Essays on Nursing Student

Clinical goals and objectives

In the recent past, there has been a heated discussion on the training and general placement of nurses in health care facilities in United States .In this discussion, the quality clinical placement experience has been put under a sharp focus on whether our nurses really use this time to learn and gain hands on experience. Thus, clinical placement avails nursing student an opportunity to observe role models, develop skills and problem solving abilities and have a chance to practice and reflect on what they see and see. Also, as they engage in 20 contract hours, it is very important ...

About myself

I am a college student finishing my nursing education at the College of New Rochelle, who is very passionate about the career as I love helping others. I am also a hardworking well-rounded person, and I believe that I have gained adequate knowledge in the field that will assist in my professional development. Choosing to be a nurse was one of the greatest decisions that I made, and I have never regretted. I plan on completing my Bachelor of Science in nursing degree this May, and I already know the great advantages as well as the incredible career opportunities ...

Practicum Placement Agency's Name:

Preceptor’s Name: Preceptor’s Telephone: Preceptor’s E-mail Address: Nursing Practicum Experience It is important for a nursing student to acquire practical skills from a real practice experience in combination with his or her class theoretical study in the course of undergoing his or her study and training in a nursing course. The clinical practice is critical in developing the student further in their nursing career and enhances their competence and confidence in their preparedness for the roles ahead of them . The feeling of self-confidence and readiness in discharging one’s duties is vital in ensuring best possible ...

Callara (2008) defines values as predominant ideas, thoughts, or feelings that influence one’s conduct or decision-making. Based on this description, my journey as a Nursing student pursuing a higher academic qualification has been guided by both personal and professional values. In this regard, from a young age, my parents instilled in me the need for respect of self and others and the need to maintain honesty at all times. These values molded by path and influenced many decisions, including one of becoming a nurse. I realized from an early age that I had a tendency to connect with ...

Increase Cultural Awareness in Nursing

Over the years, nursing has proved to be beneficial in nature has it has increased the quality of health care services in most of the hospitals. It has been noted that there has been a direct relationship between the quality of health services provided and the qualifications of the nurses in any given hospital. Nursing as a major prepares its students to be in a position to deliver the best services when they are needed to. It has also been noted in any given population, there are diverse cultures that do exist. The best way to understand an individual is through the ...

What Are the Qualities of an Effective Mentor in Nursing?

Introduction In the world we have people working in different fields and one important aspect is that as an individual joins a particular field they need to be guided so as to easily adapt to their new environment. The people who provide the needed guidance or who make the transition to a new field possible are called mentors. The people or students joining the nursing field just as any other, need to have a mentor who is supportive and has experience. My interest for this research is to find out the qualities of an effective mentor as it is essential for ...

Importance of time management and documentation in the role of RN and nursing students

Importance of Time Management and Documentation in the Role of RN and Nursing Student Time management is a way of developing and using tools and processes for maximum effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity (Said, 2010). It entails mastery of skills like goal setting and planning. It is also defined as effective use of time in the achievement of desired results. It not only involves better time management but also the making of better decisions on what one does and how he or she does it. The outcome of time management is better performance. Time management helps one to complete work ...

Dear Lilly,

I am happy to know that you have successfully completed another year of your nursing course. As you know, yours is one of the many professions which directly help the people-their body, heart and soul. Of course, you will be exposed to a lot of opportunities, challenges, and life lessons but ultimately you will get satisfaction. It will grow you as a healer. We all will be proud to have you, a healer, in our family. I also came to know that you have dropped your hobby of taking music lessons, as you thought it was a waste of time. That news ...

The Nightingale Pledge: Past, Present and Possible Future

The Nightingale Pledge: Past, Present and Possible Future Florence Nightingale is the most famous nurse in the history of the nursing profession. It perhaps was inevitable that a Nurse’s Pledge, written in 1893 by a Detriot committee of the Farrand Training School for Nurses (Calhoun; 1993), would be named the Nightingale Pledge: “I solemnly pledge myself before God and in the presence of this assembly, to pass my life in purity and to practice my profession faithfully. I will abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous, and will not take or knowingly administer any harmful drug. I will ...

In the field of nursing, professional associations and organizations are crucial for the generation of energy, proactive work and smooth flow of ideas that are needed in order to maintain a healthy and effective profession that essentially advocates for the needs of not only its clients but also those of the nurses. In addition, these associations are important in campaigning for the trust of the society in the nursing profession (Matthews, 2012). In recent years, the number of professional nursing associations and organizations has been on the rise and membership to these associations has increased. This is attributable to the ...

Part 1: Introduction

When it comes to mentoring, most people think of when they think of mentoring: a spontaneous, casual relationship where a senior person takes a junior person "under his or her wing" and then give them some long-term counsel and guidance. In my own life, I have a position of being senior staff nurse and midwife. I have over 12 years of experience with being a nurse and delivering babies. However, as far as education goes five of those years it took five years to become a nurse. Then I specialized specifically in midwifery which took a year. I have found that Midwifery has huge highs and ...

Introduction

Nursing profession is regarded as an attractive career that draws the attention of many students in America. The fact that America has some of the best nursing schools and programs in the world, has compelled many international students to move into the country and enroll as nursing students. International students face numerous challenges in nursing schools, but they have no option other than overcoming the challenges and adapting effectively in the new environment. They are supposed follow rules, norms, and traditions, which govern nursing schools and programs, compete with their counterparts in course work and pass the National Council ...

on Teaching of Patients and Nurses on Education of Patients and Nurses Increased diversity within the nursing student population holds both challenges and benefits to the educators, the students, and the patient. It has been long recognized that with growing globalization and rapidly growing minority populations, it is in the nursing profession’s best interest to recruit and train a diverse population of students to better meet the patient’s needs (Barbee & Gibson, 2001). These efforts have been successful, and the nursing student population since this time has gained rapidly in diversity from points of view of race ...

For students who elect to pursue a career in the medical field, especially nursing, the chance and opportunity to be part of a functional healthcare system presents thrilling prospects. Despite having basic training during the first year in college, one cannot be really sure what to expect in a nursing profession. In order to attain this crucial experience firsthand, nursing students are strongly encouraged to become Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). This experience provides a nursing student with professional experience that is vital not only for the students’ psychological preparation in embracing their career, but also vital as it offers essential training before a professional ...

The nursing process

The nursing process may be defined the analysis of the sequence of events that surround a client’s, patient, needs and problems and which constantly change at different rates. It is necessary for a nurse to note change on a continuous basis so as to determine if the original problem has changed. The process is centred on the client based on their needs. Different clients have different problems and ,therefore, a nurse should be able to make a proper judgment and take appropriate actions for different clients in the most accurate way possible. The nursing process is a tool that aids a nursing student to systematically ...

Critical incident analysis

Introduction: A critical incident can include various situations but normally during the day and life of a nurse, everyday situations can also bring their problems. I will refer to an incident where a simple catheter injection which could have been simple to an experienced nurse was left to me, a trainee who was rather inexperienced (An Bord Altranis 2000).

Description of incident:

One day on my day shift as a nursing student, I was assigned by a staff nurse to perform a nursing skill such as catheter insertion to a patient. She (the nurse) did not give you information or instructions on how to do it. She just ...