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I asked Tracie a few questions and she gave me some very interesting replies. In the first question, I asked Tracie what made her decide to become a registered nurse; she replied with, I chose to be a registered nurse to know and to have the knowledge and skill to be able to help people whether it’s at the beginning of life with the birth of a child; or at the end of life when you have to comfort the family and help them transition. In the next question, I asked Tracie what her advice would be to someone who wants to become a registered nurse; she replied and told me that it is not a field to be taken lightly. It takes a lot of schooling, research on your own, and compassion. She continues to say that a lot of the things that they teach you in school for a base of knowledge, but most of the important things, you bring with you. You have to be able to study hard and work outside of a controlled environment. She also gave me some other tips, such as: wear leather shoes in case there is a accident with blood or urine, wear your hair back out of your face so it is not in the way, and be sure to sound confident in what you are telling your patience because if you are not confident in what you are telling your patience, then they will not believe

Patient education is defined as a health information and instruction to help patients learn about specific or general medical topics. These may include the need for preventive service, the adoption of healthy lifestyles, the correct use of medications,

At this moment there are two types of RN nurses the work in hospital setting. One of them is the ADN nurse that completes his or her degree in two years. ADN programs prepare technical bedside nurses for secondary care settings, such as community hospitals and long-term health care facilities. (Creasia 26) I as a License Vocational Nurse completed the ADN program in one year. Most of my experience in my ADN education involved basic skills, patient education and critically thinking regarding pathophysiology. I received a good education and I am thankful for that, but as of right now nursing is changing and I must change with it. Much of health care going forward will

Striving as a successful Honor Student in high school has been daring over the years, but soon will lead to more challenging aspects centering my career goal as a Registered Nurse; which will involve my aspirations, excellence, and accomplishing the vision. Becoming a Registered Nurse is going to be hard because I'm not sure what to expect .However, I do know that the journey to this accomplishment will be stressful. Despite those circumstances as long as I stay focused and do not procrastinate, my career is bound to happen in success. The main aspect to reaching my career goal consists of my aspirations. The biggest aspiration is for me to improve myself and my skills with those around.

The success as a professional Registered Nurse (RN) requires hard work, compassion and empathy. It is important to realize the journey is challenging, but is fulfilling. The registered nurse profession was established in the 1800s. For over two hundred years a registered nurse has helped those in need. The responsibilities of nurses is to educate their patients on many types of diseases as well as provide guidance to patients and their loved ones. It is important for nurses to express compassion, emotional stability, and empathy for patients.

With the increasing demands in Healthcare needs, newly licensed competent nurses are a commodity that simply do not exist. Every year there are new nurses graduating from associate and bachelor’s degree programs that enter the work force. Nursing students whom complete their degree program, whether it be an associates or bachelor degree sit to take the same state sanctioned nursing licensure exam. Upon successful completion of this exam a student quickly transitions from student to professional, in as little as two days, and is now deemed competent to practice safely and effectively. Unfortunately for new nurses whom enter the workforce, they are subjected to an environment that nursing schools simply cannot simulate accurately, and therefore not prepare students for. New nurses are expected to come out of school, especially by the patients they tend to, with competencies that are unrealistic. The reality is that new nurses lack skills that allow them to perform at a truly competent level. What this paper will discuss are the competencies that new graduate nurses enter the work force with compared to what is actually required in order to be proficient in this professional field. This paper will also discuss how the transition from student to professional can be facilitated through extensive orientation programs that have been proven to elevate nurses from novice to professional.

Becoming a Registered Nurse requires many hoops to jump through. The Associates Degree Nursing Program requires two years of your time, patience, and responsibility. This can be obtained either through a community college or either at a four-year college as well. I chose to attend a community college do to the fact that I have to work as well attending school full time. Time management is a key factor to becoming a great respectable Registered Nurse. As a Registered Nurse you will be trained in Anatomy, Physiology, Biology, and also Nutrition. The typical nursing program prepare you with the basic nursing skill such as taking vital signs (blood pressure, temperature, oxygen levels), to Emergency care, Pediatric care, Obstetric care, and also Medical- Surgical care. All of the information obtained through schooling helps prepare you for the NCLEX, to receive your nursing licenses. I have had my heart set on this particular major for years now. I chose Nursing because I love to help others. I want to be the hands and feet of those who are in need. I have a passion to serve others and a love for those who are sick and may need surgery to also caring for those who had a baby and celebrating with them in that moment in time. I have found that in nursing you have to put yourself aside and put others before yourself. This is where I tend to strive and let go and let God do his work through me. As a nurse there are many options of field of work to choose from. Ranging from working

The medical field is full of important aspects. From the receptionists to doctors, all the roles matter. They all work in unison, to get all the jobs done. But behind the scenes, the ones that are most important, are the nurses. Their role is the most noticed and criticized. Some further their practices more to where they become almost like doctors, and open their own clinics of practice. Those nurses then become known as certified nurse practitioners. These are the ways that lead to the road to becoming a Nurse Practitioner.

Two priorities for patient education are safety and pain management. For safety, she needs to understand that she is NPO, which means she cannot have anything by mouth, including foods, drinks, or medications. She also needs to understand that she is not supposed to pull out her foley catheter.

Prolonged and chronic ethanol (ETOH) use has devastating effects on the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. ETOH is easily absorbed from the intestine and diffuses quickly throughout the body. The bulk of the ETOH is metabolized in the liver. ETOH abuse produces functional and structural changes in the GI tract, such as in the stomach, small intestine, liver, and pancreas (Geokas, Lieber, French, & Halsted 1981). The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism website (2005) sites statistics indicating 28,175 deaths in 2005 were a direct result of liver cirrhosis. The website goes on to state, “In 1997, liver cirrhosis was the 10th leading cause

Education is one of the many roles that is needed to start working.Registered Nurses need an associate's degree which only takes about two years to receive but to get promoted to different stages of nursing it is required to have more schooling such as a bachelor's degree.

Most people that attend college put their time in and at the end of their two or four years receive their degree, get a job, and think that I that they are finally done with school. When a nursing student finishes their degree and passes the NCLEX and gets their first nursing job that is when the real learning takes effect. Each and every day in the medical field things are constantly changing and getting updated. In order for the nurse to provide the best care to the patients, that the nurse keep up with continuing education.

It is extremely important to individualize patient education. I agree with your statement that “The information given to the patient should be appropriate for the patient's age, literacy level, education, and language skills”. At my facility, we are able to print out informational discharge packets about a client’s condition or medications as well as the discharge packet itself in their preferred language. Hood (2014) mentions that, “some clients perceive nurses and other health care professionals have a superior status and, therefore, may be reluctant to ask questions”. With this in mind, I also feel it is important to verbally go through each section of the packet with the patient. This way if reading isn’t their strong point and hearing

According to Healthy People 2012 there are more then 800,000 new cases of diabetes each year, with the numbers on the rise. With this in mind, Healthy People 2012 has identified diabetes as their number five focus area. In order to reach their goal of improving the quality of life for people with diabetes they have identified diabetes teaching as their number one objective. Furthermore, in order to reduce the number of complications of diabetes, Healthy People 2012 has identified foot ulcers as their ninth objective. Through patient education Healthy People 2012 hopes to reduce the number of foot ulcers in people with diabetes, as diabetes is the number one cause of nontraumatic amputations in the United States. In order to

Patient education plays a vital role in nursing, and as first year nursing students it is important to our career to develop skills in the process of teaching as well as developmental theories. To practice this teaching process, we conducted two interviews with a 19-year-old female currently in the early adulthood stage. Ghorbani, Soleimani, Zeinali and Davaji (2014) state that patient education has been shown to reduced anxiety of patients and improve the satisfaction of health care. Client education is also said to improve the quality of life, helps to reduce illness complications, maximize independence and ensures that continuity of care is present (Bastable, 2014). Although within the health care system things preventing or decreasing the effectiveness of patient education may include nurses not have the knowledge of what to teach or how to teach it and lack of time and resources (Ghorbani et al., 2014). To understand further the important of patient education we must possess a knowledge of the education process including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation (APIE) (Bastable & Alt, 2014). Throughout this paper, we will evaluate our use of the educational process by teaching the learner about caffeine.