Saving the patient is my job, my duty, and like any other person's job, I have a professional status to accomplish.
The level of care that the varying healthcare professionals provided to these patients was fascinating and became intrigued to a career path in the medical field. Over the next couple of years, I narrowed the possibility
Being that I have grown up within a hospital setting, I understand how good care and communication by clinicians is necessary for a patient to heal. In achieving this I will build upon my already caring nature, and interact with patients and providers regularly to better hone and understand the interpersonal skills that are vital for working in
I want to know the patient and be the nurse who makes it evident that they are loved, important, and deserving of the best care. In the MICU, tragedies tend to outweigh the success stories. Death is inevitable. Mistakes will occur, and I will lose patients. During the dismal times, I want to be able to say that I did everything that I could to help that life.
Therefore, I’d enjoy being able to help patients with their variety of problems. Not only that, I’ve become well oriented and able to communicate with others as I grew up and continued to interact with different kinds of people. I get along with everyone and I listen to what everyone has to say. I also like to be very hands on and have everything precise and organized. I believe these characteristics will lead and help me to my future career as a health professional.
Through my studies of human expression and its reflection of how people deal with world events in different ways, I developed sensitivity to other worldviews that continues to prove useful through my daily interactions with people of different backgrounds. I have learned that just like art, medicine involves pattern recognition and derives insight from experiences. Similarly, what I especially enjoy about being a medical assistant is interacting with patients on a daily basis and getting to be a part of their medical experiences, even if it is just by lending an ear. The experiences on my path to a career in medicine have made me want to make a real, tangible difference in the lives of those around me – a difference that leaves my patients in a better condition than they were in before I met them.
This experience has allowed me to not only become confident in my work, but also thrive in a high-pressured environment while constantly applying and improving my critical thinking skills. I thoroughly enjoy the challenge of caring for patients with complex medical conditions while utilizing live saving monitoring devices and interventions such as, ventilators, arterial lines, Swan-Ganz catheters, intra-aortic balloon pumps, etc. However, I find the most rewarding part of my job to be providing compassion and emotional support to the patients and their family
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I am fully aware of how challenging working in this field can become however I have the ability to manage challenging situations, while staying focused on giving a high standard of care to every service users. I’ve worked with client with various disorder including progressive cancer (End of life), Clients with immune disorders and currently working with an elderly client with Dementia. My duties include practical, medical and personal care of clients during the night. Ensuring duties are carried out according to clients care requirement.
I am in my third year of nursing and I am currently working in a hospital on an Orthopedic Neurological Trauma Unit. I collaborate with patients to identify the prominent health issues they are experiencing and advocate to ensure the care they receive is the most effective for their healing process. Patient interaction, learning new skills and evidence based practice, and being hands on with patient care are the benefits of my job that I enjoy the most. I form a bond with these patients and listen to their personal story to ensure that I give care individualized for each patient. As a Family Nurse Practitioner, I can connect with patients of various age ranges and diagnoses by applying these
I am currently caring for a man with stage 4 prostate
Prostate cancer is the most prevalent cancer in Australia as reported by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2015). Despite the high survival rates in Australia (93%), it is estimated that the number of male deaths from prostate cancer will increase in 2015 (AIHW 2015). This disease has been recognized for high rates of mortality in elderly men of particular ethnicities. This report aims to adopt a Marxist perspective to analyse the issue of prostate cancer, in proposing that The number of men diagnosed with prostate cancer has grown considerably in the course of recent decades. According to Moyer (2012), the advance in screening methods, such as the Serum Prostatespecific Antigen (PSA), acknowledged as the most reliable biological
Chemotherapy is a very strong drug that leaves the patient with immediate and big impacts on their exterior and interior self. For example, one of the most common side effects/drawbacks that occur during the course of the treatment is nausea and vomiting, followed by fatigue, hearing impairment and many others. One of the most noticeable exterior drawbacks of chemotherapy is alopecia (hair loss) and dramatic weight loss. Chemotherapy drugs also cause long lasting and late developing drawbacks and risks to the patient’s health. These include heart problems, infertility, nerve damage, and kidney and lung damage.
Subsequently, I worked independently as an ER physician and felt like I had realized my dream of using my medical expertise in the forefront of medical emergencies and trauma. Although I had a sense of satisfaction with what I was doing, I eventually realized that I craved for more interaction and continuity of care with my patients. I wanted
As Aristotle once said “Quality is not an act, it is a habit”. I am proud to say that here at King Hussein Cancer Center, excellence and high-caliber service are the cornerstones of our fight against cancer. Our dedication to quality and safety is guided by our strategic vision and evidenced by our achieved successes. The years 2012 and 2013 especially illustrate our accomplishments as they have far surpassed anything we have attained before; from ground-breaking research and cutting-edge technology to our regional and physical expansion and national successes.
