Becoming A Nurse At The Age Of 17

Today there is a national nursing shortage as the healthcare industry rapidly changes. Aging baby boomers mean demands on the healthcare system will only increase in the coming years. Fast forward a few years and we see many challenges ahead for nurses. Our textbook covers issues such as generational differences in an aging workforce with poor prospects for replacements, high acuity and short staffing, conflict in the workplace, expanding technology, an increasingly intercultural society, and

Pediatric Nursing A pediatric nurse according to the Every Nurse website, is a nursing professional that work in the pediatric medicine field. This type of nurses typically help provide medical care for infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatric nurses are expected to be cheerful and friendly, and also be able to properly communicate with both the kids and their parents. Pediatric nurses should possess a high level of patience, and mentally and physically prepared for any circumstances that

Adolescence At the health fair, we had a few pre-adolescent children that were 10-11 years of age. This age group focuses on fact rather than fantasy however, they beginning to increase their self-esteem. This age group is advancing toward maturity and abstract thinking they are accordingly “developing secondary sex characteristics and accepting responsibility.” (pg.131, Growth and development) By age 12 the head is adult size. The adolescent will hit a growth spurt just before puberty consequently

the current population, and with the elderly population increasing exponentially, nurses are inevitably affected by these changes. The baby boomers are getting older, changing healthcare as they go. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, those who are ages 65 and older are expected to increase 17% by 2020. By the recent demographics shift, nursing practice is affected as there becomes a greater need for nurses to be able to guide those who suffer with multiple chronic conditions, specialize

right, that a person can make decisions for herself; while beneficence is the act to benefit and avoid harm to others (Alfaro-LeFevre, 2013). In this case of ethical dilemma, a 17-year-old patient with Hodgkin’s lymphoma wanted to stop her chemotherapy treatment. Although, the patient is displaying autonomy, she was under age at the time and her mother was her guardian. One would think her mother will go against her wishes of stopping her treatments, but in contrast her mother agreed to stop her chemotherapy

chose to research about was obesity in children and why it is becoming more relevant and time continues. I chose a recent article from San Francisco Chronicle that explains a recent survey that was conducted and what their plan is to try to fix it. In this article, a national report was done comparing children and adult body mass indexes. “The 2016 National Survey of Children's Health found that 30 percent of Wisconsin children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese, while the state's adult rate of obesity

armed forces, became nurses, and some even became spies all to help the United States prevail in the war. During World War 2, women began gaining independence and without that the United States would of not been able to win the war. In 1940, a year before the United States joined World War II, a draft was placed for all men between the ages of 21 and 36. In 1942, when the United States finally entered the war, the draft became larger with men between the ages of 18 to 37 becoming eligible (United

Martin, a guidance counselor at Fisher Elementary School in Walpole, MA, states that bullying has been a consistent issue annually in the elementary school despite primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention (J. Martin, personal communication, November 17, 2014). To analyze how bullying is managed in Fisher Elementary School, this paper will present a review of the literature and research that serves as a framework for those currently used interventions, as well as information on anti-bullying agencies

about is impacting the lives of others. You are constantly putting others before yourself. Florence Nightingale was a remarkable woman who did exactly this. Nightingale was born in Florence Italy, on May 12, 1820. She discovered she wanted to be a nurse early in her lifetime because as a teenager in 1837 she received a “divine calling” to do God’s

it discusses studies done that suggest that watchful waiting is appropriate when treating uncomplicated cases of otitis media. The nurse can use this source to provide education to the parents of these children. The classification of source is evidence-based guideline as it contains many research articles and reviews them in a