Nurse educator

As a family nurse practitioner, I have the ability to provide the highest quality care to my patients through the knowledge and skills obtained from my education and the continuing trainings. I have learned to utilize research and evidence-based guidelines to better serve by patients. My background has provided the foundation of an advanced practice nursing career that will promote cohesive and compassionate patient care. I have already begun involvement with local nurse practitioner chapter…

this as a nurse and primary caretaker can cause undue stress. Nurses must be aware of the five stages of grief, which are denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Keeping in mind that each person goes through these stages at their own pace and what to expect while they are in these stages can not only create a caring environment for everyone but also the quality care and support the family’s needs. Being aware of their own feelings will ultimately help nurses find…

Assignment 4: The purpose of the paper is to assess an issue of moral distress experienced in critical care nurses utilizing the framework explained in Realities of Canadian Nursing: Professional, Practice, and Power Issues written by McDonald and McIntyre (2014). Articulating the Issue: nurses’ moral distress in ICU Critical care nursing demands ongoing update of knowledge and skills, adaptation of new technologies, and ability to deliver ethical and critical judgement quickly and precisely…

2.1.3 Graphics Graphic planning refers to planning that enlightens what needs to be achieved and how to achieve it in the form of charts. Figure below shows the example of a Gantt chart for construction project of Hospital Fatimah. Activity Descriptions Duration (Weeks) A Select administrative and medical staff. 12 B Select site and do survey. 9 C Select equipment. 10 D Prepare final construction plans and layout. 10 E Bring utilities to the site. 24 F Interview applicants and fill in…

I arrived here, in this rural town of Palm Desert, five years ago to live with my grandfather. My mom got a job as an Rn nurse in Eisenhower hospital. She loves her work of helping people. But setting that aside, I want to say that my mom and I are from Puerto Rico born and raised. Puerto Rico is a gorgeous island people call it “Isla del Encanto”, which means Island of Enchantment. We lived in a great place, at the time, located close to the beach, with neighbors and happy healthy stores, all…

An ethical Issue of Right to Self-Determination In the profession of nursing, we as nurses must maintain the integrity, and respect the rights of human subjects. As a nurse, we must understand the ethical principles to promote patient safety, quality of care and avoid errors. One of the protecting human subject’s rights includes the right to self- determination. According to Burns and Grove (2011) “The right to self- determination is based on the ethical principle of respect for persons, and it…

having gone through the rite of passage from an enrolled nurse to a registered nurse. The subject matter is clear to me and something that has always been at the back of my mind whilst I executed my duties. Nurses have a responsibility to articulate the unique contributions that have significantly impacted the healthcare system and its benefits to the society (Pharris & Endo, 2007; Koerner, 1993). Koerner’s example of articulating the work of nurses, allegedly comparable in thematic to the…

establish US residency. Foua did not report loosing trust in the system until they had made several visits to the hospital. The need for Knowledge of Culture was great even from the beginning for this family. The first cultural competency refers to the Nurse gaining understanding of the perspectives of traditions, values, practices and family systems of the culturally diverse populations for whom they provide care, as well as knowledge of the complex variables that affect their achievement of…

overseeing the floor during the shift to make sure that everything is running smoothly and safely; however they lead by their examples of what an RN really is. They are a tangible testimony of why I became a nurse. They care not only for each patient on the floor, but they also care about each of the nurses on the floor working. One CNC in particular is so amazing at teaching and coming up with ideas to make our floor safer and more effective. In every morning huddle that she is a part of, we…

anxiety when the clinical leadership course started ‘due to the lack of knowledge and skills in nursing management’, met difficulties in integrating the theory and practice, and felt nervous to provide patient care as a forthcoming nurse. Hence, newly graduate nurses are not well prepared to be clinical leaders and to practice in demanding and consistently changing work environment (Curtis et al. 2011). Overcoming these obstacles needs supervisor as role models and vision to bridge the gap of…