Diploma in Nursing

many changes in the nursing profession throughout the years. The best way to learn about these changes is to talk to an experienced nurse. We were honored to have had the opportunity to interview a registered nurse with over twenty years of experience. Iris Rosario has worked as a Registered nurse for 50 years. She has worked at many different hospitals. She graduated from Bellevue Hospital, New York in 1962. She has high professional beliefs and values that relate to nursing. Iris has…

There are 4 phases of the application which include submitting an application, submit written documentation to demonstrate excellence in nursing standards, participating in a site visit, and lastly a final review by the commission. When many hospitals apply for Magnet status it takes many years to achieve it because of the many steps. During the application process the hospitals must submit…

The nursing license that I have earned from the state of Wisconsin proves that I have the basis of knowledge and understanding in regards to health and illness along with an understanding of age appropriate, culturally meaningful educational information. My job…

In today’s society, we don’t realize the amount of stress we put upon each other. For those in the nursing career, the impact of this can lead to concerning issues. Although money was the number one reason most people experienced stress, the percentage of people who experience daily stress due to their work is 70%, (APA-Work Percentage, 2011). We don’t often think about the constant pressure that is placed on nurses. Consider, for a moment, a time when you were being cared for by a nurse. Now…

Patient Satisfaction and Nursing Visibility In order to review performance and improvement, data are compressed into an easily interpreted dashboard. A compiled dashboard highlights the variances, compares them to both historic institutional data, and benchmarks the facility against similar facilities. Organizations are able to focus on areas of needed change by interpreting the raw data and analyzing trends (Brown, Aydin, & Donaldson, 2008). The purpose of this assignment is to review a…

In the article, “We Need More Nurses,” author Alexandra Robbins addresses a nationwide nursing shortage in hospitals. This article appeared in opinion section of the New York Times on May 27th, 2015. Robbins, the author of five New York Times bestseller books, is an investigative journalist who has spent one shadowing nurses in hospitals, in order, research the nursing profession. This is an OP-ED article from the New York Times that gives personal experience, rational reasons, and factual…

annual salary is $64,690. There are better paying nursing jobs, but most public health nurses find their reward in the work rather than the pay. The average salary has also been estimated at $51,000 annually. Budget cuts and scarce resources also can make the work environment favorable. The necessity to travel may also be a detriment. There is now an expectation in most states that entry in public health nurse practice is a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Public health nurses also need to…

young age all he knew about fighting fires and the jargon necessary for the job, my mother still teaches me jargon/terms for nursing. I can attribute my literacy in the fire/EMS field, not only to my parents, but also my mentors, Kathy Jeter and Jonathan Sydnor, because of them, I have become literate in the EMS field, and am on track to further my literacy in the nursing world. I grew up in the small town of Tappahannock, VA. My life was like any other kid my age at the time, and mostly…

saw this event coming. Mr. G. was one of my first patients at the infirmary, he had a spinal decompression surgery procedure and he was post-op day four when I had my first interaction with him. I was assigned by my preceptor nurse to provide total nursing care for him. He was pleasant and cooperative with our goals in every interaction we had. I provided wound care and dressing changes for him. His surgical wound is not healing as fast as expected. He had a tunneling in his surgical wound at…

In my view, nursing entails giving quality care to patients while concurrently adhering with codes of conducts that are affiliated with the profession. The core values of nursing define the driving force that dictates my values and behaviors. These core values include honesty, responsibility, equality of all patients, the pursuit of new knowledge, the desire to prevent and alleviate suffering and the belief in human dignity. Nurses discharge their responsibilities and make their ethical…