Rebecca Nurse

I am applying to become an Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse, specializing in Critical Care/Trauma as my next step to effect significant differences in the current and future generations of aging veterans’ healthcare administration. As a youngster, my mother said my “Auntie”, a special person, would not be with us much longer so I needed to treat her with extra special care. Soon, I became Auntie’s constant companion during countless hospitalizations and medical visits. I witnessed, from her…

was now time to decide what career path I wished to take. I decided that I would spend my summer in school to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. It was then that I realized that not only would my curiosity of the human body lead me to become a nurse, but also the realization…

method research to describe the development of a knowledge base for drug error reporting in an acute hospital, and a human error theory described the analysis of causation. In the qualitative research, the data was from the interview with the doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. They all were asking questions about how to improve the current strategy for reporting drug errors. In the quantitative research, a descriptive statistic method analyzed the data from the incident reports. Using Cohen’s…

profession. An ethic of care is a new approach to ethics that recognizes feelings, emotions, empathy and care as important compo¬nents of our ethical responses. Furthermore, it emphasizes on the demands of relationships and the particular circumstances nurses face in their daily practice. The vision of ethics of care highlights the importance of our emotional responses to ethical choices…

population becomes more ill and more dependent on medical treatment, we are relying on the cornerstone of healthcare: nurses; to sustain this demand. Numerous factors go into the dissatisfaction of nursing; from nursing burnout, understaffing and cumulative healthcare needs- just to mention a few. Bette Mariana decided to research nursing satisfaction within a population of nurses that were 55 and younger, on the importance of mentorship in nursing and how it contributes to career satisfaction…

humility, compassion, and justice. All of these personal values are relevant and important to the field of nursing. I believe humility develops over time, but is essential for the process of self reflection and self critique. In my opinion, a humble nurse is mindful of the differences and similarities with their patients in regards to beliefs and goals. They are also acutely aware of their shortcomings which makes them more conscientious and diligent with their work. I believe they are also…

A patient advocate is someone who advocates for their patient’s rights. The nurse in this role protects the patient’s human and legal rights and provides assistance in asserting those rights if the need arises (Olin, 2012). An example of advocacy would be a patient who is Jehovah Witness, and his medical file says no blood transfusion. I remember watching an episode on Grey’s Anatomy, where Cristina and Leah had a trauma patient and his family did not allow their son to get the blood transfusion…

Problem # 5: illicit opiate use Goal(s): to become drug free Status: active Objectives/Progress: Pt. has been able to maintain her commitment to abstinence from all illicit substances as indicated by submitting 10 negative UDS results and she reported no relapse in over 3 years. Pt. maintained her Phase 7 privileges over the last quarter. Pt. demonstrated good use of tx skills by balancing work and treatment obligations. Pt. reports that she is taking her subutex medication as prescribed by…

type of communication is defined by Servellen (2009), Interpersonal (referring to that between individuals or within groups) (p. 37).” Communication isn’t based on exchanging conversation between two people. Within the healthcare atmosphere doctors, nurse, and patients have an interpersonal relationship they have to engage into teamwork and collaboration. Care providers must collaborate on treatment, insurance, location, medications, and build relationships with individuals which can be…

Jillian, great post. It is strange that this subject came up this week. Just last week in the clinic that I work in we had a patient that was in acute respiratory distress. Currently, I work in a pediatric walk-in clinic and this time of year we generally start to see an increase in respiratory issues. This particular patient came to the walk-in in the early morning having waken up about 4-5 hours prior feeling warm, not breathing well, and having a sore throat. By the time that the patient…