Role of a Nurse
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Ethical Considerations for EBP After completing all the ethical assignments for class, my understanding and viewpoint of how nurses contribute to the ethical conduct of research and implementation of research findings has only become stronger. In the movie we watched, “Miss Evers’ Boys”, the medical professionals knew that a cure had been found for Syphilis, yet they withheld this from the volunteers to examine how the disease progressed. This position by the medical professionals was an extreme case of ethical misconduct, and patient deaths even resulted from this lack of ethical reasoning. This research experiment was highly unethical because it caused physical and emotional harm to patients and families. It…
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Assumptions As a nurse, I feel that it is my role to uphold my own personal ethical standards as well as the ethical principles of the facility I work in. It is important to me that I treat my patients ethically, and use the best practices supported by research and evidenced based practice to treat them. This way, my patient’s will always receive the best care possible without violating my own moral standards or the ethical principles of the facility. If I feel that a patient treatment or procedure is unethical, it’s also my job to notify my supervisor that I cannot complete the procedure or treatment. As a…
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Thinking About the Journey
Since I started my college career in nursing, I have done a lot of research on nursing specialties. The specialty that speaks to me the most is women’s health/fertility nursing. This would be my dream job as a nurse because I’d get to communicate with patients, run tests, and do IVF treatment. Other specialties I am interested in are cardiology because I really enjoyed learning about the heart, dermatology because of my interest in skin care, and nephrology because I have had personal experience with kidney-related health conditions. I’m also interested in furthering my career as a nurse and becoming a women’s health nurse practitioner. As a nurse practitioner, I…
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Collaboration in Nursing (B)
First Comment: Eva,I love this picture you chose here to represent collaboration. It is very creative and insightful. I agree with you that collaboration in nursing is like the inner workings of a clock. There are a lot of intricate pieces that have to work together for the clock to work. The clock also reminds me of the healthcare team as a whole. As nurses, we must work with Doctors, CNAs, Nurse Practitioners, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, etc. The best outcomes for our patients happen when we can collaborate effectively, which is why it is so important. Thanks for sharing! Second Comment: Francesca, I think your photo of the bee…
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Collaboration in Nursing
When I was searching for a photo that resembled collaboration, I came across this one which really jumped out at me. Collaboration is something that is easily overlooked in many professions where working together is so crucial to success. Nursing is no exception to this, and frequently in the nursing field there is tension between coworkers and other members of the health care team. This picture demonstrates a concept that I always try to live by, which is that by working together, you can come up with a better solution/idea than you could have alone. Everyone’s opinions and ideas are so unique and valuable in healthcare, no matter what role…
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Critical Care Chapter
One chapter that was particularly fascinating to me was chapter 2 called Getting my Feet Wet. In this chapter, Theresa Brown has a patient who’s back splits open. This shows all of the odd occurrences that can happen in the nursing field. Brown’s patient’s back split open due to such a large build up of fluid. The pressure was too great for his skin to hold all the fluid in so it just split. Brown called a code on this patient who ended up being okay. She describes in that moment how her only concern was her patient. She wasn’t focused on anything besides keeping him as safe as possible…
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Revisiting the Image
One quality of a nurse that I think is less represented in popular media is confidentiality/documentation. Confidentiality is so important to maintain as a nurse because of legal reasons, and more importantly it builds trust with your patient. It is essential that you keep all verbal, written, and electronic communications with patients private, and only share their information with their other providers and authorized personnel such as allowed family. It’s also important to document everything you do when treating a patient, This prevents errors related to medications and care. Both of these skills are very important to the role of nursing, but they are rarely talked about or shown in…
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Reply to Peer’s Image of a Nurse
Faith,Your image really struck me as I was scrolling through all of the posts on the nursing 202 page. It is so creative, and I love how it is up for many different interpretations. On the subject of interpretations, I love how you have interpreted this art piece and connected it back to nursing. I love how you explained the road to recovery can be bumpy for a patient, and there are always going to be ups and downs on that road. Part of being a nurse is helping our patient’s through these difficult times, and guiding them. I see the hands as us guiding the patient to their optimal…
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Image of Nursing
I found this photo through a google search on caring, because I believe caring about your patient is the most impactful part of being a nurse. When you become a nurse, you take on the responsibility of treating, assessing, counseling, caring, etc. for others. This responsibility is something not to be taken lightly because you are being trusted to care for other people’s families, friends, and partners. I decided I wanted to become a nurse because I love to care for others. I was very confused as to where I wanted to start out in the medical field, and I was drawn to nursing because of the diversity of ways…
