I need some help with some questions

[curlyqgurl83]

I am in need of some help. The nurse that I orginally asked to interview cancelled on me and now I have no one to ask some very simple questions. It would help me tremendously if a BSN would answer thses several questions.

1. What univeristy or program did you attend?

2. What made you become a nurse?

3. As a nurse, what work do you perform in your current work setting?

4. How do you interact with your co-workers to improve patient care? And what are your views on patient care and communication?

[Katnip, RN]

1. I went to University of Maryland, Baltimore

2. Nursing was what I've wanted to do most of my life. I went to school for it later in life because other things kept getting in the way.

3. Duties: I assist with activities of daily living, monitor patients vitals, inputs and outputs, behavioral changes, lab results and look for signs of impending trouble.

Assess each patient in the morning and use that as a baseline.

Administer meds, assessing those for anything that might be out of line.

Educate patients about their illnesses and treatments.

Perform procedures such as dressing changes, drop NG tubes, suction.

Give comfort and humor to those who are frightened.

Document everything.

I make it a point to learn something new everyday whether it means reading a journal article or looking up an unfamiliar condition or procedure.

And every minute of ever shift, advocate for the patient and their families.

4. People I interact with: Doctors--I'm lucky that where I am most of the docs listen to me, even as a new nurse and are willing to go with most things I suggest for my patients--even the attendings.

Physical therapists-we collaborate regularly on my pts who need PT.

Same with respiratory, IV therapy, Techs, social workers, and pastoral care. I am sometimes in direct contact with ancillary staff from radiology and the labs as well, depending on patient needs.

Again, I'm lucky to be in an environment where pt care really is important. No, it's not Utopia and there are problems, but nothing like I've heard about from other places.