Military nurse

Leadership is a fundamental part of effective nursing care and nurses are recognized as leaders in patient care. Nursing involves the implementation of goal-driven interventions which aim to improve a patient’s health status or comfort. Nurses are recognized for their role as alliance builders: nurses coordinate and motivate care teams, families and patients to support patient wellbeing (James 2010). Nurses need to be adaptable and have effective communication skills, including the ability to…

I am applying to become an Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse, specializing in Critical Care/Trauma as my next step to effect significant differences in the current and future generations of aging veterans’ healthcare administration. As a youngster, my mother said my “Auntie”, a special person, would not be with us much longer so I needed to treat her with extra special care. Soon, I became Auntie’s constant companion during countless hospitalizations and medical visits. I witnessed, from her…

Nurse Teamwork Creates Safety In healthcare there is growing concerns over culture communion barriers. Medical errors happen every day and can be avoided. Safety is a paramount part in nursing it keeps both the patient and nurse safe. Without having guidelines there could be major complication. Utilizing communication, leadership, and teamwork will offer a safe environment. When a patient is not receiving proper care and the situation becomes unsafe, action needs to take place. If…

career as a staff nurse in New York City. Where she earned a temporary position as a nurse for the New York University summer camp. She soon went on to become the school nurse at Bennington College in Vermont through a work study program. She studied interpersonal…

often discussed at the San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) involves the policy and practice of floating nursing staff. Currently there is not a specified float pool of nursing staff, as one would often encounter at civilian hospitals. Thus, in order to maintain a pre-defined patient to nurse ratio, nursing staff will float to other units to fill vacancies created when staff call in sick, are on vacation, or have an unfilled position. Although the nurses should receive an orientation…

professional of nursing. Nightingale believed in well-educated and intellectual nursing involving science and patient education on healthy lifestyle (Antonio, n.d.). In 1854, Nightingale was asked to lead a small group of nurses to the military hospital in Uskudar, Turk. Nightingale and her nurses had managed to sanitized walls, window, and provide nourishing foods which resulted in significant decreased in infection diseases and sickness among soldiers. In the same topic of infection disease,…

Caring for the Enemy: An Ethical Struggle Every day, nurses are presented with complex ethical decisions that influence their daily practice. One notable ethical challenge specific to military nursing is caring for the enemy combatant. This ethical challenge is just as relevant to nurse anesthesia as it is to bedside intensive care nursing. The purpose of this essay is to explain how caring for the enemy poses an ethical challenge and health risk, introduce the concept of…

strongly against her becoming a nurse; she was very…

To Detect and Mend The American Nurses Association’s [ANA] Code of Ethics are standards meant to protect not only the public but the nurses as well. Without these standards, clinicians can rationalize practices, according to their own convictions, but may not necessarily benefit the client and uphold the integrity of the profession. For instance, a nurse with substance abuse disorder can justify his action as a reasonable coping mechanism to perform his job. However, with the ANA Code of…

or caring for a great-aunt with Alzheimer’s disease. Then, I finally found that missing piece of the puzzle 3 East of St. David’s Hospital, where I have the privilege to work with amazing nurses and provide intimate care to all of my patients. My job has provided me with a positive, vicarious experience as a nurse, in addition to closure in my professional life choices. Receiving my nursing education from a prestigious and continuously innovative school such as UT Austin, will be a necessary and…