Neonatal nursing

Watson’s Theory of Caring in the Neonatal Intensive Care Jean Watson’s definition of caring is when “the nurse enters into the experience of another person, and another can enter into the nurse’s experiences” ( Tourville & Ingalls, 2003 p.29). The most important facet of nursing is caring. The carative factors, transpersonal caring relationship and the caring moment are elements of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring (Cara, 2003). Reflecting on my personal story, Watson’s definition of…

Fixed and Growth Mindsets as They Relate to Leadership This paper will discuss concepts from Mindset, the psychology of success by Carol Dweck as it relates to nursing practice. In addition to Mindset, I will take into account the works of Julia Haager and Shaunna Smith addressing how they have a pivotal role in both nursing and my own personal practice. I will conclude the paper disclosing how reading the book and understanding its core concepts have aided in my own personal growth and…

In two years, I will begin my career as a nurse at a well-known hospital in New Jersey. I will have my BSN from Ramapo College of New Jersey and be working in the maternity ward. I am not sure if I want to become a maternity nurse or a neonatal nurse. I am sure that I want to deal with infancy somewhere in between my life. The reason to why I wanted to be a nurse specifically for infancy is because; there is countless amount of wickedness in the world and we as adults are exposed to the world.…

individual would want to choose Nursing as their occupation, but by hearing and seeing it with through my Mother, she tells me it is the…

There are LPNs active in the nursing homes, hospital and private clinics, and home health. In the nursing homes the nurses admit new residents, assist the physicians in rounds, and assign duties to the non-licensed nursing staff ("LPN Jobs" 6). In hospitals and clinics, they plan and manage patient care by their needs and they record medical history, copy vital signs, provide…

earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. After completing 2 years of prerequisites, she applied for clinicals, but was denied due to a lack of available spots and a long waiting list. Not letting the rejection into clinicals get to her, she enrolled in an LPN program at Hessmer High School. Within 14 months, Ashley had successfully completed the program and began to work as an LPN at various nursing homes in Avoyelles Parish. She decided to reapply for nursing clinicals after working…

acutely ill patients receive the highest of care. They are sometimes called an ICU or Intensive Care Unit nurse. There is a wide variety of settings for a critical care nurses to work in. They may be needed for adult critical care units, pediatric or neonatal ICU’s, emergency departments or even more specialized units such as burn units. Care will go to acutely ill patients of all ages that may be unstable, unconscious, or maybe even close to death. As patient care in the critical care units get…

The world of nursing has evolved tremendously over the years. It will continue to change on a daily basis, in an attempt to better it. Adapting to change should become a normal thing for all nurses because it happens all the time. All nurses have their own “ideal shift” and how they believe things should go. Each director or even lead nurse handles situations differently. In this paper I will discuss my vision of nursing in the future, adapting to changes, and how I would handle certain…

each other by using jargon that few people understand. What patients do not see is the hospital from the perspective of a staff member; it is completely different from a nurse’s point of view. I chose to observe an emergency room to reveal how the nursing staff functions, as well as confirming or busting the stereotype of how hospitals run based on television shows such as Grey’s Anatomy. I contacted my aunt, Emily Clarkin, who doubled as my informant. She…

Subjects and Methods The aim of this study was to identify factors causing lack of attendance at antenatal clinics in primiparas and to determine effects of lack of antenatal care on perinatal outcomes. The methodology that was followed in carrying out the study is presented under four designs, namely: Technical design, operational, administrative and statistical design Technical design The Technical design included the research design, research setting, subjects, and tool of the study.…