Registered nurse

healthcare setting. Nurses- All nurses must be licensed to practice and must meet these qualifications to successfully function in a healthcare setting: 1. Assessment: collecting and analyzing data about a patient 2. Diagnosis: making a judgement on the cause, condition, and path of the illness 3. Planning: creating a care plan that sets specific treatment goals 4. Implementation: supervising or carrying out the actual treatment plan 5. Evaluation: continuous assessment of the plan Nurses…

be met as the growth of nursing staff fails to meet the demand. In December 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projected in Employment Projections 2012-2022 that the work force for Registered Nurses is expected to increase by 19% from 2012 to 2022. In a 2009 article in Health Affairs titled “The Recent Surge in Nurse Employment: Causes and Implications” Dr. Peter Beurhaus reported that a shortage of RN’s is expected to exceed 260,000 by 2025. This shortage is primarily the cause of current…

First week of my fieldwork experience took place at Magik adult daycare. Adult day care centers, are facilities where frail seniors and disabled adults can go during the day from Monday to Friday if they cannot, or do not wish to be home alone. This type of services is regulated as discretion of each state, although the National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA) offers some overall guidelines in its Standards and Guidelines for Adult Day Care ( Robinson, n.d.). The centers are one way for…

CONCEPT 4: THE ROLES OF NURSES IN DIFFERENT HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM. This concept is taken from Block 5, Module 4 which is entitled as “Types of healthcare setting”. Nurses are healthcare personnel that have undergone a formal training in nursing and are licensed to care for the people and society. According to Wikipedia, healthcare system is the organization of people, institutions, and resources that deliver health care services to meet the health needs of the target population. 4.1…

Academically, I yearn to immerse myself into the field of nursing. When inquiring about Stockton to people who attend and were accepted into the program, I got nothing but positive feedback. From the great faculty who accommodate to the students’ needs and are passionate about what they do, to the advanced nursing facilities which allow for a broadened learning experience, I also believe going to Stockton will help me with my academic goals because of its perfect and convenient location.…

had a major influence in my life. I come from a family of nurses, and I have seen healthcare from an inside point of view as a registered nurse, as well as from the patient/family perspective. I am proud to be a member of the nursing profession, and nursing continuously provides opportunities for me to learn and grow. I would like to be a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) so I can utilize the clinical skills I have gained as a bedside nurse, and provide patients and their loved ones with the…

others. At a young age I enjoyed learning about anatomy and the functions of the body and mind. It soon became very clear to me that I should pursue a career in nursing. I started choosing classes that I felt would help reach my goal of becoming a nurse. After high school, I applied to a many different nursing programs. I made my decision to go to Bucks County Community College, because I heard it had a good nursing program and found it to be most cost effective. I also knew that I would…

salary gap has narrowed in many occupations, but it persists in the nursing field” (Muenich). For the past few decades, the gender pay gap in nursing has been prominent. USA Today reported that the largest reported pay gap between male and female nurses is close to $20,000, while the smallest is somewhere around $5,000. The gender pay gap between…

The discourse community I chose to study are the CNA’s (certified nurse assistant) at Marquis Shaw Mountain Nursing Home. What I have noticed in talking to my sister, Blais, (a CNA at Marquis) and CNA’s at other facilities is each nursing home has their own atmosphere and way of doing things, just like any discourse community. At Marquis the CNA’s are expected to take care of the residents and provide whatever service the resident needs to live as comfortable as possible. This includes…

over two hundred types of nurses out there, but I’ve got my eye set on only one. I would like to one day become a nurse practitioner or NP. They are very intelligent, hard working, and committed people. They are able to see patients of all ages from young to old. NPs along with health care services, conduct research and are active in patient advocacy activities. First, to become an NP they must first complete the education and training to be an RN, or registered nurse. To become an RN advanced…