Nurse

leadership, delegation, and management rotation, I follow charge nurse April from the Trauma ICU (TICU). This proved to be a very busy day with lots of opportunity to see how a charge nurse balances the flow of work for the unit. I was a great experience overall. Chain of Command The chain of command at Chandler Regional Medical Center (CRMC) begins with the Director of Nursing, followed by the clinical supervisors, charge nurse, staff nurse, and unlicensed personal. The Director of Nursing…

has brought some invaluable insights on nursing practice, safety, and advocacy. Preconceptions of Critical Care Critical care for me in the beginning of the semester involved a higher level of care since the acuity of patients demanded that the ICU nurse be alert, knowledgeable, possess a keen understanding of pathophysiology, have strong organizational skills, and be a good communicator.…

Thank you Kevin for sharing the article. As a nurse, I am glad that there are organizations such as TANAA and ANA who are advocates of the just culture concept. I must admit that one of the reasons that I am not inclined to practice my profession because the nurses are at the sharp end of patient care. Usually, if there is an adverse error and near misses, instead of encouraging an investigation, there is an immediate rush to blame the person. The nurse who provided care to Samuel Cutiff who…

Research done about Certified Nurse Assistants (CNA) has shown that improvingthe quality and effectiveness of a nursing home begins with improving the satisfaction ofworkers. When CNAs are committed and happy with their job, it is easier for them toplease the residents. Research found that in order to improve the satisfaction of CNAsthere needs to be an increase of teamwork, wages, benefits, job advancementopportunities, and involvement of frontline workers. I agree with this statement. I…

As a medical surgical nurse my experiences related to healthcare have been as a patient advocate. As health care professionals we are the voice for our patients’. It seems like every day we advocate for our patients. It could be regarding health concerns, safety, pain management, even verbalizing to the medical doctor not a safe discharge, and prior patient being discharged home checking with their pharmacy if medications will be covered by their insurance. Recently took care of a patient that…

As a pediatric nurse those are very serious guidelines to follow. Once you are a pediatric nurse you also get paid about 6 figures. According to Payscale “Salaries for General Pediatricians in the United States are generous, with average pay above six figures ($140K) per year. Cash earnings for General Pediatricians — which occasionally include more than $30K from bonuses and more than $35K from profit sharing — stretch from around $95K to approximately $200K. Residence and years of experience…

Thank you for the opportunity, to express my interest in the Registered Nurse Graduate Program, at St John of God Health Care. I am currently completing my third and final year at the University of Notre Dame. I believe my educational qualifications, past work experience and Christian background, would make me a great graduate nurse for St John of God Health Care. Working for St John of God, would be my top preference, as I value the ethos established for the hospital. How the values have…

scheduling may mean that there is a shortage of available nurses to do the jobs (Waddillgoad, Suzane ,2017). When there are many nurses on vacation or taking vacation at the same time, there will be more stress for the remains working nurses in the department as there are a lot of work to be completed by a few nurses. I think when people are in stress, they cannot control their thoughts. A nurse may be anger at workload, and frustrated, and a nurse may have verbal abuse. I believe that work…

Professional Nurse As we view the media daily, we tend to see that there are many different aspects of our daily lives being portrayed either negatively or positively. The image of nursing is a very important factor because it may change people’s image on the professional nurse. The media portrays various misconceptions about nurses. However, the positive portrayals of nurses in some concepts are being revealed. This paper further explores how the image of the professional nurse is…

but as I grew up I notice that I always want to help people when they are sick. The career of a nurse is wonderful because you get to help people. This career paper would tell you why I want to be a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor degree.This research describes the career of Nurse from begin to the end. The topics that will be covered in the research paper are the job outlook on nursing, what a nurse salary are the qualifications; education and training, the advancement opportunities and the…