for the human condition of suffering and pain has been a lifelong mission assigned to me by my grandmother, whose physical fragility and decline ignited the caregiver inside of me. It was her eyes that sparkled as she touched the family Bible or her crooked smiled at family members long since passed, that I knew suffering was only a temporary condition. This paper is a written declaration to the absence of suffering. It is the affirmation that suffering is the inability to see the alternate…
Carolina (Mary Eliza). During her teenage years, Mahoney became interested in nursing. Mahoney began her career at the New England Hospital for Women and Children in Roxbury, Massachusetts as a general laborer. Her duties included maid, launderer, cook, and sometimes a nurse’s assistant. This hospital was the first in the United States to offer a nursing program (Mary Eliza). Before Mahoney was accepted into their nursing school in 1878 at the age of 33, she worked in the hospital for 15 years…
ADVOCACY AND POLITICAL ACTION To be effective, nurses must consider themselves to be experts with the limit and obligation to impact present and future healthcare delivery system. The nursing career depends on the science of human wellbeing and the aspect of caring. It works from a structure that values all individuals in a holistic manner and looks to cultivate and propel individuals' wellbeing all through their lifespans and over all levels of society. Advocacy in Workplace Nurses as a part…
1.The characteristics that intrigued me of the nursing practice was when I was a patient at Danbury Medical Center when I was 10 years old. As a patient, I began to see the care that the nurses had given me. They took their time to make sure I had the best care possible. Whenever I was in pain the nurses were there by my side. They had taken the time to make sure I was as content with my current status. I had never expected that going to the hospital from flying off a cliff on my skateboard…
and why it may result in better health outcomes (Badzek, Turner, Jenkins, 2008). For instance, through genetic testing, families can successfully evaluate the predisposing ailments in their families and ways to effectively counter or heal the existing diseases. Further, the article expounds on the need to have a genetic assessment on a regular basis and having one done on the family to evaluate the genetic composition that may be susceptible to certain ailments. Badzek, Turner, Jenkins (2008)…
BSN Bachelor of Science in Nursing According to The Mosby 's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing & Health professions (2012), the BSN is “an academic degree awarded on satisfactory completion of a 4-year course of study in a college or university”. Nurses with their baccalaureate degrees have the elementary knowledge of the processes of research and evidence-based practice. They are able to critically apprise research material and apply it in practice. They can also assist with research (American…
The concept of caring means to offer one’s self without thought or malice. Caring is the internal attributes a person owns as an individual. Caring is essential and part of the nursing profession. Caring requires respect, knowledge, emotions, feelings, listening abilities, analytical skills and thought process. These qualities should be with the nurse while performing their daily duties. Caring stands on a higher Plato, it is a continuum throughout one’s life. In the hospital we as nurses say we…
2014). These abnormally shaped RBCs may cause blood vessels to become blocked due to clumping of sickle cells (Chabner, 2012). This leads to other complications. The purpose of this research paper is to show how the use of the nursing care delivery models, the nursing…
The purpose of my paper is to demonstrate the nursing care for a patient at my clinical rotation whom I chose for my required uniformed assignment. The registered nurse whom I was following on that day allowed me to asses for the lung sounds and I was able to observe when the nursing care was delivered. To protect the privacy of the patient, I am using only one letter initial which is the letter randomly I chose. To accomplish the goal of this assignment, I start with the background information…
Nursing as it is today was not during the primitive years. . There was no formal education for the people during the primitive years. During those times, people always believe that illnesses and death were caused by the evil spirit, although some countries such as Africa still believe that evil spirit is responsible for illness and death today. In those times caregiving role were assigned to females. Women were presumed to be nurturance to their infant and therefore should provide care to the…