Protected: New Grad Resume
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Reflection on Older Adults
Throughout this course there was quite a lot of information that was presented about the elder population. I would say that some of the topics that were covered in class I never really thought about how the elder population could be involved. The role of nurse is to investigate about a patient’s condition and gather all information that will help the nurse plan care. I think with an older adult there is a lot to investigate for that is not…
Post- Interview
The leader that I interviewed had a lot of experience and advice to give me moving forward into my nursing career. One thing that I learned from this interview is that being a leader doesn’t mean that you must have the formal title. She emphasized this in her interview and spoke that she was seen as a leader on her floor before receiving a formal title. When she received a formal leadership title, she talked about how she had to…
Pre- Interview
The subject I chose is someone that I have known for quite a few years and is from my personal life. The reason I chose this subject is because she currently works in the Dana Farber center in my hometown. She works with oncology patients, and this is the patient population that I want to work with when I graduate. This woman is currently the manager of her unit, so she is in a leadership role. I have also known…
Presenting Change
Our team dissemination project was a podcast where we asked nurses on R2 about prolonged hospital stays. When we first asked the nurses on R2 if they would be willing to participate in our podcast, they were all very enthusiastic about. I think that they all enjoyed being able to speak about an issue that is very current and relevant to where they work. The goal of our podcast was to inform all floors at MMC or other hospitals about…
Death with Dignity
Before reading and watching the provided resources, my thoughts about death with dignity was that it was a patient’s choice to end their life. This can be a patient’s choice when they feel that they have nothing else that will help improve their life. I feel like this gives the patient more control over the end of their life when they feel that they have lost all control in every other aspect. This allows the patient to live their last…
Proposing Change
The topic that my team chose to do was unnecessary prolonged hospital stays. We chose this topic because the floor that we have our clinical on has some patients that have been there for over 100 days, which is clearly a problem. When first starting this project, I knew that prolonged patients stay could be caused by nursing staff shortage or because the hospital couldn’t find placement for the patient after discharge. Our group went on to find the physical…
Trauma-Informed Care
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…
Planning Change
In order for my team to be able to accomplish this project and be successful we need to utilize the resources that are available to us. The first resource we have already used was our clinical instructor. She was able to provide our team with some conflicts/issues that are currently present on our floor. I think that our clinical instructor will be a great resource because she sees these issues firsthand and now as students on this floor, we will…
Influence Paper
In this influence paper we looked at the effect that animal assisted therapy had on oncology patients. Most patients had an improved mood and a decrease in pain levels.
