Death with dignity is a controversial topic amongst healthcare workers and people across the country. Personally, I think that if someone who is terminally ill and wants to pass on their own terms with their loved ones, then they should be able to. Some people say that it is not humane nor ethical for a healthcare provider to prescribe a medication that ends someone’s life, but neither is letting them continue to suffer when you know they are in chronic…
Throughout the process of this project, my knowledge of the topic of alarm fatigue in nurses has significantly grown. For this project, we have identified the basic topic of alarm fatigue and then dove deeper, looking at factors influencing this, interventions, nurse and patient outcomes, etc. Before doing research and gathering peer reviewed literature and journals, I honestly did not expect there to be so many varying factors and the impact of nurses and patients to be so significant. My…
Before our presentation on electronic health records, I had a basic idea of what it was and how nurses use it. But I really only had familiarity with Epic, and I didn’t have any idea of HealthInfoNet, but I was pretty amazed with how widespread it has become and the simplicity of it. I definitely know that the use of Electronic Health Records has completely transformed the health profession, especially nursing. Before the development of Electronic Health Records, patient charting…
Exposure to trauma affects an individual in more ways than anyone could ever expect. I think people often assume that trauma only affects one’s psychological and emotional wellbeing, when it can affect every single aspect of their life, leaving lasting imprints on one’s physical, social, environmental, and spiritual wellbeing as well. It is important to know, especially as healthcare providers, all the different ways that trauma exposure can present with someone, and the triggers that we have to be mindful…
The health of vulnerable and marginalized populations is influenced by a variety of different factors, many of which people do not think about or have no idea that they can influence health. After our class presentation, I was surprised at how many factors can influence health, and how many other perspectives we as healthcare providers have to think about when we are providing care to our patients. As a future nurse, I will commit to educating myself and how to…
Reflecting upon this upcoming team dissemination project, I anticipate that my team will accomplish it all through communication and teamwork. The nursing profession is all about teamwork, communication, and holding responsibilities and accountability. Our communication plan will be open and honest, all being upfront about delegation and responsibilities, which we have found to be the most effective in past team projects. Regarding conflict resolution, the same principle applies: communication, communication, communication! We will all be working together as a team,…
The purpose of this influence paper is to discuss the relationship between nursing shift lengths and patient safety. We devised a PICO question aimed at determining what effect that nursing shifts had on reported patient safety and quality of care. The reason for this research is outlined in the following excerpt: “Throughout time, nurses have been at the forefront of healthcare and medicine, providing some of the best patient care. Nurses are responsible for delivering the safest patient care, and…
Reflect on what you learned from this team project and how you will apply this in your future nursing practice. Think about your audience, which could be a potential employer in your first nursing position. What would you want them to know about your capacity to contribute to quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives as a new nurse resulting from working as a team to complete this project? Analyze and reflect on your team process. What did you discover about yourself as a team member?…
Moving forward, the COVID-19 pandemic will have lifelong effects on so many aspects of our lives, but most importantly the healthcare industry will forever be changed. The definition of what it takes to be a healthcare worker will be changed. Globally, I think healthcare institutions and protocols will be re-evaluated and this will hopefully start an improvement of healthcare across the world. I feel and hope that more funding will go into biomedical research, medical supplies and equipment production, and…
After completing the ethics assignments, I realized even more so that nurses play a huge role in the contribution to ethical conduct of research and implementation of research findings. Especially after watching the film “Miss Ever’s Boys” in which the main character is a nurse who participated first hand in the famous Tuskegee Study. This film demonstrates just how important nurses are in maintaining ethical conduct for all patients. Miss Evers was basically caught in between taking orders from the…
