Nursing Work Experience

Question: Explain Co-operative Nursing Work Experience. Answer: Weekly Journal The weekly journal is a log book comprising of the daily activities done, modules completed in the course and learning from those modules and their application by the student. The total number of hours in the course is 120 hours. An example is provided below - Date Number of hours Experiences Reflection 03.04.2015 05.04.2015 72 hours Psychiatric nursing class Main topics covered were delirium dementia and amnesia, with respect to over prescribing of drugs, incorporated into a good presentation I also did a research in delirium in children also included scholarly articles I felt pleased with my responses, and really felt proud of myself for doing a little research and helping myself formulate answers that incorporated what I thought with evidence to support it 06.04.2015 08.04.2015 48 hours Medical nursing The topics that were covered were the new technologies and advancements in nursing care and treatment procedures A general research was conducted by me which included the latest inventions and updates regarding the latest developments My overall performance was satisfactory, and I got an opportunity to encounter and use the latest procedures of medical testing Goals As per (Earleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Foley, 2011), cooperative nursing education aims at three basic concepts, which are: Practice of nursing which is evidence based My goal on Evidence Based Practice is to make clinical decisions based on evidence which can be categorized as follows - S Encompasses the clinical decisions taken based upon evidence M - Ranking of a procedure in accordance with Cochrane Systematic Reviews A Making decisions, which abide by the Clinical policies and follows the nurses code of ethics. R It provides better patient outcomes as it is a standardized procedure, and also expands the skills of the nurses T The time frame to complete this goal is a month Professionalism This goal includes expert performance at job and can be categorized under smart goals as - S Exhibiting skills pertaining to a trained professional, M Abiding by the Rules and Regulations of the underlying profession A - Application of clinical, theoretical and practical knowledge and independent functioning of an individual and exercising authoritativeness within ones extent of practice R Results in enhanced patients outcomes, and increased reputation of the organization T- It involves maintaining professionalism throughout the service duration of the nurse. Team dynamics This goal aims to establish a healthy relationship between members of the team and can be categorized under smart goals as - S Maintaining a healthy relationship with other members of a nursing team M Evaluating performance by measuring internal team dynamics A By initiating a performance based appraisal. R Enhances the performance at team and individual level, Promotes healthy relation among co-workers T This goal can be maintained by compiling and assessing team data every month. Job description The employer decides the expected set of responsibilities for nursing co- operative students, abided by the regulations of the state with respect to nursing practice. Despite the fact that the undergraduates is instructively arranged to perform nursing jobs, the employment depiction must be steady with Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations. A student involved in pre-licensing program for nursing does not hold enough experience to work directly at a nursing position. For this, students need to complete first courses on clinical nursing, which is Junior I and then continue Co-op, finally qualify to work as a nursing assistant (Cleary-Holdforth Leufer, 2009). References Cleary-Holdforth, J., Leufer, T. (2009). Evidence-based practice: Sowing the seeds for success.Nurse Education in Practice,9(5), 285-287. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2009.06.002 Earleà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Foley, V. (2011). Evidenceà ¢Ã¢â€š ¬Ã‚ Based practice: Issues, paradigms, and future pathways.Nursing Forum,46(1), 38-44. doi:10.1111/j.1744-6198.2010.00205.x