- The document contains answers to questions about nursing practice, ethics, resource utilization, professional development, collaboration, and scientific inquiry.
- For practice, the nurse discusses their leadership roles, including charge nurse, patient educator, and catheter dressing champion.
- For ethics, they discuss maintaining patient dignity and confidentiality.
- Examples are provided to demonstrate effective utilization of resources and directing of staff in various situations.
Nurse is a person who is dedicated to taking care of people in the.docxcherishwinsland
Nurse is a person who is dedicated to taking care of people in the health care field. Nurses play a role of leader in every step of their career. They use their skills, knowledge and experiences to take care of individual and communities. Therefore, every nurse should be aware of their leadership role within self as well as need to identify weakness which may be due to lacking knowledge and skills. Nursing is an independent profession of health science and has a great influence in shaping healthy work environment. Being A nurse for a few years as well as taking the position of charge nurse, I have found myself having the quality of the leadership traits. I feel that there are more rooms for me to do and learn, which will make me a reliable nursing professional. This paper discusses the weakness and strength of a nurse based on the nurse manager skills tools. The nurse manager inventory skill tool reflects my skills, behavior, and professional accountability, career planning, my journey disciplines and reflective practice reference behaviors.
Personal and professional accountability
When evaluating myself on personal growth, career development, continuing education and certification, I would rate myself in the average range. Despite of being enrolled in school for BSN degree, I still have more to do such as, medical/surgical and orthopedic certification are my area of interest. Currently working to achieve these along with my BSN degree. I am a stroke certified nurse and a member of the American Nurses Association since 2010. After completing my BSN degree, I plan to continue my nursing for a doctorate degree in nursing. I have not been active in the legislation in advocation my fellow nurses nor my patients. However, I rate myself high when it comes to the ethical act and nursing practices. I am highly influenced through the evidence bases practice to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes. It is important for me to demonstrate this behavior as well as show dedication to other fellow nurses to keep the culture of practice and improve the quality of care.
Career planning
With the evolution of health care industry nurses’ responsibility, role, education changes according to the healthcare demand. This evolving of the profession has created an atmosphere for nurses to regulator their career in futures according to the needs of society. According to NCBI “career planning and development provides nurses with a focused strategy to take greater responsibility for engaging in the ongoing planning process that is crucial throughout the major stages of their career (Rebecca Hendren, October 2010)”. Nurses should also continue to develop their knowledge, leadership skills, and competencies with other health care professionals as well. According to Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, sickest patient will only be admitted to hospital, but the less sick patient remains at home (Donner, G. J., & Wheeler, M. M. (2001, June). This indicates that nu.
Partnering with Patients as Teachers for Nurse ResidentsMelissa Jo Powell
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Nurse is a person who is dedicated to taking care of people in the.docxcherishwinsland
Nurse is a person who is dedicated to taking care of people in the health care field. Nurses play a role of leader in every step of their career. They use their skills, knowledge and experiences to take care of individual and communities. Therefore, every nurse should be aware of their leadership role within self as well as need to identify weakness which may be due to lacking knowledge and skills. Nursing is an independent profession of health science and has a great influence in shaping healthy work environment. Being A nurse for a few years as well as taking the position of charge nurse, I have found myself having the quality of the leadership traits. I feel that there are more rooms for me to do and learn, which will make me a reliable nursing professional. This paper discusses the weakness and strength of a nurse based on the nurse manager skills tools. The nurse manager inventory skill tool reflects my skills, behavior, and professional accountability, career planning, my journey disciplines and reflective practice reference behaviors.
Personal and professional accountability
When evaluating myself on personal growth, career development, continuing education and certification, I would rate myself in the average range. Despite of being enrolled in school for BSN degree, I still have more to do such as, medical/surgical and orthopedic certification are my area of interest. Currently working to achieve these along with my BSN degree. I am a stroke certified nurse and a member of the American Nurses Association since 2010. After completing my BSN degree, I plan to continue my nursing for a doctorate degree in nursing. I have not been active in the legislation in advocation my fellow nurses nor my patients. However, I rate myself high when it comes to the ethical act and nursing practices. I am highly influenced through the evidence bases practice to improve the quality of care and patient outcomes. It is important for me to demonstrate this behavior as well as show dedication to other fellow nurses to keep the culture of practice and improve the quality of care.
Career planning
With the evolution of health care industry nurses’ responsibility, role, education changes according to the healthcare demand. This evolving of the profession has created an atmosphere for nurses to regulator their career in futures according to the needs of society. According to NCBI “career planning and development provides nurses with a focused strategy to take greater responsibility for engaging in the ongoing planning process that is crucial throughout the major stages of their career (Rebecca Hendren, October 2010)”. Nurses should also continue to develop their knowledge, leadership skills, and competencies with other health care professionals as well. According to Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, sickest patient will only be admitted to hospital, but the less sick patient remains at home (Donner, G. J., & Wheeler, M. M. (2001, June). This indicates that nu.
Partnering with Patients as Teachers for Nurse ResidentsMelissa Jo Powell
Presentation at International Conference on Patient and Family Centered Care describing content and program evaluation data using simulation to teach communication skills and partnering with patients as teachers.
What Is the Significance of Professionalism in Nursing DavidWayne30
Professionalism in nursing entails the act of imparting high-quality care. It also reflects honoring the values of advocacy, respect, and responsibility.
Complete the rough draft of your Written Communication assignment abChantellPantoja184
Complete the rough draft of your Written Communication assignment about how to inform girls from less fortunate backgrounds about the new boutique and body lotion shop in their neighborhood.
The purpose is to promote the need to the right audience to open a small business for girls from less fortunate backgrounds to empower them socially and economically.
Below is a copy of a rough draft and the format that the rough draft should be in
Part 1 Introduction
As a dedicated registered nurse, I am pleased and excited to have the opportunity to apply for the position of General Surgery Nurse Manager. I have been a loyal employee to Mary Washington Hospital for well over eight years now. I have a vast array of experience in nursing that I have obtained from working on several different units at the hospital. I started my nursing career by working on the general surgery ward and wish to return to the same unit to showcase my leadership skills. I am speaking to you today to highlight exactly why I would be perfect for the open nurse manager position. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with me today.
Audience
I am speaking directly to the Director of Nursing for the post-surgical care department at Mary Washington Hospital. She has been the director for over 3 years and I used to work under her on the surgical unit when she was nurse manager.
Overview of Main Points
I have advanced knowledge of general surgery procedures.
I have a wide array of experience in many different areas of nursing.
I provide exemplary customer service.
I have positive performance appraisals.
Internal hiring is ideal.
General Surgery Knowledge
I started my nursing career as a bedside nurse on this same surgical unit. I grew from a nervous orientee to the competent nurse that I am today. I relished the years I spent on the unit and the knowledge that I gained. During the five years that I previously worked on the general surgery unit; I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge. I am aware of the different surgical procedures that our patients undergo, and the exact plan of care needed to nurse patients back to health. With this knowledge, I have to ability to fill in on the floor and care for patients directly when staffing needs arise. I also have extensive working relationships with the surgeons on the floor. This allows for better communication between providers and an opportunity for the unit to provide better patient care. Effective communication is critical because insufficient communication between caregivers is one of the leading causes of medical errors and patient harm (1).
Multidisciplinary Knowledge
In addition to my years on the general surgery floor, I also have experience in other areas of nursing. I have worked on different units that include cardiac, rehab, orthopedic, palliative, pediatric, and oncology. All this experience has contributed to my success as a nurse because so m ...
What Is the Significance of Professionalism in Nursing DavidWayne30
Professionalism in nursing entails the act of imparting high-quality care. It also reflects honoring the values of advocacy, respect, and responsibility.
Complete the rough draft of your Written Communication assignment abChantellPantoja184
Complete the rough draft of your Written Communication assignment about how to inform girls from less fortunate backgrounds about the new boutique and body lotion shop in their neighborhood.
The purpose is to promote the need to the right audience to open a small business for girls from less fortunate backgrounds to empower them socially and economically.
Below is a copy of a rough draft and the format that the rough draft should be in
Part 1 Introduction
As a dedicated registered nurse, I am pleased and excited to have the opportunity to apply for the position of General Surgery Nurse Manager. I have been a loyal employee to Mary Washington Hospital for well over eight years now. I have a vast array of experience in nursing that I have obtained from working on several different units at the hospital. I started my nursing career by working on the general surgery ward and wish to return to the same unit to showcase my leadership skills. I am speaking to you today to highlight exactly why I would be perfect for the open nurse manager position. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to meet with me today.
Audience
I am speaking directly to the Director of Nursing for the post-surgical care department at Mary Washington Hospital. She has been the director for over 3 years and I used to work under her on the surgical unit when she was nurse manager.
Overview of Main Points
I have advanced knowledge of general surgery procedures.
I have a wide array of experience in many different areas of nursing.
I provide exemplary customer service.
I have positive performance appraisals.
Internal hiring is ideal.
General Surgery Knowledge
I started my nursing career as a bedside nurse on this same surgical unit. I grew from a nervous orientee to the competent nurse that I am today. I relished the years I spent on the unit and the knowledge that I gained. During the five years that I previously worked on the general surgery unit; I gained a tremendous amount of knowledge. I am aware of the different surgical procedures that our patients undergo, and the exact plan of care needed to nurse patients back to health. With this knowledge, I have to ability to fill in on the floor and care for patients directly when staffing needs arise. I also have extensive working relationships with the surgeons on the floor. This allows for better communication between providers and an opportunity for the unit to provide better patient care. Effective communication is critical because insufficient communication between caregivers is one of the leading causes of medical errors and patient harm (1).
Multidisciplinary Knowledge
In addition to my years on the general surgery floor, I also have experience in other areas of nursing. I have worked on different units that include cardiac, rehab, orthopedic, palliative, pediatric, and oncology. All this experience has contributed to my success as a nurse because so m ...
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Russian anarchist and anti-war movement in the third year of full-scale warAntti Rautiainen
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Thumbnail picture is by MediaZona, you may read their report on anti-war arson attacks in Russia here: https://en.zona.media/article/2022/10/13/burn-map
Links:
Autonomous Action
http://Avtonom.org
Anarchist Black Cross Moscow
http://Avtonom.org/abc
Solidarity Zone
https://t.me/solidarity_zone
Memorial
https://memopzk.org/, https://t.me/pzk_memorial
OVD-Info
https://en.ovdinfo.org/antiwar-ovd-info-guide
RosUznik
https://rosuznik.org/
Uznik Online
http://uznikonline.tilda.ws/
Russian Reader
https://therussianreader.com/
ABC Irkutsk
https://abc38.noblogs.org/
Send mail to prisoners from abroad:
http://Prisonmail.online
YouTube: https://youtu.be/c5nSOdU48O8
Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/libertarianlifecoach/episodes/Russian-anarchist-and-anti-war-movement-in-the-third-year-of-full-scale-war-e2k8ai4
What is the point of small housing associations.pptxPaul Smith
Given the small scale of housing associations and their relative high cost per home what is the point of them and how do we justify their continued existance
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1. Nursing Resource utilization
Nursing Resource utilization ON Nursing Resource utilizationAttached is a four short
answer question for my review as an RN employee. I have answered all question, I just need
it rewritten to sound better and professional. The question topic and sub-topics are
attached as well.Nursing Resource utilizationattachment_1Unformatted Attachment
PreviewTopic: Practice (Practice, Ethics, Resource utilization) Sub-topics: -demonstrates
competency using the nursing process in providing care for clients -Directs others who
provide care -Assumes responsibility and accountability for individual nursing judgement
and actions -Acts as a client advocate -Plans and organizes care based on client needs and
provides competencies to assure safe, efficient and cost-effective care. Answer: Practice: I
provide leadership in the application of the nursing process in relation to patient care,
organizational process and or system, in my attempt to improve outcomes in the unit. I
encourage a culture of shared governance as I involve all staff in the improvement of care. I
have been in the nephrology field for over eight years which allows me to recognize the
need for change and utilize critical thinking as I identify, analyze and resolve issues. I
function in the charge nurse role as well. This leadership role allows me to act as an
educational resource, constantly communicate with staff, physicians, technician, and nurse
manager. In the charge nurse role, I must direct others on what tasks are assigned to them
as well as any changes that may occur during the day. I also present the morning huddle
which is crucial to have great day as a team. This covers any problems, situation and
coworkers assignments of the day as well. One instance is we had a RN and tech call in sick.
I found this out in the beginning of the day. This gave me some time to rearrange the
schedulable and plan the day. Even with a short staff, I was able to communicate make
changes on the spot to have an smooth and uneventful day while patients received all of
their treatment on a timely and safely manner. I have also taking on the role of patient
education coordinator. Briefly to summarize this every month I pick a topic that is
important to share with all patient within our clinic. I collaborate with fellow nurses every
month to explain the topic and the educational handout that we give to our patients. We
educate each patient every month on a different topic related to dialysis. I jumped at this
opportunity because being a patient educator for over 5 years at my previous job made me
realize how important this role is. Some patient do not understand how their lifestyles are
effecting them internally in a bad way. Advocating for them to make sure they have the
education, understanding and tools to improve and live a healthy lifestyle is what this role is
all about. I am also the champion for catheter dressing. In dialysis, one of the biggest
2. problems are catheter related infections. To become a champion, I had to go to an
educational class to improve my skills and knowledge. Once deemed competent, I had to
return to my department and train the other RN’s the right way of doing catheter dressing
changes. Once they were competent, they would be checked off. Nursing Resource
utilizationThis helps by assuring safe, efficient and reducing catheter related infection in
our clinic. This has also helped in reducing catheter infections within our department as
well. Ethics: I collaborate with social services when applicable. I maintain and patient’s
dignity and always strive to maintain the safety of patient care and adhere to the standards
of my professional daily duties as a dialysis nurse and maintain confidentiality of all
patients and staff. Situation: Patient had a reduction in his KT/V which is a number
representing the adequacy of his dialysis treatment. We repeated the test and KT/V had
remained low. I informed the Attending and Fellow that day to inform them of the results. I
suggested an increase in treatment time and also an ultrasound to make sure there was no
stenosis causing the low adequacy in treatment. Outcome: Patient had an increase in
treatment time of 15min. After doing the ultrasound. A blockage was noted, and a fistula
gram was done to correct the problem. The next month the patient adequacy for dialysis
had increased over the standards base line. Situation: On a Saturday we only have two
nurses. I was the charge nurse that day. Before coming into the day, I knew we had two
acute treatments. This means that I would have to send the other nurse working that day to
have dialysis in the patient’s room. When I arrived on Saturday morning, I saw that we had
an add acute treatment as well. It would be impossible for her to do 3 acute in a 10-hour
shift. As a charge nurse I delegated machine set-ups to a technician working on the floor.
Also, as charge, I manipulated the in-center patient schedule where I could send one
technician up with the other nurse and do two acute together. Outcome: I was able to direct
my fellow coworkers to provide safe and effective dialysis treatments. I was also able to cut
the over-time hours that the nurse was going to get with the way I planned the day. Topic:
Professional development (Education/ career development, Performance Sub-topic: -Seeks
knowledge and skills appropriate to the practice setting to improved performance -
Incorporates feedback regarding performance and interpersonal skills to enhance
professional development. -Participates in the performance evaluation of others. Answer: I
have maintained my ACLS and BLS up to date. My TMS is always done on time without any
reminders or warning. I am also obtaining my continuous educational units to maintain my
certification as a registered nurse. This has helped improving my knowledge and skills by
keeping updated on my hospital policies and national changes in any ACLS and BLS as well. I
have volunteered in my department to attend Preceptor class, charge nurse class, catheter
dressing champion, RQI super user, UBC and patient education coordinator to improve my
knowledge and skills which helped me improve my performance as a registered nurse.
Being a charge nurse really helped increased my organization skills, communication skills
with coworkers’ patients and management, as well as being able to manage and lead others.
At the end of the day I report to my manager the events and a summery of the day. During
this time I get feedback regarding what I could have done better in some situations. I take
this feedback and applied it in the future which enhances my nursing’s skills and judgement
as well as improves the departments outcomes and patient safety. Being a new charge
3. nurse, there was situation one time where a patient was unhappy about his treatment time
and wanted to speak to the manager. In that case I got the manager and the issue was
resolved. After I spoke with my manager and she gave me some feedback to see if I could
talk to the patient first, see what the problem was and try to resolve it myself. Couple of
weeks later the same patient wanted to talk to the manager regarding another issue. Getting
the feedback, I got last time I was able to talk to the patient and understand where he was
coming from and was able to resolve the situation by myself and after just reported it to my
nursing manager. Catheter dressing champion also improved my skills by learning the
proper way to change a dressing which will reduce infection in patient. This skill also
helped me improve fellow rn’s skills as well buy educating and training them on the proper
way to change a dressing. By learning this skill and educating my fellow RN our catheter
infection has reduced in our department. Being a member of the shared governance council
has been beneficial for our department as well. During is meeting representatives from all
departments attend and discuss issues, concerns and changes. Once I have obtained the
information, I bring back this to our department and inform them of any changes so
everyone is up to date and is current on issues. I am also in the process of learning
peritoneal dialysis from a staff rn I work with. I am registering for an upcoming class in
peritoneal dialysis to expand and broaden my knowledge in other options in the chronic
renal population. Being a preceptor for over 6 years, you need qualities like clinical
expertise, organizational skills, teaching, patience, leadership and, most important, the
desire to be a preceptor. Nursing Resource utilizationAs a preceptor we cover
responsibilities, learning styles, documentation, communication, and conflict resolution.
This position as well gives me a chance to develop professional with the feedback I get from
my preceptee. This feedback I get accumulates over time to make me enhance my role as a
nurse and a preceptor. Topic: Collaboration (collaboration, Collegiality) Sub-topic -
Participates effectively on teams to plan and manage client care -Shares knowledge and
skills with colleagues and others I am one of the nurses that attends the interdisciplinary
care rounds that happens every month. This meeting consists of nurses, management,
doctors, pharmacist, social workers and dietitians. We collaborate with the team to make
sure patients’ treatment and orders are correct and up to date reflecting patients labs and
outcomes after treatment. As a primary nurse for ten patients one of my responsibility is to
provide the patients with their monthly lab data. I had a patient with extremely elevated
phosphorus level which is hyperphosphatemia. This will affect the patients calcium levels as
well and can lead to risks of dangerous calcium deposit and weakening of the bones. So
collaborating with the doctor and pharmacist I request and increase in Hectorol (Vitimin D)
and phosphorus binders to be increase. I presented the lab findings as well as some sign and
symptoms such as itchiness, red eyes and generalized weakness that the patient was
complaining about. I also educated the patient as well in the danger and harm of this actions
and what it is doing to his body. As a result the patients phosphorus levels reached normal,
thus preventing complication and the veteran maintained normal levels for months to come
with repeat education I was giving him. Collegiality- I collaboratively work with the
nephrologists, dieticians, social service, nurse manager and other RN’s staff to collectively
work toward a common goal to improve outcomes and quality of life to the dialysis patients.
4. Through collegiality with the peritoneal nurse, I have gained knowledge and experiences
that I did not have before entering in the VA. Being a preceptor helps me share my
knowledge and skills I have with new and experience staff. This helps the department with
teamwork and increases nursing skills and patient safety. Topic: -Scientific Inquiry (quality
of care, Research) Sub-topic: -Uses quality improvement findings to guide and direct own
practice -Demonstrates awareness of research application to practice. In our department
we have patient folders for every patient that get a treatment. These charts have important
information such as doctors orders, medication reviews, patient education ect. As a primary
nurse for a patient we review each patients chart every month to make sure everything is
up to date and correct. I felt that this was an important process that we do here at the
department. So I started a PDCA project focusing on chart auditing. I started by doing my
research and collecting data which included method, sample size, frequency and also
numerator and denominator on how many correct charts we need to reach in a month. I
started this project in July and took affect in August. In August we had 75% correct/
completed charts. Finding this out I took time to talk to the nurses that were unable to
complete chart on time and getting a reason why. After addressing these issues and
collaborating with my team our numbers in October went up to 90% which was incredible.
We want to strive to hit 100% soon! I am also involved with a nephrologist that is doing a
study on the water used in our dialysis treatments and how adding activated charcoal will
improve the cleaning of the patients blood during the treatments. I help coordinate with the
nephrologist and inform them the scheduled time for the patients that are in the study. I
also collect lab specimens as directed and send them out in a timely manner. Also I collected
the residual bicarbonate before during and after treatment as well. This has helped the
nephrologist get data a lot of data in a timely manner which as helped move along the
research. …Nursing Resource utilization