health service manager? What are the education requirements to have this profession? What are the personality traits to be successful in this career? What are my personal career goals? What can Kaplan University help me with in achieving these goals, and finally, where do I see myself in five years? I know that becoming a medical and health service manager will not only take years of hard work and patience, but I know that once I achieve it, it will give me a great sense of satisfaction. Medical
nervous, depressed, in pain, worried, and in very poor health. It is easy for a nurse to indulge herself or himself in patient problems as if they are their own. When maintaining a close, personal relationship with the patients the nurse cares for every day, the nurses also feel the sting of pain, death, and illness of their patients. Dealing with situations such as these for long periods of time in the work environment, nurses are very susceptible to developing compassion fatigue. The term compassion
in quite a while. With all the anxiety I had constructed about returning to school, actually having to pick up a book, read it, and write about it were very intimidating task. However, I was strong-minded, determined to accomplish my goal of one day becoming a Nurse Practitioner. Learning to write academic papers is meaningful because I have had the realization that the fear and anxiety swelling inside
In Nursing, there will always be instances where the patient's nurse needs to advocate for their patient. There are numerous reasons why a nurse would advocate for their patient ranging from getting the doctor to change the patient’s orders, helping the patient’s treatment team understand what it is the patient is requiring for the day, to expressing the patient’s last wishes before death. In every situation, the nurse should do what is in the patient’s best interest. Tomajan (2012), “Advocacy skills
Working as an oncology nurse has been a life changing experience. I have grown not only as a nurse, but also as a person. My eyes have been opened to the value of life, and not just life itself, but the precious thing that is a healthy life. I cannot count the number of patients from the beginning of my nursing career until now that have told me, “Well, I just didn’t think my symptoms were a big deal” or “The doctor told me I needed additional tests but it didn’t seem important at the time and I
I understand it is essential that I become aware of my own cultural background to effectively provide the best care to my patients. A nurse cannot provide appropriate cultural care without having knowledge and a basic understanding of cultural competency. What I’ve learned about myself after reflecting upon practices, values, and biases After taking the cultural competence self-test
will enable each of our institutions to promote and protect health in its fullest sense – the total physical, mental and social well-being of the people (QHC, 2014). HHC has a vision of becoming one of the safest healthcare systems in the nation by embracing a culture of quality and safe patient care and becoming a financially viable accountable care organization for the population of New York (Cirillo & Mulqueen, 2010). HHC’s guiding principles reinforce six essential features: a patient-centered
My Scholarship Essay As a goal oriented young adult, I aim to express my motivation to apply for the Valencia College foundation scholarship. As a college student, I thrive on the challenges and obstacles that I encounter which allow me to continue become a successful scholar. My family for one, are the main source of motivation, which allows me to continue to excel in school. My past work experiences, also allow me to push through to my full potential in continuing my education. Lastly, my educational
thought into the steps it would take to become a nurse in Illinois. I have been so focused on being a mom of four, going through nursing school and keeping my job (not in medical) of eleven years that I haven’t had a real mental opportunity to consider how I will retain a holistic life balance, which stressors or challenges I may face, how I will continue to learn throughout my life as a nurse, nor what type of contributions I can make as a professional nurse. Through researching these questions, I have
Professional Issue Paper: Communication and Collaboration Kayla Meegan University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio Collaboration between healthcare professionals is used every single day, nurses and physicians, as well as other healthcare staff, work together with the common goal of helping the patient. Communication is a very important element in successful collaboration between healthcare professionals. This article explains how communication and collaboration can be achieved, and