Creativity

When I hand in assignments for first year nursing I find that I am often struck by how tedious and repetitive it can be. I find myself searching for resources just to fill up my reference list. The content seems to also pull away from why I want to be a nurse. In a formal writing setting where there are rules that must be followed to make everything uniform I find that I am bored. The formal essay format seems to stifle creativity for the sake of making it easier to grade. Nursing has so much to do with people, and instead I am writing about reflecting on other people's theories. Of course I respect the fact I have to learn the theories, and I can learn a lot from them but I reflect on everything I do already. I don't know anybody who does not think about their actions afterward.


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Taking needles

So I was talking to my friend the other day and they said that their worst fear in going to a hospital was taking needles. Now I can understand not wanting to take a needle because of the "ouchy" pointy bit, but you are obviously there for a reason. They don’t start randomly stabbing people to test new drugs or measure your flinch reflex, though from a nursing perspective that sounds pretty nifty. As far as the whole worst fear in going to the hospital is so silly. Ask a person with a catheter if they would rather take a needle, nine times out of ten I guarantee they’ll take the needle. *Unless they are into that sort of thing.


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Clinical

Clinical is coming up in the New Year and I wonder what is going to come. I am so excited for that first time I walk down the hallway in my scrubs. What should I expect? Will it be a horrible whirlwind of activity or a great and fun experience? Clinical will show me if nursing is what I want as a career and the thought of it being exactly what I don’t want it to be is a bit frightening. Of course theses thoughts are probably just pre-clinical jitters. I am sure that, whatever the outcome, I will gain irreplaceable experiences in clinical that I will learn from and remember forever.

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Information Technology Helping Health Care

I believe that technology is helping to overcome barriers in health care. Instantaneously information can be communicated about patients for all health care workers. We can be sure that we are giving the best care possible with a lot of information from the Internet. Innovations like call centres that serve as information hubs for concerned patients without them having to enter a hospital reduces wait times and gives access to more people. Vital information from charts about patients can be communicated electronically in order to save time. Test results can be sent electronically to avoid long paper trails and mailing times. Technology is definitely helping health care workers to overcome boundaries, because vital time is saved to treat patients.