Working environments and conditions of a Nurse Anesthetist and a Physician Assistant are quite contrasting in most ways; but even so, with some comparisons. Nurse Anesthetist have working environments in every type of practice setting. Anywhere from the surgery room, to ambulances, to dentist offices, to the military. A Physician Assistant works in a constant working environment, usually a comfortable place in a hospital. The main duties of a Nurse Anesthetist is to prepare, administer, maintain, and oversee the use of anesthesia. Responsibilities of a Physician Assistant include a variety of tasks, they give physical exams, order and interpret labs, diagnose treat and counsel patients, assist in surgery, and set fracture. Salary of a Nurse
The nature of the work is very similar for the C.N.A. and L.P.N. A C.N.A. work includes performing routine tasks under the supervision of nursing staff. They answer call bells, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and help patients eat, dress, and bathe. Aides also provide skin care to patients, take pulse, temperature, respiration, and blood pressure and help patients get in and out of bed and walk. They also escort patients to operating rooms, exam rooms, keep patient rooms neat, set up equipment, or store and move supplies. Aides observe patient’s physical, mental, and emotional condition and report any change to the R.N. Likewise the L.P.N. provides basic bedside care. They take vital signs such as temperature, blood pressure, restorations, and pulse. They also treat bedsores, prepare and give injections and enemas, apply dressings, apply ice packs and insert catheters. L.P.N.’s observe patients and report adverse reactions to medications or treatments to the R.N. or the doctor. They help patients with bathing, dressing, and personal hygiene, and care for their emotional needs.
Physician assistants (PA's) practice medicine under the supervision of physicians and surgeons. PA's are trained to provide diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive health care services, as delegated by a physician. They work with members of a healthcare team, they take medical histories, examine and treat patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x rays, and make diagnoses. PAs may be the principal care providers in rural or inner city clinics where a physician is present for only one or two days each week. In such cases, the PA confers with the supervising physician and other medical professionals as
I believe that people everywhere should always have access to adequate medical care. Where you live should not determine whether you live, and the PA profession was created to improve the availability of healthcare in rural and other underserved areas. As a PA, I would be eager to help people have not had access to the care they needed. I want to serve those that need medical attention but don’t have the means to obtain it—whether in rural Michigan, the inner-city of Atlanta, or the backwoods of Arkansas. Making great medical care accessible to all is crucial to improving public health, and it is a necessity across this country and the world. As a physician assistant,
Although they bear some superficial similarities and differences between a Licensed Practical nurse (LPN) and Registered Nurse (RN) are well-defined. LPNs and RNs have many differences and similarities that many people are unaware of. Registered nursing and LPN are both types of nursing, but often have two different roles. Schooling, job duties, places of work and salary are all different when it comes to RNs and LPNs. The basic life support (BLS) had predicted 22% job growth for LPN between 2010 to 2020. For RN’s the projection is 26%. Even though both are growing but the registered nursing is growing a little faster. One will be Comparing and contras the difference between LPN and RN. One will also be comparing and contrasting how long one will
health care team who, with doctors, provide quality care to patients. In order to do that,
Let me begin by giving you a brief history. I was hired in 2008 as an operating room (OR) circulating nurse. I made very good friends with 4 other girls from the OR. One was a surgical tech, another was a circulating nurse, the charge nurse (at the time) but has gone back to just circulating and the other was and still is the OR nurse manager. For years, all of us would hang out together as well as take short weekend vacations together. In July of 2015, I was promoted to the OR Assistant Nurse Manager/Charge Nurse. This is the point where for myself, certain conflicts began. As the new Assistant Manager, I knew that there were some different aspects involved in my job. One main aspect was making sure that the everyday details of the OR ran
Moreover, as a physician assistant, my duties and responsibilities would include various tasks. I would examine patients and review patients’ medical history. I would perform diagnostic tests and diagnose a patient’s injury. I would provide treatment and console patients’ on the proper treatment. Lastly, I would assess
The idea of taking care of someone and providing assistance to a complete stranger is something not many people do. Seeing people at their worst, during a difficult, challenging and frightening moment of their life is not a job many people would take. However, being there for a person at their time of need is what captivates me the most. Nursing, a career I want to pursue and one that is on my to-do list. Being a nurse entails a lot of things; you must be strong, passionate, hardworking, and caring. Becoming a nurse is my ultimate career goal. In the long term a clear-cut decision would be to further continue my education and become an Nurse Anesthetist with a Master's degree.
Standing at the starting line of the full marathon I felt anxious and nervous. Not only was I excited to accomplish this goal, but also I was nervous about the difficulty of this task. However, when I crossed the finish line and accomplished this goal, I realized that a new and possibly more difficult goal was about to start. This goal was not only to complete Physician Assistant School but it was to strive to excel in a career as a Physician Assistant in a rural primary care setting. Driven by my intrinsic personal traits of leadership, compassion, and commitment, I am motivated to achieve this goal of excelling in my career as a Physician Assistant.
The Nurse Practitioner vs. Doctor debate is one examples of how Nurses are viewed in the media. As the shortage of primary care doctors increases in some parts of the United States, the question of whether nurse practitioners should have the same duties as physicians presents.
American Association of Nurse Anesthetists. Professional Aspects of Nurse Anesthesia Practice. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, 1994. Print.
Patient care assistant (PCA) works under the supervision of the of an RN to provide care for patient, prevent fall, monitor patient any behavior changes, take vital signs, maintain good hygiene and promote patient safety and nurse’s assistant with phlebotomy t...
By 2020, according to a study by Georgetown University in 2012, the healthcare industry will create 5.6 million more jobs. The medical field is rapidly growing, and hospitals are always in need of more doctors and nurses. For every surgery, birth, and chemotherapy treatment, there are many doctors present, including anesthesiologists. My mom is an anesthesiologist, and she has inspired me to pursue a career in this field. Today, I will be informing you all as to what an anesthesiologist does, how to become one, skills that are needed, their salary, general information about nurse anesthetists, and why I want anesthesiology to be my career.
The nurse must make sure all cosmetics, jewelry, nail polish, dentures, contacts, and glasses are removed. IV lines are started on the patient and antibiotics either started or hung for the doctor to start once the surgery begins. When transferring to the OR the nurse is responsible for passing off all information necessary to the health care providers. The intraoperative nurse is usually the first member from the surgical team that greets the patient and is the patients advocate throughout the intraoperative period. The scrub nurse is a sterile role in which you are gowned, gloved, and keep the sterile field from being contaminated. The circulating nurse is not gowned or gloved in sterile attire and is in charge of documenting the patients state and helping the surgeon with his needs such as run labs or pull up diagnostic tests or scans for the surgeon to see. Both nurses are part of the time out process and make sure the surgery is done on the right patient, right site, right side of body, and gets the count of the equipment being used before and after the surgery. The circulating nurse usually moves with the patient into PACU and gives the nurse there an
...the patient’s safety, gathering supplies needed and checking if equipment needed are working, setting up the sterile field, maintaining its sterility, and completing all the documents. Hamlin (2010) further states that RNs may be required to provide emotional support during the induction phase of anaesthesia.