I am responding to your advertisement for a Staff Nurse that appeared in the October 2010 issue of the Staff Nursing Times. After reading the job description in detail I am confident that I would make an outstanding addition to your medical team.
As you can see from my attached CV, I am a highly motivated Registered Nurse with over 5 years of practical experience in the high-level care of patients, the support of clinical operations and also the cost effective management of healthcare operations.
I consider my greatest strengths to be my ability to develop and maintain excellent working relations with physicians, staff and patients as well as a comprehensive understanding of all areas of nursing care and healthcare delivery.
I believe that
I am applying for the position of Nurse Extern at your facility and I meet the requirements set by your facility. I am in the process of earning my nursing degree and I will be graduating in December 2016. This position will help me gain the experience needed to take a step into the professional nursing world. This hands-on experience will be essential in helping me prepare myself to work as a nurse in the future.
It is incredibly satisfying for me to work with others to effect positive change in the community. Some of the strengths I believe I can offer is my joy of working with a team, honesty and integrity, compassion and friendly personality, desire for excellence, flexibility, organizational skills and delight in serving my community while providing excellence customer service to my patients. My clinical experiences and time at Northwest have helped me to become even more convinced that nursing is my passion and is the profession that I want to devote my time and energy to.
Most important, I treat my patients, families, and coworkers the way I want to be treated. Throughout my nursing career I have been recognized as a compassionate nurse by my co-workers, patients and physicians. I use my critical thinking to provide excellent care to my patients. Professionally, I maintain a very high level of autonomy and responsibility. I have taken additional roles beyond staff nurse and I have stepped up to take on higher-level duties and responsibilities. For example, am currently a member of the falls committee, and preceptor for BSN nursing students. I have served on the unit based council and conducts peer reviews. I received the Daisy Awarded which is given to This reminds me that the simplest kind actions may seem small to others but to patients can make a big
I have worked in every area of the hospital and nursing homes in my nineteen years of clinical practice as a nurse. I have excelled and enjoyed the care that I have provided over the years. I have been a charge nurse wherever I have worked and enjoyed brainstorming and critically thinking through what needed to be done for a patient when they were not doing well. I have prevented many code blues and have been a preceptor to many excellent nurses.
The role of a family nurse practitioner is a fundamental portion of the future of healthcare. The role is clearly not as understood by other healthcare professionals as needed which results in the disagreement if the role of a family nurse practitioner is even required for primary care. As people are getting older, the need for medical professionals that can provide patient care to our ever growing population increases. The need for the role of family nurse practitioners will grow too. The role of the family nurse practitioner, the ability of the FNP to be able to transition into their role.
A personal attribute that will set me apart from other nurse practitioners is the health care experience that I have. Since I have worked continuously as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) and a nurse intern since 2012, I have had the opportunity to work with patients on an extremely personal level. Working as a CNA has allowed me to work my way up through the field of nursing and it has given me countless learning
According to Canadian Nurses Association(2009), human health resources have stated that by the end of 2011 Canada will experience shortage of 78 000 registered Nurses (RN) and shortage of 113 000 nurses by the end of 2016. Globally there will be shortage of 4.3 million health care workers. It was also shown that approximately 38% of new graduate nurses leave their workforce within the first year of employment (Lavoie-Tremblay, Wright, Desforges, Gelinas, Drevniok & Marchionni, 2008). According to registered Nurses Association of Ontario (2011), full time positions of RN dropped to 57.9 % in 2010 from 58.9% in 2009. With the current trend it is expected that the Canadian Nursing shortage will increase significantly. In
The project made use of the Nursing Teamwork Survey. This study design was meant to measure teamwork as demonstrated by nurses in patients’ settings. The national teamwork survey concentrates on the teamwork demonstrated by the nurses in their work
I am very interested in a role that will allow me to utilize my educational training and caring and nursing skills in a way that will give the patients a chance to live happily and comfortable. I commenced University in 2013 and I am due to complete a bachelor of nursing degree through La Trobe University in November this year
My career commitment as a nurse has grown tremendously over the past three years; through my daily experiences as a Medical Assistant. I have devoted my time as a full time student and employee of the health care profession. Both of these occupations have helped shape me into the person I want to be for as long as time allows. Daily I witness these community role models that posses abilities such as problem solving skills, promotion and protection of an individual’s advocacy all tied in with compassion to meet the health care needs of an individual.
My compassion, dedication and exceptional nursing skills are consistently demonstrated through my everyday patient care. These traits were recently recognized when I was awarded the Clinical Nurse Excellence Award in May 2016.
31,000 were prelicensure applicants” (as cited in Ganley & Sheets, 2009, p. 401). As more
In the interview the question about any advice she wanted to offer was asked, with a big smile on her face, I am sure, she responded that the field is “wide open” ("Nursing Informatics as a Career," 2011) she continued on to say, if you are a self-starter it
I believe that nursing is both and art and a science consisting of psychosocial and biological sciences that work together to continually improve the health care field. I believe that with the knowledge and clinical experience from the TVCC ADN program I will be able to provide the best care possible to the people in the community. As a nurse it is important to carry the attributes of being caring, compassionate, understanding, non judgmental, realistic, open-minded, honest, ethical, and moral. I also feel that it is important to maintain sensitivity to all cultures when providing care.
Have you ever thought about the role a nurse has between his or her client? A nurse’s role is more than just helping clients when they are not feeling well. In 2007 there were a reportedly 12 million nurse’s employed (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2009). That is a large amount of nurse’s that are employed in the world. A nurse protects, promotes, optimizes health and ability, prevents illness or injury, alleviates suffering through treatment and diagnosis of human response, and advocates in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations (Amercian Nurses Association, 2012). A nurse stands for many good qualities but, why is there a big shortage of nurses?