The Importance Of A Nursing

I define my philosophy of nursing within the three nursing domains of person, health, and environment. My goal is to communicate the importance of nursing as a knowledge-based career, depending not only on the nurse fulfilling her role but also on the patient’s compliance. A patient must learn to provide self-care at home in the same capacity as the nurse would provide care in the clinical setting. I discuss various subjects within nursing. I explain why I want to be a nurse, what I believe a nurse’s role is, the different domains of nursing, and where I believe nursing will be in the future. My philosophy demonstrates the interdependence of the nursing domains. You cannot fully evaluate a person without evaluating their health,

I am a recent baccalaureate graduate of Charleston Southern University. I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing in May of 2015. On June 20, 2015, I received my NCLEX-RN results and became a registered nurse in the state of South Carolina. After considering my options for a graduate program, I happily accepted my offer from Case Western Reserve University and moved to Cleveland to pursue my graduate studies. Over the course of my undergraduate career, theories were included in the curriculum but not in depth. It is for this reason that I am excited to partake in this course – to learn the foundational and applicable theories of the nursing profession.

The nurse I chose to interview has been a family friend for a while, as she has worked closely with my mother for several years. She is the first nurse I met when I decided I was interested in going into the nursing field, and she is actually the person who encouraged me to apply to Truman State University’s nursing program. I was confident that she would be able to share her capacity of nursing knowledge and wisdom with me when I asked if I could interview her. I will expand on our interview which took place in her office at work throughout the next couple of pages, and to keep confidentiality, I will allude to her by her initials, J.W.

For this paper, there are 2 interviews required that are related to the nursing careers. The two interviews that were conducted were from a Charge Nurse, and from a Head Nurse. Each of the interviews are discussed in detail below, separately.

The career is chose is nursing, I chose this career because I love helping people, I am avid about making sure people are getting everything they need, making sure they get all of their medication so they can get better and can live a healthy life, Being a nurse you will record patients medical history and symptoms, administer patients’ medicines and treatments, operate and monitor medical equipment, explain what they do when going home. It is important to understand the education or training requirements, skills, talents needed salary and benefits offered and the duties for particular career when making this decision, with my help they could burgeon and get better.

For this assignment, I had the opportunity to interview Samantha Hage De Reyes, family nurse practitioner, currently working at the University of California, Riverside (UCR) Health Center in Riverside, CA. Family nurse practitioners are described as health professionals with analytic skills for evaluating and providing evidence-based, patient-centered care across settings, and advanced knowledge of the health care delivery system (Hamric, Hanson, Tracy & O’Grady, 2014). My objective was to ask a series of questions pertaining to the role of a family nurse practitioner, challenges concerning this nursing role, opinions regarding the future of family nurse practitioners, and more. This interview was conducted over the phone, and it was a valuable opportunity to learn more about what it means to be a family nurse practitioner and to start thinking about what I want to achieve in my own

Conducting an interview with someone makes you see things in many different perspectives and in a new light. The person I interviewed saw nursing as a broader term that saw things in a different way even though she has just started. She knows that special people need to take roles in being a nurse. I interviewed my aunt, Ann Juknevicius. She is 30 years old and she has been a nurse for 2 years in Illinois now. Relatively she is a new nurse. One of the main reasons why I started the nursing program is because I look up to Annie a lot and she showed me so many different perspectives on how to look at people, different situations, and the way you handle things. I thought that it would be a great interview session to see if Annie’s expectations were the same as the nursing reality.

Nursing can be a demanding career, but the benefits far much outweigh the challenges. Most importantly, it’s the rewards it offers by allowing an opportunity to make a difference in another person’s life through the provision of care when they need it. Just as Patricia Benner theorized in her book “Novice to Expert,” nursing encompasses both educational knowledge and extensive clinical experience acquired throughout one’s career. This far, I continue to acquire knowledge and clinical knowhow which will promote proper and efficient care to patients. Since I began practicing one year ago in a long-term healthcare facility, I have interacted with patients, families, physicians and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate patient’s care which has enabled me to gain confidence in myself. While I cannot deny that it was difficult to transition from a student to a licensed nurse, I learnt to overcome these challenges and focus on my strengths. Practicing as an LPN has provided a platform to learn and gain experience even though the duties and responsibilities are limited by the scope of practice.

On November 1st, 2016 I had the opportunity to conduct an interview with Katherine M. Sawyer RN, BSN of Owosso, Michigan. Katherine, a female nurse who has worked in the nursing field for thirty-six years began her nursing career at Ingham Medical where she was a full-time staff-nurse for three years; then worked as a per-diem staff-nurse for eleven years. After working at Ingham for a total of fourteen years, Katherine obtained a position at Memorial Healthcare in Owosso where she worked as a nurse educator for fifteen years. Shortly after this she became a Basic Life Saving (BLS) instructor as her main role as a nurse educator was to provide nursing orientation and this additional role fit in perfectly. After some time she became involved in Quality Improvement for four years, and she has now switched back to the nurse educator role where she once again has the role of nursing orientation for Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), and Patient Care Techs (PCTs). The number of staff she teaches and orientates each month varies between one and ten individuals. She also teaches BLS and First Aid at Baker College of Owosso. Her contact information is as follows: Phone number (989) 413-1974 and e-mail address kmsawyer521@gmail.com. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader of Sawyer’s role in the nursing profession as a nurse leader. Individuals will learn of Sawyer’s many different roles, responsibilities, and the organizational structure of Memorial

The interview consisted of a nurse who was a graduate of Grand Canyon University with a Master’s degree in nursing education. She is a clinical educator at Deer Valley- campus and is enrolled as a post-graduate for leadership innovation. The person was chosen because of her advanced skills and education insight at the Master’s level of nursing. In this interview, the information provided will contain personal achievements and advice with the crucial competencies needed for success and growth, and words of wisdom for success at the Master’s level in nursing.

I have been putting a lot of thought into my future career and I have researched a lot of potential fields that match my skills, interests and what I have a passion for. My main priority is to work in a job where I will be caring for people and children. I feel my vocation is nursing. I have decided that nursing is the career for me because I have a keen interest in caring for people and their needs. I would like to think I could make a difference to someone's life that is suffering pain or fighting an illness with the adequate knowledge and skills in which I would learn from the course. I am very aware that nursing can be physically mentally and distressing at times but I am a strong person who will be able to cope with these challenges. Currently I am doing my leaving

A nurse saves lives and make sure you are okay. And they solve problems all the time. People wouldn't be here with out them just like me . Your life depends on nurses all of them.My Mama is a nurse and she knows how hard it is for me because I have a disability but by the help of her my disability doesn't bother me a lot. We all love nurses because they tell us how to treat our body's and health.So I thank nurses across the country about what you do to help us and others.Nurses have very hard jobs helping people with their sickness and weakness.We are alive because of nurses because of the medicine they give us or the shots .All because of nurses we feel better and stronger. There are different types of nurses but they still have a main roll.

A nursing assignment is one of the most essential decisions a charge nurse or nurse managers have to make on a daily basis. It allows nursing managers to assign patient to a nurse based on education and level of experience. Assignments are most often mistaken as delegation. However, they are not the same. Nursing assignment is basically made with regard to patient medical need, and acuity level. Delegation, on the other hand, is when simple nursing tasks such as feeding, bathing, etc. are assigned to other nursing personnel to complete. According to Catalano, “Delegation is recognized as designating ancillary personnel for the responsibility of carrying out a specific group of nursing tasks in the care of certain clients. Whereas “assignment is designating tasks for ancillary personnel that falls under their own level of practice according to facility policies, position descriptions, and, if applicable, state practice act (Catalano 2014). Nursing assignments involve critical thinking skills because accuracy is important to optimize care. It is important for charge nurses to ensure proper and appropriate assignment because lapse can lead to poor quality of care, disappointing outcomes of care, the jeopardized of client safety, and could even legal consequences. Thus as a charge nurse, it is important to incorporate critical thinking, clinical reasoning and judgment when assigning patient care.

There are many factors that contribute to a competent nurse. These factors are called Core Nursing Competencies. They are Patient-Centered Care, Professionalism, Leadership, Communication, Teamwork and Collaboration, Safety, Quality Improvement, and Evidence-Based Practice. These core competencies are not listed in order of importance as each piece plays a vital role in creating an excellent, competent medical-surgical nurse.

There is no doubt that the health care system is constantly changing and working to improve its flaws, to the best of its ability. Whether nurses like it or not we are a part of the ever changing health care system. “With more than 3 million members, the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce” (Institute of Medicine [IOM], 2010, p. 1). The Institute of Medicine believes that nurses should be active in transforming the profession of nursing, along with the health care system. Regardless, of backgrounds, race, and age all nurses can contribute to the future of the nursing profession. The following paper will discuss the Institute of Medicine’s nursing expectations and recommendations, as well as the opportunity to becoming a clinical nurse instructor.