REFLECTION on Nursing Handover I have decided to reflect upon the first time I did a nursing handover. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004) Code of professional conduct‚ confidentiality shall be maintained and the patient’s name is changed to protect indentity. Reflective writing is considered a key component of portfolio assessment because it provides evidence of skills development and increasing clinical competence (Smith 2005). What is reflection? Reflection is defined
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Reflection on Nursing Philosophy Elizabeth A. Roberts University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N4685 BSN Capstone Jeanean Boyd‚ MSN‚ RN April 6‚ 2017 Reflection on Nursing Philosophy As I come to the end of finishing the BSN Capstone course‚ I find myself reflecting on the past‚ the present‚ and the future. I cordially invite you on my journey through my nursing education at University of Arlington (UTA)‚ Arlington
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Evolution of Practical Nursing: Chapter 1 a. What main contribution to nursing are attributed to each period? b. What contributed most to African-Americans’ involvement in nursing? The Civil War‚ beginning in 1861 c. What were Florence Nightingale’s and Mary Seacole’s specific contributions? 2. The Image of Nursing: Chapter 2 a. How has it changed over the decades? b. What is the public’s perception of nurses and nursing? c. What is the new image that nursing is attempting to create
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Reflection The incident that I am going to reflect had happed during my nursing studies. I was posted in a busy emergency care (EC). My role was to observe and assist a RN. Ms. X came to EC with severe abdominal pain. After the initial assessment Doctor ordered a list of blood tests. I accompanied RN to observe blood sampling procedure. Ms. X was clearly not cooperating for the procedure and was screaming. I helped to position the patient with the help of family members so that the RN could carry
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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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Leadership Styles in Professional Nursing Marybeth Kruszewski Chamberlain College of Nursing Transition to Professional Nursing NR351 Summer B 2010 Leadership Styles in Professional Nursing There are several leadership styles in professional nursing being implemented on a daily bases that can either enhance or diminish the standards of practice. For example‚ the style of leadership chosen affects personal performance and patient outcomes. Leadership is a method of modeling accountable
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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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When a newly qualified nurse finds it difficult to adjust to their new role‚ they may suffer from overwhelming anxiety and stress. This transition period is known as “role shock”‚ which is often referred to as “transition shock” (Clipper‚ & Cherry‚ 2015). This time in a nurse’s career is a sudden reality change from what they may have expected from their new role. Graduates find themselves suddenly with higher numbers of patients‚ increased acuity of patients‚ daily struggles with staff shortages
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According to theorist Patricia Brenner‚ the transition into the nursing profession can be broken down into five levels based on skill acquisition and critical judgement: novice‚ advanced beginner‚ competent‚ proficient‚ and expert. In order to progress from the novice stage to clinical expertise it is essential that we apply the knowledge that we learned into experiential learning. The only way we will be able to grow is using the knowledge we learned and “hands on” practice. The novice stage
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