... Role Trasition: Licensed Practical Nurse to Registered Nurse July 18, 2008 Role Transition: Licensed Practical Nurse to Registered Nurse The word “nurse” can conjure up many different mental images and emotions, depending upon whom you ask and the experiences that person has had with various nurses. There is a good reason for this. The nurse has many different responsibilities and roles. This paper will focus on relationships and transitional changes from the Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to the Registered Nurse (RN) role in the nursing process, as well as this nursing student’s observation of the role changes in the Home Health Care setting compared to literature reviewed. It will also include changes that must be made in this nursing student’s practice in order to assume the role of a Registered Nurse. Relationships and Transitional Changes from the LPN to RN Role According to the Oregon State Board of Nursing: “Practice of registered nursing” means the application of knowledge drawn from broad in-depth education in the social and physical sciences in assessing, planning, ordering, giving, delegating, teaching and supervising care which promotes the person’s optimum health and independence… “Practice of practical nursing” means the application of knowledge drawn from basic education in the social and physical sciences in planning and giving...
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...Task 4 Laura Simmerman, RN GLT1 Issues Behavioral Science Undergrad October 20, 2014 Sociology is the study of social behaviors. In social science or sociology, there are two specific research methods commonly used. Social anthropology is considered the holistic study of humanity. This field promotes culture as a scientific concept. Anthropologists use the study of social anthropology as the means of studying how culture affects how people adapt to their environment in non-genetic ways. In both sociology and cultural anthropology there are 2 large categories of research. Quantitative research is quantifiable, meaning measureable, and is collected by analysis. The collection must be able to be counted or mathematically calculated. In general, the idea of doing quantitative research is to be able to apply statistics to large populations of people. On the other hand, qualitative research involves interviewing or observing people. It helps us understand the “experience, meaning of life worlds, the essences of experience, the attentive practice of thoughtfulness, and caring attunements is extended” (Munhall, 1989). Qualitative research is able to be present with not only social research but experimental, linguistic, and cultural context research. It helps us study the human experience. Subcategories of these research methods will be discussed in comparison to sociology and cultural anthropology. When researching a hypothesis there is a research approach catered to each...
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...graduates who will embrace their career, succeed in their chosen profession, and meet the growing needs of the healthcare community. • We provide practical hands-on training so you don’t just sit in a classroom and hear lectures. You’ll apply what you’ve learned every day! • We work with you personally to explore financial aid options. We are experienced and trained specifically to help you find a way to finance your education. • Our instructors are qualified professionals with industry-related experience. Their realworld knowledge brings excitement to the classroom with examples of what you’ll be experiencing on the job! • Most importantly, we work closely to assist you in finding the job that’s right for you! From résumé preparation to interviewing techniques, we’ll help you make the right impression with prospective employers the first time! • Concorde is an Accredited Member, ACCSC. The Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges is a recognized accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education. 111 N. Havana Street Aurora, CO 80010 303.861.1151 For more information about our graduation rates, the median debt of students who completed the programs, and other important...
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...AMP-450V: Leadership and Vocation December 13, 2015 This paper will paraphrase an interview conducted with Ally Hobert hereafter to be known as A. Hobert, and provide insight her responses to questions related to her personal perceptions regarding, professional identity and stewardship. I had the pleasure of interviewing A. Hobert, a floor nurse on a medical surgical unit specializing on neurological patients within a hospital. The interview was conducted via phone and was conducted in a relatively short amount of time, less than 10 minutes, and was comprised of only four questions. This author felt, although it was short, the interview was able to accurately portray A. Hobert’s role as a registered nurse (RN) in the healthcare field. What leadership and professional means to her and how that translates into, and affects, her nursing practice and career. Role A. Hobert primary role as a registered nurse within her facility is to provide safe, effective patient care. Her duties include providing patients with; medication administration, education, active listening method, assistance with or conducting patient’s activities of daily living (ADL’s). A portion of her duty as an RN collaborating with different team members including physicians, speech, physical and occupational therapy. As a nurse I also coach and educate nurse techs and work alongside them as they assist in feeding, bathing, taking vitals and more. A large part of my role is advocating for my patients. “I am the to...
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...Analysis of the Clinical Informatics Job Description Ann Miller American Sentinel University Analysis of the Clinical Informatics Job Description What is an Informatics Nurse, an Nurse Informaticist? When people ask me what job that I do and I reply “Informatics”, they get an interesting look on their face. The look is of concern and of that is not what a nurse does. The public is not educated in what this position’s importance really is and that is too bad. What is a typical day like for an informatics nurse like myself? That question is easy. There are no typical days! I can honestly say that this is what I like about my job position. Some days I am going to staff meetings where I am educating on a new process to a page from the floor that a provider needs my help. I have many computer classes to teach for staff, nursing students, providers, and soon 80 or so high school students who will be joining us for the next seven months to learn patient basic care and documentation. In my spare time- I do get some from time to time, I have many projects that I am working on to optimize the electronic medical record. The projects can be getting rid of any paper processes that remain and doing whatever it takes to get them all electronic from the development of provider order sets (Powerplans), to nursing processes, and education. You cannot forget about the education. Education has to come in many formats, including group settings (staff meetings), one-on-one, on-line...
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...Discuss the difference between nurses prepared at the baccalaureate degree level and nurses prepared at the associate degree level. Abigail Fosu Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V 11/08/2015 The associate degree and the baccalaureate degree nurses are both RNs who have taken and passed the NCLEX proficiency test and are licensed to practice nursing. They both have in most cases the same job titles and duties. However the difference between these two nurses are the educational levels attained. The BSN nurses has educational background that prepares them to be ready for the demands of the job. As they take more core classes which shape and build their skills as nurses. Education and training. The commitment require to become a baccalaureate degree nurse is more than that of an associate degree nurse, BSN nurses are in school for four years where as an associate degree program takes two years. They take more humanitarian and social science classes, as well as classes expanding deep into theory, evidence based practice, nursing research and patient care. The baccalaureate students also are able to build and learn leadership and managerial skills through team projects that they are required to participate in during their study. They are able to develop strong critical thinking skills and problem solving skills within the four year period. Unfortunately ADN programs focus directly on the basic nursing skills, how to perform, duties, techniques and procedures as nurses. . ...
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...Health Care Interview HCS/235 December 10, 2013 Health Care Interview An LPN is useful in a primary care setting; LPNs' have a larger scope then Medical Assistants. A university of phoenix student conducted an interview with an LPN named Melissa Apadoca. Melissa works at Kaiser Permanente in the Family practice and Primary care facility. Just a brief background on Melissa, she has been an LPN for 7 years. Did her LPN training at Denver School of Nursing. Melissa is currently enrolled at the University of Phoenix pursuing her LPN to BSN to become a registered Nurse. She is in her freshman year at the University of Phoenix and anticipates on being done by the end of 2015. A brief over view of the Family Care clinic Melissa works at for Kaiser Permanente. This department has an over all of 15 providers, this includes doctors, D.Os’, Nurse Practitioners, and Physicians assistants. Melissa’s role in the department is mostly direct patient care in the aspect of Medication distribution and medication injections. Her biggest role is in giving patients test results, such as blood labs and other pathology results over the phone. University Of phoenix student: “with going over your primary responsibilities in your specific department at Kaiser Permanente, who are your primary customers”? Melissa Apodaca: “we are a family practice clinic”. So what that means is that we see people from birth to death”. “So I guess the answer to your question would be people of all ages are...
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...Module 1 – CASE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; CHALLENGES AND CHANGES Case Assignment In today’s job market we see many human resource management changes and challenges evolving with the changes in a competitive market environment. One goal of the human resource department is to hire employees that will be as productive as possible, which in turn leads to more revenue and the success of an organization. In healthcare we see even more challenges; making sure there is enough staff members to care for the patient load, keeping morale high, keeping the budget down, making sure the employee is properly trained and oriented, to name just a few. First, explain the significance of human resource management and then identify and discuss the following: 1. How organizational restructuring has impacted staffing in healthcare organizations. 2. Does decreasing the number of employees always save an organization/company money? Why or why not? 3. How would you select a “qualified person” for a position? What about a successful leader in healthcare? 4. Discuss other specific human resource issues that are relevant in the healthcare setting. Note: In preparing your response you should not only draw from the assigned readings but should also incorporate additional research you conduct on the subject. Be sure to properly cite all references used in preparing your paper. Assignment Expectations Number of Pages: 2–3 Scholarly Content Your CASE/SLP and your case assignments are...
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...like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression. They’re also trained in behavioral therapy, which allows these nurses to teach patients, and their loved ones, how to deal with challenges that go along with psychiatric disorders (http://www.discovernursing.com/specialty/psychiatric-nurse#.VH6R9DHF8rc) To become a psychiatric nurse, you must first go receive a great deal of education. This begins with your Bachelor’s of Nursing or Associate’s degree in nursing which can take two to five years to obtain. Next, you must pass your National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN). You must renew this certification every five years. Once you have completed the NCLEX-RN, you may begin working as a registered nurse in psychiatric hospitals and other mental health facilities. Psychiatric mental health nurses work with families, groups and communities. Psychiatric nurses begin their job by interviewing and assessing their new patients to learn their history, symptoms, patterns of illness, and daily living habits. Psychiatric nurses care for people with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, psychotic disorders, addictions, substance abuse, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias. With help from others and medicines, the nurses build detailed plans to suit the needs of every one of their patients. While they are going through treatment the nurses help them with counseling throughout the whole process. They also help them get everyday tasks done like grooming, dressing themselves...
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...| Master’s Prepared Nurse Interview | | 5/21/2014 | [Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document. Type the abstract of the document here. The abstract is typically a short summary of the contents of the document.] | When one interviews another about their career path, one learns many things about a person. This paper will be an interview with a person to be referred as Michelle Smith for writing purposes. While interviewing Smith, I realized that my nursing experience has mirrored hers in many ways. Various universities have similar missions and viewpoints. Nursing is truly a lifelong learning process; age does not determine when nurses stop learning. Summary of Nursing Career Smith is currently a master’s prepared nurse teaching in an associate level nursing program. Smith adopted a life learning path early in her career. She was an adult student in an associate level nursing program with a husband and two teenage daughters at home. In 1990, she graduated and she began working as a registered nurse. At this point in history, according to Smith, it was highly recommended that two years of medical-surgical experience be obtained prior to working in specialty areas. After working her two years on a medical-surgical unit, she transferred to an eight bed intensive care unit. “It was a different environment back then. If we had a code during the night we ran the code until the doctor made it...
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...enrolled in their RN to BSN program through the School of Nursing. I remembered before the class started how nervous I was. I wondered if I would be able to keep up with the assignments while working full-time but I proved to myself that it can be done. To celebrate, Dr. Ingram invited all the students from her Nursing 337 class to her house to have an “End of Quarter/Holiday party.” Thankfully, I didn’t have to work that night so I decided to go. I arrived to Dr. Ingram’s house about 6 o’clock. I walked through the door and immediately noticed there were a lot more people there than I had expected. Some of the faces I vaguely remember seeing in the orientation...
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...In order for me to get in contact with Gloria, there were a couple of steps I had to take so I can finally get to meet with her. As Gloria informed me, working at a medical facility, will always be busy. I contacted the Lake Bennett Health & Rehabilitation Center, in regards to interviewing with the property’s administration staff, as well as to get some information, on their everyday life. They informed me I had to make an appointment, and they can have one of their administration supervisors meet with me. The facility was the first one I contacted in regards to my inquiry. Gloria who is part of the Administration Management Department was kind enough to sit with me, and provide me with some answers and feedback as to what she does. Lake Bennett Health & Rehabilitation is a 120 bed skilled nursing facility located in Ocoee, Florida....
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...Life Review Assignment Lutricia Le The University of Texas at Arlington, College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N3261 Nursing of Older Adults Denise Cauble RN, PhD (c), CWOCN July 3, 2013 Life Review Assignment After learning of this opportunity to interview an elderly adult, I already had a candidate in mind. S.F. is the grandfather of my boyfriend and this was the perfect opportunity to learn more about his family roots. It made for an easier interview because I was able establish more intimate connections by interviewing the grandfather of someone so close to me. S.F. is an 80 year old Caucasian male living with his wife of 59 years in Mineral Wells, Texas. Born in Brazos, Texas, he is the middle of five children. During his adolescent years, he worked on his family farm with his brothers and sisters while pursing education. He graduated from Texas Christian University with a bachelor’s degree in education. He then moved forward to the Air Force in hopes of becoming a pilot, but discovered at this time that he was color blind and could not continue on. Afterwards, he continued his education at Texas Wesleyan University and obtained his master’s degree in education. He later became a basketball coach and teacher in Weatherford ISD and eventually became school superintendent. One of the more profound benefits of performing a life review was that S.F. was given a chance to reflect back and reminisce on past memories. During his interview...
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...not sure what she wanted to do, but she knew she wanted to go to Graduate School. After a few months of soul searching she decided she was going to pursue a Master’s of Science in Nursing with an emphasis in Education. She completed her degree and was still working as a bedside nurse for some time when an opportunity in the hospital opened up for an educator to teach the hospital’s new Computerized Charting System, and they asked her to assist. According to her it was only suppose to be a temporary position, but she continued to train members of staff in this new Computerized Charting System. After a few months she decided to go back to Graduate school and pursue a post graduate degree in Informatics. Graduate Education While interviewing HC, I learned that she chose to go to graduate school because she was never satisfied with being a staff nurse. Both her parents were Registered Nurses who...
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...is the highest in the VLBW (very low birth weight) infants. They are amongst the largest of the groups of infants that require more interventions and support procedures that come along. The smaller, less mature infants are more prone to infection since they have sensitive and immature skin that from any portal of entry, the higher infection rates are almost impossible to overcome. There are several factors to consider such as if the problem exists because of the prematurity of the infant or is it the effect of the environment or treatment given in the NICU. Hospitalized neonates, who may have multiple invasive procedures, exposure to antimicrobial agents, and indwelling medical devices, are at high risk for nosocomial infection (Stokowski, RN, MS, 2008, ¶ 1). Efforts needed to reduce the rate of infection require the understanding of factors that can cause the occurrence of infection and act of changing the...
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