The English Patient

take a good patient care. One’s a person heard the work nursing, always think about the patient’s well-being and comfort. Comfort and nursing are very relate with each other because it is the nurse’s desire outcome. Comfort have been used since the beginning of the nursing as a profession in which the most important topic was the ease of the patients. When Mrs. Kolcaba decided to create the theory of comfort, she always wanted us nurses to understand the importance to identify the patient and…

Nurse-Licensing Exam, she has worked as a Registered Nurse for over 20 years, exposing me to the medical field at an early age. She would often tell me, “The most important aspect of my job is helping my patients by advocating for their individual needs.” The compassion she displays towards her patients continues to inspire me today. Her example has encouraged me to follow my ambitions and seek out a profession that provides a sense of fulfillment. Growing up, I developed a passion for science,…

(Mitchell 42). Public execution didn’t stop until the 18th century. Some common crimes was shoplifting, theft, house breaking, and forgery. A lot of poverty happened not a lot of luxury for millions working poor and dark shadows loomed over unemployed (English Heritage). The new Poor Law has a harsh reputation, but helped unemployment, elders, and disable. The new Poor Law ensured that the poor were housed in workhouses, clothed and fed (Mitchell 45). Children who entered the workhouse would…

was a privately contracted ambulance that only transported patients. The staff 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…

recognize literacy among their patients is to perform assessments. The organization may use health literacy assessment such as Rapid Estimate of Adult Literacy in Medicine (REALM). This assessment asks basic medical terms question. These assessments are essential for the patient’s understanding in their medical needs. This minimizes the risk in over/under dosage, proper…

My experience as the lead Spanish-English interpreter at the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic provided me with the opportunity of being practicing my leadership skills in team working toward a common objective. Here, I was able to multitask from interpreting to a medical student or physician and a patient, to jumping to assist another patient and medical student with interpretation. I was also in charge of checking-in patients, organizing the tasks of the other volunteer interpreters, helping the…

In this assignment I will be evaluating care strategies that can be used initially to help and support the individual disorder and the disorder I will be discussing will be Dementia. The positive aspects in having patients in a hospital setting it allows them to care for by a nurse that’s nearby. Also this strategy would help the individual a lot and this strategy works. A nurse has special training and background in caring for and teaching people with diabetes. A nurse works closely alongside…

not know much about these formats until English Composition I—my Professor started us on APA for a couple of weeks and that made the MLA learning process much easier. Writing in these documentations has opened my horizons and has educated me to speak about a project with more of a choice. I am majoring in Pre-Nursing and I know that nurses (especially RNs) use documentations like these to write any changes to any official letter or health care for patients; it is not very common to do that but…

A fundamental component of evidence based nursing practice has been the incorporation of culturally specific care for the respect and healing of diverse patient populations. By taking into account the beliefs, values, and practices specific to a patient’s background, the health care team is better able to facilitate the best and most appropriate care possible for that individual. For instance, Filipino beliefs about causes of illness and healing modalities is based on the importance of harmony…

Influenza A/B screen and the usual negative test results. The physician suggested that she use a spritz of saline into the patient’s nares prior to obtaining a nasal specimen. Joan then used this technique for the next two patients that needed an Influenza A/B screen and both patients came back positive for Influenza and neither had difficulty with the specimen collection technique. Later on, Joan conducted a brief review of the literature to see if there was previous examination about…