When I was a kid back then I was dreaming of going to America. My parents advises me to study hard and pick a profession that is in demand every part of the world. I was so not prepared on what profession that is in demand so my sister Belinda who was studying Nursing at The University of Santo Tomas encouraged me to follow her footstep. I was contemplating to take Medicine but my brother Manolo who was an Intern at the Jose Reyes Memorial Hospital in Manila was complaining of sleepless night and unable to attend family reunion especially on Christmas and New Yeara eve.
He would drop by just to have a quick bite of foods. So this type of work interupted my ambition of becoming a doctor. So I was back again to Nursing. On my era at that time Nursing profession were more on the ladies side except if you are gay. So took a big gamble and decided that profession. I love to take care of people and be voice of the patients especially if they do not receive the proper care that they deserve. I graduated in 1979. Took the board exam and almost landed among the top 10 where highest grade on my exam was 85% and my score was 81. 3 %.
Too bad I did not made it but satisfied enough that I passed it with flying colors compared to my Summa Cum Laude who got 75%. Right then I went directly to practice Emergency Room nursing which I love it very much due to I could practice all the fields that I studied. Being in the E. R. it requires intelligence, able to identify the problem of your patient thru the sign and symptom they are manifesting, laboratory result, chest x-ray report, CT scan report and other test that were done. Anticipation on what will happen next and what is your solution before that problem comes in.
The Research paper on Perception on the Nursing Profession and Career Choice of High School Students
... job (1); nursing profession is enjoyable (1); nursing is a profession to be proud of (1); nursing tackles sciences and ... students (27 students) perceive nursing profession as “providing care”; followed by “nursing is hard/difficult profession” (24 students); and “ ... course. And therefore, the respondents perceive nursing profession mostly as a profession that provides care. Recommendation Based from ...
Being in the field of nursing even getting you license is not enough to make you to be good on what you had studied as basic knowledge. You had to constantly take advance learning skill like continuing education in regards to your specialty or other specialty to stimulate your thirst for extra knowledge. In my fields I have taken basic ECG reading and interpretation , advance ECG interpretation , Advance Cardiac Life Support , Basic Cardiac Life Support , CPR, Bone Marrow Interpretation , Understanding pain and their different methods of treatment modalities.
Advance nursing care of old people, Advance nursing care of neonates ; pediatrics ,cancer patients ,etc.. So Education does not end after you graduated from college. It is a continuing process of your professionalism. Besides here in the US it is mandatory to take a 30 hrs. of continuing education that is related to your profession before you could renew your license which is every 2 years. There is no exemption to the rules of the California Board of Nursing. Now I have 2 kinds of Nursing specialty which is Dialysis.
In dialysis I have to study Plasmapheresis, Continuous Veno-Venous dialysis ( CVVH), Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis and lastly Hemodialysis. To be on that field you have to go to school for this specialty. It is not just you go for training that what in the Philippines does. Her it is different. You have to be certified by that specialty. You have to pass the difficult test. You have to meet the requirement that is you should be a BSN graduate, had 2 years of Acute hospital training or work, 1 year of hemodialysis work experience.
The certification does not increase your salary but but your Status Quo. It makes you proud of yourself of what you had accomplish to upgrade your profession. People pay respect on you when they see that letters after the word R. N. Now I do specialized again in two settings of Hemodialysis which is Acute Dialysis which is the hospital setting. In that setting you perform the dialysis treatment either Peritoneal dialysis or Hemodialysis in the patients room.
The Term Paper on Advanced Practice Nursing Role
Health professionals like nurses have a chance to go for autonomy in the nursing career which is beyond the practice of being a staff nurse. Various pathways for advanced specialization in nursing career have been established for the past few decades. This expansion of responsibilities and vision as a health professional helps nurses to fulfill growth as professional and as a person. Among the ...
You had to follow where that patient is located either in Emergency Room ,Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Intensive Cardiac Unit, Coronary Unit, Pulmonary Unit, Pediatric unit,Orthopedic, Rehabilitation unit, Psychiatric Unit, Medical or Surgical Unit , except for Operating Room and Obstetric where you do not want to contaminate that area with germs. On the clinic side I am a Clinical Nurse Manager. I have to manage the clinical side and Business aspect of the clinic. I have to take care of the entire population of hemodialysis which is 125 patients in 2 days that is excluding the Peritoneal dialysis patients.
I have several position besides being the Clinical Manager, I am also the Infectious Disease Manager and Anemia Manager. You see you have a lot of responsibility when you are in a position and working on a big company. Taking a big responsibility is not easy but rewarding once you had accomplished what you are aiming for. My advise to you is be a leader, excel in what you do, be a pioneer in your field and be a voice of your PATIENTS. Check your facebook account. I answered what I could think of in that small box I am typing. You could pick my picture with my Marilyn Monroe.
