In this paper I will discuss my self –reflection in nursing 417/418 classes‚ which is my senior graduating semester. Overall‚ I felt that this semester help me mold me into a great nurse. I feel that I will be well prepared starting out as a new graduate on a nursing unit. During this semester I learned the different skills that I was having trouble with‚ such as strengthening my prioritization skills and organization skills while working during my preceptorship. In this semester I strengthen my
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Reflection of Nursing Career Reflection of Nursing Career As I complete my first two weeks of class‚ I am learning how important an educational focus is towards advancing my career. After our assigned readings I realize that a nursing education has a very significant impact on career advancement and professionalism. A nursing career offers many choices for practitioners and demands accountable and competent practice. Nurses are key members of the healthcare team‚ striving to provide excellent
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WHO‚ (2015) added that‚ nurse should obtain an informed consent from the patient or his family (signed consent) before blood transfusion. Informed consent is very important for both patient and nurse but the need for consent must not prevent or delay urgent transfusion‚ patients transfused when it is not possible to obtain prior consent and provided with information retrospectively. For the same reason‚ patients who have given consent for possible transfusion during surgery should be informed if
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For the hospital reflection journal‚ I chose to discuss my experience in the place I could perceive myself working in during my nursing career – the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). My NICU hospital experience occurred on Sunday‚ March 26‚ 2017 at the Honor Health Scottsdale Shea center. My nurse and I were assigned to two premature infants – a 4-week-old female and an 8-week-old male. The infant I decided to do my assignment on was the 4-week-old female. She was born on 02/20/2017 at 25 weeks
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Reflection of a Critical Incident I chose to write about this incident because I feel it emphasizes the risks to which the patients can be exposed while receiving care in a health care facility. It shows how policies and procedures can be neglected by the healthcare professionals‚ placing the patients at increased risk of getting hospital acquired infection. According to Statistics Canada one in nine patients admitted to Canadian hospitals acquire an infection as a result of their hospital stay
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The nursing role is rapidly evolving as nurses are tasked with an even wider range of health care responsibilities. In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and care centers around the US‚ nurses are rising to meet these challenges. Today’s nurses are not just caring for the sick; they are changing our very notion of modern medicine and health care delivery. A nurse’s role is about being a more effective member of the health care team and navigating clinical systems. No matter the work environment‚ all nurses are
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this week’s lesson‚ Hebda stated that she is “biased‚ but any opportunity to discuss nursing informatics is exciting…” Speaking of this excitement‚ when the AACN Essentials Self-Assessment assignment was given to me in the first week of this course‚ most of the information that was presented for us to complete‚ I end up with a very low score. Also‚ I did say that I was interesting in the Telenursing position. Nursing informatics had opened many avenues to my career pathway‚ but I am more focus on
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REFLECTIVE JOURNAL As a second year nursing student I felt mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety when I was thinking about my upcoming clinical placement because even though I have been working as a patient care assistant at Royal Darwin Hospital for a year and had already undergone clinical teaching block for one week . The responsibility of being a nurse is big and much complex than my current job [1.2 Fulfils the duty of care] especially when handling assigned patients. Thus‚ need to have
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other patients their top priority. After witnessing this‚ I knew I would be earing a bachelors degree in nursing. Spending the time I did at Loma Linda Hospital with my father made attending Loma Linda University both meaningful and attractive. To add to this I had several friends and professor speak of the university with high regards. It was at this time I began to research the School of Nursing. Upon conducting
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I had learned so much from this class that I will take with me into my nursing career. During this course‚ I was able to think critically and tried understand what is like to be old. I am happy to say that my results were outstanding and I think the information that I had acquired from doing the internet explore on many different topics will be useful to me in the future. I work in a nursing home and I love helping people with their activities of daily living. Many people that I helped have a great
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