Famous Nurse Paper – Roles 1 – NU1210 Amber Hooker-Fewless ITT Technical Institute Isabella Baumfree Isabella Baumfree was born into slavery in 1797. She spoke only Dutch and never learned to read or write English but did eventually become a very powerful public civil rights speaker. She worked on freeing African American slaves during the Civil War. She not only helped free them‚ but enlist them where needed on the Union’s behalf. Sadly‚ thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded
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Why I want To Be A Nurse By: Lourdes Ocasio I walked off the school bus; it was a beautiful summer day. The sun was shining and the birds were singing‚ but inside my house it was dark‚ a cloud had moved over us. I slowly made my way to the door‚ expecting my mother to greet me but instead my sister opened the door‚ something was wrong‚ I knew instantly. When I walked in there sat my three year old little brother playing with his toys in the family room and my parents were sitting
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Hello everyone‚ My name is John Santiesteban and I’m currently a nurse. I am attending this class in order for me to achieve my masters in nursing. My enthusiasm for nursing first took root and flourished after losing my father. My father became very ill and needed medical care. When I saw that my father was starting to become weak and frail‚ I thought to myself "What access would my father have to good quality health care?" I asked my mother "Where is the nearest hospital?" and my mother replied
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Organizational Analysis – The Nurse Leader NURS 4455: Leadership and Management University of Texas at Arlington June 12‚ 2015 I have chosen to study the Director of ICU at Bay Area Regional Medical Center. Bay Area regional Medical Center (BARMC) is facility with a 104-medical bed‚ 22-bed Intensive Care Beds. The Director of ICU‚ Denise Fredericksen‚ has been with the facility since before they doors opened to the public on July 21‚ 2014. This paper will discuss her leadership style
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Why do I want to be a Nurse? I want to be a nurse because I enjoy being around people in their times of need and I get internal satisfaction by serving those that need help. I remember when I was just a kid and I played with my cousin that we were both nurses‚ I grew up saying I wanted to be a nurse and that is when I realized my passion for nursing. I believe that the cure for many of the people’s ailments is not just in medicine‚ it is in the care that they receive as patients in hospitals and
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There are many diverse clinicians that are employed today within the home health aspects of the medical field. Some of these clinicians consist of occupational therapist‚ physical therapist‚ respiratory therapist‚ registered nurse and a licensed practical nurse. Even though the ending result for the home health organization is to rehab the client back to their independence as much as possible‚ the agencies continue to be a competitor for each other. Each agencies is striving for their clinician
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Surgical nurses are considered a very important part of a surgical team. Surgical nurses take on many key roles in life saving surgical procedures and work in challenging environments. That’s why I want to become a nurse on a surgical team. On another note‚ nursing professionals at almost any level can provide care to surgical patients and the day-to-day duties will vary according to what level of expertise the nurse obtains. Licensed practical nurses (LPN) can handle the pre-operative and post-operative
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There are several advanced practice nurses in the United States. Advanced practice nurses consist of registered nurses who have a master’s degree or doctorate degree in nursing and specialize in a certain area. According to the textbook definition‚ “Advanced Practice Nursing is the patient-focused application of an expanded range of competencies to improve health outcomes for patients and populations is a specialized clinical area of the larger discipline of nursing” (Hamric‚ Hanson‚ Tracy‚ & O’Grady
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A Pediatric Nurse or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner are two careesr that caught my attention. According to the website Nurse Practitioner Schools‚ pediatric nurse practitioners provide high quality care to children from birth up to the age of 21. Nurse Practitioners are specialized nurses that usually complete advanced training in pediatrics and work closely with physicians and other health care providers that specialize in children’s health. Nurse Practitioners work in a variety of places‚ including
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How would you describe your role in your clinical setting? The role of the Perianesthesia nurse manager is to oversee the personnel within the Perianesthesia department‚ work collaboratively with physicians and/and or other allied health practitioners as well as administration to ensure that departmental goals as well as institutional goals are attained. The manager needs to have a good working knowledge of the care standards for the department and ensure that these standards are being met. Do you
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