What They Do? Registered nurses are in charge of administering health care‚ caring for patients‚ and educating patients on their health condition. Many of their responsibilities depend on where they are working. Nurses will record medical files and analyze test results. They may operate medical equipment and observe patient treatment. Many registered nurses are part of a team of physicians and they help physicians with different patients and their needs. Once you have been in this job for a while
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It has been suggested that in order for nurses to overcome compassion fatigue‚ they need to stop focusing on the stressful aspects of being a helper and begin to consider ways in which their work brings a sense of fulfillment (Radey & Figley‚ 2007). The phrase compassion satisfaction is used to describe this feeling of accomplishment that results from the process of helping others and brings nurses back to the altruistic reasons they had picked the profession in the first place. Radey & Figley (2007)
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The Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) is a leader and team member who is capable of diagnosing‚ treating‚ and providing follow-up care to a variety of patients. Depending on the state in which the APN is licensed will determine his or her scope of practice. The three different levels the APN can practice are full‚ reduced‚ or restricted (Expanded roles‚ 2015). In some states‚ the APN is completely autonomous while in other states the APN might need the supervision or collaboration of a physician. The
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Nurse Practice Act Samantha Kelly NSG/320 November 21‚ 2011 Jen Millar University of Phoenix Nurse Practice Act The Nursing Practice Act (NPA) is the body of California law that mandates the Board to set out the scope of practice and responsibilities for RNs. The Practice Act is located in the California Business and Professions Code starting with Section 2700. Regulations that specify the implementation of the law appear in the California Code of Regulations ("Board
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How Do You Become an Emergency Room Nurse? When someone wants to become an emergency room nurse‚ they often do so because they want to help patients and save lives. Emergency room nurses are integral members of important medical teams who assist patients experiencing traumatic injuries and sudden illnesses. These nurses may work in fast-paced and stressful environments‚ but they have one of the most rewarding careers available in the medical field. Get a Formal Education There are different academic
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others first. I have always felt that I wanted to be a nurse. I always was so impressed with the work that nurses do and thought I could make an impact in the world if I chose this profession. As part of my volunteer experience at Danvers High School‚ I worked quite a bit with young children‚ and I really felt a strong connection with them. This has made me consider specializing in pediatric nursing as a career. I know that studying to become a nurse will be very challenging
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sector. Everyone has got it’s own definition for the word “happiness”‚ for me personally helping people towards a better health and being there for them in every step gives me a mental satisfaction. So I want to pursue my career as a registered Nurse because I know how important it is that people should receive good care when they are at their most vulnerable. I want to feel that I have helped someone to regain their health‚ independence and dignity - regardless of their sickness. I hope that obtaining
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Peplau (1952) observed the nurse as a fundamental tool for change whilst explaining how powerful the nurse-patient relationship is. The nurse approaches the relationship with understanding and experience obtained personally through their lives but also through their training and work. Generally‚ it is considered the more training and work experience a nurse has‚ the more therapeutically effective they are likely to be but this is not always the case. Stuart and Sudeen (1997). There are many influences
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Nurse Witte struggles with many problems in this scenario; the most prominent of them is being able to effective communication. Effective communication has a positive impact on a patient’s health care outcome by working together with multi-disciplinary team members‚ in order to achieve this mutually beneficial goal. In order to develop a cohesive plan of care‚ it is important to have communication among all health care providers. Communication plays a vital role when involving multi-health care
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clinical tech in acute pediatrics--a pediatric medical surgical unit. From that moment on‚ I knew that I wanted to become a Pediatric Nurse. Pediatrics brings such a unique perspective in health care that I fell in love with it and to follow‚ I completed a pediatric nursing internship in my last year of nursing school and began my nursing career as a graduate Nurse in 2007. The first few years of nursing were some of the best times of my career as I learned the foundations of how to care for children
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