city emergency room (ER) nurse. The name of the article was, Madness: tales of an emergency room nurse and how I became a bitch. The article talked about the everyday work life of an emergency room nurse. I am an emergency room nurse and have never worked in any other department and this article hit close to home for me. The article talked about the emotional and physical abuse that only an ER nurse would understand. After reading the article it made me think about nurses combating compassion fatigue
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client, Sally that he was going to handover the related information to the nurse. It progressed with inter-professional communication between the professionals starting with their introduction, description of the event involved, a brief clinical background of the client and related observations. Following the handover, the paramedic staff reassured the client before he left. Finally, towards the end of the video, the nurse involved in a remarkable therapeutic communication with the client. I observed
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A. Discuss how an understanding of nursing-sensitive indicators could assist the nurses in this case in identifying issues that may interfere with patient care. Nursing-sensitive indicators reflect elements of patient care that are directly affected by nursing practice, specifically three aspects of nursing care which include: structure, process, and outcomes. Structural indicators include the supply of nursing staff, the skill level of nursing staff, and the education and certification levels
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Employee Satisfaction "Nursing is essential for health care. Nurses provide extended clinical services to patients and support the role of the doctor. Many nurses assume relatively independent responsibilities of very complex services for patients as well." (Williams 2009-03- 25, p. 118) the turnover rate of nurses is 20 percent in the last 12 months. It is a lot of loss of our staff to be recovered quickly by finding reasons nurses leave so suddenly. I have some solutions that help retain our qualified
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When I grow up as a child, I was setting goals for a future and what to do in life. I choose to pursue Physical therapist assistant which it is a reason why I want to help people, be more responsible, give good attitude to the patients. Next 5 years I will be working in different states at hospital or clinic. I may change to undecided major whether if I want to pursue different major. According to Occupational outlook handbook” Physical therapist assistant observe the patients before, during
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documentation would require the involvement of an interdisciplinary team. This team would be comprised of several members, each with a specific job. The first member selected would be a Clinical Nurse Informaticist. This team member would be charged with giving valuable input on the software needed for nurses to properly care for and chart on their patients. With the knowledge of nursing practice and informatics, this team member would very valuable in bringing the two together in the most efficient
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this study is to produce a middle-range theory to guide further research in the measurement and studies of nursing overtime. Researchers explain that the term “overtime” is widely used in previous literature to describe any unexpected hours that nurses work in acute care settings. Furthermore, the authors explain the reasons that organizations may use overtime as a way of reducing cost during challenging economic periods. For example, they mention the idea of hiring more PRN and part-time staff
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Section-I: Statement of the Problem In our country, where being a nurse is among the most stressful job, and kind of word they are doing make them more prone to develop multiple musculoskeletal disorder. And the most common type of musculoskeletal disorder is lower back pain. Besides that, prolongs static posture like stooping, bending, sitting, standing, as well as prolong squatting proposed to be associated with lower back pain. As these regular heavy weight lifting and heavy physical work to moderate
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Practical nurse Company: Phone: (813) 312-8281 Email: The interview was conducted in person What is a typical work day like for you? The interview that I conducted I learned that a typical day of a practical nurse is providing basic nursing care to patients, while working under The supervision of a registered nurse or doctor. A typical day of a practical nurse begins their day by visiting the patient, but first they need to meet for a couple of minutes with the other practical nurse who is just
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patient and why it is required. Determine patients' x-ray needs by reading instructions from physician. Some of patient need to be fasting. Depending on the type of X-ray test Instruct patient to take off the clothing and wear a hospital gown. The nurse should be ensure that metabolic object in area of x-ray exposure should be removed like: hair clips, button or ornaments . Ask patient to empty bladder prior to the procedure if he\she are having an abdominal X-ray. Some patient need to drink a contrast
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