Reflection Paper In Nursing

This self-reflective paper is focused on what I’ve learned about myself this semester regarding my strengths, and weaknesses. Concentrating on areas of my professional practice that need improvement and discussing two goals I have created for my self, and how I plan on achieving them. This semester I have discovered I have two key strengths those being a dedication to the practical nursing program, and seeking help in the program when I need it. This trait is hopefully carrying through as a strength in my nursing career. However, I have many weaknesses to work on as a student and future nurse. Along with my shortcomings, there are fears I have looking into the future, into CPE 1 and term 2. Those are the fears of not being good enough in

The national shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) has helped generate formidable interest in the nursing profession among people entering the workforce and those pursuing a career change. According to a report issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service in 2002, the national population is continuing to grow and age and medical services continue to advance, so the need for nurses will continue to increase. They report from 2000 to 2020 the predicted shortage of nurses is expected to grow to 29 percent, compared to a 6 percent shortage in 2000. With the projected supply, demand, and shortage of registered nurses and nursing salaries ever-increasing, the nursing profession can offer countless opportunities. But first one must

It is likely that most people have heard about the nursing shortage for years now, and perhaps they believe it’s been fixed. However, the nursing profession is experiencing a reoccurring deficiency. According to Brian Hansen, (2002), there was a nation wide shortage in 2001 of 126,000 full-time registered nurses, but the shortage will surge to 808,000 by 2020 if something isn't done. This pattern is a persisting cycle of high vacancies followed by layoffs and a high over supply of registered nurses. Various factors contribute to the lack of nurses within the health care facilities, but today’s shortages are a little different. Many feel that this scarcity is severe and long-drawn-out. The four major issues contributing to

The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on the aspect of my Adult Nursing Practice placement, and study that was gained by me in my studies and the need of pressure sore care and management in nursing practice. To reflect on my learning action, I am going to apply Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle to highlight the need for nurses to provide holistic care. It will outline the basic aspects of clinical nursing skills that have taken place in my placement. This will also highlight how it helped me to enhance my knowledge and ethical values and learning the process in order to bring excellence and safety of care. To reflect on my learning process, I am going to apply Gibbs ' reflective model’ which is a renowned model in reflective practice. This model requires passing through six stages to complete one reflective cycle. Gibbs (1988) reflective cycle can be seen as cyclical in nature which incorporates six stages to enable me to continuously improve my learning from the event for better practice in the future(Heitkemper, 2010).

Solutions to nursing shortages that have emphasized increases in compensation or international recruitment are not expected to increase the supply of nurses over the long-term. This report addresses the inadequacies of institutions of higher education, noting that 75,587 qualified applicants were turned away from both undergraduate and graduate nursing programs in 2011 alone. Retention strategies are also addressed in this report, notably, the Nurse Reinvestment Act of 2002 and the Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, but this legislation and investments by the States have had limited success. The report from the 2010 IOM/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Future of Nursing, emphasizes professionalization and advanced practice strategies to promote interest and status for practicing nurses. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) may bring about sea changes that

The capstone type, I choose is option 3. The first type of capstone is geared for those who are interested in starting a new business or add a product or venture to an existing business. The second is tackling a business problem for the organization, since I work for a private owned organization, it would not be possible, and besides I have not disclosed that I am working on my MBA for security purpose. So, that leaves me with option 3 and I am a bit nervous about the research part and the time frame available.

In the last several years, the total number of nurses working in the field of health care has been continually declining. This is because more people have become frustrated with the challenges that they are facing from an increasing number of patients and more responsibilities. Moreover, the passage of the Affordable Care Act will place even more individuals into the system. This is problematic, as there is expected to be a shortage of 1 million RNs by 2020. (Reilly, 2011)

Critical thinking and clinical reasoning are essential for a sound clinical judgement. Nurses use critical thinking models and processes to support and organize the interventions that they perform in the clinical setting. In the scenario of Mr. Patient requesting for a DNR order, I used the nursing process to formulate appropriate nursing actions and the lasater’s clinical judgment model guide my reflection. In this paper, I will describe the skills that was used in relation to nursing process, provide analysis of the model and application of learning in terms of CNO competencies, and evaluate my clinical decision-making in terms of patient outcomes. While, the nursing process served as guide to organize my thought process in relation to

Based on the information, the patients major learning need is how to address the patients high pain level when she is at home. During my teaching, I explained to the patient that there are both pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods of managing pain. According to Cornelius, Herr, Gordon &Kretzer, “Coping with pain after surgery doesn't have to mean taking more prescription pain medication. Pain medication certainly has its place in pain management, but there are additional strategies that can help you deal with your surgery pain,” (p24). I focused my objectives for teaching on how to use prescribed medication, how to stay ahead of the pain, Alternative methods for pain management and how to avoid aggravating factors. Before teaching the patient, I made sure the patient's caregiver was in the room. This was because my patients mental state requires assistance in daily care. My patient is able to understand somethings but forgets often which is why it was important to have her husband and daughter in the room. When teaching I first started off with staying ahead of the pain. I emphasized the need to manage the pain before it get to unboreable which can result in more difficulty when managing pain which may lead in a need for more pain medication. Teaching was reinforced by giving the patients daughter a hand out that includes a chart on how to stay ahead of the patient’s pain. The nurse evaluated teaching by asking when medication should be given. The daughter replied “when mom says she’s in pain, we shouldn’t wait till it gets to a ten”. It was also mentioned the care givers that they should ask their mom if she is in pain. The next teaching was done during discharge on the prescribed pain medication for the patient. The patient was prescribed five mg of oxycodone every 6 hours and acetaminophen three times a day. The nurse emphasized the fact that the acetaminophen should not exceed 4 grams a day. The nurse gave the family a hand out on the dangers of excessive use of acetaminophen. The nurse also taught the family to look out for acetaminophen in another pill they would give their mother. The nurse evaluated teaching by asking the husband what he should look out for , the husband mentioned to monitor

As I begin to reflect on my few days of clinical experience on the 3rd Surgery South unit of the Yorkton Regional Hospital, I am able to think of several topics involving the nursing profession in which I can write about, both the good and the bad. However, the one in which I chose to reflect on is one involving my patient. My patient had come to the 3rd Surgery South unit after undergoing a laparoscopic hysterectomy, in addition to a left oophorectomy. Walking through the door of my patients’ room, I thought I knew everything about her as I spent hours researching her the night before. However, this was not the case. I have decided to write this paper based on my patient and how their chart does not define them.

I am sitting at my desk pondering the lessons learned during the past eight weeks of my life. It is unbelievable to think that this class was actually going to be enjoyable since the study of theory is usually met with an ugh and a sigh by the student and those they tell of their coursework. Much to my surprise, I actually enjoyed the material presented.

For my reflection paper I interviewed a coworker from each of my jobs. I interviewed JM, an EMT for a private EMS company, and I interviewed DS, an emergency room nurse. JM has been in the field for four years and has worked in the city and in a more rural area. Even though he has not spent many years in the field, he has noticed changes just the same as more seasoned veterans. DS has been in the field for 20 years and has worked in rough urban emergency departments and small city emergency departments. She has seen many changes over the years and was thrilled to be interviewed for this class assignment. I picked these two for my candidates hoping to receive different input from each. I was surprised to find that the two had similar views on the topic.

For this week’s assignment, I have been asked to write a reflection paper describing something about the week that has been surprising to me. To begin with, I would like to say that a couple of the juniors rode with some of us seniors to Klamath Falls this past week. I recognized the look they had in their eyes the first day when they arrived at my house to join us on the journey. It was the same look I had exactly one year ago; total anxiety. With that being said, I think that the thing that has surprised me the most about the past week is how much more confidence I have in myself. Although, it does still surprise me a little when the instructors say, “the seniors” and I realize that they are talking to me and not to somebody else.

A. BB called from home at 0600 to the L&D unit that she was having an intense contraction. Upon phone interview, the charged nurse asked her to come in. At 0730, BB came in with her husband and a six years old daughter, and she was admitted to the unit. She was placed on the monitor while the assigned nurse continued the assessment. At 0830, she had dilated to 10cm, and she delivered shortly after that. Delivery was successful without any complication. She was GA 39+1 weeks, G2P2002, GBS positive, and the baby’s weighed 6lb 14.1 oz.

What are some parts of yourself that you feel you cannot bring to the clinical setting and why?