I have worked as a Registered Professional Nurse for about 8 years, and have the professional goal of obtaining a Master’s Degree in Nursing Administration. This, I believe, would help me to positively influence patient healthcare outcomes on a management level. In this essay, I will provide examples of how I have exemplified professionalism as a Registered Professional Nurse, in the areas of leadership, evidence- based practice, information management, interprofessional collaboration, and professional
Association of Perioperative Registered Nurses Association of perioperative Registered Nurses (AORN) is a nonprofit organization that represents more than 160,000 perioperative nurses by providing nursing education, standards, and clinical practice resources-including the peer-reviewed, monthly publication-AORN Journal-to enable optimal outcomes for patients undergoing operative and other invasive procedures (ARON, 2015). The AORN organization focuses on best practice standards for quality patient
“When a person decides to become a nurse, they make the most important decision of their lives. They chose to dedicate themselves to the care of others.” For me this quote captures the most important duty of a registered nurse. Registered nursing is a great career because there are different opportunities, you help others and learn new things. Registered nurses have many different opportunities they can look into. Being a registered nurse gives you the opportunity to work in many different environments
increased workplace pressure, new graduate nurses have negative impact towards their nursing career, this will affect the thought and idea of the new nurses towards changing career. b. Nurse residency program has improved nurses’ capability by being comfortable communicating with the care team, patients, and families, and in providing clinical leadership on the unit where they work. Stress scores decreased and turnover decreased. C. Residency nurses do not often make decision to quit their job.
subspecialty of registered nurses. The leaders of the UFWA worked to improve economic and living conditions of women farmers. Irene Parlby, the UFWA's first president, lobbied for the establishment of a provincial Department of Public Health, government-provided hospitals and doctors, and passage of a law to permit nurses to qualify as registered midwives. The AAGN compromised with the UFWA in 1919. and they worked together for the passage of the Public Health Nurses Act that allowed nurses to serve as
achieve my goal that is to first become a Registered Nurse. I took more vigorous classes, classes that would help my career, as well as by doing running start. Currently as I mentioned, I am a running start student at Wenatchee Valley College, and am working towards not only my associates degree but also towards becoming a Registered Nurse. I intend to later on transfer to the University of Washington to further major either in Pediatrics as a pediatric nurse or in Kinesiology as an occupational therapist
Prior to my nursing education, my perception of a registered nurse was that of a health care professional whose tasks include administering medications to sick patients on a timely fashion and making sure that the doctor’s orders are met. Without proper education on the different duties and responsibilities that encompass the role of a registered nurse, my impressions of the nursing profesison relied heavily on the various misconceptions that is often portrayed on television and other forms of media
the healthcare profession, we must learn to care for each patient and their individual needs. Patients in a hospital setting are feeling lonely, vulnerable and going through changes in their body due to illness. One of my responsibilities as a registered nurse is to provide a nurturing, safe, and healing environment for my patients. In the hospital setting, health care personnel are always worried about medications, diagnostic exams, and procedures but they fail to acknowledge that behind all those
Aspiring to become a nurse came about in a gradual manner. Though I wanted to work within the medical field from a young age, I had not always until recently, wanted to become a registered nurse. I have completely set my mind on becoming a nurse for the reason being, I have an innate desire to be a holder of a Bachelor of Science in Adult Nursing for the rest of my life. This is a given, but I want to be able to carry out the type of job that could make a difference in peoples lives and well being
Nurses play a vital role in healthcare. They are the patient’s advocate and act as the patient’s “eyes and ears”. Pictured here, is Mark, a Registered Nurse working in the Schulich Heart Centre at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, preparing medications for his patients. Making sure the correct medication is administered at the right time is an integral part of a patient's recovery. On his unit, patients are primarily admitted under three services: cardiology, cardiac surgery, and vascular surgery