While taking the ATI Med-Surg CAT I noticed that I tended to get distracted especially towards the end of the quiz. I was tending to skim the questions rather than read them fully which in the end hurts the outcome rather than helps as there are key details in the way the question is worded. I also noticed while going back through my answers that I got a lot of select all that apply questions wrong, so next time I’m…
While watching the movie I noticed skills that many of the nurses have that I also need and will need to develop. One of those skills is caring for patients that I do like and those that I don’t like with the same amount of care and understanding. Not everyone has a great day when we see them, so I need to take that into account and understand they are going through a lot and give them the benefit of…
The primary roles and responsibilities of a nurse in the events of a natural disaster are to work as a team, some nurses may do tasks that they normally would never do like coordinating team huddles and providing updates to staff so they know what’s going on. During different disasters there are going to be different roles that will be needed but everyone should always know what is going on. For example, during a power outage many of the nurses…
While at the University of New England we get to have the experience of doing clinical rotations at hospitals and other health care settings, while doing these rotations we get to meet many different people from all different backgrounds. Some of these people we’ll only be with for a few short hours but others we could be with for our whole clinical rotations. No matter the amount of time spent with these patients, some of people have a greater impact…
My preconceived thoughts about dying with dignity include, terminally ill patients having the choice of when they want and how they’ll end their life. I knew that only certain states allowed for this to happen and that there was a long process that people needed to go through. I knew some information on this topic because freshman year I took an ethics class and we talked about this but at that time I believe it was still a newer topic…
My initial thoughts on the use of Electronic Health Records were that they were used in the hospitals and other health care services but not much other than that. I knew doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers had access to their patients records but anything more I didn’t know that they could go to past patients that had or that other hospitals could pull up records of patients. I knew that have the electronic health records was an easier way…
Trauma exposure can impact all aspects of someone’s life, it can impact someone’s psychological well being by increasing their risk for having depression, anxiety and even PTSD, which can then impact someone’s social well-being as well. If someone has bad enough anxiety or depression, then it can impact how they interact with others especially if someone has PTSD and something triggers them without any waring. Trauma can also impact someone’s spiritual well-being as well, many time when someone goes through…
There are many different factors that influence the health of vulnerable and marginalized populations, looking more deeply at individual, environmental and societal factors. Some individual factors would include race, age, gender, sex, and income would all influence the health of a population. Environmental factors include where they live whether it is in the city or the suburbs, how many people they live with, whether they have transportation and if so what kind like a car or if they must take…
Empathy and compassion are two important concepts when it comes to nursing. Being able to integrate those into daily interactions with not just our patients but those around us is something that can take years to get right. As nurses we are always learning and knowing our limits, with being empathetic and compassionate towards others, it can elevate our care towards people. What does empathy mean? Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of others (Empathy 2020)….
