I had the pleasure of interviewing an LPN named Bernadette Rogers which is employed at Northwell Health Stern Family Center for Rehabilitation. In this interview, I learned that a systematic approach to how you began your day can determine how efficiently you perform your job duties. In addition, there are several elements that surprised me about this position. The first thing was the two-week training period that she underwent. I would have thought that the facility would have provided a lengthier orientation for a newly graduated nurse. The training should have been a minimum of six weeks. The second was the ratio of nurses to residents, which was 1:8. This facility has really gone above and beyond to ensure that their residents will have
From the Kaiser Permanente career website, I was delighted to learn about the RN I position at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center in the Medical Telemetry Department. Kaiser Permanente is a leader in our nation’s healthcare system and has the standard for promoting wellness and disease prevention in our communities. As a result, I am excited about the possibility of being part an organization that so deeply shares the same passion as I of providing holistic and compassionate health care. After obtaining my first degree in Biological Sciences from the University of California, Irvine and assisting nurses and CNAs as a Clinical Care Extender, I became inspired to pursue a career in nursing. I obtained my RN license July 2015 and graduated
On July 13-14, 1966, at around 11:00 pm, Speck approached a Chicago townhouse and broke in by way of a window. He searched the house for life and eventually came across the bedrooms of six young, female student nurses. These nurses, all in their low twenties, were slightly over a month from graduating and entering the medical workforce. Speck woke the girls and rounded them up. He led them into a single bedroom and informed them that he needed money for travel to New Orleans.
One Nurse, One Shift Shifting Perspectives In the nonfiction book The Shift registered nurse, Theresa Brown starts her story with “I'm hiding under the covers: Im afraid. Afraid of that moment when the rock slips and all hell breaks loose. For me, it was the patient who started coughing up blood and within five minutes was dead, just like that.” This is Brown describing some of the struggles she encounters on a typical shift as a nurse.
For the rehabilitation floor, I worked towards providing high-quality care to patients in severe pain after numerous hours of physical and occupational therapy. Additionally, I volunteered in my community health center's patient advocacy department, addressing the needs of low-income families by connecting them to vital resources such as disability support, childcare assistance, and groceries. I aimed to be a holistic resource, improving their overall well-being and leveraging public health policies and programs, such as WIC, for the benefit of my community. These experiences solidified my conviction to pursue a career as a
I chose to interview someone that I have looked up to and has been an inspiring role model for deciding to pursue a career in nursing. I have known Phyllis Czarnecki, for six years now, however, I was never familiar with the details of her career as a registered nurse. This interview gave me more respect for Mrs. Czarnecki by giving me a better understanding of the path she has taken to be where she is now. I have always known the general idea of a nurse's responsibilities, however, this interview allowed me to learn the personal opinions and a specific job of a registered nurse. Phyllis realized, as a teenager, she wanted to become a nurse when her mom was hospitalized and undergoing surgery.
The leadership issue in this setting is that most of the focus is on completing the job. The school nurse is focused on completing tasks that must be addressed as they occur. Every leader has their own style and method to leadership. The style that a leader chooses may be based on their experiences or influences from previous leaders. Regardless of the type of leadership every individual can have the ability to lead.
can prepare them. It is hoped that advances in medical technology will continue to improve the survival rate of patient’s life-threatening diseases. For this reason, the community college should grow their existing health care programs as well as create short-term post-secondary programs, one-year certificate programs, and post-graduate programs leading to advanced certification in the health field (Romano and Kasper, 2009). The Nurse Aid refresher course has been in the community college sector for several years, however another idea is a Registered Nurse refresher course.
“During out training, we’re told to be careful, to take whatever time we need…that’s whyit’s hard when we start working in the organization. When we become nursing assistants andthink things over, we think, “It’s impossible; trainers don’t see the reality of things in the longterm care facilities…” We were told that we had 45 minutes per resident but we actually have nomore than 15 minutes.” Says one nursing assistant. What she is trying to explain is, when theyare trained they are trained to take their time, show the residents they care but in reality theybarely have the time to take care of the patients. As the statistics show within the article theyhave 6 residents for every 1 nurse which is where the controversy is beginning.
The key reason for this Act is to secure the health and providing so as to well of individuals from public in general, for systems to guarantee that health experts are capable and fit to hone their callings. According to section 16 of the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act (2003), the RN needs to have met the provisions therein and demonstrated fitness for registration. According to the Act, She or she should have satisfied the responsible authority that he or she is able to communicate effectively for the purposes of practising within the scope of practice before being given limelight for practising his profession. The inability of the Registered Nurse (RN) to communicate in this particular scenario since his speech was slurred
“A leader is the person who influences and guides direction, opinion, and course of action. Leaders are in the front, moving forward, taking risks, and challenging the status quo (Marquis & Huston, 2012).” I had the pleasure of observing and interviewing Sheila Barcimo, who is a charge nurse on the DOU unit at Beverly Hospital in Montebello, CA. Background Sheila Barcimo had a passion for nursing ever since she can remember.
Description: In week 7 we had visited Wesburn Manor, the Long-term Care (Clinical Placement) setting. It was our first time there, therefore as a group, we oriented the place. At this time, we went to each nursing station on each floor and introduced ourselves from the organization we were from and how we will be providing patient care to the clients in this setting. We were educated by our clinical instructor on the different access codes in the building, the policies and guidelines, our assigned floor and the appointed personal support worker. Our role of professionalism as a nursing student was represented as we came prepared and greeted each healthcare and staff member.
The biggest takeaway I received from my NAR shadowing experience at Three Links was just how vital the staff who works with the residents truly are. If you would ask anyone if the staff at a medical facility is important, the answer would be yes. However, until you physically observe staff perform crucial tasks for their resident, one cannot truly comprehend the impact staff makes on residents. The staff at Three Links helps residents perform essential, everyday tasks such as feeding, bathing, and toileting. The staff not only provides personal care, but also acts as the resident’s family by forming strong relationships with residents.
I was fortunate to be able to observe academic education of nursing students at DeSales University. This education was held in a classroom setting on Mondays and Wednesdays. My observation time was 16 hours in which I observed Alyssa Robertson prepare for class, prepare exams, give lectures, provide hands on education, assist students in learning, and provide support to students. I also observed many student interactions and learning techniques. The learners were NU 220 Pharmacology and NU 230 Therapeutic Nursing Interventions students.
The author gets visited by the night nurse. The night nurse is checking up on the speaker but the speaker thinks she is doing something better. The speaker is fascinated by the night nurse. In the poem "Night Nurse" by poet Micheal Earl Craig the author uses line breaks and imagery to convey the speakers fascination with the night nurse. Line breaks like "barely opened my left eye, am looking through the slightest slit." are used to show that the visit continuse to catch the speakers attention.
The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber is a real life crime novel that focuses on the nurse Charles Cullen. Charles Cullen was a nurse who was convicted of (admittedly) over forty murders all of which were patients that were in his care. Charles Graebar, a journalist and author, was the first person to get a sit down interview with Cullen and he ended up writing a book on this man's early life and nursing career. In the beginning of the novel, the readers are introduced to Charles Cullen as a grown man as Charles Graeber looks back upon his entire life. Charles Cullen's early life was very rough for a child and young adult.