Nursing homes

Can a Nurse Be Worked to Death? A December 2014 article in the American Journal of Nursing, written by Roxanne Nelson raises the question of liability in a court case. Elizabeth Jasper, a Registered Nurse was killed in a car crash while driving home from working a twelve hour shift. Her family believes that her death was the result of her being overworked. Elizabeth’s husband, Jim Jasper, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the hospital where his wife worked. He believed and stated…

employees of skilled nursing facilities. (Willis North America, 2012) More uncommon risk factors such as wrongful death lawsuits, neglect, or federal investigations are major risks factors that are avoidable with the proper risk managements plans. Skilled nursing facilities also have financial risks to consider, as their primary sources of income are Medicaid/Medicare and SSDI. These three types of risks- clinical, legal and financial are the major risk factors in skilled nursing facilities.…

informatics with Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), which ultimately improves the care given to patients, b) nursing informatics can also assist in the early identification of potential problems say the employment of documentation that is electronically monitored can provide any patient status change quickly to the nurses and doctors making them act in fast response (McLane & Turley, 2011), c) nursing informatics enables interpretation, systemizing and arrangement of data with regards to the vital…

a nurse. She lived vicariously through me, and I was perfectly fine with that. 
 I began nursing school at the young age of 19. I knew little about life, let alone how to save someones. Although I was young, I had a passion for helping others. I could not think of a better way to be of service to people in need, than to become a…

My Journey to the Nursing Field I was born and raised in Lima, Peru. I come from a humble and very poor family. Ever since I was little, I was always intrigued by the medical field. There was something about the white coats, stethoscopes and the kindness the healthcare professionals always offered that grabbed my attention. I often saw myself playing pretend or a nurse with my dolls. I was always the first one to attend for anyone in need or medical care. I just loved to put band aids on…

The major concerns in relation to the nursing shortage are the lack of available nurses, nurse burn-out/job dissatisfaction, and decreased patient quality of care. Some proposed solutions for the nursing shortage are: 1) “retainment of experienced nurses”, 2) “recruitment of new graduates”, 3) encouragement to obtain double (or dual) degrees, and 4) positive depiction of the nursing field (Hickey Sumison & Harrison, 2010). Keeping a hold of experienced nurses in the health care setting is an…

I was paired up with was very nice and showed me around the ambulance. We did not get our first call till 1:00 P.M. This was a call for a 63-year-old female bipolar and anxious patient who needed to be transported from the medical center to her nursing home. The nurses informed us that the patient was a bit confused and that she did not speak very much English. When we were taking her vital signs…

living, and taught me that nursing is more than giving medication and changing dressings; nursing has the power of making people feel better even when it is almost impossible. My assigned patient was Ms. L. She is a 97 years old lady and it has been approximately 3 months since she moved to the facility. She has a pacemaker and was always using oxygen. During this past visit she was talking to me about her life and how she was the one who decided to move to the nursing home; a really hard…

may not have a different faith, ethnicity, gender, or worldview than one has. The nurse also has a professional responsibility to participate as a member of the practical nursing profession by volunteer work, instructing others, and staying current on ethical and legal requirements of the nursing profession. Ethics and Nursing “Ethics is the study of conduct and character” (Sommer et al., 2013, p.17). A nurse is responsible to ensure that each patient being…

working for a police department doing forensic nursing, telecommuting, quality assurance or working for an insurance company. With all of these opportunities comes the need for further education. Many hospitals are pushing for nursing with an associate degree to obtain at least 80% of nurses obtain bachelor’s degree by 2020 (Brooks, 2011). Some hospitalizations even have a stipulation upon hire that nurses must enroll in a bachelor’s of nursing program within six months of hire, this is known…