...Nursing Research 14-Nov-2011 November 21, 2011 Summary During the 1893 Colombian Exposition, nursing leaders worldwide were provided a podium to work together to organize and establish the globalization of nursing education and standardize the nursing curriculum to improve patient care worldwide. In collaboration and discussion on the evidence based practices of Florence Nightingale and on the current nursing developments and improvements of social, cultural, educational and scientific advancements in healthcare for the expansion of a more unified practice of the nursing profession nationally and internationally based on a theoretical path of deductive reasoning, a quantitative approach. American and European nursing leaders: Isabel Hampton (Robb), Lavinia Dock, Eva Lückes, and Ethel Bedford Fenwick (Crane 2010), were given the opportunity to influence and provide guidance to sanction the evolution of nursing education processes for the development toward the progression of second generation of nursing. As a result of this event, the nursing profession has become one of the most respected professions devoted to health promotion for the benefit of mankind. This paper will explore the development of how clinical expertise developed, and by what methodologies influence the development nursing education, clinical guidelines, and best practices for patient care and evidence-based nursing practice in the campaign of the nursing profession. The method and research design utilized in...
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...PRESENTED BY: MELISSA JOYCE BYRD INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Robert Becker DUE DATE: JULY 19, 2015 OUTLINE ARTICLE 1-“HOW TO MAKE A BUSINESS MENTORING WORK” BY ARTHUR ZWELLING, WRITER FOR WWW.FORBES.COM ONLINE, DATED MARCH 20, 2012 SUMMARY/OVERIEW KEY POINTS TO SUCCESSFUL MENTORINGSHIP FACTURAL IMPACT ON MENTORING ARTICLE 2-“HOW TO DEVELOP AN EFFECTIVE MENTORING RELATIONSHIP”BY DR. CHARMON PARKER WILLIAMS, PHD., WRITER FOR WWW.DIVERSITYMBAMAGAZINE.COM, DATED DECEMBER 2009 SUMMARY/OVERIEW KEYPOINTS TO A SUCCESSFUL MENTORSHIP IN THE WORKPLACE FACTUAL IMPACT SUCCESFUL MENTORSHIP “HOW TO MAKE A BUSINESS MENTORING WORK” BY ARTHUR ZWILLING, DATED MARCH 20, 2012 WWW.FORBES.COM SUMMARY/OVERIEW In this article by Aurthur Zwilling, a writer for Forbes.com online newsletter, dated March 20, 2012, he discusses the difficulty that many entrepreneurs are having finding mentors or they are not satisfied with the effectiveness mentoring should have in their organization. Mentoring by all means is not this “one-sided” task but it is a conglomeration effect on both the mentor and the mentee. Most entrepreneurs view a mentor as someone older and more experience who takes the time to personally give guidance, advice and takes an emotional investment in your success. They don’t think about this process requiring an investment on their part, both in nurturing the relationship and really listening, without being defensive, to advice given. (ZWILING, 2012) KEYPOINTS TO A SUCCESSFUL MENTORINGSHIP ...
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... Identify and describe three reasons there may be a physician shortage rather than a surplus in the United States. The amount of medical schools has been steady and graduates have been limited by admission capacity The Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HHS) through a continuously approved legislation ask that “the Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998 which gave the authority for the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee to study the personnel issues in medicine.” (Cooper, 2003) In a report by the” Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) who predicted a doctor surplus in its 1979 report, and allopathic medical education has maintained an even level in its enrollment.” (Health and Human Services, 2011) The earlier statistical analysis of factors that were considered did not include the new technologies and the amount of medical specialist’s increase which has made changes to how the medical profession operates. The factors also did include the trend to have more salaried positions such as in the HMO market and the fact that more women are enrolling to practice medicine and enrolling in medical schools. These factors along with unanticipated population growth add to the shortage of medical practitioners in overall calculations that include rural needs for services. These factors remain in place about the future demand for physicians. The amount of growth in need for medically trained in...
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...NURSING 2 What is Nursing? In this paper I will identify the fundamental concepts of nursing. In addition, I will recognize how nursing is based on the principles of Primary Health Care (PHC). Further, how the history of nursing has formed nursing today and what it means to be a professional in nursing by incorporating the code of ethics. Fundamentals of Nursing Nursing is a profession that centers on the caring for individuals, as a client, as a family, as a group and as a community so they can achieve, maintain or recover optimal health and quality of life (Burger & Goddard, 2010). I believe that the nursing role is to educate clients by the protection and promotion of general health which is congruent to The American Nurses Association (2007) which defines nursing as; the protection, promotion and optimization of health, prevention of illness, lessening of suffering through diagnoses and treatment and advocating client care for individuals, families, groups and communities (American Nurses Association, 2007). The nursing profession utilizes a system that increases client knowledge about factors that can contribute to overall health and the resources that can increase wellbeing; this is called the Nursing Process. This process is a technique used to assess and diagnose needs, plan and implement interventions, and evaluate the outcomes of care provided (Adams, 2007). I believe that the fundamental concepts of nursing are to preserve,...
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...Public Health and Occupational Health Nursing The history of nursing is one of continual growth and development. The development of public health nursing as a profession is no different. The purpose of this paper is to look at how public health nursing has progressed and examine the impact it has had on contemporary work environments. History of Public Health Nursing Each generation brought with it new challenges, and public health nursing grew, along with other nursing professions, to meet and counteract those challenges. Professional nursing history began with the organizational efforts of Florence Nightingale. Nightingale was born into a wealthy and prominent family in nineteenth century Europe. During the Crimean War, Nightingale, through her population-based epidemiological approach was able to successfully and dramatically reduce mortality rates among soldiers. Nightingale envisioned nurses being formally trained and skilled in the care of the sick, injured, and weak. Nightingale also made clear distinction between nursing focused on caring for the sick and nursing focused on the prevention of illness (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). As time progressed, women began to play a more prominent role in society. Educated women and uneducated women alike began entering the workforce. Women of means also began to break free of some of the societal restraints upon them and became more active in public affairs. Lillian Weld, a pioneer of public health nursing...
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...Role Summary Samantha B. Quesada South University Family Nurse Practitioners (FNP) are advanced practice registered nurses who work autonomously or in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to provide health promotion, disease prevention, direct care, and counseling across the lifespan that is family-focused. FNPs are graduate level practitioners that may enter as non-nurses who must satisfy the requirements to take the RN licensure exam, either as a precondition to the NP program or as part of an articulated educational program that delivers the basic generic nursing content, in addition to the NP-specific content Midwives are primary health care providers to women throughout the lifespan. Women receive...
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...Executive Summary Although minorities and women have made some headway in management and professional positions in the last decade, the corporate "glass ceiling" still appears to be an obstacle to their advancement into senior leadership. We have done a qualitative research on the factors that are responsible for glass ceiling and the factors that help women find a way to get around the glass ceiling. We have followed an exploratory research design approach wherein we have used interview as the basis to get down to the factors. Background of the Problem Historically, India has been a male-dominated society. But in the past few decades, certain changes in our society have widened the arena for women. Be it managerial roles in corporate world, academics, politics, women are increasingly becoming more visible. Globalization has also helped bring concepts such as gender diversity in leadership roles. As opportunities for women have increased so now women are entering professions which were previously seen as the domain of men in the corporate world .But there are invisible and artificial barriers that impede women from advancing to senior leadership positions which is popularly known as “Glass Ceiling” .Glass ceiling describes the barriers that women face in the workplace. The word "ceiling" suggests that women are blocked from advancing in their careers due to many factors, and the term "glass" is used because the ceiling is not always discernible. Although many women hold management...
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...lack of male professors and clinical instructors” (Kouta & Kaite, 2010). Summary With this study regarding discrimination of male students and nurses, the strengths that can be shown are the results of the study bringing to light the discrimination towards the male in the nursing field and how to counteract gender discrimination in nursing studies. By doing so, schools and hospitals can address these issues and create make opportunities for males within the nursing field. The study begins to have limitations is the use of case studies and literature. “Case studies are by their nature subjective and give weight to only one side of the argument, and literature review is limited to collecting information about what has happened in the past… However, cases studies provide examples that may help in challenging, analyzing, and/or forming a gender-equality strategy” (Kouta & Kaite, 2010). This study cannot be used by researchers to generalize to other populations. In nursing, the profession is mostly comprised of females. In other professions, the ration of women to men compared to nursing varies greatly. If researchers try to generalize these findings to other countries, the feedback from those countries would vary as well. Different cultures and practices influence these populations; many of which do not fall under the same situation. In conclusion, gender stereotypes are present in the nursing profession. With these findings, “Nursing faculty should prepare nursing students to...
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...of shifts in portrayal of women in media is crucial to demonstrate how traditional gender definitions are slowly deconstructed over time. Having made her first debut in the early 1960s, Barbie brought the message “Girls can be anything” to the age of a new generation of girls and women (Boomen, 2009). It is important to note that despite claims that she symbolizes the ‘cultural plastic’ phenomenon, Barbie has revolutionized girl’s doll playing (Boomen, 2009). Before the invention of Barbie, girls were still playing with baby dolls that aimed to foster domestic skills and to prepare them for stereotypical future roles as mothers (Boomen, 2009). Acting as a counter opposite to the former girls play, Barbie is not a doll for girls to simulate and practice motherhood on. In fact, Barbie acts as a platform for girls to freely create and project on her any identity they wish to take on, only to be limited by their creativity. In summary, Barbie is not confined to the traditional social expectations of women. Beneath her seemingly stereotypical idealistic exterior, she is an independent career woman with estimated eighty professions, ranging from a presidential candidate to a nurse (Boomen, 2009). Barbie does not engage in domestic duties and as stated by Lord, motherhood definitely wasn’t Barbie’s area of interest (Boomen, 2009). Subsequently in the late 1990s, Lara Croft emerged as the first main female character in video games. Prior to this, women only played supporting roles...
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...Abstract In this paper, the writer will explore a topic from a list of artistic themes as the themes relate to Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Ancient Egyptian, Archaic Greek, Aegean Civilization and Classical Greek periods. The writer will determine how the theme is reflected in the cultural and world developments from these time periods. The writer will also compare and contrast the development of the theme of the different time periods to modern day time. Artistic Themes Artistic themes of Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Ancient Egyptian, Archaic Greek/Aegean Civilization, and Classical Greek Periods The time periods of Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Ancient Egyptian, Archaic Greek, Aegean Civilization, and Classical Greek are different from the modern day period. Each time period had its own way of doing certain things. For example, each time period had its own idea of work. Work from each of these time periods was performed in different ways. The writer will explore work as it relates to the time periods of Prehistoric, Mesopotamian, Ancient Egyptian, Archaic Greek, Aegean Civilization, and Classical Greek. The writer will determine how work is reflected in the cultural and world developments from the time periods also compare and contrast the development of work within the historic time periods while relating past attitudes to modern attitudes. Prehistoric There are no written records from prehistoric times. Information from prehistoric time is only reported from certain fields...
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...According to Higgins, Lathlean, Levett-Jones, & McMillan (2009),“Nursing students’ motivation and capacity to learn, self-concept, confidence, the extent to which they are willing to question or conform to poor practice and their future career decisions are influenced by the extent to which they experience belongingness (p.316).”Acceptance by senior and experienced nurses plays a pivotal role in the development of self-concept and application of theoretical perspectives into practice. Negative experiences with staff are detrimental to the learning process by creating environments of stress, anxiety, and an overall feeling of un-acceptance by staff, and at times, instructors. This can be attributed to the many factors that are influencing the profession of nursing including increased workloads, decreased staffing, scope of practice issues, safe work environments, and violence in the workplace (Lofmark et al, 2008). These issues influence nurses perceptions of their jobs and can negatively affect their attitudes towards themselves, colleagues, patients, and students (Ali & Panther, 2008). Addressing these issues is difficult as resources such as funding are scarce. This is creating environments that...
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...Leadership Styles of Men and Women Executive Summary A research study on the main characteristics that lay the foundation for leadership styles of men and women is carried out in this paper. The key focus emphasized in this paper is on recognizing and studying the differences between the 2 sexes with respect to leadership attributes. Factors that lead to this distinction are highlighted, along with the traditional reasons that lead to these differences. A historical insight into the various trends that dominated different societies is given, in a view to engage the reader and lead him/her to understand how the gender roles evolved as the societies evolved. Many challenges that women encountered in the past are described that further aid in this understanding. The outcomes of this comparative study are then observed. These outcomes include gender-stereotypic expectations by the leaders, mental health of the individuals, efficiency at the job role, industrial pressure and gender discrimination. Generic leadership traits for men and women are observed and described, which tie to the gender-stereotypes. These observations distinguish the women to possess an interpersonal-oriented leadership style, as opposed to men, who possess task-oriented style of leadership. Different leadership studies are implemented to understand the impact of these styles. The impact varies for organizational studies, laboratory experiments and assessment studies. Other traits like how the leadership qualities...
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...Statistical Analysis Paper Sheri Tuggle BSHS/435 Research and Statistics in Human Services April 21, 2014 Staci Lowe Statistical Analysis Paper Social workers are interested and concerned with the experiences of people he or she assists or work with, and this makes qualitative research so important. This research method provide social workers with a better understanding of issues and situations. Qualitative research inform social workers about the best way to help people who are in need of assistance. Qualitative research is useful for social workers to obtain knowledge in complex or sensitive situations for example workplace bullying. Many issues in the social working profession fall within the area of sexuality and mental health issues, qualitative research is one of the best ways for social workers to find the help for individuals with these types of problems (Rubin, 2014). This paper will discuss a article about issues of workplace bullying of social workers, and coping responses. The article was a cross-sectional, non-experimental case study of social worker's perceptions of bullies at the workplace and the social worker's ability to create coping responses to workplace bullying. To collect quantitative information a mail questionnaire was gathered, and individual semi-structured interviews were assessed. The qualitative sample included 111 male and female social workers from Washington D.C. The final outcome results were three...
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...Community Colleges Online Library, 2015). For the purpose of the assignment, the website being evaluated by these five criteria is www.midwife.org which was found using the search engine Google that can be located by using the domain google.com. I chose this website because it provides accurate and up to date information in regards to the ever growing and evolving practice of midwifery both in the United States as well as other developed and underdeveloped countries. The full name of the website is the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the URL to locate this site is http://www.midwife.org/. The purpose of the American College of Nurse-Midwives, also known as the ACNM, is to “establish midwifery as the standard of care for women and to lead the profession through education, clinical practice, research, and advocacy.” (American College of Nurse-Midwives, 2015). Evaluation of Website In regards to the five criteria used to evaluate the credibility of websites, the ACNM meets all five of the criteria set forth. “The ACNM gets its national work done through the collaborative effort of its office staff and a vast network of volunteer representatives – and everything is overseen by its Board of Directors.” (American College of Nurse-Midwives, 2015). Accuracy refers to specific criteria such as who wrote the page and can you contact him or her and is this person qualified to do so (Engle, 2015). The board of directors consists of members who are all either Certified Nurse Midwives...
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...Sedentary Pregnant Women Grand Canyon University: NRS-433V 1/12/14 Research Critique of “Adherence to Walking or Stretching, and Risk of Preeclampsia in Sedentary Pregnant Women” Introduction This paper is to critique a study of adherence to walking or stretching during pregnancy in high risk women who were sedentary and had previously experienced preeclampsia. The introduction of this article does give a sense of the importance of the problem area. This four-year study investigates the effects of walking or stretching on the incidence of preeclampsia and reports on adherence to the intervention and on the secondary outcomes of changes in resting heart rate (HR), resting blood pressure and weight gain. Problem Statement The purpose of the study was to compare a walking exercise to a stretching exercise program during pregnancy in high-risk women who were sedentary and had previous history of preeclampsia. The problem was clearly stated and was a feasible researchable problem. The problem had significance for nursing and for the medical profession and might improve practice and education. While the researcher does a good job of stating why the problem is important, it could have been helpful for him to list numbers of people who are affected by preeclampsia and complications of the disease itself. Purpose and Research Questions The research questions were clear by much inquiry. The research questions were: (a) Will previously sedentary pregnant women adhere to an...
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