient who is mentally ill in their professional lifetime. Therefore, nursing practice will be greatly impacted if the proposed bill passes. One way a nurse will be impacted is through competent assessment skills. Nurses play a remarkable role in mental health through…

There is nothing better than seeing a smile transform a frown. Our shift is coming to an end, and we sit on the counters of a cramped room in the basement of a hospital. We laugh and joke around, creating in one night, enough inside jokes to last a lifetime. Our best florists open the flower-filled storage and begin the task of forming two modest vases. These vases are not for us, nor are they for sale. Once finished, they will be brought upstairs and presented to a patient. The expertly…

The major concerns in relation to the nursing shortage are the lack of available nurses, nurse burn-out/job dissatisfaction, and decreased patient quality of care. Some proposed solutions for the nursing shortage are: 1) “retainment of experienced nurses”, 2) “recruitment of new graduates”, 3) encouragement to obtain double (or dual) degrees, and 4) positive depiction of the nursing field (Hickey Sumison & Harrison, 2010). Keeping a hold of experienced nurses in the health care setting is an…

I am pursing working with a pediatric population in a diverse urban setting. Rady Children’s Hospital came to my attention because of its reputation as a high quality hospital solely dedicated to pediatric care. My nursing care will be an asset to whatever hospital I choose to serve at. The main reason I would be honored to join Rady Children’s team is that I will be on a team that doesn’t focus on a just the in the moment health needs. Even with acute patients everybody is promoting the…

Introduction Hi, I’m Myrna Montoya, and I have been a nurse for more than 22 years. Nursing is my third profession. I was a schoolteacher and a consultant in training and development in my past life. When I got my diploma in nursing from Holy Name Hospital School of Nursing in Teaneck, NJ, I gave myself five years to link the three “me’s” into one “me”. On the fourth year of working as a staff nurse, I was offered a nurse educator position in the Education and Practice department in…

Nurse Midwife; one who prepares the mother for birth, delivers the newborns for low risk patients, and provides care for the newborn and mother after the birth; is a career I wish to pursue due to the salary, educational requirements, and the work environment. I have always wanted to pursue a career in the medical field that would allow me to be in the company of people who seek my knowledge and assistance. After researching nurse-midwifery, I have reached the conclusion nurse-midwifery is the…

Public health nursing is defined by the American Nurses Association (ANA) as nursing practice that focuses on the health of the population through continuous surveillance and assessment of multiple elements related to health with the intent to promote health and wellness; prevent disease, disability, and premature death and improve neighborhood quality of life (p.2). Public health nurses are advocates for change to help improve the health of the whole community including private, public, and…

Medicine to investigate, evaluate and come up with the solutions in the health care arena in response to the needs and problems of the population in health problems (). The report The Future of Nursing presents multiple recommendations for the Nursing field, which are supposed to help in leading nursing…

Although I have not been a nurse for very long, I have the ability to distinguish myself as a highly capable healthcare professional. My competence and skills are quickly noted by my superiors as I am quickly promoted to the charge nurse role. My nursing experience has given me the exposure to a multitude of common disease states as well as many uncommon diseases that FNPs will have to confront during their career. These experiences have bestowed upon me the framework in which to build my…