Halfway through my senior year of high school, my friend, Hayley, died. Hayley left an impact on the lives of her peers. While cancer consumed her body, she continued to smile and focused her attention on her peers. After her unexpected death, I felt helpless and alone; I fueled those feelings into a passion to prevent the pain of people around me. Having previous work experience as a dietary assistant in a nursing home the year prior, I resolved to go back to one of the local nursing homes in the winter of 2016; however, this time as a CNA. As a dietary assistant, I learned the true meaning of compassion and grace for the misunderstood and forgotten. However, I had limited power to help the residents with their physical needs, so, I desired
When I was twelve years old, a close friend of mine passed away. At first, I didn’t know how to process what was happening. How can someone I’ve known for the majority of my life be gone? But then it finally hit me. My friend was really gone. There would be no more days challenging
I worked with Dementia and Alzheimer patients as a Certified Nursing Assistant for almost three years. Working with the elderly has been one of my greatest achievements. I assisted my residents with bathing, grooming and making them feel comfortable. I was able to create a favorable environment for my residents while working with them. I had the opportunity to see patients go from early stage to their last stage of dementia. This gave me an opportunity to want to do more for people who are in need of my care. From my experience, I learnt that nursing is not just a job; it’s a responsibility and a calling, and it requires that you derive joy in what you are doing even in the toughest moment of caring for your
Though most have a desire to leave earth and enter eternal life peacefully, without any sorrow, the departure of a loved one can be despondent. Previously in 2011, my grandfather passed away due to heart failure. It was an arduous battle, not only for my grandfather, but also for the close knit family surrounding him. His battle with heart failure enabled me to create unforgettable memories with him, even in his final days. Laughing together, playing together and learning significant values about life together made me grow to become a more mature and wise person. Therefore, my personal experience is entwined with empathy because the death of my grandfather has made me realize how dismal it is to lose someone important. It also interplays with self-interest because I have grown as an individual to deal with the ache that is attached to losing a family member. It has helped me to realize how beautiful the gift of life is. Stephen Dunn, the poet behind Empathy and my story are connected because they both involve the feeling of empathy for others and the self-interest of an individual. They help us to grow and learn about ourselves and the emotions of
Who is going to care for our aging population when they are unable to care for themselves? A Certified Nursing Assistant, also referred to as a CNA will. A CNA has many responsibilities in the healthcare field. CNAs are the primary caregivers to residents in long-term care facilities and hospitals. CNAs help residents perform activities of daily living. A few examples of activities of daily living are feeding, bathing, dressing and toileting. With all the responsibilities CNAs have, their job can be stressful. The night shift for CNAs requires getting patients ready for supper and put to bed. Some people may think this is simple, but it is not. On average a CNA is responsible for twelve residents while toileting every resident, assessing their needs, and watching for the other residents call lights, CNAs need to have every resident to supper by six o’clock. Once all residents are at the table for supper, CNAs must give each resident their trays and then feed them. Once they are done feeding the residents, CNAs start taking residents to bed. While giving bedtime care CNAs toilet the resident, wash the resident, brush their teeth, put pajamas on them, and transfer them into bed. While giving night time care CNAs need to listen for the alarms of fall risk residents, answer call lights, and be patient with the resident they are giving care to. CNAs need to give quality care
On February 14th I spent a day doing something I never thought I would do in a million years, I went to hospice. I always thought I would hate hospice, but I actually didn’t mind it too much, it isn’t a job I see myself doing in the future but it is a job that I understand why people do it and why they enjoy it. During this observation I was touched by how much these nurses really seem to care for each of the patients that they have.
“A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless, are the true gold mines of a culture.” –Abraham Joshua Heschel. I decided to do my senior project on becoming a certified nursing assistant because I believe CNA’s go beyond their limits for their patients. This is in honor of all CNA’s who work hard to care for the sick and elderly.
...stants are on the forefront of basic resident care in long-term care centers (Sorrentuino & Remmert, 2012). They are essential to the day-to-day operations of these facilities because they aid the nursing staff in many aspect of resident care. Nursing assistants may be the first health team members to recognize the physical, emotion, and social, symptoms that may be common to residents experiencing serious or life-threatening illness. (Botonakis, 2012) Providing this crucial information to the supervising nurses is a very important to resident care. Emotional support and social interaction provided by the nursing assistant play an important role in the residents overall stay in a long-term-care center. It also adds to the residents quality of life. While not the most glamorous career field, the certified nursing assistant, is defiantly a necessary and important one.
I found a job as CNA for the patient who had disabilities. One patient in particular changed the direction of my life and started me thinking about working in medicine. I took care of an older woman who was unable to ambulate due to her diagnosis of stroke. She experienced chronic weakness of bilateral lower extremity so I supported her with my arms to steady her. When I looked into her eyes, I could feel her saying, “you truly care about me, understand me, and thank you for taking the time to sense my expression and desire.” That’s the care all of us have deep inside, where our motives no longer become self-seeking but other-seeking. This care has the power to exponentially change that person’s life and the lives of others. It is true that other patients helped me decide to go into medicine, but Stacy had the biggest impact in my
Having a group of senior citizens following you around for dinner most likely doesn’t sound like a fun night. However, working at a nursing home doesn’t feel like an actual job at all; I actually enjoy spending my nights at the Grand Residence. Not only has this job given me responsibility, but I also have built relationships with many residents. While spending my evenings at a nursing home throughout my high school career, I have come to the realization that I am comfortable and genuinely happy with pursuing a career in patient care in the foreseeable future.
My transition into the nursing profession was a major achievement for I am able to use my acquired skills to contribute to the community. As a bedside nurse and a staff member of a large medical establishment, I had to learn how to deliver care to a population that is very diverse. In order for that care to be effective, I must assume the roles of a counselor, therapist, educator, advocate and most of all as an interpersonal facilitator.
Cancer is a deadly disease that millions of people die from a year. Many loved ones are killed with little to no warning affecting families across our world. My family happened to be one that was affected by this atrocious disease. This event changed the way my family members and I viewed cancer.
My interest in nursing first stemed when my grandfather was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. Hospice had come into their home, and I was amazed at how they coped with their job. The people who took care of the person I loved the most, were compassionate and caring. Most of all they helped all of us through a time of need. During that time I realized helping people in whatever way I could in the medical field, was the career for me. My grandmother was also a nurse. She would tell me stories of when she worked in different hospitals. When I heard all of her experiences, I wanted to make memories of my own in the nursing field. This past summer, I took a CNA course at Valley Falls/Holton, Kansas. When I enrolled in this course, I thought
Compassion, determination and commitment are qualities I possess that I believe will make me succeed in an Adult Nursing Degree. I am elated to choose this course because it is interesting, challenging, rewarding and satisfying. I have a great passion in assisting the older person especially at their vulnerable state. My experience as a healthcare assistant has given me the opportunity to assist and care for vulnerable elderly people in and care and nursing home setting. The job required me to assist service users with personal needs such as communication, feeding, personal hygiene, elimination and other activities of daily living which has improved my skills and ability of being able to verbally interact in a satisfactory manner to individuals and groups, producing high standard written reports and effectively relating to people from all walks of life. I am excited to learn to meet the challenges adult nursing profession faces as it seeks to promote health and wellbeing. I will further learn on this course to take responsibility for providing personalised care, as well as respecting
My career of nursing is like the cyclical pattern of life, as time passes and situations are experienced, one is shaped into a certain individual/professional, ending up in places that never seemed to be part of life’s plan. Personally, the challenges and triumphs of providing patient centered care to help others live a healthier life, and aiming to prevent illness, is rewarding and quite humbling. As I continue to learn about opportunities to provide individualized care to patients and their families, I further understand the imperativeness of the “whole person,” which is a critical skill of a nurse practitioner. As a skilled clinician, progressing in my career as an aspiring family nurse practitioner in the Stony Brook University School of Nursing, I will impact my patients by providing them comprehensive care that will result in improved quality of life.
Sustenance direction is critical in light of the fact that many individuals trust that they can eat pretty much anything, and as much as they need, as long as they avoid concentrated dessert. Many are exceptionally astounded to find that different sustenances separate into sugars, as well. Instructing about segment control is another imperative piece of the training procedure. The part of activity in controlling blood glucose, circulatory strain, and lipid levels is likewise focused. Nursing care inside the hefty populace additionally requires the part of "guide" in that one frequently actualizes intercessions that energize family inclusion and advance confidence. The part of the teacher has changed massively finished the years. Medical attendants are never again just "specialists" who give out data. The part has advanced into that of a facilitator who causes the patient to learn, as well as backings them through the progressions expected to best deal with their disease(s). When working with any constantly sick populace, including large customers, nurture frequently end up assuming the part of the "supporter" with numerous intercessions including referral to different pros, (for example, dieticians, social laborers, and advocates). Backing assumes a noteworthy part because of the money related limitations that numerous customers confront. In view of CDC insights, corpulence influences racial and ethnic minorities and also individuals at bring down pay and instructive levels. Sadly, many individuals in our group have no medicinal protection, and little, assuming any, reserves for therapeutic care. Medical caretakers who work with the large populace