Essay About American Nursing

Nursing should not be looked upon or practiced as a mere physical approach to healing. Nursing should encompass the aspect of restoring each individual patient to his/her maximum physical and emotional state of being. In order to achieve such a goal, a patient must be able to bond with her caregiver on a personal level (Blais & Hayes, 2011). Jean Watson’s caritas factors sets an environment where the patient can obtain optimum health benefits (Blais & Hayes, 2011). The goal of this paper is to state my philosophy of nursing, the important dynamics and values that led me to adopting this philosophy, and the reason why I choose nursing as a profession. I will further explain how Jean Watson’s principles of philosophy is

This author’s personal philosophy in practice is to provide holistic care to my patients and their families. This author feels that encompassing the whole family or the patients support framework in the plan of care is the best approach to returning the patient to their optimum state of health. It is important to this author to evaluate the all of the aspects of the patient’s lives that they will share. It is important to evaluate the patient’s learning style,

Current literature continues to reiterate the indicators of a major shortage of registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. The total RN population has been increasing since 1980, which means that we have more RNs in this country than ever before (Nursing Shortage). Even though the RN population is increasing, it is growing at a much slower rate then when compared to the rate of growth of the U.S. population (Nursing Shortage). We are seeing less skilled nurses “at a time of an increasingly aging population with complex care

Burkhardt, M. & Nathaniel, A. (2008). Ethics & issues: In contemporary nursing, (3rd ed.) Clifton Park, NJ: Delmar

The Vietnam War was the longest war ever fought by U.S. military forces. U.S. personnel were engaged from 1961 until 1973. Approximately 10,000 U.S. military women served in Vietnam during the war. Most were members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps. All of the Army nurses were volunteers who attended a six-week basic training class, and then were assigned to one-year stunts in Vietnam hospitals and mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) units. Most of these nurses were fresh out of nursing school, some with less than six months of clinical experience. These nurses were not prepared for the physical and emotional wounds that they would have to heal.

You may not like how the Presidential election turned out, but the victory of the Democrats was won partly by focusing on going after the Hispanic vote. The Hispanic population who voted for President Obama put him over the top to win. Hispanics identified with Obama. Somehow, he made a connection with this culture. Nursing can use that lesson to improve cultural sensitivity and provide respectful care of our numerous cultures. Every American makes up this country regardless of heritage. This country was built from immigrants from all over the

A discussion regarding the health care reform or even health care in general can be somewhat controversial. The definition of health is drastically different depending on whom you speak to. Many would define health as " a person's absence of disease, others would describe good health based on the status of mind, body & social well-being" (GCU Lecture, module 2, 2012). According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, health is defined as "The overall condition of an organism at a given time". An individual's overall health affects the nation, this is where stakeholders come into value. According to Keele, Buckner & Bushnell a stakeholder is either an individual or an organization that either invest time and

Today, my kismet, had other plans. A knock on the door resounded, followed by a heaving breath, the twisting of the doorknob, and a bang as the door shut. My eyes widened when instead of a nurse, an unfamiliar face burst into my room and my reality. Two tantalizing grey eyes peered into my own, a wild mix of fury and contention battling to surface. The latter claimed the victory. Opening a green folder, the boy steered his gaze on a stack of papers. He flipped through them until an aqua colored paper stood out to him, and ripped it from the folder. His eyes scanned the paper until he read something that turned his nonchalant expression,

The first paragraph will be describing what is seen in the image that has been provided (Knowles, 2006). The second paragraph, will be discussing the reactions and assumptions that are made, and which cultural lens was used to make the assumptions. The third paragraph, will provide a definition of biculturalism related to nursing. The final paragraph is about the possible bicultural relationship between the Health care assistant and the elderly woman.

Thank you for sharing your story. I can totally understand how you feel about working here in America, especially in the healthcare industry. I agree with you that knowledge and skills will get us farther in nursing but we have to double our effort when it comes to communication. I, too, have to ensure that my message is understood correctly because of my Filipino accent. It is indeed a hurdle. Mullins (2009) emphasized that it isn’t about how many adversities we face, but how we face the adversities. Do we let them break us or we break them? Often times, Americans tend to have prejudice or negative preconceived notions about the immigrants because of their individualistic culture. I think that Americans judge immigrants based on their own

“The relationship between American and Philippine nursing is linked to colonial ties and the early efforts of American missionaries and medical workers in the Philippine islands” (Van 457). The Americans has tremendously impacted Philippine nursing. The hospitals in the Philippines were under an Americanized training system. The Rockefeller Foundation wanted to aid fellow citizens from the exposure of contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria. Americans traveled to the Philippines to teach Filipino nurses the methods and practices of American nursing and sanitation. While Americans stayed in the Philippines, Filipino nurses also went to the United States to study nursing as

Some immigration laws prevent qualified nurses from countries like Philippines, Nigeria, United Kingdom to practice in the United State. While strict immigration laws hinder these qualified nurses from working in the US, the declining in the numbers of practicing nurses due to higher retirement rate, difficulty of the job itself, work overload, frequent shift changes, low wages, financial implications of furthering education programs and nurses’ burnout on the job reduces the workforce available to care for the aging population. Even though, there are hindrances in employing foreign nurses the profession will remain very lucrative, relevant and essential.

Many people believe that Nursing started with Florence Nightingale, however nursing itself dates back to the beginnings of motherhood when nurses were traditionally female. In fact, nursing and medicine have been closely intertwined throughout the ages. The history of nursing has its origins in the care of infants and children, so all mothers were in fact nurses. Gradually an evolution started developing into dedicated caregivers who practiced the art. In fact, nursing has been called the oldest of arts and the youngest of professions.

An abrupt increase of nurses and midwives are apparent due to the demands overseas for these health professionals (Health Service Delivery Profile, 2012; Romualdez, et al., 2011). The migration of these health workers has caused a decline in the number of available workers and disproportion between professionals and the population. Actual count regarding active health workers remains vague, for these data are not regularly collected and/or are estimates as demonstrated by the Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines in 2008 (Romualdez, et al., 2011).

Due to the sudden demand in nurses that began around 2002, a lot of nursing graduates now couldn’t find a job or are working in call centers. Just last 2012, there are more than 200,000 jobless registered Philippine nurses and an additional 80,000 expected nursing graduates (McGeown, 2012). This causes a chaos in the job market and promotes greater