After spending 4 days in the OB section and being hospitalized multiple times throughout my pregnancy, I wouldn’t have made it without my nurse, Anna. I always knew I wanted to have a job in the medical field but because of her, I have decided that I want to also become a labor and delivery nurse. Restrictions I am hoping that in the near future I can become a labor and delivery nurse. But just like any other career choice, this decision comes with restrictions. The main thing that is blocking my path of this career choice is the amount of education needed. Though I have been taking a lot of college classes as a high school student, I am still looking at about 3 or more years of education after I graduate. Because I do already have a baby, trying to pay for her and my education will be a very difficult challenge. I am going to have to work a full time job, on top of school, and on top of being a mother. This is going to lead me to an absurd amount of stress and little time to do just about anything else. This will create an even bigger fear of mine- not being able to see my daughter. However, I am going to have to stay determined in order to succeed for her. …show more content…
Those days a woman spends in the hospital with their new baby is something they will never forget. Having a good or bad nurse can make or break their experience- I know because it did for me. The nurse that I was in love with, Anna, told me that she had patients request not to have her care for them. That scares me because I do not know why anyone would not want her care. Her presence alone made me forget about the pain. I am scared that I would ruin this special experience for a patient. I am scared to have the life of someone else’s baby be in my hands. I am scared that if I made one wrong mistake, it could ruin everything for the mom or her
Leading You to a Healthy Lifestyle: Nurse Practitioners. I have imagined myself in several different careers that have interested me as I've grown up, from styling hair to being a fashion designer, and even a professional singer. Now, even though it is crazy to believe time has flown by so fast, I am at the age where I am deciding what I want to major in. Even though all of those professions I listed above were very interesting, there was one job when I was growing up that I knew would be a stable and interesting profession: a nurse practitioner. I have always been interested in health sciences and seeing as though I was familiar with a doctor’s office/hospital setting due to being born with a birth defect, I felt that nurse practitioner was the most suitable job for me.
It reflects trust, intimacy, and responsibility, which are elements essential to any nursing relationship. It is the core of nursing. In the article, “Dimensions of Caring: A Qualitative Analysis of Nurses’ Stories”, an analysis was done on over two hundred stories submitted by nurses around the world, illustrating the point that the practice of nursing encompasses much more than just technical skills. In one of the stories, a nurse stood by the side of a young mother grieving the loss of her baby with nobody else to turn to. This nurse accompanied the 19 year old mother to the cemetery the day after the baby’s death, New Year’s Eve, to bury her baby that had been born at just 22 weeks gestation. She bought her a book on grieving and loss and supported the woman during that difficult time. This nurse did not have to do that—she did not have to go above and beyond for this stranger. But she did. She felt empathy and compassion for this woman and she acted on that. That is what nursing is about, going above and beyond, making emotional investments into the lives of other people. The significance of the actions of this nurse cannot be overstated. We will never know the full impact that this nurse made on that young woman’s life; perhaps she saved her life, or changed the direction of it for the
In the society we currently live in today, medical careers are a vital factor regarding the well-being of citizens in the United States. Neonatal nurses make up a very small part of this field, but still play a huge role. Our population depends on neonatal nurses, for the reason that they assist newborns, who were just brought into this world, in becoming stable and healthy. Evidently, in order to become a neonatal nurse, a particular education is required. In addition, with this career comes both a number of benefits and burdens. Overall, in our country, even in the world for that matter, neonatal nurses are needed and the demand for them will continue to grow in the future.
It is a place filled with babies but the robust cries normally present in a nursery are muffled by the sounds of alarms, monitors, and concerned parents. A world in itself completely focused on saving lives. My dream is to be a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurse because I desire to provide critical care and communication skills, along with emotional understanding and stability to the tiniest humans, and their parents.
Imagine having a job that helps guide mothers during their process of bringing new life into the world. Imagine being one of the reasons a new life was brought into the world. Labor and Delivery nurses are responsible for being a good support system to women experiencing childbirth. L & D nurses help guide mothers through labor before and after the birth of their newborn(s). Due to my fascination in helping mothers bringing new life into the world, I have chosen to attend Germanna Community College and continue my education at the University of Virginia in order to pursue my career as a registered nurse specializing in labor and delivery.
Life goals are something everyone wants to accomplish, but how will they do it? Well, I have a few life goals and a plan to make it happen. My life goals are so important to me I have already started to accomplish them. These goals will take time to accomplish, but I’m on the right track.
Once I am an RN, labor and delivery is the field I want to continue my education of nursing in. This would be a very rewarding job for me. My love for babies and families would continue to grow over the span of my career. Seeing the effects that a baby may bring to an individual/a family’s life is something that I want to witness. I want a job that brings happiness and excitement to me when I wake up in the morning to attend my job.
I believe that nursing is a growing field with new advancements that will assist nurses in their line of work now and in the future. I want to take part in that change as I move forward in becoming a nurse. It has always been my dream of becoming a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, and I am determined to accomplish this goal. I am extremely grateful for how far I have come in school and the goals I have achieved. Each day I am eager to learn and discover new things and meet new people who will help shape me into a well-rounded
A labor and delviery nurse has vast knowledge of the process and methods that are required for delivery and bring a new life into the world and is educated with the responsibilities of assiting the new born babies with their medical issues. Considering all the responsibilites needed to take on this career, such as assisting women with complications within the pregnancy, delivering a newborn and managing post birth issuses, the nurse must be professional in his or her work at all times. All people wishing to pursue the career of being a Labor and Delivery Nurse must also have good analytical skills, as part of there job to montior and analyze the mother and child (CollegeAtlas.org).
Desiring a career in the medical field, I am currently studying to be a Obstetrics and Gynecology Nurse or OB/GYN nurse. OB/GYN nurses specialize in the health care of women. The focus is mainly on helping women through pregnancies, labor, childbirth, and postpartum care; they provide care for women throughout every stage of their life("Obstetrics and Gynecology Nurse (OB GYN)"). The care provided by an OB/GYN nurse is critically important during the fickle months of a pregnancy. The nurse also provides support to the soon-to-be-moms as they may have a wide array of physical and emotional change throughout the duration
It’s been my desire, longing for a nursing career since I was in my primary and secondary school. At the age of 12, I began to look after children and baby-sitting then, from there, I gained the understanding of how to deal with children. Nursing is one of the highly demanding careers that bring new challenges every day and it comes with various rewards and a real sense of job satisfaction. I chose nursing because it is a profession where you never really finish learning. It has been my dream job since my tender age. Seeing nurses visiting my school treating students, immunisation, teaching us about health and sexual health issues, this encouraged me. My goal and desire at that age have been to help people within the Health sector. That is how; I decided to go to college where I am currently doing my Access to Higher Education Diploma (Science), which involves Biology and Chemistry. I chose this pathway because I want to gain the relevant skills and knowledge of my career to be. As someone who wants to become a nurse, I found biology as an important role in the delivery of client car...
Rocky IV was produced in the year of 1985 and directed by Sylvester Stallone, who also plays the main character, Rocky Balboa, along with Dolph Lundgren and Carl Weathers. This film is much more than a victory for the American champion, Rocky Balboa as it highlights the hardships of the Cold War. The film focuses on then tensions of the Cold War in the shadows of Ivan Creed and Rocky Balboa, but more importantly, it communicates the powerful message that despite two countries’ long history of rivalry and hatred, there can be change. The story of Rocky IV conveys the significant competition and mutual conflicts that had developed between the Americans and the Soviets during the Cold War.
To complete my labor and delivery rotation for NUR-113, I was assigned to a client in the labor and delivery unit and followed her labor process throughout the duration of my shift, I observed the nurse’s role, doctor’s role, medications given, the patient, the patient’s family and evaluated myself. The client that the RN was assisting was a 21 year old, white unmarried female with O+ blood, at the end of my shift she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy after a few complications during the labor process. Gravida 1, Preterm births 0, Term births 0, Abortions 0, Living Children 1, after the birth ...
This week’s clinical experience has been unlike any other. I went onto the unit knowing that I needed to be more independent and found myself to be both scared and intimidated. However, having the patients I did made my first mother baby clinical an exciting experience. I was able to create connections between what I saw on the unit and the theory we learned in lectures. In addition, I was able to see tricks other nurses on the unit have when providing care, and where others went wrong. Being aware of this enabled me to see the areas of mother baby nursing I understood and areas I need to further research to become a better nurse.
Both aspects are important qualities to address; doing all that is possible to advocate for, protect, and educate the patient will create a better patient-nurse relationship. Spending time with patients is also important, since the ability to listen to individual concerns and reasoning for decisions can improve the quality of care that is received from the nurse. Another positive aspect of nursing that the nurse describes relates to her experience in working on a labor and delivery floor, which is that she can help in bringing new life into the world. This can also loosely relate to the impacting event that she describes, because although she was not bringing new life into the world, she could help ease someone out of life, and support them through each decision that they