Nurse

So why is it that nurses forget to or perhaps ignore their health and wellbeing and become so fatigued? Nurses start their careers full of energy. They are excited to solidify their skills and discover the wonderful challenges and mysteries of healthcare. It does not take long before nurses start to feel the burden of increased workload due to increased number of high acuity patients and reduced nurse staffing. Our current healthcare budget does not allow for adequate nurse staffing which is…

many workers to think of moving out of their job and move to a better one. Nurses are having more work burnout imposed and are dissatisfied with their work because of the occurring nursing shortage. Aiken et al agrees with the nursing shortage is inputting more stress into the nurses who are still holding their job: “The shortage of hospital nurses may be linked to unrealistic nurse workload. Forty percent of hospital nurses have burnout levels that exceed the norms for health care workers” (1).…

Nurse Jackie is a television show that has nursing as the main focus. Most importantly, the nurses in the show are not presented professionally and are seen in a negative perspective. The main character Jackie Peyton is not portrayed and seen professionally, she is dependent on drugs and also has sexual relationships with one of the pharmacist in the hospital. In the first episode, nurse Jackie cares for the patients by asking the doctor for help but he underestimates her and not take her words.…

and healthy. They are an amped of version of a painkiller that help to soothe and relax patients going through immense pain. The ones responsible for this are Nurse Anesthetist, they take on a big role in operating rooms such as that of a surgeon. CRNA’s have a lot to accomplish before they can work, it requires a lot more than an average nurse. They first need to have a minimum of a masters in nursing, some schools offer transitional programs to accommodate…

Minnesota Nurses Association (MNA) has been encouraging hospital chief executive officers and/or administrators to set a baseline minimum staffing standard or create policy to protect patient safety (Minnesota Nurses Association, 2017). In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) implemented a new model of healthcare delivery and payment that was designed to improve quality and reduce costs, but as a result, cost control pressures have been put on nurse staffing levels in order to reduce nurse labor…

To think and act like a nurse, one needs to learn and understand the theories of nursing because it is the fundamental to building knowledge, improving patients care, and providing quality care. Nurses are the center of the health care team and the sacrifices we make to give each individual top quality to complex care makes nurses phenomenal. Nurse to patient ratio and medical errors The high nurse-to-patient ratio endanger patient health by hindering access to immediate needed health care. Less…

Look back Trust is essential element in nurse-patient relationship and it contributes to better quality health care, and patient health care. Developing a trust relationship may be influenced by the degree of which patient are fulfilled rather than nurse piracies. Elaborate During orientation to the Rashid Center for Diabetes and Research (Ajman) I note that the client is entering the room of doctor, educator with happy face and no singe of stress. Also, while…

The important role of Critical Care Nurse Nurses have been playing an important role in every aspect of healthcare. They are the ones closest to patients and every critical change would be reported from the nurse to doctor. Beside traditional staff nurse, nurses in the other departments help to contribute to the performance of patients as well. Intensive care nurse are those who specialize in providing the best and optimal care to critically ill and unstable patients. They usually work in the…

The Student Nurse Experience: Becoming a Nurse Introduction The process of transformation from a student nurse into a nurse could be challenging due to “blurring of the boundaries between professional nursing and a skilled healthcare work” (Holland, 1998, p. 229). In order to make it easier for a student nurse to identify her/his role this evolutionary process could be divided into three stages or “rites of passage”, including “rites of separation, transition and incorporation” (Holland, 1998,…

In order to find literature to review pertaining to the issue of staffing shortages for nurse, the SNHU Shapiro Library was used. The databases used for the search included: CINAHL Complete, and MEDLINE and EBSCOhost. The keywords entered were nursing staff shortages. This produced too many articles on nursing staff. To improve the results and the amount of resources found, the keywords understaffing nurses were used, along with the advanced search to search for a boolean/phrase to further…