1. Personally, I believe there is so much stigma surrounding mental illness due to a lack of knowledge regarding mental illness in the first place. Throughout time, mental illness has been portrayed so poorly by the media, such as old TV shows or movies, that create a bad image for individuals suffering from it. A lot of mainstream media throughout time has portrayed individuals with mental illness as “psychos” or “being the bad/evil guy”. And if you think about it,…
This medication reconciliation has taught me a lot about the process, as well as beginning to think like a nurse and address specific concerns about medications for a patient. For this specific patient, I noticed a few substantial safety concerns, specifically related to the patient’s diabetes. A good amount of the medications the patient was on, had the potential to interfere with blood glucose levels significantly. This raised some concern for me, as they already have issues with maintaining adequate…
The Smallest Action Makes the Biggest Impact Before beginning my first clinical, I was absolutely terrified. I did not know what to expect and I was so afraid of the endless possibilities that could happen. Most of these fears were trivial things, such as a patient not liking me, and that thought would make me spiral into contemplating whether or not I would be a good nurse. I don’t know why that was my biggest fear going into it, but…
Nursing is a collaborative form between concrete, scientific ideas and executing them in empathetic and compassionate ways, that it makes it an art form. Many people talk about how nursing is a work of heart and a work of art – as not everyone possesses the quality of compassion and empathy enough to practice as a nurse. In the painting titled, “Caring A Tradition in Nursing” by Marylyn Boyd (attached below), there is a depiction of caring and compassion that…
Nursing Module 3: Knowledge and Clinical Judgement This module really reiterated the fact that nurses need to have extensive knowledge when they are in practice, and knowledge about a variety of topics as well. When it comes to nursing, it is not just knowing diseases and their symptoms. It is also knowing how to communicate effectively, knowing legal and ethical practices, pharmacology, mathematic calculations, nutrition, IT knowledge, and much more. In order to learn all of this information, nurses must…
Nursing Module 1: Testing Strategies and Remediation After completing the first learning module, I learned a lot of valuable tips and strategies that I will be able to apply in my nursing education. Some of these tips and strategies I learned apply to test taking, such as tests provided by professors throughout the next two years and the NCLEX. One strategy I learned is regarding question styles. I found that NCLEX and nursing exam questions have a much different set…
A: Nursing is a collaborative form between concrete, scientific ideas and executing them in empathetic and compassionate ways, that it makes it an art form. Many people talk about how nursing is a work of heart and a work of art – as not everyone possesses the quality of compassion and empathy enough to practice as a nurse. In the painting titled, “Caring A Tradition in Nursing” by Marylyn Boyd (attached below), there is a depiction of caring and compassion…
