Rebecca Nurse

The community general nurse can assist the client to access supports and health services within the community. For the older person with a diagnosis of frailty, the community general nurse can assist the client to access a falls prevention clinic in the community. Falls prevention clinics have been proven to prevent falls among the older population in their homes as well as in hospitals and care facilities. The falls prevention clinic will allow the client to be reassessed for the risk of…

The emergence of theories provides a subject field the foundation and direction as the basis of its practice. As a head nurse designated at the Critical Care Unit, I’d like to highlight three nursing theoretical frameworks I am constantly utilizing in our department, which are, Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit theory, Jean Watson’s Philosophy and Science of Caring and Ida Jean Orlando’s Theory of Nursing Process Discipline. Being in a diverse set-up where majority of our clients are on their…

The topic of my course is to teach the importance of active listening when communicating and assessing patients. The three individuals I have identified as learners for this project are (1) 2nd-year respiratory student (2) new graduate nurse practitioner and (3) 1st-year resident. The art of active listening promotes trust between provider and patient. Active listening aids in assessing the needs and concerns of the patient and also promotes an intentional care plan. The more information the…

occupation, economic circumstances, ethnic background or gender, its progressive and chronic (StuNursing.com, 2016). Nurses have increased access to controlled substances, contributing to a higher incidence of dependency, the sooner substance use is identified and treated the sooner patients are protected and the better the chances of nurses returning to work (StuNursing.com, 2016). Many nurses are not aware of the warning signs of SUD in their co-workers. Due to other responsibilities and…

To become an EMT, it acquires to register with the NREMT which stands for “National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians.” And to get into this program that’s associated with EMT’s, you have to have a Paramedic license, along with a post-secondary non-degree award and an EMT certification. This program is online on any sort device that has access to the internet, All you need to do is sign up and choose your level of being an EMT, the levels consist of; “Emergency Medical Responder”,…

becoming a physician, I realized that I wanted to provide more hands-on care to patients to have a greater impact on their lives. I never could have predicted the tremendous impact that this program has had on my life and on my career choice as a nurse. After my first summer volunteering, I discovered that I had a strong desire to help my community though the world of health care. I made it my goal that summer to complete 500 hours of community service with WellSpan Health by the time I…

HIPAA which I have understood clearly. As a nursing student and a future nurse, patient confidentiality if very serious. I have had situations where a patient wishes to maintain contact outside of the hospital and I knew that I had to decline. In class, we reviewed other ways that social media use can be inappropriately. Mrs. Sykes presented “memes” that did not reflect well on nursing. Many of them made it look like nurses were too busy to deal with patients and did not work well…

addition, she informed all the staff to keep the medicine cupboards locked at all times, avoid overfilling the white bags and be aware of the toileting needs of the residents. I was also able to attend a lifestyle care plan meeting with our enrolled nurse and one of the residents son. We discussed the lifestyle care plan that we completed for his mother and informed him if he has additional suggestions, comments and if he is agreeing with the plan. The resident’s son does not have any…

I just wanted to drop you a short note on your patient [Name]. As I know you are well aware, she was seen by my partner, Dr. [Name] for evaluation for bile duct stones, and found to have very large load of stones in the left intrahepatic ducts. She returned to seen me on July 16, for repeat ERCP, at which time with the plan to use SPYGLASS cholangioscopy technology to try to manage these stones. We had provisionally also scheduled her for a PTC tomorrow if our efforts failed. We perform her…

Lidija Petrovic-Dovat MD is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Penn State Hershey College of Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Petrovic-Dovat completed her psychiatry residency at the UCLA San Fernando Valley Psychiatry Residency Training Program and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program at the University of Wisconsin School Of Medicine. Before psychiatry residency, she did postdoctoral research fellowship at the Penn State Hershey College of…