Personal Narrative: An Interview With A School Nurse

This last week was not the best. I might've bombed my Chemistry final; I studied for days from the book and practice exams. The test was nothing like I expected it to be, and now my hopes of getting into the nursing program are going down the drain. I still need to find out what I got, but I just feel defeated. Thank you for your prayers, I need them right now.

She informs us as a readers with the experience of her career at the hospital as a nurse, and that she have to deal with a very hard decision that will actually affect her, her life, and her career. Barbara showed how the disease alters the human personality, when she described her patient from being a powerful officer to a body that was receiving food as a liquid poured to his body. When we think about a nurse life, we may think about the opportunities and the excitement in helping and making a difference in someone’s life. Both of those advantages can be true about nurses. But in reality, nursing is not like what we see on media.

Raised from nothing at the age of 18, she decided she wanted to pursue a career in nursing. After being accepted into the hospital nursing school, she was 1 of 4 out of 42 people that graduated the next year. Mahoney’s professionalism made her a much-respected nurse and she went on and succeeded in this field. Mahoney 's accomplishments have driven me to

Peter Baida wrote an emotional short story called "A Nurse's Story" that emphasized the life and death of Nurse Mary McDonald, was suffering from colon cancer. She does understand what is happening to her, and she has found peace with herself about dying. In the story, she explains the different times in her life and the patients that affected her in her nursing career. She is content with her life and calm to face death; indeed she knows a lot about her condition because of her training being a nurse to be mistaken about the deterioration of her body. Emotional cost and other conflicts that may impact patient care.

During my visit to Oak Crest Village, I had the pleasure of interviewing a retired nurse. To avoid releasing too much personal information, I will refer to my interviewee as Mrs. B. Mrs. B is a 76 years old female born in 1939 right here in the state of Maryland. She started her nursing education through a diploma program at Mercy Hospital. Mrs. B stated that her nursing program was on the job training. She spent little time in the classroom and the rest was all hands on training completed during patient care.

Lauren Brooksby is Resident Assistant for 2nd floor New Heritage building 29. Not only is she a beautiful person inside out but she is also a great RA- someone that us residents greatly respect and love.

From the beginning of my nursing endeavors, I knew that working at Broward Health will be my goal. My work towards it wasn’t easy, but I hope that this healthy challenge will be rewarded one day. Whenever I could, I choose to have my clinical rotations at one of Broward Health System hospitals. My first three clinical rotations were on oncology floor at Broward Health, where I was exposed to patients with various and serious conditions. Despite the fact that most of these patients were suffering, they fought and had hopes in them that really made me going.

Analysis of a Registered Nurse Bethany Dyer B17004326 2/11/18 A Registered Nurse (RN) is an individual who has graduated from a school/college nursing program and has passed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). “The RN assumes responsibility for the care of the sick, injured, disabled, and the dying. Registered nurses work both independently and in collaboration with other healthcare professionals” (Buhler-Wilkerson 2017). RN’s supervise the work of licensed practical nurses (LPN) and certified nursing assistants (CNA).

The school taught hospital and home care nurses how to teach other nurses. She was aware of the poor reputation of nurses and sought out to change the image of nursing. To improve overall conditions for nurses, she began working relationships with philanthropists, journalists, law makers, and administrators so that patient care would improve and respectable women would be drawn to the profession. Using her strong voice and determination, she fought constantly for healthcare reform for all individuals and sought for an improvement in health standards focusing on cleanliness and

Melissa Suzuno, in her blog, “Making Kids Cry: A Day in the Life of Pediatric Nurse Madelaine Than”, explains her interview with Madelaine Than, and the purpose to why Madelaine wanted to pursue a nursing career. Melissa introduces Madelaine’s life and how she deals with so much to get to where she is now. Madelaine’s inspirations to pursue a nursing career is explained in “Making Kids Cry: A Day in the Life of Pediatric Nurse Madelaine Than” by Melissa Suzuno. Madelaine had interests in helping others and the medical field. Although her mother wanted her to become a doctor, Madelaine, instead, chose to be a nurse which involved more in taking care of patients rather than diagnosing them.

Mary’s sixteen month training made her a greater nurse. This training made it possible for her to be asked to speak for the NACGN, become a member of that association, and later become a member of the ANA. Mary’s active membership in the nursing associations, and her outstanding work as a nurse made it possible for an award to be named after her. It is because of Mary that women of all races who aspire to be in the nursing profession can make it through like Mary

The first thing I would say about today was thought provoking. What I mean by that is it appears that everyone has different organizational skills. Plus not everyone thinks at the same speed or reacts in the same way. Anyways, I noticed throughout today that I was sometimes one step ahead of my nurse. I was even able to help him find different areas of the charting when he got confused, where something in particular was in the charting.

My Nursing Goals I go to Belmont College because I want to become a registered nurse (RN). I chose to go to there because I love nursing, I want to help others, and I want to advance my education. The job that I hope to obtain with my degree is a job in an emergency room or in a pediatric ward. This math course will help me a lot with my RN job in the future because it teaches me all the calculations that are needed for nursing. I want to obtain my RN degree from Belmont College.

1. Describe your earliest experience with an advanced practice nurse. Were you a patient, family member, employee, or exposed in another way? What was your initial impression of the professional role of this person? How has your initial impression shifted through experience and/or assignments in this course?

Adult nurses care for patients over the age of 18 who are suffering from a variety of health conditions, varying from acute and long-term illnesses and diseases to minor injuries and aliments. They support the patient’s recovery by focusing on the needs of the patient instead of the illness or condition, carrying out care procedures and assessments and using care plans. As well as this , they promote good health and well-being through education and clinics on topics such as quitting smoking, weight loss and diabetes. Nurse’s normally work within a multidisciplinary team but are often the main point of call for patients, and often provide the most continuity of care.