Nurse

As a caregiver, the role of the nurse involves much more than the physiological care that most people think of as being the sole duties of a nurse. A good nurse provides patient care that is holistic, which encompasses the physiological, spiritual, mental and cultural aspects of each individual patient (Sharon, 2014). It is a process of healing that involves the mind, body and spirit. To meet all the needs of a patient, the nurse utilizes holistic care to assist in managing the patient’s illness

regardless of the clinical professional or academic preparation. Nurses have an intimate knowledge of the family and community point of view of the patient; Understanding the biological basis; Gene / genome technology and information and experience; Technology, communications and coalition building; And most importantly, the trust of the public In order to for people to benefit from a wide range of gene / genome discoveries, nurses needs to identify family members at risk for the condition comprehensive

The role of a psychiatric nurse is to develop a nursing diagnosis and plan of the care, implements the nursing process, and evaluates it for effectiveness. During my clinical rotation at St. Elizabeth, I have learned that providing good therapeutic nursing care to patients with mental illness can encourage the patients to become actively involved with his or her treatment. Something that I will be carrying to my next clinical rotation is how to comfort a patient. Two weeks ago, I saw a patient crying

versus distance with the nurse-patient relationship is one implication I would like to discuss. I would consider myself to be a “too involved” nurse. Benner (2001) states, “I hypothesized that being involved, these nurses were more fully able to draw on their own coping resources and the resources offered by the patient, family, and the situation” (p. 164). I also know and have worked with many nurses who are more of a “distanced” nurse. These nurses purposely keep a distant nurse-patient relationship

corners, I feel I’m working in a hospital from 20 years ago. The nurse to patient ratio is horrible. They push nurses to their breaking point where they quit and then hire new nurses with no experience for cheaper wages and do the same all over again. We have seen a drastic increase in unnecessary codes around the hospital due to lack of staff and inappropriate

Novice nurse attrition rates continue to haunt the profession of nursing, with rates as high as 30% leaving within the first year, and as high as 57% by the second year (Chandler, 2012; Laschinger, Grau, Finegan, & Wilk, 2012). These new graduate nurses who leave the profession commonly report reaching a state of burnout (Suzuki, Tagaya, Ota, Nagasawa, Matsuura, & Sato, 2010). Furthermore, with an aging nurse population, high attrition rates only compound the threat of an impending nursing shortage

opinion, perspective or personality. Others may think they are in a conflict situation, when the other side may feel that they are just discussing opposing views. His situation depends on our effects can result in damaging our relationship. As a charge nurse, we have to be aware how this issue arises and how to overcome and manage this conflict. If this conflict causes an unhealthy situation and we are allowing it to develop , the side effect can result in lasting damage to the relationship between the

What is your motivation for pursuing a career in the discipline of nursing? “Nurses are superheroes in disguise”. This quote perfectly describes nurses because they possess superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, and senses just like superheroes In addition, nurses are invulnerable, telepathic, omni-linguistic, and have healing powers. Besides these superpowers, nurses are caring, compassionate, driven, empathetic, efficient, energetic, encouraging, fearless, intelligent, inspirational, leaders

Increasing Confidence Level and Retention Rate of New Nurses in a Hospital Setting The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (USBLS) (2015) estimates an additional of 439,300 more registered nurses (RNs) for 2014 to 2024, equating to a 16% increase in employment. Approximately 30% of new RNs leave their first jobs less than a year upon hiring, while 525,000 nurses are expected to retire until 2022- a demand totaled to around 1 million jobs by 2022. The increase is attributed to retiring baby boomers, turnovers

workloads for nurses are high which in many cases can result in job dissatisfaction and burnout. The job of nurses are not easy, they work twelve hours of shift with emergency care. It is very important to have the good workplace where the work done by nurses are valued, otherwise soon nurses with start to get “burnout”. The term burnout initially started to describe the point when jet or rocket engine stops operating but later it was used for the humans especially for the job like nursing. Nurses are the