The Greatest Mistakes Of The Medical Field

Caring for others has always been a passion of mine, and becoming a nurse has always been my dream. While my dream has turned reality, I can say that nursing has blessed me with the opportunity to not only be a servant to those in my community, but it has also allowed me to be of some comfort to patients and their loved ones during their darkest and most vulnerable moments. Nursing offers a variety of opportunities, where the only restrictions are the ones we set for ourselves. As for myself, all things are possible, for if I want it, I strongly believe it’s already mine. The depths that I will go to reach the latitude of success that I so desire is boundless.

For as long as I can remember, I have always dreamed of becoming a nurse. I knew that I wanted to be a nurse I was just not sure of what kind of nurse, but as I got older I grew to love babies and kids more and more. It then hit me, that I wanted to be a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurse (NICU). Being born prematurely, and knowing by hearing stories and reading about the NICU has shaped me even more to want to be a NICU nurse. I know that with being a NICU nurse involves a lot of time and dedication, but that does not matter. I am always asked " How are you going to be able to handle being a NICU nurse", which leads to the response of "I know that it will be hard, but someone has got to do it". I have always been told that it takes someone

Being a nurse not only means compassion, dedication, and intelligence, but the profession also requires endurance, personal sacrifice, and the need for continuous education. I have learned that nurses are some of the most caring and selfless people that anyone will ever meet. Nurses are more than willing to complete challenging tasks and care for others in a way that the majority of people are unwilling to. I am driven to bring all of these qualities into my role as a future nurse practitioner, which is why I am committed to pursuing my Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP).

Nursing, in my opinion, takes full commitment from someone. One must be knowledgeable, dedicated, and willing to help others at all cost. My mother is the greatest nurse I have ever encountered and has been my inspiration since I can remember. She has been a nurse for over 20 years and I have been captivated ever since. I was born to do this, to advocate and help others that are in need. Being able to apply the knowledge and skills learned in a real hands-on situation has given me the utmost motivation to fulfill my dreams of one day becoming a nurse. I was able to successfully complete my rounds of clinical hours as part of my nursing program at various locations and departments. I was assigned to MD Anderson, Harris County Psychiatric Center, and Silverado Memory Care Community, where I was able to work with many different types of patients and become acclimated to the environment. The duties in which I was able to preform varied location to location but included, head to toe assessments, insertion/removal of Foley catheters, medication administration, tube feedings, trachea suctioning, and numerous care plans just to name a few. I was able to interact with patients one on one as a student which has instilled confidence and reassurance in my future.

Nursing is an excellent career choice, where an individual acquires great gratitude while attending to others necessities. If someone is constantly trying to improve themselves and wanting to be challenged in life, “as nurses, we face tremendous challenges and often see and do things that are extraordinary” (Ulrich xix). By becoming a registered nurse the individual will make a difference. Nursing allows an individual to continuously be benefiting a fellow human being, not only with the patient but with their families as well, having the opportunity to becoming someone especial in the patient’s life. Nursing is a

Causes of major medical errors have many different factors and influences. This includes why the patient was being seen to allow such an error, what medical guideline or guideline’s that where not followed that caused the error, what could have been done by staff members to prevent the error, etc. When errors take place, repercussions follow such as the cost incurred to the patient or patient family members, fines the medical worker must pay, and most importantly what is the patients status/prognosis. Not all patients prevail and make it through such awful medical errors.

The profession of Nursing takes a special kind of person. Nursing is a great profession, but it isn’t for everybody. When you become a nurse, you take on many different responsibilities and duties that must be completed, or there are consequences that follow. There are also different requirements that have to be met with nursing, and I feel like I meet those requirements on becoming a registered nurse.

I have wanted to be a nurse since I got sick in 5th grade. I had lost kidney function, I was dehydrated, and had lost 25-30lbs in one weekend. I had to be hospitalized for a week and a half. And the nurses helped me through more than I could have ever expected. They helped me with emotional issues, feminine issues, personal issues, and so much more than they should have ever expected. And between the ages of 9 to 15 I was in and out of the hospital and the only people I can remember who helped me the most was the nurses. All nurses have at least one thing in common—they want to help people. Not only do they play the role of caretaker for their patients, but in some circumstances, they can also be a friend, a confidante and a trusted adviser. It takes a special kind of person to fill all of those roles the way

Although helping people is great, there are some limiting factors that come with being a nurse you have to think of. 8. Nurses care for people with illnesses and sometimes infectious diseases (OkCareerGuide). This is one of the scary parts of nursing, where you could danger your life. You are endangering your health just to help others. “Registered Nurses may spend a lot of time walking, bending, stretching, and standing. They are vulnerable to back injuries, because they must often lift and move patients” (CollegeGrad). 10. A major satisfaction a nurse would get is the rush of helping so many people. 9.Other than worrying about getting sick or having a back strain, an RN needs certain personal qualities. Some qualities or skills that they need would be compassion, emotional stability, physical stamina, critical thinking skills and being able to speak and work well with others (CollegeGrad). These skills can help you get in touch with a patient on a deeper level if

In Dr. Goldman’s article “Doctors Make Mistakes: A Commentary on Medical Errors” (TedTalk) he asserts the doctors are reluctant to admit making errors. Doctors are human so they make errors but they are reluctant to admit them. Dr. Goldman states that a culture of denial and shame exists in the medical community. He further asserts that the culture is pervasive within the medical profession and that it makes doctors afraid to come forward.

In my opinion, the essay I wrote on medical mistakes was the hardest to complete because of several reasons. I was not sure how effective certain strategies were, I had trouble backing them up, and I was not sure which strategies were in use and which were not. Some ideas I mentioned in my essay may not have been as effective as I thought. Due to this, backing them up became trouble. My research was not strong enough to support my ideas. Many ideas mentioned were already in use today causing unoriginality. Grammar was a struggle for me because I was not strong in it yet and many rules taught to me could not be applied due to my lack of understanding. My parallelism was off and I used many dead words. My concluding paragraph had the wrong number of sentences and I cited incorrectly. The many mistakes I made taught me how to effectively research, use grammar correctly, and cite properly.

With my career goal is to become a nurse; just not ole any nurse, a great one. My strengths are very important to have. Faith is needed to help get through tough days and to also spiritually help your patients. I feel like whenever you do a task it should be done with integrity. Being a nurse, you have to be strong-minded and also able to heal and comfort mentally, emotionally, and physically, all great signs of a leader. You always have to remember that you can’t always do everything alone. Teamwork is very important in the healthcare field. Each job is important and is connected to one another. Communication is the key to many careers and very important to nursing because you have to build positive relationships with the people and patients around you.

Mistakes and errors can occur normally in our clinical decisions in our clinical settings. In physical therapy settings, these errors could be resulted from such unintended factors such as insufficient experience in achieving some tasks and lack of cognitive and manual skills. The literature showed that the medical errors were not mainly occurred by the inadequate scientific knowledge where they are mostly cognitive in nature, and self-awareness is a way to prevent these errors (Nendaz & Perrier, 2012). The medical errors can be reduced and patient’s safety can be ensured if the physical therapists set some attainable goals that assist in decreasing the medical errors starting from self-awareness about these errors.

General Qualifications for becoming a nurse, according to Regina Ranburn, include: “Compassion, caring for others, selflessness, love for humanity, and desire to help others” (1). These qualities are vital to a career in nursing because most fields require direct patient care. Dealing with patients one-on-one every day

Do you remember what it was like to get on your bike for the first time? You have no idea what you’re doing, but you were too caught up in the excitement to care; you just hopped on to that meekly cushioned, faux leather seat, grabbed the rubber handlebars, and pressed your feet on top of the grooved pedals and started pedaling. As you start to move forward, the front wheel of your bike begins to zigzag and you lose control, diving head first into the weathered concrete. “What a mistake that was,” you thought to yourself, but you wipe away the tears streaming down your face and with a faintly shattered ego you get back on and try again. Mistakes are learning opportunities. But what if your mistake causes more damage than a scraped knee? What if the mistake you made causes severe injury or death to another? In the medical field, these are issues that we need to be conscientiously aware of. It sounds like an obvious message, but patients in hospitals throughout the country are injured or die because of a medical errors on a daily basis.