When it comes to disaster nursing a nurse must be prepared both professionally and personally, to take on any responsibility that they may face. A nurse can have many roles when it comes to a disaster and the role the nurse plays can change at any moment. Some of the few roles that a nurse can have during a disaster is being a leader, manager, or a team member. Another role of the nurse during a disaster is being able…
Trauma can have quite an affect on a patient and the help they will try to seek or not seek at all. If a patient has experienced trauma in their life, it can leave a lasting psychological effect on them. The patient could develop PTSD from the trauma, which could lead to violent outbursts, insomnia, or substance abuse. A patient may also develop depression and anxiety from past or current trauma. A patient may not even know or want to…
There can be many obstacles for vulnerable individuals for them to get adequate healthcare. Individual obstacles that can impede proper health of vulnerable individuals could be if the person is at risk for a certain disease. If the patient comes in and they are obese they are more prone to having diabetes and hypertension. If the patient is not taking good care of their health, then that is individual factor that can already affect their health. Another individual factor could…
After completing the ethical assignments, I think that it really solidified the importance of a nurse’s role in ethics. I think that in order for nurses to provide the best and safest care it is important for nurses to understand ethics. It is important to understand history and past ethical dilemmas. If nurses are aware of these dilemmas, then we can know how to improve upon them and change certain practices that may cause an ethical dilemma. Ethical research has…
When I think of a nurse and ethics my thought is that they play an important role. The nurse has face-to-face contact with that patient at all time. The nurse is responsible for providing the best care possible for the patient, which includes maintaining the ethical standards. A nurse’s role is to be an advocate for a patient and the treatment they want to receive. The nurse has to remain on the same side as the patient even if they…
