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Again this year I enjoyed reading your Padlet, Alice. Reading about your tutor was especially interesting.  It sounds like you were lucky to meet Agnese.
I wish you all the best !
Carol

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MANDATORY                    Why do you want to be a nurse? When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse?  Did anyone or anything influence your decision? 

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MANDATORY                    Why do you want to be a nurse? When did you decide you wanted to be a nurse?  Did anyone or anything influence your decision? 

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Since I was young, my dream was to become a dentist. I still don't know why, but I always wished all this. However, when I took the test to enter the dentistry's university, I failed. So at that point I had to decide what to do. All I knew was that I'm appassionate about studying scientific subjects, such as Anatomy and Physiology of the body. These subjects were my favorite, since I was in college and for this reason I keep looking for a faculty that could include these disciplines too. So I chose the Faculty of Nursing. The following year I took the entrance exam, this time for nursing, and I passed. Fortunately my parents didn't influence my decision, they were proud of me. Taking care of people is not the only reason why I want to be a nurse, my intent is to increase the awareness of health. I believe that a good nurse should sensitize consciousness among citizens and take care of them.

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MANDATORY           Summarize an article related to your interest in nursing. 

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MANDATORY           Summarize an article related to your interest in nursing. 

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I decided to summarize this article because, one day, I'd like to work in psychiatric unit.
Psychiatric nurses' job is an actual challenge. In this work environment they have to deal with different mental illness, such as: depression, anxiety, eating disorders, dementia, bipolar disorder, autism etc... Extra safety precautions may be adopted according to disease's severity, to avoid any dangerous situation or endanger patients, people and staff. The safety measures seclusion and restraint must be enacted just in case of extreme need, respecting patients.

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Psychiatric nurses and psychiatric nurse practitioners have a very specialized career. They often care for mentally ill and unstable patients. While any area of nursing has its risks, psychiatric nursing has specific risks that need to be considered.

First, it's essential to describe what type of patients and diagnoses psychiatric nurses and NPs handle. For some, the image of psychiatric nursing is that of a locked, sterile facility with confused patients wandering the halls. While some psychiatric nurses and NPs work in inpatient mental health facilities and address severe illnesses like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, they also care for and manage patients with diagnoses such as:

Depending on the severity of the illness, extra safety precautions should be observed. For example, a nurse counseling a teenager who suffers from an eating disorder might not be as on "high alert" as he / she would if meeting with a patient who has paranoid schizophrenia. Nurses and nurse practitioners are highly skilled in assessment, and can often judge a situation right off the bat.

Mentally ill patients can become violent with absolutely no trigger. They can suffer from distorted thinking and believe the nurse is there to harm them, and as a result act out to protect themselves. Due to the high potential for volatile behavior, psychiatric nurses and NPs should observe the following safety measures:

Communicate - let other staff know where and when you will be interacting with patients.

Give and receive thorough report

Avoid closed / secluded environments

Avoid wearing clothing /accessories that may be used to cause harm. Earrings, necklaces, stethoscopes, lanyards, clothing with loops (i.e., belt loops or cargo pants) or strings can be used to injure someone.

Keep security on standby

Utilize de-escalation techniques, if appropriate

Survey the environment and always have an escape plan

Avoid sitting against a wall or across from a door-stay near an exit

Another safety measure should be discussed, which is the use of seclusion and restraint for patients suffering from a behavioral crisis. The American Psychiatric Nurses Association describes their position on the use of seclusion and restraints (mechanical and chemical). Seclusion and restraints should be used judiciously. Patients have the right to be treated safely, and with dignity, therefore the use of restraints and seclusion should result in patients being carefully and continuously monitored, and not used for convenience or punishment. Additionally, if seclusion or restraints are used, they should be used for the minimal amount of time necessary- only to ensure the safety of the individual or staff.

Psychiatric nurses and NPs can have a challenging career. However, while different fields of nursing focus on various patient populations, it all boils down to one of the basics nursing: advocate for patients while maintaining the safety of the individual, other patients, and staff.

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Psychiatric nurses and psychiatric nurse practitioners have a very specialized career. They often care for mentally ill and unstable patients. While any area of nursing has its risks, psychiatric nursing has specific risks that need to be considered. First, it's essential to describe what type of patients and diagnoses psychiatric nurses and NPs handle.

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Summarize a tv show, movie or book that was set in a hospital/clinic/doctor's office.

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Summarize a tv show, movie or book that was set in a hospital/clinic/doctor's office.

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I'd like to talk about Grey's Anatomy because it's my favorite TV show.
The story begins with 5 main characters: Meredith, Christina, Alex, George and Izzie. They were interns in Seattle Grace Hospital. The TV show tells the story of this young interns and their experiences. I can't summarize the whole TV show, but I try to summarize an episode.
This episode tells about Meredith's husband, Derek Shepherd. He was on his way to Washington D.C. to quit the President’s brain-mapping project when he had a car accident to save other people involved in a previous crash. Shepherd was taken to the nearest ER; he couldn’t talk. Derek needs a head CT scan, but   doctors examined him and took him into surgery without the brain scan.
By the time doctors discovered that he had a blown pupil, Shepherd realized he was about to die. The neurosurgeon arrived at the hospital too late, and pronounced Derek's brain dead.
Meredith was called from the hospital and when she arrived, she saw Derek. She decided to stop life-saving medical treatment and Derek stopped breathing. Meredith hugged him and went back in their house.

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What makes a good nurse? What skills are needed?

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What makes a good nurse? What skills are needed?

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In my opinion a nurse might have many qualities and skills. Nurse's job is not only cure patients but take care of them in many ways. A good nurse must possess the quality of listening and he/she must be able to reassure the patient. Future's nurses, like me, have the task of rise the status of the profession, because some people think that nurse's job is a "joke". A nurse uses problem solving scheme and critical thinking to solve problems. Another important nurses' role is inform and raise awareness among citizens to prevent disease. In my working life I hope I can improve those skills.

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😷 + 🧼🤲🏼 + 👎🏼🥳🎉
Wear your mask
Wash your hands
No parties

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Nice job, Alice.  I enjoyed reading your Padlet.  Good luck with your nursing career.  Carol

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Nice job, Alice.  I enjoyed reading your Padlet.  Good luck with your nursing career.  Carol

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After my graduation I imagine me working in a hospital. I would like to work in the ICU because it is very interesting and you can learn many things.
While working I would like to continue studying to improve my knowledge. Improving and updating are two fundamental principles of the nurse.
Another nursing field I like is neuropsychiatry. For this reason I will obtain psychiatry degree. I would love to work also in neuropsychiatry in Bambino Gesù Hospital.
I hope to be able to realize myself during my working career.

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My last trainee's experience was in ICCU (Intensive Coronary Care Unit) in Tor Vergata Hospital. In this Unit I met 4 nurses: Agnese, Mariarita, Claudio and Barbara. They are highly trained clinical tutors but I want describe the experience with Agnese.
Agnese taught me so many things like: assess different  electrocardiograms, RCP, evaluate a critical patient, how to organize procedures etc...
Agnese let me handle the patients because she trusted me. In the first trainee's week she evaluated me, my skills, my attitudes and then we bonded.
She is a perfect nurse: she takes care of patients, doesn't judge them and she is always available.
I’ve never known someone like her and for this reason I tried to catch the best from her.
One day Agnese and I handled an emergency and this episode was really important for my trainee.
The clinical tutor has many responsibilities but is essential for the nursing student’s path.

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Mandatory -- 3rd year --   Because you will be new graduates, your CV should not be more than one page. 

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Mandatory -- 3rd year --   Because you will be new graduates, your CV should not be more than one page. 

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Upload your English language CV /resume

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Write an essay about why you would (or would not) like to be a clinical tutor in future.  (100 words)

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Write an essay about why you would (or would not) like to be a clinical tutor in future.  (100 words)

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Being a clinical tutor is a fundamental principle in the nursing profession. This aspect is underlined in an article of "codice deontologico dell'infermiere" (a set of articles explaining how the nurse should behave).
I would like to be a tutor because I like teaching. Nursing students need help finding their way around the hospital, they need a guide.
I believe that relationship between nurse and nursing student improves both. The student can stimulate the clinical tutor to be always updated. The clinical tutor teaches everything he knows to the student because then he will become his future colleague.
So becoming a clinical tutor means being responsible for future generations of nurses and I want do that.