Evanston Hospital

Nursing has always been more than a career for me. As a young child, I expressed an innate emotional understanding of empathy and found great satisfaction in caring for others. Although, it was not until my father’s diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, did I fully begin to understand my true passion for nursing. Witnessing the collaboration between a multifaceted team of providers, and the quality nursing care that he received was astounding.…

the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), that rewards acute care hospitals with incentive payments for the quality of care provided. Hospitals are rewarded based on three district measures; the first is the quality of care provided to Medicare patients, the second is how closely clinical best practices are followed and the third is how well patient care experiences were during their hospitalization. Hospitals are no longer paid based on quantity but because of the incentive payments…

home, but the problem is that due to his new medical condition, he does not have enough HCW to bring him to home safely. She said that she had requested to her son's case manager Heather Pelcha and to her supervisor Kristina Wells, to come to the hospital and make a…

Jillian, great post. It is strange that this subject came up this week. Just last week in the clinic that I work in we had a patient that was in acute respiratory distress. Currently, I work in a pediatric walk-in clinic and this time of year we generally start to see an increase in respiratory issues. This particular patient came to the walk-in in the early morning having waken up about 4-5 hours prior feeling warm, not breathing well, and having a sore throat. By the time that the patient…

Importance of Sharps Safety in the Healthcare Setting Introduction Nurses, surgeons, and staff are exposed to one of the deadliest hazards every day: the exposure to blood borne pathogens. There is an estimated “600,000 to 1 million accidental needle sticks and sharps injuries that occur annually in health care settings (Potter, Perry, 2013).” A consequence that can result from being a worker in the healthcare field is exposure to blood borne pathogens with parenteral exposures to healthcare…

My interest in healthcare started at an early age stemming from my own health issues. The frustration and anxiety my family had to endured filling out numerous paperwork and shuffling to different doctors sparked my interest. In high school I excelled in science and math with the aspiration of becoming a doctor. However, in the middle of my freshman year in college, I was introduced to the health informatics major. It provides a vast array of opportunity and I would like to ensure patients…

through many obstacles in our lifetime, some of them are bad and others aren’t. However, we always gain knowledge out those obstacle or experiences we face which affects our personality and who we are as a human being. I remember waking up in the hospital seeing my mom and aunt crying. I first saw my elated father carrying food, because I was in a coma for 12 hours. After I woke up the doctor took me off the respirator and the IV. It all started last summer, when I was in Djibouti , my family…

On November 10, 2015 from 9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. in the Great Hall at Coffman Memorial Union in the University of Minnesota, I assisted the nursing and pharmacy students as they conducted their Immunization Tours on campus. I got there early and nothing had been set up yet. I talked to a nurse in charge and she gave me my volunteer t-shirt. She told me and the other three freshman nursing guarantee students to wait for a different nurse who would explain what we had to do. When she came,…

The practice of nursing is controlled through the standards of practice, licensure, and nurse practice acts (Harrington & Terry, 2013, p. 194). There are six (6) ANA Standards of Practice assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Currently as an LPN during the planning process I contribute and help with the development of nursing care plans for patients (Harrington & Terry, 2013, p. 204). I also can establish the patient's nursing diagnosis from…

One-third of the applicants that want to go into dermatology are declined. My goal is to be one of the majority and become a dermatologist. Dermatology is the field where physicians specialize in skin, hair, and nails. It will take a lot of effort to reach my dream career due to it being one of the most competitive doctor occupations. Furthermore, essential skills to becoming a dermatologist consists of being patient, durable, and organized. A person that is ensuing this career must have these…