Florence Nightingale

Call bells ringing, heart monitors beeping, patients crying out in pain, and nurses sprinting from room to room. All of these are common sights and sounds in hospitals these days: especially with the increasing numbers of hospitalized patients and a decrease in the amount of nursing staff available. While being down a nurse or two on a unit may not seem like the end of the world to some, it is a huge crisis in hospitals these days. Understaffed nurses are being forced to take on more patients…

Working as a Registered Nurse on the General Surgery unit of St Pauls’ hospital has given me a deeper understanding that our healthcare system, no matter how easily accessible and efficient, will always be room for improvement. Therefore, the primary reasons for my application to the Master of Nursing: Generalist is two fold. First, I wish to raise more awareness around the social determinants of health to improve our health care system. Second, I wish to contribute and improve new health…

The information gained in this Biostatistics course will be of benefit throughout my career as a nurse practitioner. I have learned lots of information. However, more importantly, I now understand the significance in which utilization of this knowledge will be advantageous to my patients and my career. I now understand the importance of evaluation of research. I plan to become an advanced practice nurse that makes every effort to stay up-to-date on current events and the latest research.…

Instructor Kathryn Royals you asked why should you read my Work in Major Report, and I can think of quite a few reasons. However, I am only going to list a few that I believe is most pertinent to me. First, I believe that by reading my Work in the Major report, you will find very informative information on the different aspects of nursing. Also, by reading this report you will have a better insight of the different specialty areas that you can acquire as a nurse. Some of those areas in nursing,…

Conflict Resolution in the Workplace Research suggests that nurses experience alcohol, drug use, and mental illness at rates that mirror or exceed those found in the general population (Cares, A., Pace, E., Denious, J., & Crane, L., 2015). Substance use among nurses is a matter of public safety, putting nurses and their patients at risk (Cares et al, 2015). I had speculations about one of our recently hired nurses, O.J. Having witnessed diversion in the past, I was immediately concerned…

I am 23 years old and enjoy spending time with friends and family, listening to a variety of music, and enjoy driving around with my dogs Chloe and Buddy. I was introduced to the healthcare field at a very young age. In 2005 my parents decided to open a Residential Care Facility for the Elderly, also known as a Board and Care. Our facility name is Daisy Anne Gardens, named after my sister and me. In the beginning I was very reluctant to be a part of the business due to my lack of knowledge. I am…

Similar to most people, a lot of my research has been through school. From research projects in elementary school on indigenous Colorado animals, to Japanese traditional architecture and many other paper based on archival research. After high school an inordinate part of my life was finding out what I want to do for the rest of it. The processes started with taking ethnographies and interviews from nurses and finding out that I was to gregarious for the short talks I would have with patients. I…

In the pediatric ward of Hospital X Rai Vacher child seven years of age and Ray Vache child nine years of age, with different diagnoses are hospitalized. A day like any other and a normal routine in the hospital, at six in the afternoon LD pediatric ward nurse asks a favor to her colleague CM service that will take care healthy catch the service, which was presented a family emergency and needed to leave early and the service was quiet and no abnormality. Her colleague informed her that hers…

CASE MYSTERY: THE PROFESSOR Nursing is a profession that offers a broad spectrum of choices for practice. Each nurse gathers tools for use in a chosen specialty as experience and knowledge is gained through practice. One of the most interesting tools gathered by professional nurses is the ability to be a detective of sorts. Working with a team of medical professionals, nurses contribute to the plan of care and treatment by providing outstanding assessment skills, evaluating interventions for…

I agree, the nurse was very good displaying proper techniques. At work, we use the name and birth date identifiers as well. I usually say, "for your safety, would you please verify your name and date of birth". Not many people ask why I am doing that, stating the safety reasons, along with the question usually tells them why. In my opinion: I agree that safety and respect need to be part of every interaction with others, not just with patients, but there is a growing madness that is put on…