My goal is to be a family nurse practitioner. This goal did not stem from any traumatic events in my life. From a young age‚ I always felt the need to help others. While in high school‚ I volunteered at the local hospital as a candy striper. During this time‚ I was introduced to the medical field and I especially loved helping the patients and talking to the nurses about their pa-tient care. My mother called it my spirit of caregiving. After high school‚ I obtained a hospital position as a junior
Premium
career as a family nurse practitioner is not only challenging intellectually‚ but on a personal level it is also rewarding to me. It is inspiring in itself to know that‚ I will be playing an important role in peoples’ lives by helping them achieve optimum health. The nurse practitioner advance degree will increase my knowledge and understanding of the science of nursing. It will provide an opportunity to help me learn in-depth physiological aspects of the patients. Moreover‚ a nurse practitioner degree
Premium Nursing Nurse Patient
In the Television series that I chose‚ Nurse Jackie quietly established itself as one of the outstanding programs on television. Edie Falco’s portrayal of a nurse Jackie with a moral code. It was clear from the first episode that the center could not hold in Jackie’s life. Nobody can effectively juggle a two-income marriage‚ children‚ a workplace romance and a drug addiction without the whole house of cards coming down‚ and we first met Jackie Peyton right at the point where the base began to wobble
Premium Nursing Patient Nurse
Everyone has a story about why they want to become a nurse anesthetist. As a child‚ I never once considered a career in the medical field. I always thought I would choose a career in business‚ so that I could learn to manage my own grocery store. I grew up in a small village‚ where resources were limited. My parents separated when I was too young to remember and with no support from my father‚ my mother sought work as a seamstress. With the little money she managed to save‚ she was determined to
Premium Medicine Nursing Physician
program I was deciding between being a pediatrician or a pediatric nurse‚ but now that I have been through the program and had a chance to explore many different careers I have shifted between many different pathways in the medical field. Especially when I went to the medical career club meetings‚ I would always question what I thought I wanted and would end up going back to my main reason for wanting to be a pediatrician or a pediatric nurse‚ I love working with kids. As I transitioned from introduction
Premium Medicine Physician Nursing
My name is Hannah Atakorah. I am a currently enrolled in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Columbus State University. I was born and raised in Accra‚ Ghana‚ where there are not many hospitals or nurses to provide the much needed medical care for sick people. Education has always been an essential aspect of my life‚ but growing up in a single home in Africa did not make it easy. I was exposed to the medical field at an early age because I was fortunate enough to participate in a clinical volunteering
Premium Patient Medicine Physician
As a registered nurse‚ I have been tasked with providing care to patients suffering from various medical conditions‚ but now I am ready to provide a different type of care in the form of beauty and art. Despite finding my current profession immensely gratifying‚ I always knew my true passion was in interior designing and decorating; hence why I have made the ambitious decision to go back to school for a new career in interior design. I have always enjoyed working with colors‚ patterns‚ and personalizing
Premium Nursing High school Nurse
supposed to be VAST and ready to go‚ and I was still AMBIVALENT on what I wanted “in the real world” as I heard in the many EXPOUNDING lectures. It was not until the summer of my senior year that God had finally put it in my heart to become a Pediatric Nurse Advisor; to become this person that can ASSUAGE and ABATE people‚ to become the
Premium
There are many aspects to being a safe nurse‚ you must consider the clients safety‚ nurse safety and all healthcare workers as well as the community. Using standard precautions at all times‚ excellent hand hygiene‚ your nursing process and prioritizing nursing care‚ infection prevention. Always following your six rights of medication administration and if you have any doubts about the care of the patient or the medication ask someone to help you. In addition: you will want to make the clients is
Premium Nursing Nurse Patient
How to Check a Patient’s Radial Pulse Whether you are thinking of going into the medical field as a doctor or nurse or starting at the bottom as a certified nurse assistant‚ you will need to learn the basics of taking vital signs. The very first vital sign you learn as a medical student is taking a pulse. Pulse measures the rate at which your heart beats. Also the rhythm and the strength (strong or soft) can be determined as well. Checking pulse helps determine the condition of your heart; and gives
Premium Hygiene Skin Patient