My Nursing Experience

Time spent at my mother’s bedside in the intensive care unit changed my perception of the nursing profession. I realized what unique value was integrated in comprehensive nursing care, which was built on excellence, compassion, and respect. I knew right then and there that nursing was a professional path which I would like to take. Changing my college major to nursing was not a difficult decision – I wanted to repay for all that courteous care my family received in the most vulnerable time of our lives.

She was an older lady who had just under gone major brain surgery months prior and had loss her speech. The very first day I began to care for Mrs. Smith she moaned and cried about everything because she couldn’t physically tell me what she wanted for breakfast or when or if she had passed a stool. So my job for the rest of my time caring for her was to figure out with out her telling me what was more comfortable for her and what she would prefer if she could tell me. By the end of my 6 days caring for Mrs. Smith there was not a moan or cry to be heard from her room. Not only did I find the best way to care for her and to provide the utmost amount of comfort for her during this difficult time; I made her smile. I not only physically cared for her; I showed Mrs. Smith that even though she was unable to express her thoughts and feelings, that they were still present and that they mattered. But through my experience caring for Mrs. Smith I wasn’t the only one teaching, Mrs. Smith taught me that it takes a certain type of person to be a nurse, and without patience and determination there is no progression. There is no doubt in my mind that I will not only be an asset to your nursing program itself, but to the nursing field in general. Becoming a nurse would not only be a professional success, but a personal success as well. Nursing is not a conscious choice that was cultivated by my pushy parents or a college advisor; it is who I am- it is my past,

I sincerely believe that I accomplished my goals this week. I realized that I served 14 patients by combining the ability of knowledge, my attitude for excellence that I have consistently defeat the odds to become the very best Nurse practitioner; I can become. This clinical experience brings forth many opportunities and achievements. The most important experience this week; I had the ability to identify as primary healthcare provider a high risk need for the patient to be transferred to the Hospital for further evaluation without delay; due to complaints of “leg cold from the knee down to the feet”, which my evaluation was based on evidence practice knowledge of compassion and skill with the autonomy to practice, diagnose, and treat patients

I realized I wanted to be a nurse in 2010 when I was sitting by my grandfather as he was diagnosed with a stroke. As the physician explained to my family and I that the man we knew and loved would not be able to speak or walk again we were struck with heartache. The compassionate and holistic care that the nurses provided him solidified my determination to become a healer to patients who were not able to care for themselves. Today, I have the joy to work in an Emergency Department caring for acutely ill patients and their families, as they are vulnerable and grieving just as my family was. Nevertheless, I have come to realize that my journey will not end until I become more involved with patient care by earning a degree as a Nurse Practitioner. In this paper, I will discuss my educational and professional goals, short term and long-term goals, and how earning a Nurse

There are many things throughout life we all look back on and really can not understand how we made it through that time in our life. My hardest time would have been the period when I was in nursing school for me. So let us start from the beginning so you may have the view that I had, not so many years ago.

When I was pregnant with my daughter, my practitioner was a Certified Nurse Midwife. I was blessed with a relatively smooth pregnancy, and a provider who took care of my mind and body. I had a water birth with my daughter, which was a life changing experience for both of us. It allowed for her to have a smooth transition into this world surrounded by our family. It was the spark for me to say that maybe I could be the person to help others have the same amazing experience. When I asked my CNM how to do what she does, she said first things first; I had to become a nurse. Eventually, I did become a nurse, although I did not end up in labor and delivery as I first intended. Nevertheless, I landed in medical/surgical oncology, and it would seem that is where I belonged all along.

My educational background has given me a solid understanding of the medical field, whereas my variety of experience has allowed me to adapt to any nursing environment. I graduated nursing school in 2016 with the hopes of becoming a Hospice nurse. However, I realized I needed to develop my nursing

Nursing has always been in my life. There are many nurses in my family. My uncle is a travel nurse and my aunt is a labor and delivery nurse. My grandma is also a labor and delivery nurse, she has her master’s degree in nursing, and she teaches nursing classes. When my aunt was studying for her NCLEX a few years ago, she let me look through a textbook about infants and it fascinated me. When my aunt’s daughter was born at 28 weeks, we went to the NICU to see her. I realized that walking through the NICU that day made me realize that I wanted to work with babies.

My patient Mary Ramussen came to the clinic for dental hygiene services. She is a 66 year old lady taking several medications. All of her vitals were within normal limits at her visit. Vitals are very important to take because a patient may not have any symptoms. Medications can have many contraindications, adverse reactions, or an interaction with other medications. It is important to have knowledge of medications and how to avoid adverse reactions or toxicity. Some medications can interact with local anesthetic with vasoconstrictors and cause effects on the heart. Knowing all medications that a patient is taking is important for knowing what over-the-counter medications to recommend post treatment. Some medications

At 18, I was your average high school student. I participated in marching band, took a few advanced courses and enjoyed the fellowship of friends. A blooming teenager with high hopes of attending the University of Alabama at Birmingham to obtain my degree in nursing. However, the summer following my graduation, I discovered that I was pregnant. Understandably shocked by this unexpected circumstance, I placed my dreams of attending UAB on hold.

Although, I’ve been in healthcare for over 20 years, working as a medical assistant, I believe my journey truly began with nursing school. It is one thing to do a job that you have been shown to do, but it becomes different as I now understand why these processes are done as well as the physiological implications. The journey to get to this point had felt like a lifelong one with many disappointments and struggles along the way. However because of the knowledge I now have, I wouldn’t change a thing as I consider it extremely valuable.

In my 32 years of practicing nursing, there has always been a nursing shortage. Just one year after I graduated, my hospital started offering sign-on bonuses. While pondering the reasoning behind the nursing shortage, some interesting thoughts came to mind about some of its current causes. I work closely with my manager on the schedule and have done so in many of the healthcare organizations that I have work. One common problems occurs all too often: nursing turnover. Nurses will leave one facility to take a position in another after a year or so of working with us. The manager has mentioned that it cost approximately $20,000 to train a new graduate and about half of that cost to hire an experienced nurse which includes classes and preceptorship.

Everyday, this is my mantra, “It needs strength to accept weakness, but it is a display of power to use weakness to strive and become better. Even the best has room for improvements.”

I had a clinical experience where I felt unprepared during my clinical placement in the Respiratory ward. I had a female elderly patient with aspiration pneumonia, she also has a history of hypertension, and there were no other cardiac illnesses in the handover. She was stable when care was taken over. I assisted her with mobilising to the bathroom and I noticed that her labour of breathing increased although she was on oxygen. When she went back to bed, she started to present short of breath, also she kept rubbing her chest and she was too unwell to stand so she sat down but she could not sit stably by herself. In this situation, I should have realised that she might be experiencing chest pain and pressed the staff assist button for help.

Many research studies have shown that nursing students who are placed in the palliative care unit often find difficulty coping with terminally ill patients because they feel a lack of confidence on how to care competently and compassionately towards palliative patients (Mallory, 2003). Nursing students are not ready to cope with issues of death and dying; they feel unprepared to care for this kind of patients (Johnson, Chang, & O'Brien, 2009) and they claim that caring for dying people is one of the hardest and most distressing tasks for a nurse (Allchin, 2006). According to Gibbons, Dempster, Moutray, (2010), caring for the dying is reported as the second most common source of stress for nursing students. These findings indicate that an end