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Knowledge of nursing sensitive indicators is very critical to a successful nursing career (Sauls, 2013). These indicators create a framework, and has the most effects of nursing practice and patient care. The deployment of care is displayed by the caliber of nursing staff, the skill set and training of the staff. Events that are determined to be nursing sensitive have greatly altered nursing care (Montalvo, 2007). Many aspects displayed with Mr. J indicators could have aided the nurses in…

doctors. This incident caused me to become interested in the subject of End of Life Care. End of Life Care is “the health care, not only that of a hospitalized patient in their last few days or minutes, but more broadly care of those with a terminal illness or terminal condition that has become advanced, progressive, and incurable”. (“en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-of-life_care”). In End of Life Care you have to recognize what specific treatments the patient wants. You also have to understand…

Jeanne Mance: Nursing Values and Ethics Jeanne Mance is the founder of the Hotel Dieu in Montreal and also one of the great role models for nurses. She emphasizes a strong value and ethics on how to take care of the people. Her determination in taking care of the ill greatly inspires all the nurses to follow her path. She only devotes her life on the patient and the people that need her. It is the reason why Jeanne Mance is important to my program because her beliefs are the main lesson that we…

As a primary care physician you treat all kinds of patients each and every day. Some of those patients are an absolute joy, and some are… rather challenging. Here are the 10 most common types of patients and ways you can manage them effectively. 1. The Needy Patient Not only do you need to treat their physical ailment, you need to treat their emotions with kid gloves. They are super apologetic when they come in to see you, expressing their knowledge that you have more important patients to see.…

Why have you chosen to pursue nursing as a career? I grew up in a neighborhood where people often misunderstand the term caring in a situation where care is needed. The concept of caring for an individual does not simply entail knowing that he or she is emotionally or physically stable, but rather has more to do with utilizing my personal experiences to instill the notion of hope. There are still people in the world who care and want to help out. Many times when I receive the…

Jacobs presents the feelings adolescent cancer patients have towards death. The journal article begins with an explanation of how 20% of young cancer patients die due to their illness, and it leads to a deeper understanding of their feelings towards life. The procedure used the Lyon Advance Care Planning Survey, Respecting Choices Interview, and completion of Five Wishes, an advance directive to determine a qualitative measurement…

Euthanasia exists in several different forms, from passive to voluntary euthanasia. Passive euthanasia is “the removal of a terminally ill or comatose patient from life support” (Right), and is legal throughout the United States. Physician-assisted suicide is legal in four states in the U.S; this is where a doctor gives a patient something to end his or her life but does not directly provide a lethal dose. When suffering from terminal illnesses the side effects can range from loss of autonomy or…

“At the organizational level, hospitals and clinics need clinical, financial, and administrative data/information to measure, assess, control, and improve the quality and productivity of their operations” (Reid, P., Compton, D. W., Grossman, J. H., Fanjiang, G. 2005). Financial information is especially important for managing healthcare organizations. The primary use of financial information is evaluation of organization’s financial condition. The financial data can answer a question regarding…

“The Anatomy of Care” video posed interesting questions on the topic of patient care, and whether or not caring is innate. A person in the video stated that, “caring just comes naturally for people that go into the medical profession. They just have it or they wouldn’t be here”. While I would agree that most people in the healthcare profession enjoy caring for people, I do not think caring comes without learning how to do it. As people, we often have sympathy for people in distress. This does…

Healthcare-related experience My childhood experience has greatly shaped my aspiration to become a nurse. I found out that I was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome when I was 11 years old. Turner Syndrome is when females are born with only one X chromosome instead of two X chromosomes. This disorder has caused a variety of medical and developmental problems in my life, including short height, failure to start puberty, horseshoe-shaped kidney, heart defects, certain learning disabilities and social…