Graduation Speech from Nursing School
Introduction
Nursing is essential in society. In nursing, every challenge can translate extensively to a better learning experience. In this field, nurses learn on different people, variety of disease, treatments and extensively different cultures in the society. Imagine the world population and a society without a nurse. A society without a nurse is doomed. Nurses are the most important part of the community because they are the most reliable and most trusted people with patience. Nurses are the most trusted health professionals due to their tiresome presence with patience in their entire life. In the society, nurses tend to be the immediate teachers, caregivers, innovators, advocates and the most critical thinkers of the society. (Linton & Prasun, 2013). Importantly, nurses do much than just taking care of sick people. They are presence 24/7 in time to time; thus, they have been able to transform the entire lives in society.
Nurses in the world
The world has invested more in the nursing profession; this is to cushion the healthcare system in society. According to the World Health Organization, the numbers of RNs are four times the number of physicians in the health profession. The practise ensures there is a balanced nurse to patience ration. Moreover, in learning institutions, more than half of all health practising are nursing students. Importantly, U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated the number of RN s to expand in the coming years to more than 2.71 billion worldwide in the year 2020 this went up to 3.24 billion in the year 2022 which is approximate of 19 per cent growth.
Besides nurses being an important asset of in the society, the ration of nurses to the patient must be reasonable for the quality and effective service delivery. For instance, the ratio of nurse to the patient that is effective in a critical unit must be a ratio of 1:2 or even fewer that tow patience’s to one nurse. Also, the estimate ration of the nurse to the patient in an emergence care department must be a ratio of 1:4 or can be eve less than four patients at all times to ensure patients are getting quality and adequate attention at all times. These are the simple ethics principle and laws of treatment.
Credibility
My credibility in heath profession is of no drought above board. I took my nursing course at the University of Newcastle as a nurse. I practised for two years and then advanced to take my master’s degree at Harvard University, and finalized my course at the University of Manchester, where I took my PHD in health management.
My personal experience as a health nurse gave me mileage on how to handle and take care of patients of all kinds (Aitamaa, Leino-Kilpi, Puukka, & Suhonen, 2010). I can handle patients of all kinds from children to the elderly persons of the society. My field of management enabled me to effectively be in a position to manage health issues in the society, and I am now the lead nurse in guiding another nurse professional in how to handle different patients with care.
Message to the audience
Importantly, as the audience, we need to take care of any sick person in society. Moreover, the elderly are the weaker part of the society; thus, we need to ensure that we handle them with much care. These will bust the level of hygiene in the society, thus putting away most diseases, thus creating a healthy community.
Conclusion
In a nutshell, better healthcare is the basic need for every person in society. A better and a clean, healthy environment mean a healthy society. As a nurse in the nursing council, we need to ensure we put our patients at heart and ensure we deliver quality health care to society. Besides, the number of patients to nurse need to be standard at least a ratio of 1:2. An essential part is that nurses attribute their success to service delivery; they will never give nor take any excuse.
References
Aitamaa, E., Leino-Kilpi, H., Puukka, P., & Suhonen, R. (2010). Ethical problems in nursing management: the role of codes of ethics. Nursing Ethics, 17(4), 469-482.
Linton, M. J., & Prasun, M. A. (2013). Evidence‐based practice: collaboration between education and nursing management. Journal of Nursing Management, 21(1), 5-16.