Nursing care

I am a licensed practical nurse pursuing an RN degree and I believe that I am highly motivated by the patient care career that I am pursuing and my future career in nursing. Based from the analysis of the Engle, Graney & Chan, (2001, p. 405) work, I further believe that as a practicing nurse, I am in a better position to understand clearly the various fields that I can specialize based on the in-depth experience that I have gained throughout the years. Further, I have been able to identify the…

Nursing as it is today was not during the primitive years. . There was no formal education for the people during the primitive years. During those times, people always believe that illnesses and death were caused by the evil spirit, although some countries such as Africa still believe that evil spirit is responsible for illness and death today. In those times caregiving role were assigned to females. Women were presumed to be nurturance to their infant and therefore should provide care to the…

It is my strength to have a feeling of proudness for being in a nursing profession, which continuously reinforce me to provide best possible care to the patients. I personally believe that a good nurse should be a hard worker, empathetic, caring, adaptable to various situations, emotionally stable, knowledgeable, excellent communicator and others. In addition, it is most important to be a good human being to provide excellent care to the sick and disable people so that you will be able to deal…

Bar Coding for Breast Milk Evidence Based Nursing Criteria Evidence based practice (EBP) in nursing is the application and understanding of nursing practice that has been through rigorous research in order to apply the outcome for future professional nursing care. The accumulation of evidence is conducted and collected by nurses and other health care practitioners, the nurse’s actions are updated in response to current evidence (Grove, Gray, & Burns, 2015). A strict criterion is the…

years now. The role of the registered nurse is to deliver quality care to any patient admitted to the hospital under their scope of practice including skills of administering medication, providing comfort including turning to prevent pressure ulcers if the patient is immobile, assessment of their current disease process and evaluating the plan of care, and documenting or charting on the patient to hold one accountable for the care provided. Completing all of these tasks for eight or nine…

ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING It is imperative that a nursing home Administrator understands the concept of accounting and budgeting. The Administrator must have a thorough understanding of the financial process. While the decision-making processes of nursing home administrators tend to revolve around the needs of senior residents, they must also balance the needs of personnel to be equally effective. Nursing home administrators also take charge of the financial aspects of their facilities by…

inform you of my interest in the Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing Pre-Licensure program at Western Governors University. After thoroughly exploring all of my options I have come to the conclusion that the Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing program at your institution is my best option because it suits my personal lifestyle with its flexibility, affordability, and innovative approach towards education. I haven’t always known I wanted to do nursing. I actually thought for a long time that my calling…

Saint Vincent Hospital Strives for Organizational Culture Saint Vincent Hospital, a part of the Allegheny Health Network, is an acute care hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. Throughout the hallways of our facilities is the essence of our mission, values, and core behaviors. The core behaviors are critical to our cultural organization and based on four pillars. The four pillars consist of placing our customer’s first, transformational leadership, trust (working together), and purposeful execution…

As the society changes, the nursing practice must change to meet the growing needs of the society. Nursing has come a long way from the founder Florence Nightingale who established the first nursing training school in London in 1860 (Black 2014). During and after the American Civil War the need to train nurses to care for the sick and wounded soldiers became essential. Through this surfaced a leader, Dorothea Dix, and 3 nursing schools that molded the Nightingale school in England (Black 2014).…

dress employee convey higher knowledge and professionalism. How nurse present herself or himself at first contact with patient can be helpful to build up trusting relationship between them. Patients can think if she or he take care themselves, they will take good care of me. Another important part of contact with patient is communication. According Black (20014) to be professional, nurse has to communicate clearly and understand another people. According to Floyd (2014) 93% of interpersonal…