Registered nurse

Four years ago, I could never imagine that I would be pursuing a career as a nurse. After spending 10 years as a financial and operations management professional, my father's health began to take a turn for the worse in 2013. In order to provide him the care he needed, I left my position at Princeton University to be his full-time caregiver. Although watching my father struggle to do basic tasks was difficult, the comfort I obtained from making his life a little easier was well worth the…

technology, Oxford educated doctors and nurses, or millennium-old medicine practices. But when one thinks of nursing in the United States, they most likely think about the competitiveness, long shifts, and years & years of education. Although both the USA and the UK have stellar nursing programs that go above and beyond to care for their sick, the USA is known to have higher salaries and more education opportunities; but it is really better? We all know that nurses are important. They care for…

I choose the skill level of the nursing staff and the education and certification levels of the nursing staff as the two quality indicators of structure of the home visiting program. The skill levels vary from Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Registered Nurses (RN), and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP). Knowing the skill level of the nursing staff is vital because it directly impacts the quality of care. Keeping up to date on the latest education is important for the safety of the clients…

A) As a student nurse, how did you contribute to the patient’s safety and high quality care within the health care team? As a student nurse, I was given the opportunity to help assess one of the patient’s that was fairly new to the floor. When I entered the room, the occupational therapist was in the bathroom with him getting ready to help with a shower and determining his independence for this activity. This gave me a chance to assess his skin integrity along with helping to identify his…

Medical Surgical Nursing The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) states that “since 1925 the RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses’ contribution to shaping the health-care system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.” One of the ways the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario has achieved these goals is by developing a highly appraised program which advises nurses on evidence-based…

Neonatal Nurse are known to help with different kind of babies who are suffering with different health problems. Neonatal Nurses care for babies that are normal. premature, have illnesses, birth defects and they work in the NICU ( Neonatal Intensive Care Units). Neonatal Nursing was founded in California, 1984. The career of Neonatal Nursing is about making decisions and being able to manage to help babies that are at high risk. Neonatal Nurses, are here to lower the risks of young babies and…

“Nurses are the heart of healthcare” and nurses have a lot responsibility. My topic is nursing I have wanted to be a nurse my whole life, but I don’t have much experience in the medical field. The only things that I do know is what I have learned in health science one and two. There is a lot of information that nurses have to learn and I can’t wait to learn them. A there is lots of information about nursing that many people probably didn’t know. (Welcome to the quote garden) Nursing is, by…

Women 's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses…

I wondered if I was making the right decision. Is being a nurse what I really wanted to do? I asked myself this so many times. After answering all my questions, I knew I was right. I love helping people. Not just a certain age or types of people, all of them! So I chose to become a nurse. A Registered Nurse is a bachelor’s degree. You need at least four years of schooling before getting your degree. In 2012, the starting pay for a RN nurse was $46.37 per hour. (Bureau…

WHAT The Transitional year is widely regarded to be the most challenging period in a novice Registered Nurses ' journey. Transition Shock is a term coined to reflect the newly graduated RNs’ initial feelings of anxiety and incompetence (Clipper and Cherry, 2015, p. 448) and the conflict between “school-bred” and “work-world” values (Boychuk Duchscher, 2008, p. 1104). A number of factors contribute to transition shock for the newly graduated RN. These can be broken into four domains: emotional,…