Family Nursing Care

The Hill v. Ohio County involves a wrongful death case in which the hospital refused to admit Juanita Monroe. She thought she was in labor. As a result, she delivered her child at home without medical attention and died shortly after giving birth. The plaintiff was Lorene Hill, administer of Monroe’s estate, against Ohio Country Hospital. The question arises whether there was a breach of duty by the hospital in accordance to the institution’s admission policy. The staff nurse followed all protocols defined by the hospital. When Monroe arrived at the hospital there was no apparent emergency. Moreover, the nurse went above and beyond to provide for her, she gave Monroe information where to get OB services and even offered an ambulance

This past summer, while employed at Perelman School of Medicine, I worked in a very diverse environment. Both my lab, the students in my program, as well as the other labs around of us had diverse ethnic backgrounds such as international students and people of Asian, African, Indian, and Arabic descent. While being in the minority was a new experience for me, I really enjoyed working and living in a multicultural environment. It is a humbling experience to truly understand how limited my individual scope of the world is and it made me much more receptive and considerate to the ideas of others.

Today, I mainly collaborated with my nurse preceptor and the CNA. I was so excited and pleased to say that my preceptor allowed me to do almost every nursing task and he would assist me whenever needed. Adam and I worked together and efficiently by assisting one another in performing assessments. For example, I would perform vitals and respiratory exams while he performed the cardiovascular exams, then we would each chart our own findings. Also, I was able to prepare all of my clients’ medications and administer them independently; however, although I performed the three rights and six checks while passing medications I would still have him double check everything before administering them just to be safe, especially with medications that I was not familiar with. Also, in one situation, I was preparing to

During my clinical day three, I demonstrated entry-level competence in professional nursing practice in caring for patients with multiple and/or complex unmet human needs. I addressed safety needs, safety in medication administration, effective communication, and surveillance for my patients. First, I addressed safety needs my ensuring the appropriate safety measures were implemented for the patients. Some of the safety measures included, wearing non-skid socks, wearing a yellow armband which indicated fall risk, keeping the bed in lowest position, two side rails up, bed locked, and the call light within reach.

This is a personal statement for my application to the Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration in the Ball State School of Nursing. My personal statement provides details on my personal background and the unique impact that Family Nurse Practitioners have had on my life. I describe my undergraduate studies and how I firsthand gained interest as well as insight on the skills of a Family Nurse Practitioner. I go into detail about my aspiration to be a Family Nurse Practitioner to directly affect the patient care of a variety of patient populations. The personal statement connects qualities of my current practice as a Registered Nurse to the proficiencies of a Family Nurse Practitioner. I describe my learning habits and how the plan of study that Ball State offers coincides with my current work life. I conclude by describing the skills I attain and connect those skills to the Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration at Ball State.

No matter how hard we may try, the importance of interprofessional collaboration in the healthcare system cannot be stressed enough. Of course, interprofessional care has a wide range of advantages in the smooth operating of a team. What is also to be taken into account, however, is the unbounded benefits from the patient’s perspective. As we all know – unfortunately many from our own experiences – the road to recovery requires not only the carefully calibrated skills and expertise of the individual but also the cooperation and constant communication of a vast team of healthcare providers. Through this complex operation come the many advantages to the patient’s treatment and overall health.

There are many roles and areas of practice available to graduates with a master’s degree in nursing. Changes in healthcare resulting from the passage of the Affordable Care Act offer new and innovative roles for nurses. Among these roles are direct care practice roles as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) in family care, gerontology or adult health. Indirect care roles as a Nurse Educator, Nurse Administrator, or Nurse Informaticist are also options graduates of master’s program may choose. Regardless of the path chosen, there are core competencies that must be met for each, in addition to specific competencies related to the area of practice chosen. This paper will compare and contrast the roles of Family Nurse

During my long-term care experience last Friday, I was exposed to many forms of communication. There was non-verbal communication, where you could just see that a patient was maybe anxious or content. I witnessed verbal communication between nurses, certified nurse's assistants, bath assistants, and even student nurses. However, the best example I can give about communication and how I utilized communication was during my first insulin injection. First, us students verified with the nurse as well as our clinical instructor on how the procedure was performed using verbal communication. Next, we used written

For the patient, unrestricted family presence facilitates opportunities for family members to support their loved ones by providing reassurance, and emotional and physical comfort 20,21 Patients report feeling a sense of security when family members are present, as their needs and desires are more likely to be accurately communicated to the healthcare team.20,21 In a qualitative focus group study (n=8) family members attested that they knew the patient more than anyone and were in the best position to provide accurate patient information, make decisions based on the patients needs and desires, and advocate for their loved ones.4 Furthermore, unrestricted family presences provides opportunities for nurses to learn about the patient, gather an in-depth and realistic history, and determine appropriate needs and care requirements, including post-hospitalization

I also attended classroom workshops on inter-professional working and communication by Helen York, where I learnt the important features of inter-professional working, and also the importance of communication in improving patient satisfaction and outcome. During inter-professional working workshop, we had healthcare professionals from various hospitals that came to our school to share more about their roles and responsibilities. An activity was carried out, where the healthcare professionals will walk around the teams to discuss more about their roles in the healthcare field. We were supposed to identify and make a list of the healthcare professionals who would be involved in getting into contact with the patient with a certain condition or

As a family nurse, it is important to focus on the family as a whole and ensure each member is addressed. The nurse can collaborate with the family to formulate a plan for what are the most important issues to work on and create goals. The family nurse should always be aware and value the racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic differences of the family (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Harmon Hanson, 2015). It is vital that the strong relationships with the church, extended family, and counselor be supported throughout the plan of care. The nurse could encourage A.L. to seek another primary care physician, specialist, or holistic practitioner who would address her emotional needs as well as her physical needs. In this manner, it would reduce many stressors for A.L. This new physician could be successful in managing her rheumatoid arthritis which would reduce her pain. As a result, her ability to type at work would improve and her relationship with her husband and children could be nurtured. Controlling A.L.’s health issues could strengthen the family dynamics, parenting, employment obstacle, and domestic issues. The nurse could also promote a family routine which provides stability and a healthy sense of predictability during this difficult time (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Harmon Hanson, 2015). According to Solem, Christophersen, and Martinussen (2011), stress interventions should be integrated in the planning to promote coping and augment quality of life for both parents and

(2015) as it states that when the nurse looks at the family as a whole then the nurse will be able to assess the needs of the entire family, this in turn this will enable the nurse to implement a treatment plan that will not only impact the individual, but the entire family (p.4) empowering the nurse to treat with a holistic approach therefore, meeting the moral and ethical duty which is to include the family in the healthcare needs of the individual (Kaakinen et al., 2015, p.4).

Expected Outcomes: The client will agree to follow medication therapy and to stay motivated throughout courses of psychotherapy.

The feeling of not doing something wrong with the patient and not keeping their life at risk was very satisfactory for me. The only disappointment I had was not having enough authorities in my hands to help her in all the manners. Limitation of authority was the biggest drawback for me in this situation. Lack of sufficient knowledge was another issue I had to cope with this kind of situation. I felt bad that, if I had enough knowledge of the nurse then result of the task I had performed would have been way too

The ability to work as a team member and collarborate with other health care professionals is one quality of a good nurse. I did learn a lot this day. My nurse and I help other colleagues with turning of patients. Because patients are hooked up to so lines, it is very challenging to move them around and it requires a lot of team work. My patient was on a mechanical ventilator so we have to work together with the respiratory therapist and other team members to bring quality care to my patient. Evidence has shown that in order to wean a patient off the ventilator without any complications, patient should show adequate oxygenation without a high Fi02 and/or PEEP. With this knowledge, my nurse and I, followed the evidence