Nurse educator

Grey’s Anatomy’s pilot episode premieres as it takes the audience through the first shift with the characters being interns, starting their residencies at a busy hospital in Seattle. The episode takes us through introducing some of the main characters and how they are handling their new roles as actual doctors right out of medical school. Unlike other medical shows, Grey’s Anatomy is very realistic through its dialogue and setting, it feels like they are actually real doctors and the cameras are…

framework (Shanta, & Connolly, 2013). Nurses dealing with patient dynamics as well as team dynamics are placed in a position where their own personal beliefs have an impact on day to day operations. Systems Theory stressed that if an individual is unaware of one’s own emotional well-being then the unsettling negative forces can maneuver towards individuals in patient care setting (Shanta, & Connolly, 2013). Furthermore, King’s Systems Theory noted that the nurse who is…

Once upon a time there lived a royal couple in the kingdom of Corona. They were together for many years and loved each other very much. Their family doctor had been doing a check-up on the queen as he heard she was ill. He granted her with a special flower that held healing powers from the sun all while announcing to them that the Queen was expecting a child. The Queen, through her aching coughs manages to ask if the baby would be harmed by her illness. The doctor reassured her and her husband…

Question 1. The visiting nurse is facing an ethical dilemma over respecting Brady’s right to autonomy and making decisions for herself and the moral principle of fidelity maintaining her agreement with Brady not to call the police or jeopardize having her children taken away. The nurse is vacillating between maintaining a trusting relationship with Brady, respecting her rights and autonomy, maintaining the fidelity of their relationship and a duty of nonmaleficence by reporting Brady to child…

Nurses have access to very sensitive information about their patients and if they do not take care to safeguard that material it becomes a major error in nurse-patient confidentiality. Especially as technology in the nursing profession begins to change and technology becomes more ingrained in the profession, it becomes harder and more important to take steps to protect patients right to privacy. When a nurse decides to ignore a patient right to confidentiality, then they can cause undue stress…

Care Unit at Memorial Hermann and would occasionally bring my brother and I along when a babysitter was not available. Growing up around this setting, I witnessed the types of work that nurses had to perform for long hours, and I was intrigued by what I saw, but I was too young to understand how deep being a nurse truly was. Being in college and having several family members in the nursing field has allowed me to explore what I wanted for my future, and as I juggled around several different…

Role of clinical nurse leadership in improving patient care Jill Murphy and colleagues describe how clinical leadership has been defined and developed among nurse leaders in the Republic of Ireland summary Leadership in nursing plays a crucial part in the provision of good patient care. However, the terms ‘nursing leadership’ and ‘nursing management’ are often confused. This article discusses the difficulties in defining ‘clinical leadership’, outlines its development in the Republic of Ireland,…

(Taylor, 2011). Nurses play an important role in the healthcare setting which is to maintain the nursing code of ethics, along with being an advocate for their patients and resolving ethical dilemmas. Also, in order to promote great patient care, nurses have to be an advocate for their patients especially the patients that are not able to speak or see. The evidence based article that I found on the internet represents…

If someone were to make a statement that there is an increasing number of patients developing infections as a result of having direct contact in health care settings, would it be believable? According to the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA), “Outbreaks of infection often caused by the failure of providers to follow well-established principles of hygiene and asepsis, have proliferated in the preceding two decade (Griffis, 2013).” Basic health care principles include the role of…

I chose to enter into the field of nursing for numerous reasons. I went into my undergraduate study at The College at Brockport SUNY as an Exercise Science major, with plans to help those in improving their quality of life. My goal was to ultimately be in a setting where those around me require proper support and kindheartedness. My program consisted of learning both the anatomical side of exercise, as well as the personal side. I learned throughout the program that in order to be involved in…