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I have been in many hospitals since the beginning of my short life. The reasons for being there range from medical emergencies to just watching my mother do her job. I can say that being there for medical reasons and just being there, are two completely different feelings. I have no doubt, that these feelings are universal and felt by many people all over the world. Being at a hospital for medical reasons is a very different feeling than just being there. While I was sick and had to be hospitalized, I felt like the people who were enlisted to my wellbeing, were going to give me the upmost respect and give me their full attention. I was also overcome with a feeling of safety while staying at the hospital. I tried digging deep into my emotions …show more content…
Another feeling that I had while staying at the hospital was a slight sense happiness. What I mean by feeling this emotion is that, I had the upmost confidence in the people who were taking care of me. I had a notion that no matter what happened to me, I was going to get better. That I was going to triumph over what sickness lie within my body. That is what being in a hospital for medical purposes was like for me. Now, being in a hospital just for the sake of being there, is an entirely different ball game. When I was watching my mother work at her desk, I was overcome with a slight fear that I wasn’t welcome in some way, shape, or form. What I mean by this is that it had nothing to do with the staff at the hospital, or all of the people inside the building for that matter, I just felt like I shouldn’t have been there. The best way to describe that feeling is when you walk in a room …show more content…
While being there for medical reasons, I feel a sense of importance from the staff. I also feel an overwhelming sense of security and safety. The last emotion that I feel while being a patient in the hospital is that feeling of overcoming an obstacle, or in this case, a sickness. While being at a hospital just for the sake of being at a hospital, I feel a sense of dread and uneasiness. I also feel a responsibility to keep myself healthy and clean while I am there. The last emotion I feel while being at a hospital is a sense of helplessness. I think the main reason as to why I feel these emotions when I am there is because it has something to do with a state of
Think about it like this, if you were put in a place where care was low and based on the number of people are admitted wouldn’t you get stressed out. Now think about what stress does to the body. Terrible things right? Imagine stress on top of decaying of the mind and limbs from old age. This is a sure recipe for insuring that we stay in the hospital and on the operating table.
Berti. D., Ferdinande. P., Moons. P., (2007). Beliefs and attitudes of intensive care nurses toward
The phenomenon of interest has been identified as the expressions of caring by nurses on acute care general surgical wards (Enns, C., Gregory, D., 2007). This problem statement was addressed promptly and clearly in the article. The caring research that has been obtained in other studies has yielded inconsistent results due to the varying definitions of caring. Numerous research has been done on the phenomenon of caring by nurses specializing in several areas but the population of surgical nurses has been “relatively neglected in caring research” (Enns, 2007). Caring is a phenomenon that has been universal throughout nursing, it is a trend that will forever be current due to the ever changing scope of nursing. Increasing demands on nursing staff and the acuity of the patients causes stressors to the “surgical ward environment (and) affect nurses’ ability to provide ideal care” (Enns, 2007). The aim of this report is to answer the question “What are the expressions of caring from a surgical nurses’ perspective?” (Enns, 2007). An appropriate qualitative study has been chosen because “...
As a Nurse, one can choose which area and field of work they particularly like and would enjoy working in. For example, if someone struggles dealing with babies, children or child abuse cases, it would be strongly suggested to not work in pediatrics. Working in a hospital setting, it is unsure as to what type and class of patients are going to walk in the door. As a nurse, personal values, beliefs, and morals need to be set aside when it comes to patient safety and patient centered care. All patients are treated equal regardless of their socioeconomic status, race, gender, health history or physical limitations.
...rking in the hospitals all across the nation, and employing confident employees to those positions will make a large impact on how well people are treated in medical facilities. Every nurse should follow procedure and focus on the job at hand—healing people.
It was becoming increasing clear to me that the hospital environment was a community that I knew one day I wanted to be a part of. For three summers, I shadowed one emergency room physician who has been an amazing role model and mentor. This exposure taught me not only a plethora of terms, but to think critically and quickly and to prioritize and reason in ways that had immediate benefit. I also learned a great deal about bedside manner, and how important it is to be culturally and emotionally sensitive to patients. Like my family, this physician noticed so many important things about people- who they are and what matters to them. She knew just when to touch someone on the shoulder, or to step back. She accounted for age and class and race and subtleties that don’t even have words. She viewed each patient as a whole person. One night a woman was brought into the ER after a car crash and needed a neurological exam immediately. She was wearing a hijab. This physician kindly addressed the woman and asked her if she wanted the door closed while she took off her hijab. They both knew the cultural significance, helping this patient to feel respected and less
Have you even been stuck in a hospital room for days or months? If not, do you know someone, and have you notice a change. They might be experiencing ICU Psychosis. Here’s a real story shared by Welker, M. MSN “My mother was in ICU for four days and upon moving to a regular room she developed extreme paranoia and was very agitated. She wanted to call the police because the medical staff was trying to kill her. She told several family members they were mean to put her in a place like this, she was surely going to die. It was very scary to see such a change in her mental state”(2016).
Having that rush of feeling flowing through you as you see what is happening to a person and you are the only one keeping them stable for the procedure to continue. Having to watch someone’s vitals as they have the potential to fluctuate and change causing you to have to react with the correct stimuli is riveting. Being a Nurse Anesthetist has always been a dream of mine, and to be able to watch a person and help the make it through a surgery is exciting. I have always known I wanted to help people and Nursing allows me to help people like I have always wanted. Getting through nursing school I know will be tough especially with my past track record of how I did in high school, but I plan to change that here in my years to come in college. I
Hospitality is a major part of working a hospital. I feel we need to generous and friendly to everyone that we come in contact with. This includes the patients, their families, and fellow co-workers. Those that end up in the hospital are usually there because there is something wrong with them that renders them incapable of taking care of themselves. Our job is to not only to treat them but to take care of them as though they are our own family. We need to be generous and tend to their needs whether they be medical, spiritual, emotional, or physical within reason. We want the patients to take care of themselves as much as possible in order to maintain their independence and dignity. Being friendly to the patients and family will help them to relax. Being in the hospital as a patient or the family of the patient is very stress inducing and they need us to be an advocate for them and try to help them to keep a level head. In some cases, we are all the patients have and we need to make sure that we have a “friendship” with
...lan for the worst. If you are someone who can communicate, desires to learn, and can think in the most severe of conditions than this may be the job for you. If you cannot do any of these three things, they are the key components for giving adequate patient care, so this may be the wrong profession for you. It is a lot of responsibility knowing another persons’ life could potentially be placed in your hands. But, if you are good at what you do, and love what you do, the rewards outweigh the risks by far. There is no better feeling than sending someone home to their family, and it’s a blessing to be a part of that. It is far better to be overly prepared than none at all. You must see and treat every patient as you would want your most cherished loved one treated. This is a very challenging field to be in, but also extremely rewarding if you know what you’re doing.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that weird things happen at hospitals. From the moment the automatic doors open, you are enveloped in a different world. A world of beeps, beepers, humming radiators, humming nurses, ID badges, IV bags, gift shops, shift stops, PNs, PAs, MDs, and RNs. Simply being in a hospital usually means you are experiencing a crisis of some sort. Naturally, this association makes people wary. However, I have had the unusual experience of being in a hospital without being sick.
The adrenaline rush felt from trying to undress the patients and get them in to a bed before they deliver while walking is truly amazing. Not to mention the excitment that is felt knowing that I can make a big difference in saving a babies life. For example, whenever the babies heart rate drops down below 100 we rush them over to the critical part of L&D monitored more closely. Knowing that it is under my hands to get the baby rushed over in a timely manner and knowing that every second matters is a great feeling. There have been other moments of despair in labor and delivery. I have had moments where I can't help but cry with the patients. About a year ago we had a patient in a room who was an older women. She had been pregnant six times and all pregnancies terminated due to miscarriage. I remember this women laying down in the bed, I was by her side when the doctor confirmed that the baby was dead and they couldn't get a heart tone. As a medical assistant I did everything that I could under my ability to comfort her. I called her husband to come to the hospital and I stayed in the room to comfort her until his arrival. At this point of my life I am fully committed to my goal of becoming
Although students were not allowed in the recovery unit, I was able to talk to one of the recovery nurses. I learned that a nurse’s duty of care includes monitoring the patient’s vital signs and level of consciousness, and maintaining airway patency. Assessing pain and the effectiveness of pain management is also necessary. Once patients are transferred to the surgical ward, the goal is to assist in the recovery process, as well as providing referral details and education on care required when the patient returns home (Hamlin, 2010).
Although the lives of so many of these patients are not easy, they still find a way to keep going and not give up on their loved ones or themselves. That in itself gives me hope. “The Waiting Room” reveals how difficult a day in the emergency room can be, but in the midst of all the stress still lies a lot of hope. I respect every person in this documentary for sharing their story and perspective because in turn, it has widened mine. No story is the same, but at the end of the day, everyone is just fighting to stay
As soon as I got to the floor one of the nurses pulled into a room to see an SVT. She said the ambulance would be bringing the patient in and this would be a good thing for me to see. At that moment I felt some my anxiety lessen. I was happy to see that the nurses wanted me to learn and see whatever I could. I loved it in the ER. I got to see a variety of cases that were new to me. The nurse I shadowed would explain everything to me when we left the room and if an emergency came in she would ask the other nurses if I could observe. I loved the way the staff worked together. A patient would come in and the primary nurse would be in the room and another nurse would be on the other side of the patient helping. Nursing is by far a career that takes teamwork and in the ER you could really see it. I like that in the ER you see all different cases and this helps keep your skills