Nurse anesthetist

preventable adverse event that jeopardizes the nurse accountability is patient falls. In my four years of nursing, I have had to complete one patient fall incident report, but I have assisted in the documentation of at least four, which was five too many patients fall. Morse fall scale is the fall risk assessment commonly used in the hospital setting. My plan is to educate the patient on their risk for falling, and take the Morse fall scale 2-steps farther. What nurses may not know is, inpatient…

The change was handled in a top down approach. The nurses did not have the choice as to whether to make the change. Before embarking on a change, a manager must first consider their own strengths and weaknesses because it can greatly affect the outcome. The management team utilized an autocratic leadership…

Nurse to patient staff ratios have been a massive issue for many years now. The role of the registered nurse is to deliver quality care to any patient admitted to the hospital under their scope of practice including skills of administering medication, providing comfort including turning to prevent pressure ulcers if the patient is immobile, assessment of their current disease process and evaluating the plan of care, and documenting or charting on the patient to hold one accountable for the care…

will be their profession. Even though a nurse might not be wearing scrubs or working in a hospital at that moment, a nurse is always a nurse. Two of the key elements in nursing are professionalism and patient-family-centered care. These two concepts not only show that nursing is a profession and that a nurse is always a nurse, on or off of the clock; furthermore, it shows the characteristics of all nurses to be professional yet empathetic, stern yet caring. Nurses do not follow the rules of…

rounds with the physicians should be a priority to curtail a loss of communication between interdisciplinary teams as well as the patient. While the PCF does not provide direct patient care unless there is a crisis, training and assisting graduate nurses during orientation is expected to transition the new employee to the area (Clark, 2011). The PCF is also held accountable for discharge deadlines, meeting…

My Worst Nightmare The nurse leader that I chose for this interview is a rock solid emergency department nurse that I worked with over the last two years. I chose to interview this nurse, because she is the reason I have decided to base my career in the ED. When I first started in our small rural ED, this tiny British woman walked over and introduced herself to me as "I 'm Gill, your nightshift Clinical Coordinator - aka, your worst nightmare". To say the least, I was absolutely terrified of…

nursing clinicals, I found that nurses play a big role in all departments of the hospital including surgery, rehab, and labor and delivery. One of the departments where nurses play a big role is surgery. Yes, surgeons are the ones that actually do the surgery, but they are not the only people in the room. As stated by FORTIS College, there are three main positions for surgical nurses: scrub…

to grow to 260,000 by 2025. (Buerhas, Auerbach, & Staiger, 2009). This foreseen shortage in nurses builds off of the knowledge that the average age of nurses is increasing, whilst the demand for nurses increases. More nurses are retiring or are close to retirement and an equal amount of nurses are not being recruited to organizations to take over the jobs of nurses that have left. In turn, many new nurses resign within their first year due to overwhelming workloads and stress. (Berry,…

employee should have the ability to start their day with a fresh mindset and complete their duties to the best of their abilities. When negativity enters an individual’s psyche, their performance will change. “Lateral violence, also known as nurse-to-nurse violence or bullying, is disruptive behavior that interferes with effective health care communication and thus threatens a culture of patient safety.” (Bigony, Lipke, et. al. p. 688) Lateral violence can impair an employee’s ability to…

stages that a nurse progresses through in their career. Dr. Benner’s theory created a five stage model that provided a framework for professional development for nurses (Hawkins, 2013). The model delineates over time and skill acquisition necessary to achieve expert status, which is the ultimate goal. The five stages that nurses must proceed through are novice, advance beginner, competent, proficient, and expert. The novice is the beginner or nurse without experience. The new nurse must…