Presentations vary across the board. There are many that are simply straight forward and presented to a group as a whole. Some are done in PowerPoint layouts, complete with slides riddled with information. Others are done using videos, occasionally being incredibly creative and parodying a current hit song in a means to get certain information across to the viewer. While all of these have their advantages and disadvantages, the information that is presented within each is the primary factor that needs to be analyzed. No matter how much fun a presentation may be to view, if the content is lacking, then the presentation has failed. Having a focus on nursing, I wanted to see what sort of information was out there in regards to the day-to-day life of being a nurse. A while back I watched a video about nursing which was an interview featuring a man by the name of Keith Koga. Yet after viewing the most recent video, I have found dramatic differences within each.
Keith Koga’s video was presented as an interview complete with b-roll footage of the events that take place in his day of a registered nurse (ConnectEd). While this offered a very brief idea of what it was like, it was far too shallow and lacked any sort of depth. There was more of an emphasis placed on what led to Keith becoming a nurse as opposed to what he actually does for his job. The information presented, focused on the fact that nursing is about the patients and educating them with procedures and expectations. Interestingly though, Keith did comment on the need to stay relevant with technology as much of the nursing world (dealing with emails, messaging, setting appointments, charting) is going the digital route.
The second video however provided so much more in-depth information and was truly a godsend. Taking the time to break down a 12-hour shift really allowed for specific topics to be addressed throughout the day. This is truly what is going to be expected of a nurse on a typical day (RegisteredNurseRN). The first thing I learned was the amount of prep work that has to transfer over from the night shift to the day shift. It’s important to ensure that you can plan out your day accordingly based on what the night shift has to say.
Perhaps a big takeaway from this presentation was how much of the day you are almost racing the clock so to speak. Little things such as knowing when breakfast, lunch and dinner are served are very important to know. Prior to these times, you have ensure that you are giving out the proper medications to patients, ensuring that all diabetics are receiving insulin injections, making sure that patients are in a position to be able to eat. And that’s just the prep work, to get them to their meals. Even beyond that, the time constraints that you will run into when patients are being discharged is an issue, because people are going to want to leave as soon as possible. Yet the amount of work that has to be done to simply allow that to happen is even more staggering.
Purely looking at the overview of each of the presentations, it was nice to be able to see that broad sense of what nurses are expected to do from Keith. Yet the specifics of the second presentation were able to install a deep understanding of the life of a nurse.
Works Cited
ConnectEd. "Day in the Life: Registered Nurse." YouTube. YouTube, 15 Jan. 2015. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1WBTPWPN3k.
RegisteredNurseRN. "A Day in the Life of a Nurse | What Is It like Working as a Registered Nurse (Day Shift)?" YouTube. YouTube, 7 Aug. 2015. Web. 09 Mar. 2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sW-9m5rV2s.
