My Interview With The Hospital

My second clinical day took place on September 24th, 2015 at Saint Barnabas Hospital in Livingston, New Jersey. My preceptor Maria Brilhante, MSN, RN, allowed me to observe the morning huddle that took place with all the nurse managers that are in the hospital. The purpose of this huddle was to keep the director of nursing informed about the census on each unit. I found this processed to be very uniformed and professional because the DON was engaged. The day went on with me attending meetings on how managers could implement plans to contain cost for the hospital. Maria did her daily rounds on her patients and her nursing staff. She has a folder that contains papers on how each nurse is progressing from the time they get off orientation. Her motto to the nurses is, “You are good at what you do, so when I coach don’t take offense. I am only trying to get you to be great”. This boost their confidence which I thought to be important.

A couple of days ago, I got the chance to interview one of my dad’s friends, Nate, about his experiences with interviews. Currently a Nurse Practitioner, he has had over ten different jobs in his lifetime, ranging from a managerial position at KFC to an emergency room nurse. Just like his past jobs, the types of interviews that he has been in have been wildly different. He has even conducted a few interviews himself. Soon I will be participating in important, career-defining, interviews and it is important that I understand the ropes of an interview. I asked him only a couple of questions, but I got detailed answers and invaluable insights from the mind of both a successful interviewee and

For this assignment I was able to interview Regina Bowman RN, BSN. Her current position is that of the Director of Medical Surgical Nursing. Her position places her over top of seven nursing units between two facilities. Regina graduated from the Mercer Medical School of Nursing in 1979 with her diploma in nursing. The Mercer medical school of nursing is still in operation although it has been renamed the Capital Health School of Nursing. Her return to school started after graduation. She enrolled at Mercer County Community College to obtain her Associates. Secondly she attended La Salle University and received her Bachelor’s in Nursing in 2003. Lastly she is currently enrolled at the Thomas Edison State University, and has a

Scholarship. During my interview for UMMC I was asked if I had a bachelor’s in nursing to which I replied no. I was hired with the agreement that I would pursue my degree with two years of working. This isn’t the ideal way someone wants to continue his or her education. It leaves a bad taste in your mouth feeling forced to pay for more education when you are already licensed as a registered Nurse. At first you feel as though all of the hard work you put into your ADN program is worth pennies because you don’t have BSN next to your name. But then you realize, nursing is no easy task. It requires all that we have learned in this program; the valued ends, presence, praxis, self-care, leadership, advocacy and now scholarship. Having completed

For my interview, I spoke with one of the Nurse Practitioners (NP) that I interact with while working my shift at the hospital. I will call her Terri Smith because although I asked to use her quotes in my paper, I did not think to ask for permission to use her actual name. Where I work, many of our internal medicine physicians are hospitalists. During the night, they are covered by the umbrella of Quest Care. There are several NPs that work under the afore mentioned physicians and are there, on-call, when needed for their clinical expertise. It is nice, because even though I can’t develop much of a relationship with the doctors whose patients I work so hard to take care of, I get to have the opportunity to grow strong bonds with the NPs that I see almost every shift.

When was the last time you were in the hospital or a loved one was in the hospital, and ever wondered where the nurse is, and they haven 't returned for hours. You finally push the assistance button several times, and they open the door and hurriedly say, “I will be right back”, then you don 't see them for a while again. When they come back to check up on you, you explain to them what you need, and then they send in a less qualified staff member to assist you. At this point, you become very annoyed and frustrated not to mention scared to be admitted in the hospital to begin with. Little do you know, your nurse has ten other patients and other non-nursing tasks that they are responsible taking care of. They have been working a double shift and are extremely exhausted, and a large stack of charts that they will have to do before their shift is over. As a patient, you now become frustrated and are not happy about this; as a nurse, they are just as frustrated as you are, not only because the amount of work they have but more importantly they can 't deliver the appropriate care they long to give. For most hospitals they do not hire enough registered nurses for reasons that are good and bad. This is an issue that needs to be addressed not only locally but nationally and on a constant basis. When there are too many patients for one registered nurse to attend to, nurses become exhausted, mistakes are made, and patients are unsatisfied. A minimum nurse to patient ratio needs to be

The Licensed Practical Nurse said that the education that she obtained prepared her for the various facets of her job. It was more helpful in some aspects of my job than it is in others jobs. With the shortage of medical doctors, the LPN and the nurse are playing a larger role in patient care. Because demand for LPN's is strong and growing, you often have your choice of full-time jobs. LPN positions are available in hospitals, nursing homes, doctors' offices, and home health care. The annual salary of a LPN can reach $45,000 plus benefits, depending on your responsibilities. You can choose your work

My overall experience during my first clinical placement was very positive, with very welcoming and supportive staff. It was like a dream come true for me supporting patients. Despite all my good and wonderful experience, there a particular incident that stands out which I will reflect on using the Gibbs reflective cycle. On my first day on Placement, my supervising radiographer took me by surprise by asking me to position a patient for a postero-anterior chest x-ray. This radiographer has not been welcoming but harsh and rude to me. I was nervous and extremely careful while working with her. She only responded to inquires after making me repeat myself at least twice. When she suddenly asked me to position a patient, I instantly became nervous and excited. I started talking the patient through the process, while physically positioning the patient with her consent. She shouted at me and shoved me aside, saying “You should stop touching the patient without her consent’’. The patient politely laughed and said, “He already informed me and I am happy with that, take it easy with the student’’. I did apologise to the patient for that misunderstanding and stepped back as she already took over. She neither apologised to me nor to the patient.

I took a different approach when surveying two individual at my place of employment. Instead of surveying coworkers, I interviewed two individual that are a patient of the hospital. My place of employment is known for specializing in mental illness known as Georgia Regional Hospital/Atlanta (GRH). The two patient that I interviewed, one is a veteran which received treatment under two different mental hospitals, veteran and ours hospital, while, the other individual just received treatment only GRH mental institution. Georgia Regional Hospital (GRH) is an institution that evaluates, and treating the individual that has a mental disorder, which includes patients that are incarcerated or patients that is diagnosed with a mental disorder. Although, Veteran hospitals provide the same treatment that GRH offers but only to veteran patients.

I first became exposed to a hospital setting during my early ages of childhood due to my constant issues with my immune system. To my parents, I was commonly referred to as the sick child in the family since I would constantly catch even the simplest of illnesses such as fevers, colds, flus, running nose, severe coughs and much more. The time period, in which I would visit the doctor’s office, lead me to become more accustomed overtime to the environment and eventually grow a passion for what is being done.

On Wednesday October 14th at 2:00pm I interviewed Genevieve Schaefer, a Certified Professional Midwife (CPM) and licensed midwife, in her office at 205 Wild Basin Rd Suite 2B Austin TX 78746. Genevieve is the business owner of Sister’s Midwife, a homebirth midwifery practice in Central Texas. Sister’s Midwife is located in central Austin at 205 Wild Basin Rd Suite 2B Austin TX 78746 and far South Austin at BeneVida Health & Wellness Center 4100 Everett, Suite 200 Kyle, TX 78640. To find a midwife, I simply typed “midwifes in Austin” on Google and found several midwife centers online and I decided to email five of them, hoping for at least one of them to contact me back. I asked individual midwifes if they were interested in doing an

A morbid melancholy stole over me. Anxiety gnawed at my heart. I was a living corpse. There was a feeling of chill in the air every day as I felt. I faked illness so as not to go to school. Despair hangs heavy in the stifling air. It was a dreary day for me , cold and without sunshine. I dread people and always avoid people. The door was locked from the inside. A cold grey light crept under the curtains. The windows were secured with locks and bars. The room felt cold and sterile.The flowers faded for want of water. A single lamp was suspended from the ceiling. The clock ticked louder and louder in a quiet room. I regarded the room as a refuge from the outside

“Breaking news-,” the telecaster’s voice echoed throughout my Upper East Side bungalow, “-mental hospital reports a missing person's alert. The individual is a patient at Curtley Sanitarium in Winchester Bay, Oregon and has been labeled as extremely aggressive and dangerous. The patient is male with brown hair and hazel eyes and is about 6’2”, 190 lbs. He was last seen on October 24 and wearing light green hospital gown. If you see an individual matching this description, we urge you to contact (541) 853-5829 and to avoid contact with him at all costs.” I stopped folding my laundry and padded across my floor into the kitchen to take a look at the missing person, however there was no photo shown on the screen. I was eerily intrigued about the

“I can’t wait to visit Granny Bea!” I told my mom. “I know honey. Why don’t you head upstairs and start packing. I have to call Jenna and ask if she can dog-sit Bubba,” mom said. I rushed upstairs into my room. It’s a greyish blue shade with a flower design on one section of the wall. My dad painted it before he died, a little over two years ago. There are a few chips in the paint, but I don’t feel right covering it up. I started packing up right away. My clothes are old. They are all  covered in floral patterns, cheesy sayings, and sequins. I threw all my clothes in and zippered my suitcase.

I had an interview for a new job today at Pinderfields Hospital. The interview went really well and the Senior Sister gave me an offer instantly. However upon realising that I could only work part time (23 hours/ week) and not a bank position, I started to wonder whether the job will be suitable for me.