I have some very exciting news to share today but I have to provide a little background so that you can fully appreciate how truly awesome this news really is. Now I’ll admit that this is a pretty long post. Just trust me, it’s worth it. Just sit back for a few minutes and let me tell you a story about the most amazing woman that has ever walked this earth. This is a story about dedication, determination, and the pursuit of a dream. It’s the story of a nurse who overcame tremendous obstacles. This is the story of my beautiful wife Mandy.
We celebrated Mandy’s graduation from nursing school not long after we were married. She was so excited to start her new career and get the experience she needed to pursue her dream job. You see, like many of us in the medical field, Mandy was a trauma junkie. The bug first bit her when she worked in the Trauma Center as an x-ray tech. Blood and broken bodies were no problem for Mandy. I worked for Meducare, the hospital based EMS service with a flight team. Mandy would
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The bone healed well she regained 80% use of her arm. Although she couldn’t move huge adults anymore she had no trouble with the babies in the NNICU. Although her dream of becoming a flight nurse was taken from her she still had her life and a promising nursing career. Even though she still dealt with constant nerve pain, Mandy thrived in the NNICU. She resumed her duties as a charge and stabilization nurse and went on to become a PICC placement nurse and an ECMO nurse. She loves learning new things that make her a better nurse for her patients. After fourteen years in the NNICU, Mandy decided to move across the hallway to the Pediatric ICU. This was an exciting challenge for Mandy. She was so used to caring for tiny premature babies and these kids were as old as 18! There were new disease processes to learn about and Mandy jumped right in with both
On February 14th I spent a day doing something I never thought I would do in a million years, I went to hospice. I always thought I would hate hospice, but I actually didn’t mind it too much, it isn’t a job I see myself doing in the future but it is a job that I understand why people do it and why they enjoy it. During this observation I was touched by how much these nurses really seem to care for each of the patients that they have.
Another person who has influenced me to become a nurse is my best friend’s mom who is the Senior VP of Nursing at Clara
Every individual nurse has their own reasons for making their career choice. As in the case of Ms. Kreklau, some are compelled to care and nurture other human beings and enjoy the rewarding feelings they gain from positive outcomes. “There are so many [career options] in nursing” (Kreklau). Other people are motivated because of flexible scheduling, monetary reasons and/or job security. Then there are people like me, who have experienced extended time in a medical facility and experienced excellent or poor care for themselves or a loved one. My husband’s motorcycle accident in 2013, in which he sustained traumatic brain injury and other injuries, mandated our stay in the hospital for over a month. The outstanding and wonderful care he received left me with a marked impression. I would like to be able to help others in a similar
As a nurse, I feel that at many times I am placed in a situation, where I need to use my leadership skills in order to provide efficient care by managing the limited time. According to CNO guideline, leadership is a process of influencing people to achieve common goals. It requires self-awareness and commitment towards profession, ability to delegate, manage time and to communicate effectively within the health care professionals.
I wanted to fill my time and what better way to do that then by bettering myself. With starting this new journey, I knew I would finally pursue my dream of becoming a Registered Nurse. I also knew that I wanted to pursue more than just my Registered Nurse, R.N., license; I wanted to have an advanced career. A month into my second semester, it was the one-year mark of Patrick 's passing. Memories came back from being in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit with him; I knew then that I wanted to advance my career into working with babies like my son by becoming a Neonatal Nurse
Nursing is a beautiful field. People for hundreds of years have been associated with the field of nursing. For the society, they play the role of caregivers; they are admired for the services they provide to the people who are no longer able to help themselves, common people and for the military but they are not paid enough for the effort they put into their work. However, the thing they want most out of their job is respect. In March 2013, I observed my aunt who is a nurse during her night shifts for a week on birth and delivery floor. Due to the lack of staff in the night shift, we had to move back and forth from the delivery room to the triage. It was inspiring for me to know the amount of patience, understanding and self-control that a
As an UConn graduate, I strive to practice UConn School of Nursing PRAXIS – professionalism, respect, accountability, excellence, integrity and service. Two weeks following the orientation on postpartum unit, I knew taking care of four mother-baby couplets overnight was not going to be an easy job at a level I trauma center, where we care for the sickest of the sick. After a thorough plan of care for each patient and tailoring it to their needs for the night, I felt more confident in my skills and time management. It wasn’t until I got a call from a 14 hour post-op c-section patient at 0455 complaining of dizziness, lightheaded, blurry vision and “feeling hot”, who an hour ago was walking to the bathroom, breastfeeding baby and eating with no complains of pain. I left my workstation behind to discover a pale, diaphoretic patient with low blood pressure. I froze. Screamed for resident down the hall. Rapid response team and more professionals were there in no time while I stood by my patient holding her hand, echoing the story to residents and attending MD I’ve told previously. After twenty minutes of stabilizing the patient and diagnosing at bedside with ultrasound and abdominal x-ray, the patient suffered internal hemorrhage from tubal ligation site. She was rushed to operating room. Speaking to her husband was even harder. I froze again. I sat on my knee, held his hand and cried with him. In
I started my Nursing career in India and then I came to the United States and became an RN. I entered Nursing with the thinking that Nursing is a profession that will always allow me to have a job and all my patients will get better. However, from my experiences I understood that Nursing is more than just giving medications, and it requires clinical competence, cultural sensitivity, ethics, caring for others, and life-long learning about others and the evolving field of medicine. Florence Nightingale once said:
I want to be a nurse, specifically a nurse practitioner. I have always been fascinated with the medical field and see a bright future in it for me. I have the opportunity of meeting new people every day with a variety of personalities. There is always something new to discover in this field. A nurse practitioner's job is to be able to diagnose and treat illnesses. They also prescribe medicine and run physical exams. I am highly interested in pursuing the career of a nurse practitioner because the healthcare field is always in need for medical professionals, it pays well, and I am helping people at the same time.
I am the first one in my family to go to college, I have been living my life showing respect to others with one basic principle to “always do my best no matter what it takes to be fair, honest and be responsive to everyone’s needs”. I learned through my career to be dependable, self-confident, humble, and honest and show respect and a positive attitude at all time. People that I interact with always told me that I have the ability to inspire others and the makeup of a leader. Being humble, caring, and compassionate are among my personal values. I know that my greatest strengths rely in the way I treat my patients, showing empathy, sympathy, patience and professionalism. I learned that developing a trustworthy patient/nurses relationship is very important in the management of patients care. I personally believe that a nurse needs to have high integrity and to continue to strive to stay up-to-date and knowledgeable to be able to provide utmost quality care to the patients.
The definition of a Nurse according to Webster’s dictionary (2015) is, “a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in the hospital”. Nurses come in different degrees and experience. The most common nurses seen in nursing homes, hospitals, and medical offices are Certified Nurse Assistants, Registered Nurses, and a Nurse Anesthesias. In this field, nurses deal with every type of patient that comes through the hospital or office doors. These are the people patients talk to and see the most considering the doctor is either careless, occupied, or sleeping. Nurses can have several to little responsibilities depending on their personality and where they work. Either way, nurses have a big job: taking care of people’s loved ones.
The medical field is expanding and nurses are in high demand. There are different jobs in the medical that aim to help individuals in different ways. In particular, nursing is a difficult field to work in as nurses work closely with the patients. Nurses aim to prevent illness, promote health, and restore health and well being. Therefore, there are some qualities that make a good nurse, such as communication skills, respect, patience, honesty. All of theses qualities encompass caring in nursing. In particular, caring is the most important because it is the how nurses give individualized care.
Nursing, by definition according to ANA is “The protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations.” (cite)Nursing is viewed by some as a lady who just gives shots and takes vital signs. But to millions of individuals out there who know that nurses are way much more. Nursing is the opportunity to help someone restore their health to what it once was. Nursing is going beyond their duty to make sure the patient is stable and comfortable. Nurses are the advocates and the protectors of the patient, the families and the community. Nursing is
My journey to become a nurse began when my youngest sister was diagnosed with synovial cell sarcoma. We spent months at the hospital by her side throughout her chemotherapy, radiation and several surgeries. Being around all those families and children in the hospital when many had illness's much worse than hers really opened my eyes to how much of an impact healthcare workers make on so many people’s lives and their families lives too. Although the situations that those children were in seemed so terrible, they had such joy and hope in their eyes.
Everybody knows what a nurse is, but not everybody knows what a nurse does, or what it takes to be a nurse. Nursing goes far beyond just taking vital signs, doing patient assessments, and saying “The doctor will be with you shortly.” Nursing is not for the faint of heart. One cannot wake up one day, and decide, “I think I’ll be a nurse!” One must be driven, motivated, and passionate about caring for others. The numerous requirements, tasks, and benefits are all things to consider when thinking about becoming a nurse.