Reading
To be successful in nursing courses, students must be able to read and comprehend a large volume of information. Also as a nurse we are dealing with different people different collateral value, in order to give good care as a nurse we have to know patient’s like and dislike by reading a book about their culture
Numeracy is important to nursing in order to drug administration, Drug prescribing, Fluid balance calculation, Children’s nutritional needs, Intravenous fluid requirements/rates, Calculations related to weight/BMI , I find it hard to remember a time when I wasn’t interested in maths. It Was always my favourite subject at school, but even before that I know I liked play with numbers. Well the reason why I like math is because I am a visual learner. When teachers do examples on the board I can see exactly what is going on. It makes it simple and straightforward for me I also enjoy Math because I like how everything is either right or wrong there is no in between. Also, maths is a game and fun when you get this really hard problem and you finally figure it out. When I was second semester i was too scared to get 90% and above the drug calculation exam, however it is basically ratio/proportion and basic algebra. The other thing I was needed to be concerned with is converting from one unit of measure to another.
Administration , Plotting and recording data . Accurate mathematical calculation is a critical skill that nurses must demonstrate in order to administer medications safely. The consequences of getting a calculation wrong could be life threatening. It is of concern that these student nurses did not have the ability to perform drug calculations at a 90% mastery level. It has been recommended that admission requirements be reviewed, and that students are tested throughout their programme and that skills are reinforced both in the classroom and practice setting. This could be achieved using a variety of methods, supporting a teaching and learning framework to integrate analytical and procedural competence underpinned by the creation of national standards. Also, both educators and practitioners must take responsibility for ensuring adequate support and guidance is available to student nurses.
Documentation is such an essential part of nursing. Nursing Documentation will be useful for nursing students and staff nurses. If you completed a patient assessment and then looked at a previous assessment, could you make a better decision about what to do next for the patient? If the previous assessment was properly documented, the answer would be yes. But if the previous documentation was incomplete, then the employee would have a hard time making a good decision! Documentation does impact the quality of care given. Documentation must be accurate, clear, concise, complete, and timely. Speed is of the essence when working in healthcare, but accuracy and completeness are imperative when documenting. Do not let the patient’s health be compromised by worrying about the speed; make sure it gets done right the first time. Documentation must have meaning today, tomorrow, and in the unforeseen future. One of the difficulties with documentation is that we never know when what we document will be needed. You want to make sure the right information gets documented and that documentation is done correctly. Nursing documentation is important and not just for legal purposes. The results and benefits of nursing documentation are greater than the sum of the tasks themselves. It isn’t an easy task, but it is necessary and it is a way of giving high-quality patient care.
Nursing, in essence, is all about service. Service for other people, the ill and the well. We all know that, especially us nurses. But sometimes we forget that essence, and so practising our profession becomes a little more difficult and challenging. When we remember the ultimate aim of nursing, our tasks become lighter, because we know why we do what we do. Even though many times during the course of our work we may experience all kinds of negative emotional experiences and stress, it helps to be reminded that since nursing is all about service and providing care, our emotional responses and personal gripes don’t really matter much. In other words, it’s not about us, it’s about them, our clients.
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