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Nursing, from the perspective of a first-year nursing student, is a profession that is underestimated. Nurses are the backbone of all health care facilities; without them, quality of care would greatly decrease. Through the influence of maternal figures in my family, along with an inherent interest in health care and a strong desire to care for others, I was drawn to the profession of nursing. However, a nurse requires more than merely an interest and the desire to care for others. During my…

Patient-Centered Care Factors Carolina Rodriguez Nova Southeastern University Patient-Centered Care Factors As a patient, being the primary focus of healthcare professionals is imperative in receiving immaculate care. In the nursing profession, one of the main priorities of a nurse is to be understanding towards the patient’s current situation by giving them the medical attention they need while demonstrating empathy. By incorporating these characteristics, the nursing profession can be both…

A part of me has always been drawn to children. Perhaps this is due to my mom and sister being teachers at the Middle School and hearing their experiences that I feel compelled to work with children. In spite of this proclivity I have had towards pediatrics and the wonderful experiences I had with children in the past, I have come to realize that a career I cannot imagine a career without treating both adults and kids. A residency program that combines both Internal Medicine and Pediatrics will…

Nursing is a profession I have always looked upon with a lot of respect. From a very early age I have really loved the idea of working with people, assisting them and working as part of a team. My wish to take this course in University in Adult Nursing was established after my first work placement at a care home where I was working with people who had a lot of different learning disabilities, the people who I worked with were all different ages from young to old. During my time at the care home,…

Self Scheduling Nice Power Point Team C! Self-scheduling is mostly a positive for a nursing unit. People are more willing to keep the unit well-staffed if they have some say about the schedule. I hear nurses say they are more willing to pick up a phone call from a co-worker about needing help on a unit then the staffing office. Nurses have much better morale on a unit that they have some say about, then having someone dictate to them what is going to be done. It is proven that the nurse manager…

Incivility in Nursing: How does it impacts the profession? Every person has the right to a workplace that is fair and evenhanded and in which he or she is treated with respect and dignity. Working in a shared manner is challenging when environments have staff who engage in unprofessional or disruptive behaviors. A number of steps can be taken to support a healthy workplace and prevent incivility. Healthy workplaces are ones in which leaders and managers lead by example, champion respect, and set…

Although some people seem to think that being a nurse only makes a lot of money, the reality is that nursing have enormous responsibilities that can be incredibly stressful for nurses. Nursing is considered as one of the highest levels of job that experiences stress in all healthcare professions. Due to stress, it makes the job more challenging. Most people experience stress about their professional and affects their job. Some of the causes why nursing is considered as a stressful job are: it…

As the complexity of health care has grown, so has the complexity of information signifying that design concepts must be considered when implementing a new electronic system. This should comprise of workflow redesign, technical competencies of the users, the systems life cycle (SLC), and all other stakeholders. According to McGonigle and Mastrian (2015), the goal of workflow systems is to ensure that the work processes across the different units of an organization are carried out in the most…

Hello everyone, my name is Rachelle Mulles and nursing is my second degree. I pursued nursing after I felt I needed to know and do more while caring for my sick grandmother. I am currently training to become a skills laboratory coordinator in a career college and would like to teach full time once I receive my Master’s degree. Evidence based practice is a systematic method of finding a solution to health care problems through the integration of the best evidence from research and patient care…

The laissez-faire style of leadership can be effective when leading a staff of motivated, highly skilled, self-directed employees who have years of experience. Working as a clinical research nurse, this style works well. In this role, you are trained specifically on the current protocol and it is up to you to enroll the patient and maintain logs to keep the study going. It is a very independent role of nursing. In this role the manager, who is more of a mentor, oversees if the nurse has…