My Nursing Career: A Career As A Nurse

I have desired to be a nurse my life. My Mom used to tell me stories of how I would organize my stuffed and puppets toys when I was a little girl I would twig traces in their mouths to examine their temperatures and put bandages all over them and then I would hold them and comfort them. I would daydream about nursing; I loved it that much. I have been in the healthcare field for approximately 15 years. I graduated as Nurse in Cuba, in August 2000, after completing the nursing career program at the “Higher institute of Medical Sciences of Cienfuegos”, from 1995 to 2000. After graduating I worked in the General Hospital Medical-Surgical. My nursing practice was as Emergency Care Nurse, working as a staff nursing there of the Emergency Care

One is the external environment that may focus on things like the temperature, the odors, the sound, the light, and/or the feel of the bedding or gown on the patient’s skin. The other environment is the internal one where food, water, medication and illness are the focus of attention. Florence Nightingale’s theory about environment and how it involved patient care included a clean, sanitary environment that helped to prevent infection, but also the elimination of smells, the inclusion for fresh air and sunlight, entertainment to alleviate boredom, low noise levels and good nutrition. These ideas are still considered valid today at least to some extent.

During the years, the practice of nursing has progressed from the time when Florence Nightingale defined the field as "placing the patient in the greatest condition to act." Consequently several implications are present, yet they all fall within the metaparadigm of nursing. Conditional on the detailed needs of the patient, as nurses we must place in order these concepts and offer care in a manner that top suits the condition. Robert Wilkinson and Mona Counts are two of the excellent nurses recognized in the film, "A Nurse I Am" who take out on these philosophies day by