...A student in Higher Education and a Future Healthcare Practitioner. In this essay I will explore my initial reflections on my role as a student in higher education. There will a discussion on my role as a future healthcare practitioner and the efforts I need to make to achieve the professional status of a nurse. I will discuss my learning styles and identify key developmental needs to be addressed. There will be discussions on the concepts of professionalism and accountability. In the United Kingdom today all newly qualified nurses must have a nursing degree as required by The Nursing and Midwifery Council. This significant overhaul to Florence Nightingale’s eighteenth century era, apprenticeship style learning system (Bradshaw, A. 2001), has led to fundamental changes in nursing education in the twenty first century; both in theory and practice. Today nurses are challenged with up-to date demands, including innovative medical treatments, leading to an aging population, with complex health values (Cherry, B. 2005). In addition, knowledgeable patients, who are averse to being told what to do but expect greater involvement in their own care planning. The need for graduate nurses is supported by the Willis Commission Report (2012) which argues that ‘our future healthcare services will require graduate nurses nursing and leading healthcare teams in a variety of roles, providing care in many settings’. The concept of accountability and professionalism was highlighted at the...
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...Reflection On My Role As Student And Future Healthcare Practitioner. The aim of this essay is to reflect on my role as a future health care practitioner and this I will be carrying out by using the Rolfe’s reflective MODEL. According to Wikipedia (Rolfe, 2001) stated that through the Rolfe reflective model, ‘’..a description of the situation is given which then leads into the scrutiny of the situation and the construction of knowledge that has been learnt through the experience.” As a future learning disability Nurse, I will be looking at the essential skills that are required for me to advance and pass my course as set out by the NMC (2007) Standard for Pre-Registration Nursing Education. These required essential skills have been identified as reading and research skills, numeracy skills (counting and calculations), writing, oral communication, working with others, critical and analytical thinking, document use, IT and digital technology.This skills I have found in my few months of study at the university to be of great challenge to most student of which I am no exemption. I also will be looking into the challenges faced during the studies and what the challenges are, the impact and the benefits of the skills gained during the studies will be used to evaluate where I am as a student and the areas of improvement will be noted especially in my first year of study. This essay will be concluded based on my progress so far and concentrating more on the areas needed for...
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...ADULT WITH MENTAL HEALTH (DEMENTIA) Multiagency roles: * Are to work as team to provide effective care in order to meet individual needs of the patient. * Risk assessments and care plans Safeguarding Intervention * Healthcare workers * Social workers * Police Multiagency roles: * Are to work as team to provide effective care in order to meet individual needs of the patient. * Risk assessments and care plans Safeguarding Intervention * Healthcare workers * Social workers * Police My chosen group is older people with dementia. The context of vulnerability is defined as reduced capacity of a group or individual to anticipate, recover and cope with from the effect of a natural or a man-made danger. Most of the time vulnerability is linked with poverty, however it can also rise when people are lonely, unconfident or insecure, unprotected in the face of stress and risk. Policy and legislation * Mental Capacity Act 2005 * Equality Act 2010 * Care Act 2014 * Sexual offences Act 2003 * Mental health Act 2007 * Safeguarding vulnerable groups Act 2006 Policy and legislation * Mental Capacity Act 2005 * Equality Act 2010 * Care Act 2014 * Sexual offences Act 2003 * Mental health Act 2007 * Safeguarding vulnerable groups Act 2006 Group The group I have chosen are elderly people with dementia, because of their illness, they are not able to concentrate, take care of themselves and it...
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...Nurses and Students Have Guideline to Follow University of Phoenix Nurses and Students Have Guidelines to Follow The purpose of this document is to present to nurses and nursing students a comparison of The American Nursing Association Code of Ethics for Nurses to the University of Phoenix General Student Responsibilities. The American Nursing Association Code of Ethics sets guidelines on how a nurse should practice nursing. The ANA code of ethics has nine provisions. The University of Phoenix Code of Student Responsibilities also has guidelines for its students to follow. The purpose of University of Phoenix codes is to help students become successful at achieving their academic goals. The University of Phoenix has 12 codes for its students to abide by. I have chosen two codes from the ANA code of ethics to compare to two similar codes from University of Phoenix Student Responsibilities. Comparisons will be made regarding confidentiality, privacy, accountability, responsibility, and reporting questionable and impaired practice. Codes of ethics help us to make prudent decisions now and in the future. As professional adults, one has a great deal of responsibilities. As a student at the University of Phoenix and a nurse I have to use my own judgment and make my own decisions. I ask for help when ever in doubt of an assignment at school or at work. I always ask questions to an upper authority figure such as my instructor at school or a supervisor...
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...Sometimes when sitting in class, I ask myself ‘why am I here?’, ‘how is this going to help me become a nurse?’, or I come up with at least ten things that are more beneficial to me. Switching into a college prep high school, I am very motivated academically. More and more I find that my peers are not as educationally driven as I am. If high school is anticipated to be the most important four years of a student’s life, shouldn’t teachers, students, and parents make an endless effort to make the educational atmosphere during these four years “enjoyable”? Many reformations are needed to high schools to achieve this “enjoyable” academic environment to keep students motivated and enhance their futures. To begin with, a strong connection between...
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...Student nurses can work more efficiently in their preferred area. In a psychological aspect, people tend to stick to their comfort zone. Being familiar with the work area is key to become successful in working as a nurse. Efficiency in a preferred career field can be correlated with a student's perception of that specific work area. Nursing students are highly encouraged to find their personal work area preference but it should not limit them in such a way that they become unfamiliar with the other fields of the nursing profession. Student Nurses are required to build and hone their versatility to adapt in every field. It is best to gain experience in all available related work to know where the student's current skill level. Having a decent amount of experience by working on every field available is good because students will have an idea on where they prefer to work. It is highly recommended to have experience in several fields because that way student nurses become an indispensable asset in their future profession. There are several factors that play a major role in choosing where students prefer to work and one of them is the environment. A working environment that is conducive to learning can boost the productivity of student nurses. A good learning environment aids student nurses to mold their skills to...
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...SURGICAL NURSING Making patients better: a qualitative descriptive study of registered nurses’ reasons for working in surgical areas Carolyn Mackintosh BA, MSc, RGN, Pg Dip, PhD Senior Lecturer, Division of Nursing, University of Bradford, Unity Building, Trinity Road, Bradford, UK Submitted for publication: 13 May 2005 Accepted for publication: 16 December 2005 Correspondence: Carolyn Mackintosh Division of Nursing University of Bradford Unity Building Trinity Road Bradford BD5 0BB UK Telephone: þ44 1274 236546 E-mail: c.mackintosh@bradford.ac.uk M A C K I N T O S H C ( 2 0 0 7 ) Journal of Clinical Nursing 16, 1134–1140 Making patients better: a qualitative descriptive study of registered nurses’ reasons for working in surgical areas Aims. To explore the reasons and motivation identified by qualified nurses for working within the surgical area. Background. Little is known about the career decisions qualified nurses make, although it is clear that some areas of practice are more popular than others. This qualitative descriptive study considers one common area, surgery, and explores the motivation for decisions made by Registered Nurses (RNs) to work in this area. Method. A sample of 16 RNs working within surgical areas participated in semistructured interviews, using a thematic interview schedule. Findings were analysed using the framework suggested by Morse and Field. Results. Analysis of findings indicates that all participants actively...
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...Nurse Education in Practice (2008) 8, 103–111 Nurse Education in Practice www.elsevierhealth.com/journals/nepr Belongingness: A prerequisite for nursing students’ clinical learning Tracy Levett-Jones a a,* , Judith Lathlean b,1 School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Southampton, Nightingale Building (67), University Road, Highfield, Southampton SO17 1BJ, United Kingdom b Accepted 4 April 2007 KEYWORDS Belongingness; Nursing student; Learning; Clinical placement Introduction Summary The concept of belongingness has intuitive appeal. Human beings are social creatures; the need to belong and be accepted is fundamental, and social exclusion can be devastating. This paper reports on the selected findings from the qualitative phase of mixed-methods study that explored nursing students’ experience of belongingness while on clinical placements. The 18 interview participants in this study were from Australia and the United Kingdom. They provided a range of perspectives on belongingness and how it influenced their placement experience. Central to this discussion was their strong belief that belonging is a prerequisite for clinical learning. This theme dominated all of the interviews. Given that the primary purpose of clinical placements is for students to learn to nurse, there needs to be a clear understanding of the relationship between belongingness...
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...Prevention of Medication Errors in Nursing Practice Breton Sloop NU 332 Foundations of Nursing November 11, 2015 Teresa Faust Mary is a critical care nurse at a busy urban hospital, who is trying to catch up on her morning medication administrations. Her patient had required several procedures that morning, due to an alteration in his condition, and now Mary is behind schedule. The patient is intubated, so she decides to crush the pills, and administer them through his nasogastric tube. The patient’s medication is already late, but in her dash to give the medication as quickly as possible, she fails to notice the “Do Not Crush” warning on the electronic medication administration record (MAR). She then crushes an extended-release calcium...
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...effort to reduce hospital acquired infections or surgical wound infections (Duncan & Mayo, 2004). The OR is a fast paced nursing specialty requiring expert training and mentorship for perspective candidates. According to Burnette (2007), nursing students felt like they were not adequately trained for the complexity of the OR during nursing school. As an effort to combat this, The Methodist Hospital began the Methodist Advancement into Professional Practice Program (MAPP). MAPP students are senior professional nursing school students with an interest of pursuing a career as an OR nurse. The internship is an aggressive two month program focusing on the skills required to function as a highly trained OR nurse. In an effort to uphold recommended standards and practices, the core curriculum is based on the fundamental elements of the Association of PeriOperative Nurses (AORN). During the first two weeks students began their training in a classroom setting where were introduced to the basic concepts of the OR. The next six weeks students will be engage in simulations labs of what was taught in the classroom setting. They will demonstrate mastery through return demonstration prior to orienting through the OR suites. Once on the unit, MAPP students are assigned a preceptor for the remainder of their training and are allowed to function independently through direct supervision by their preceptor. Philosophy Philosophies are...
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...there are three different pathways to become a registered nurse. The three pathways include; the baccalaureate degree program, associate degree program, and the diploma program. All of these pathways allow the student to take the NCLEX-RN and become a registered nurse. What is the difference between the programs and student outcomes if all the students end up with the same licensure? The difference is the technical nurse versus the professional nurse. This paper will focus on the difference in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate-degree level versus the baccalaureate-degree level in nursing. "The existence of multiple pathways contributes to a confusing landscape of nursing education and creates challenges for aspiring nurses as they try to choose the most appropriate type of program in which to enter the profession" (book reference). The associate and baccalaureate programs are available to anyone who wishes to pursue a career in nursing, but the two programs prepare two different types of nurses. The associate degree level nurse is more focused on task oriented practice and are more technical driven and clinically competent. On the other hand, the baccalaureate degree level nurse is more professional and use evidence based practice and advanced critical thinking skills. Also, the baccalaureate degree level nurse is prepared to be in a leadership and management role versus the associate degree level nurse who is more geared towards bedside care. “Baccalaureate...
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...become a registered nurse, one must graduate from an accredited nursing program and pass the NCLEX exam. There are different routes one may take to become a registered nurse. These routes include a diploma, associate degree, or baccalaureate degree program. The diploma program was the core of nurse educating until the 1960’s. The typical diploma program lasts three years. This program focuses on clinical experience and direct patient care. Over the years, the diploma programs have decreased. In 2010, there was only 54 accredited diploma programs. Since diploma programs are not as common as associate degree programs or bachelor’s degree programs, this paper will compare the ADN and BSN programs and explain why having a bachelor degree in nursing is a benefit to not only the nurse, but also the hospital and the patient. Associate vs. Bachelor’s Degree Programs Associate degree programs typically last two years, but the student is required to take other courses to fulfill graduation requirements. According to Creasia & Friberg (2011),”the ADN program prepares the nurse for direct patient care for secondary care settings, such as community hospitals and long term care facilities”. Many people choose an ADN program because community colleges are less expensive than going to a university. Community colleges can also be more accessible to the individual who is wanting to go into nursing. According to Wilkinson & Van Leuven (2007), “students in baccalaureate programs...
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...Code of Ethics Assignment; Part I The ANA Nurses Code of Ethics is a very important tool in the field of nursing that helps and allows nurses to be able to fulfill their ethical obligations in order to help improve healthcare. The ANA Nurses Code of Ethics was developed by the American Nurses Association to provide guidelines for nurses to carry out their ethical duties by practicing nursing in an effective, suitable, safe, and autonomy way. Provision six of the Code, addresses that nurses should use their values and moral reasoning and thinking to facilitate improvements of the health care environment. Improvements need to be done in the environments of the patients as well as the community clinics, hospitals, and any type of facility that practices nursing including the workplace of the nurse. Reading provision 6.1 which is titled “The influence of the environment on moral virtues and values.” (American Nurses Association, 2014). Taught me that the professional nurse shall do whatever it takes to establish, maintain, and improve health care. Provision 6 states that a nurse’s ability to fulfill their ethical obligations is a direct function of the environment that he/she is placed in. (American Nurses Association, 2014) If the nurse shows respect and care for the environment he/she can be a stepping stone to others in the environment and may model positive behavior toward the healthcare environment. The more initiative the nurse displays others may want to become more involved...
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...technology used. Many students enter these programs based on their personal expectation they have for their possible career. There are many aspects that promote nursing as a great career for individuals such as: the high demand needed for nurses, the servitude a nurse will provide, and the variability of roles in nursing. Due to the scarcity of nurses, students pursuing this career have a promising outlook on finding employment. In our current economy, seeking and maintaining a...
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...the women saying it felt good to have someone just listen to them. In this article they touched on Jean Watsons carative factors and how important it is to use them in a health setting even though it may be difficult as we are always focusing on medical asspects. Sitzman, K. (2002, May). Interbeing and mindfulness: A bridge to understanding Jean Watson's theory of human caring. Nursing Education Perspectives, 23(3), 118. This article is about Jean Watson’s theory of caring and how it compares to different ideas of wholism. It compares the Zen method and Thich Naht Hanh’s concept of interbeing. All 0f the ideas are about focusing on a person as a whole and how we as nurses need to treat our patients with care and respect. The article also talks about how we can teach nursing students the idea behind caring and treating patients as a whole. Caruso, E., Cisar, N., & Pipe, T. (2008, April). Creating a Healing Environment: An Innovative Educational Approach for Adopt Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. Nursing administration Quarterly, 32(2), 126-132. In this article Jean Watson’s theory of caring and her ideas of caritas were discussed. In this article it also showed how you would introduce Jean Watson’s theory of caring into a hospital for the first time. How would a hospital adapt the Watson’s...
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