Please help me, I have some questions

TazziRN, RN · Jun 3, 2006

1. professionalism: providing the best care i am capable of giving and handling myself with pride

2. love of my job and the desire to help

3. everything i do, i am accountable for

4. knowing what needs to be done in an emergency without waiting for someone to tell me

5. when there is a good outcome

aaAbbBccCddD · Jun 3, 2006

Thank you so much TazziRN!

Is there anyone who has other ideas? Please tell me!

aaAbbBccCddD · Jun 4, 2006

Could some one give me more ideas about my questions? Thanks a lot!

flashpoint · Jun 4, 2006

1. What does professionalsim mean to you?

Doing my job to the best of my abilities and up to the full scope of my practice while also delivering the TLC part of nursing. It also means showing up to work when scheduled, being on time and ready to work when you walk in the door, and having a neat, clean appearance.

2. What things guide you to provide professional nursing care?

Loving what I do...having been in the patient's shoes and in the family's shoes and knowing what I would need from a nurse during that time.

3.What are your accountale for in your nursing practice?

Nurses are accountable for everything they do. I am accountable to practice safely, to know and follow policies and procedures (but to know when to deviate), and to know what the doctor expects me to do and to do it well.

4. Can you give me an examples of being autonomous in your practice?

We are allowed to give advice like drink plenty of fluids, take Tylenol or Motrin for your pain and fever, and other things to treat symptoms until the patient can be seen or if they don't want to be seen. We can do routine dressing changes without someone looming over us. We also have policies that are to be followed to guide us when the "out of the everyday" things happen.

5. How do you know when you are providing effective professional nursing care?

When there is a good outcome or when the outcome is bad, but expected and handled in a way that is comforting to the patient and their family. It is also good when the really difficult patients that no one wants to care for thank you for all you have done...when the really tough ones give you a compliment, you know you did something right.

UM Review RN, ASN, RN · Jun 4, 2006

1. what does professionalism mean to you?

professionalism means giving patients dignified, respectful, confidential care to every patient to the best of my ability. it means keeping my character above reproach and keeping my credentials up-to-date.

2. what things guide you to provide professional nursing care?

a broad scientific knowledge base, clinical excellence that is evidence-based, a genuine respect for the human body and condition, and an intuitive ability and desire to help people.

3.what are you accountable for in your nursing practice?

i am accountable for those things i do and those things i do not do, in the effort to care for a patient. that is, i choose to follow the mds orders or not based on the standard of care for that patient. i initiate nursing standard of care where appropriate, based on my assessment of that patient. for instance, i would not follow an md order that would harm my patient. neither would i use a nursing standard of practice that was obviously not helping or not applicable to that patient. i have a legal, ethical, and moral responsibility to each of my patients to follow evidence-based guidelines for their well-being as well as an obligation to my profession, my state of practice, my patient, and myself when carrying out my duties.

4. can you give me an example of being autonomous in your practice?

i don't need doctors orders to do nursing interventions. i can withhold a doctor-ordered medication or treatment if i deem it harmful to the patient, even if temporarily (such as holding dig with a hr of

5. how do you know when you are providing effective professional nursing care?

that question is really all about evaluating patient response. the patient condition usually changes, either dramatically and immediately or more slowly, and the desired effect is achieved.

it's hard to say "the patient gets well" because that may not be your goal with that patient--for instance, the terminal patient's goal may be to ease pain and to facilitate the dying process with family members present.

aaAbbBccCddD · Jun 4, 2006

Thank you so much Cotjockey & Angie o'Plasty! Thanks a lot!