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CHALLENGES OF BEING A
CRITICAL CARE NURSEKate B. Maquiran
Algely Anne K. Lamprea
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Activity
Objective: To promote awareness of our challengesas a student
nurse so as to practice on how toovercome it and taking these
challenges in apositive way to become competent
Pauliniannurses.
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Activity
Materials: Pad paper and ballpen
Instructions:
Make two columns
On the right column, list all what you haveexperienced that you
perceive as a challenge
being a student nurse in the area. On the left column, list all
that you do to
overcome these challenges.
Discuss with class
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ExampleChallenges How do I cope
Long hours of standing Elevating and resting leg when I
gothome
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Challenges that Critical Nurses will Face:
To develop , foster and maintain a level of
knowledge about the norms, values, beliefs,patterns of ill
health and care needs of thepeople
To analyze and evaluate specialist skills andcriticize their
evolving roles
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To review current studies and researches and toexamine
contextual issues
To exercise professional judgments expected ofthem in the
critical care clinical setting
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Physical Challenges
Long shifts on their feet.
Nurses become physically exhausted by the endof the shift.
Physical demands on the staff after repeatedlylifting and moving
patients.
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Day-to-Day Emotional Challenges
Critical care nurses are exposed to a lot of deathand dying,
which is difficult to manageemotionally.
The feeling of nor being able to do enough or getall of their
work done.
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Challenge related to the structure ofICU Shortage of staff.
Some newly hired nurses have their scope ofpractice which does
not qualify them to work inthe ICU.
Nurses having to care for more than one patient.
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Challenges related to provision ofMaterial Resources Poor
quality of
equipment
Some equipment areavailable but are eitherold or not
functioning
Insufficient suppliesthat can also contributeto poor quality
care
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Stressors in the Unit
Head nurses are given alot of responsibility withregard to
themanagement of unit.
Too much workload
because of increasingnumber of patients orshortage of staff.
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Visitors in the Unit
Control of visitors
Some folks dont
understand when thenurses cannot discusscertain information
which
are very confidential.
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Avoiding Burnout
Nurses should ensure a good work or lifebalance and foster good
working relationships
with the health care ream.
Nurses need to be open-minded in realizingthings are always
changing in the way they care
for patients.
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