Nurse educator

hectic work environment of taking care of others as a new nurse can be extremely terrifying for most new nurse graduates. For this reason, it has become a challenge to retain new nurse graduates on their first jobs. This is something that has contributed to today’s nurse shortages. The Baby Boomer generation is now at the age of retiring and many nurses are quitting their first nursing jobs within the first year of being hired. Nurse residency programs have been put into place at many…

my family bleeding and cursing. Becoming a nurse was not a surprise for me or my family. The journey of becoming a great nurse has been a long and difficult. One’s self discovery never gets boring and challenges are always faced. During my 19 years of nursing, I have been fortunate to come across only a handful of practioniors who have let me down. In those same years, I have found many more who have taught me to exceed at my job. One particular educator comes to mind when I think of someone…

and collaborative environment. (Cleary, Hunt, Walter, & Robertson, 2009). The unprofessional and disruptive behaviors can lead to an unhealthy work environment for many nurses…

delivery of patient/client care in a designated practice area and in line with legal requirements and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) National Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse. As a nursing student who will be graduating and working as a professional Registered Nurse. I do believe that having the knowledge and understanding in regard to the nursing legal framework is very substantial. During my Bachelor of Nursing, I have completed a unit which specifically…

way too familiar in the nursing profession (Weinand, M. R. (2010). Approximately 80% of nurses stated being bullied and around 75% have been harassed or been the victims of aggressive and intimidating behaviours during their careers (Hader, 2008; Hutchinson, Wilkes, Jackson, & Vickers, 2010). Horizontal violence can be defined as …………..The Joint Commission notes that in an unhealthy environment where nurses and nursing students are the victims of horizontal violence their level of stress is…

The people in general have a privilege to anticipate that nurses will exhibit competence all through their vocations. The nursing profession must direct educators and employers for guaranteeing nurse competence. Nursing standards must be put in place and enforced to protect the patients. The employer must be held accountable for providing continued education to support competent nursing practice. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has made significant and ongoing contributions to…

the nurse practitioners, physicians, and other staff that uses Misys. Misys is a financial software that is used in the revenue department in Urgent Care. The Coding Compliance Educator (CCE) at Lexington Medical Center-Physician Network Services (PNS) provides the auditing, training of codes, updates MAC regulations and more. The Coding Compliance Educator is a Certified Professional Coder. The educators send out coding and documentation education every Tuesday through email. The educators keep…

grandmother was placed in a nursing home. When my family and I would go visit her, I would watch how she was being cared for. The nurses would make her smile even in her worst days. She had a nurse that was very attentive, she would try her best to make my grandmother feel better even if it seemed impossible. Having the desire to…

improve the quality of healthcare. They came together and created the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN). The QSEN project was a resource created to educate nurses to obtain the proper knowledge, skills and attitudes to improve the quality and safety of healthcare overall (Dolansky & Moore, 2013). Within the QSEN project, six competencies were generated as a tool to help educate future nurses on how to improve the quality of healthcare. One of the competencies is patient centered…

in four to six hours. Moreover, if the patient is incontinent provide a toileting plan, such as, offering bedpan every two hours to regain continence, and protect skin. Hence, if the indwelling catheter is inserted, perform insertion with another nurse. Additionally, secure catheter per facility protocol, keep tubing free flowing, below the bladder, prevent kinks, empty drainage bag regularly, and provide catheter care…