PROJECT OVERVIEW For my project, I will be working with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Center. The work I will be doing is certified nursing assistant. The certified nursing assistant (CNA) is on the front line of supporting care of senior people in different complete health care. CNA responsibility is to help the senior people in their daily activities, such as help the senior people bathe, dress, and answer senior calls, document patients’ health issues, feed them, measure and record food and liquid…
The RN, LVN and advanced practice registered nurse are entities of the nursing profession. Who are allotted the opportunity for State licensure and indorsed to practice nursing skills at variant levels. Organizational regulations in the form of Nurse Practice Act; delineates varying levels of education, accountability, and skill performance in accordance to a titled scope of practice. Often times many nurses remain within their state of licensure origin while others decide to purus the world…
healthcare field. Over the summer, I began a program to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. The program I attended provided me with clinical experience which I gained through patient interaction in a nursing home. During my clinical rotations, I was able to successfully implement all of the skills that I had learned in the classroom, such as, maintaining…
I believe that with the social workers and the physician assistants will be able to do this next change. They are already in the mindset and routine for starting the tasks earlier in the discharge process than later. If I were to do this process again, more meetings would be held instead of three. And, it does…
For nearly two years now, I have desired to pursue nursing and midwifery and have worked hard to achieve excellent grades in a rigorous high school curriculum. I have a passionate dedication to the pro-life movement, cherishing life from conception to natural death. Such a commitment has motivated me to become a nurse, so I may better promote life through my profession and act as an advocate for the true health of women and their children. Throughout my high school studies, I realized I have a…
A Certified Nurse Assistant, or CNA, helps patients with healthcare needs under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or sometimes a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Therefore, taking a CNA program is a start to your career. The program helped prepared you for your Nursing major if that’s what your planning to do. During my Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) career, I had experienced many new skills that I haven’t learned during my CNA class. Working alongside numerous registered nurses,…
Nursing-Sensitive Indicators a) Discuss how an understanding of nursing-sensitive indicators could assist the nurses in this case in identifying issues that may interfere with patient care. Nursing-sensitive indicators are critical determinants that the nursing profession utilizes to describe the efficiency that nursing interventions bring as well as positive patient outcomes. The case of Mr. J is truly saddening as the evidence describing the entire case indicates that the nurses that attended…
and the rise in life expectancy, has increased the need for personnel in the health organization, especially, a registered nurse (RN). A nursing assistant, nurse aide, patient care aide, are all unlicensed care personnel, and are subordinates of the registered nurse. Unlicensed nurses or assistants, cannot…
with Nursing. Nursing is a dynamic field that requires many methods of writing in order to communicate vital patient information. I found that nurses are expected to be able to communicate with each other and also be able to report necessary information to other disciplines within the medical field such as doctors, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and physician assistants. I determined that writing is in fact pivotal in today’s nursing world. Documentation is essential in nursing…
Professionalization of Nursing Introduction In Singapore, Nursing has undergone through professionalization. Before defining Nursing as a profession, we should look at what constitutes professionalization and profession. According to Hamilton (1992 p.32), professionalization is “the process by which an occupation develops the characteristics of a profession". Webster 's Dictionary (quoted in Gokenbach, 2013) defined profession as a "chosen, paid occupation requiring prolonged training and…