After a few short months of working, I knew that nursing was the career path I wanted to pursue. The patients I see day to day are remarkable. Although there are several patients I admire, there is one young girl that caught my attention from the day I met her. She has a rare complex medical condition which includes extensive therapy and several ongoing surgeries. But when you meet her, you would never know. She is overwhelmingly strong and passionate about achieving her goals and aspirations in life. I too, believe in her and want to help her accomplish her dreams. Through her I was able to realize my true passion for advanced practice nursing and my desire to help others through their healing process. As much as it can break one’s heart to see someone suffering, it also fills one’s heart to be there for the patient and their family. Although it may seem as though a nurse’s help goes unnoticed, for me, it is the satisfactory feeling of letting patients know they are not alone and being there for them through it all. That sense of joy is just one aspect of what makes me want to become a PNP. The learning experiences Nationwide Children’s Hospital will help me in my career as a PNP to identify illnesses and diseases, communicate effectively with my patients and the members of their family, as well as provide quality, evidence-based…
Practitioners share responsibility to meet the needs of the children and create a sense of belonging. Practitioner’s weaknesses and strengths should be balanced. They should be positive role models and work alongside each other to help the children benefit from the services and equipment being provided to them.…
Babies are born into the world every second and women and men become fathers too. A new mom and dad’s worst nightmare would be for their precious bundle of joy to become unhealthy. In the book, Tending Lives, Diane C. was a pediatric nurse that made house calls to underprivileged families. Diane had a patient who was born early with a cleft palate and his family situation was completely chaotic. Diane spent the night with her patient with the house invaded with cockroaches. However, Diane stayed with her patient because as a nurse she had to stand up for the baby and speak his needs. Eventually Diane got that baby out and responded, “With kids there was so much hope. They were so resilient” (Heron 143). Children do not understand what is wrong or why their bo bo hurts. Nurses have to speak for the children and understand what is wrong with them. Pediatric nurses must have patients along with love and compassion for kids. The children must be understood and have to be taken care of, just like the elderly.…
Working with children has a significant duty of care. Children who are younger and more vulnerable need greater care. The attention and vigilance of the practioner helps keep them safe as they develop, gives the children understanding to be able to for see ad cope with potential dangers and have an understanding that their actions may hurt and upset others may be doing to them.…
I was hospitalized for three weeks at Seattle Children’s after enduring emergency surgery to remove a rare tumor in my large intestine. What I figured was random stomach pain was life threatening. Since I have endured so much in my life, it is not easy for me to be emotional. When I found out that I needed surgery in a mere few hours I did not know how to process my emotions. Being in the hospital taught me that I need to take what may seem meaningless as something that could be serious. I learned to face emotions instead of avoiding them. Throughout the time I was at Children's Hospital the nurses played a vital role in not just my physical, but my emotional recovery. Nurses take the responsibility for your life, and give hope that you will recover. The nurses that I met had deep and powerful relationships with each patient and played a valuable role in all measures of care. Nursing is a career composed of leadership, integrity, and non-stop learning. As a patient I was able to observe over 30 nurses and their interactions with other patients. It inspired me that one person can have such an astonishing impact on numerous people. As a future career, I hope to be a registered nurse at Children's Hospital to assume the role that I so admired of my nurses.…
We love working with children and are especially interested in making all our patients feel right at home! We aim to provide energetic and fun-loving service to each patient, and we put your needs first to achieve efficient and comprehensive treatment.…
Effective health professional communication is important in building a trusting relationship between the pediatric patient and to their families. According to Munoz and Luckman (2005), in order to develop trust nurses or doctor must be willing to listen, talk and provide accurate and truthful information, in addition by being available or to open to questions the caregiver or the child may have. Costello (2010) narrates that PICU is a unique, unfamiliar, and frightening environment, and children have limited information and a high degree of uncertainty about what they are experiencing. Having a communication concerning non-related issues conveys warmth and forms a trusting bond. Addressing their fears and anxieties by talking and being with their simply creates a relationship. Costello et al,. (2010) gave an example, some children perceived that the reason they were in PICU were caused by germs and the staff will respond based upon how well they express their pain. Effective communication is vital in order children to communicate their needs and feelings about comfort and pain (p. 290), thus, understanding the nature of pain of the child promotes trust between the health worker and sick child. On the other hand, according to Pena and Juan (2011) that when faced with a child who does not speak, touching and physical contact by the nurses or physician are means of communication that are present in the…
When working with other professionals within the setting the practitioner has the responsibility to work together to meet the needs of the child. This can be done as the practitioner, colleagues and other professionals will be able to support each other and using…
Interaction in the work place among other colleagues is necessary to establish effective relationship by supporting other people and to expect that support in difficult times. Communication is the main tool to create a positive working environment by exchanging ideas in terms of children and young people holistic development by working together in a team with the common intention of providing the best service. For instance, when children join our setting they need sensitive support to cope with transition, including moving to a different surrounding, new carers and…
When children and young people are left in our care, it is done so with a lot of trust from the parents. As professionals we have a duty to protect children and to care for them in the absence of parents. Parents should feel confident that all the child’s needs are met whether that be physical-emotional-and in all other areas of their development.…
Coping with children- Young children are extremely perceptive and will quickly detect any uncertainly on your part. Gain an injured or sick child’s confidence by talking first to someone he or she trust-a parent accepts you and believes you will help, this confidence will be conveyed to the child.…
Although, we need to take care of our colleagues, to ensure they work toward their work role and there is no professional neglect. (Be aware of how to raze a ‘wissle blow’).Moreover, we need to support parents who need so by listening to them and their child/ children and advising on the best behalf of the child no matter their religion, gender or culture. Run an inclusive practice and treat everyone as individual, and leave personal views beside it.…
Whilst growing up I experienced the care and devotion that Nurses provide children with whilst they are in Hospital when I was hospitalised myself; witnessing this again many times when my siblings or cousins were in Hospital. I was in awe of how kind and dedicated the nurses were to their patients and from then I have had a powerful desire to follow in their footsteps. Child Nursing is an extremely challenging, but overwhelmingly rewarding, career path that I have wished to pursue for many years, it was when I began to care for children with disabilities, two years ago, through a local charity that the idea of becoming a Children’s Nurse was entirely cemented into my mind.…
Practitioners have many responsibilities in professional relationships with children, families, colleagues and other professionals. Some of these responsibilities are to make people feel that they can trust them. It is important to be a good role model for children and to make sure that they feel comfortable telling you things. Practitioners need to make every child feel important, safe and that they are listened to by you. Families need to feel like their child is with someone who is going to value and help the child as much as they can. It is important to show families that they are respected by giving them time to talk about any concerns. Practitioners need to ensure that everything is confidential in the setting and only shared with people who need to know. Relationships between colleagues need to include a lot of teamwork, support and respect for each other. Other professionals are very important in every setting. Practitioners need to have a trusting relationship with other professionals to ensure that the information discussed is kept confidential.…
Communication, which is vital in all areas, is a skill I have developed throughout my training and will continue to develop throughout my career. I understand the need to remain impartial and non-judgemental when dealing with children and their families/careers. If I have any concern regarding patient care I will speak up as the patient comes first but I will always retain my ability to behave in a professional and respectful manner.…