Reflections on Nursing

You know, this course was interesting for me, and I feel like I learned a lot about myself.  I honestly didn't hate it, but I didn't love it either.  There were a lot of things that made me realize how difficult it is to be a leader.  There's so much "behind the scenes" stuff that has to get done, but when you think of being a leader, it's not really what comes to mind. XXXXX Reflecting back on this class, I've come to realize that I don't really feel like leadership is something that I want to pursue.  As I'm sure I've mentioned before, I love working with people.  I love the idea of having a team that I work with and guide and help to be better. The other things that I actually enjoyed (much to my surprise) were the strategic planning activities.  I actually really enjoyed sitting down and making a strategic plan to build new healthcare facilities in an area (idk I played a lot of Sim City as a child) or to plan out a new master's...

This week we covered risk management and legal responsibilities of the nurse leader.  Honestly, this is one of the parts of being a nurse leader that terrifies me the most.  I don't want to have to make these kinds of difficult decisions regarding risk management, and legal stuff is so far from my thing, it's actually kind of funny to imagine myself dealing with much of it. For our discussion this week, we were given this case study (modified from Nurses Service Organization (NSO)): A 27 year old male patient was brought to the emergency department (ED) by paramedics.  The patient was intoxicated, agitated, and aggressive.  The patient was a frequent flyer in the ED.  The patient's behavior limited the RN and ED staff from completing a comprehensive initial assessment.  For the patient's safety, four point physical restraints were ordered by the ED physician.  The RN requested that ED security apply the restraints, in accordance with hospital polic...