Words from Rosie

For many families that have children in elementary through high school level with special needs for medications, it has become a question as to whether or not the school that they are zoned for has a school nurse. Many schools in Florida do not have nurses on staff...

Many people in the healthcare field ask if an advanced practice nurse should have a higher standard of education?  in my opinion, yes, an advanced practice nurse should have a higher standard of education.  They are the leaders that are setting examples for the new...

Nurse consultants are a nurse who identifies problems and develop solutions to them.  Once the problem is identified, then a workable solution can be developed.  Patients and their families can be coached through these problems. Nurse consultants offer medical...

Many states want to make changes that will impact nurses and how they practice nursing.  Advanced practice nurses (APN’s) should stay abreast of potential changes in relevant nursing or related regulations.  Nurses already have to take continuing education courses in...

The Roy Adaptation Model was known to focus on spiritual matters and promoting health amongst a family-centered type of care.  In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), this especially holds true, because of the situation of critical illness faced daily, The Roy...

Betty Neuman’s theory will work well with visiting post-partum moms in their homes after they have had their babies.  One of the things that I have seen while working in labor and delivery, is that the mothers come in with preconceived ideas on what breastfeeding is...

In the neonatology world, there are a lot of different cultures that come through the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).  It is also a longer time span to work with families, than on a regular medical-surgical floor.   Florida is a  transient state with many people...

Do you ever wonder why people help a total stranger?  Do you ask yourself why is it that some people have babies and some who want them cannot? It is sad when these circumstances of infertility happen and a couple feels that they do not have anywhere to turn.  Rosie...

What a difficult job it is for nurses that take care of kids that are in pain; these nurses make a difference in each child’s life that they touch.   Jean Watson’s theory of human caring is a good example of our human caring for others.  Jean Watson’s theory of human...