...on nursing education, leadership, and nursing practice. Nurses are the nerve center of the healthcare system and ensuring these key components are in place will lead us to a successful future. The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education “Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression” (IOM p.163) The IOM is a report which has created a plan for the growth and future of nursing which focuses on higher education to ensure nursing stays proactive in its approach in the ever changing field of medicine. The evolvement of the health care system requires nurses to further their knowledge through advanced education. The education will need to focus on the level of nursing degrees and advanced certifications. For an example; if it was required that all nurses practice with a BSN it would “provide a more uniform foundation for the re-conceptualized roles for nurses” (Johnson, 2011, p.170) which will provide consistency of care, patient centered focus, and better outcomes. Requiring higher levels of education also encourages nurses to prepare for other roles in the field such as management, team leads,...
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...The Importance of Diversity Elements in the Nursing Profession This paper consists of various elements of diversity and how they affect the nursing profession. Interpreting the underrepresentation of minority groups in the workplace. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the nursing profession can benefit in numerous ways from being culturally competent and recognizing minority groups exist in the workplace. Importance of Diversity in the Workplace Nursing has a long history of being uniform from the nursing attire, all the way down to the education and practice (Bednorz, Schim, & Doorenbos 2010, p. 254). According to "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015) "Diversity awareness refers to an active, ongoing conscious process in which we recognize similarities and differences within and between various cultural groups" (p. 10). There are several reasons why nurses should examine the impact of diversity in the nursing profession. For the nurse to provide safe, adequate healthcare delivery it requires cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015) reports the importance of diversity awareness is imperative due to federal regulations on discrimination, competitive healthcare, population diversity and increasing health disparities (p. 7). "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015)...
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...will discuss the purpose of the research, define the problem, propose three possible hypothesizes, identify the variables, and define the problem in quantifiable measurements. According to some research studies the level of education that an individual obtains directly correlates to the wages that he or she will earn over his or her lifetime. The higher the degree of education that a person attains can affect the amount of wages that he or she will earn. Research shows that there is also a difference in wage earnings by males and females who have earned the same degrees. “The highest paid 10% of male workers with advanced degrees earned $3,260 or more weekly, compared to $2,252 or more for women of the same education level” (Wall Street Journal, 2009). The research suggests that there is an advantage of an increase in earning power by an individual who continues his or her education, and advances the degrees that he or she holds. This research may be important for anyone who is considering whether or not he or she should continue to further his or her education. The time, effort, and expense that a person invests in continuing his or her education may result in producing the potential for a higher income in earned wages in many fields of industry throughout their life. Problem Definition A problem could be any situation where a gap exists between the actual and the desired ideal states. The problem in this case would be what research method to use when trying to see the...
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...earth's surface, and made a remarkable 28-year prediction of the warming expected to the end of the 20th century. His prediction can now be compared with what has been observed. We can also compare his review of the science in the early 1970s with that in the latest (2007) assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. After summarising recent calculations of the likely impact of increasing carbon dioxide concentrations on global surface temperature, Sawyer concluded that the "increase of 25 per cent in carbon dioxide expected by the end of the century therefore corresponds to an increase of 0.6 degrees in world temperature - an amount somewhat greater than the climatic variations of recent centuries". Examination of the global surface temperature over the latter part of the 20th century shows that in fact the temperature rose about 0.5 degrees between the early 1970s and 2000....
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...the earth's surface, and made a remarkable 28-year prediction of the warming expected to the end of the 20th century. His prediction can now be compared with what has been observed. We can also compare his review of the science in the early 1970s with that in the latest (2007) assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. After summarizing recent calculations of the likely impact of increasing carbon dioxide concentrations on global surface temperature, Sawyer concluded that the "increase of 25 per cent in carbon dioxide expected by the end of the century therefore corresponds to an increase of 0.6 degrees in world temperature - an amount somewhat greater than the climatic variations of recent centuries". Examination of the global surface temperature over the latter part of the 20th century shows that in fact the temperature rose about 0.5 degrees between the...
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...Imperialism is the monopoly stage of capitalism | Lenin’s assertion | | Kimani, Tabitha Wangari –X74/3507/2011 | XEA 102:INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMYLecturer Fred NjonyoBachelor of EconomicsUniversity of Nairobi | 27-May-12 | Thesis describes the function of financial capital in generating profits from imperial colonialism, as the final stage of capitalist development to ensure greater profits. | INTRODUCTION In order for capitalism to generate greater profits than the home market can yield, the merging of banks and industrial cartels produces finance capitalism, the exportation and investment of capital to countries with under-developed economies. Then, such financial behaviour leads to the division of the world among monopolist business companies and the great powers. Moreover, in the course of colonizing undeveloped countries, Business and Government eventually will engage in geopolitical conflict over the economic exploitation of large portions of the geographic world and its populaces. Therefore, imperialism is the highest stage of capitalism, requiring monopolies (of labour and natural-resource exploitation) and the exportation of finance capital to sustain colonialism, which is an integral function of said economic model. Furthermore, in the capitalist homeland, the super-profits yielded by the colonial exploitation of a people and their economy, permit businessmen to bribe native politicians: labour leaders and the labour aristocracy : to politically...
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...The Impact and Future on Nursing In this paper I will discuss the goals of the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) published report and its impact on nursing education, nursing practice specifically in primary care and the impact on the nurse as a role of leadership. In my conclusion, I will provide on a personal level what modifications I will make in my nursing practice to meet the IOM report goals. Within the paper I will explore how the impact of the 2010 IOM published report titled “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” has on the three topic points stated above. The IOM published report was set forth by the IOM’s Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the Future of Nursing committee group whose purpose is “producing a report that would make recommendations for an action oriented blueprint for the future of nursing” (IOM, 2010, p. 2). The basis of the IOM report is to provide proposed changes with the newly implemented Affordable Care Act (ACA) of 2010 to the very complex United States healthcare system and how the future nurse’s role should evolve with education, practice and leadership. The IOM recommends that “Nurses should achieve higher levels of education and training through an improved education system that promotes seamless academic progression” (IOM, 2010, p. 163). Today’s healthcare needs are expanding, diverse and ever changing. Nurses play a large role in providing care but cannot do so effectively if they are not being educated...
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...labor force activity, and school enrollment status of each year’s cohort of recent college graduates Thomas Luke Spreen Thomas Luke Spreen is a doctoral student at the School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, and formerly an economist in the Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Email: cpsinfo@ bls.gov. very year, thousands of recent graduates of colleges and universities across the United States enter the labor force with newly minted degrees and high hopes about their employment prospects.1 In October 2011, 74.5 percent of the 1.3 million 2011 recent college graduates were employed, according to data from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The unemployment rate for the 2011 cohort of recent college graduates was 12.6 percent. CPS data also show variation in the labor force status of bachelor’s and advanced degree recipients. This article is the first from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to publish labor force data specifically for recent college graduates. The estimates presented in this article were generated from data collected in the October School Enrollment Supplement to the CPS. The analysis that follows describes the demographic characteristics, labor force activity, and school enrollment status of the 2011 cohort of recent college graduates. Additional labor force data are also presented for the 2007 to 2010 cohorts of recent college graduates...
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...their brief descriptions of each: The title page contains the title, followed by the author’s name and institutional affiliation, then the author’s note, and must be double-spaced. The page starts with the header or running head accompanied with the page number which is located at the upper left and repeated in every page of the manuscript; it is left-justified and typed in all capital letters. An abstract is a brief, comprehensive summary of the contents of the article (APA, 2010). It briefly describe the rationale, hypothesis, method, important results, and implications of the research. Starting with the word “Abstract” centered on the first line continued with a single paragraph without indentions, and limited to 120 words. The introduction starts by introducing the specific problem and its importance, then followed by the author’s discussion of reviews and critiques relevant to the problem. The reviews doesn’t necessarily have to be chronologically arranged, but should start in a general view then move to a more specific or advanced findings. Followed by the culmination of a statement of the hypothesis and how it addresses the problem of the research. With no breaks at the end of the introduction, method follows. This section talks about how the research was done, containing all the details of the participants, materials, and the procedures. It starts with “Method” typed at the center of the first line. “Participants” then follows on the second line left-justified...
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...institution levels. In order for the U.S. to compete globally, past research studies proved additional efforts must be made to help close the diversity and gender gap within the STEM fields. National STEM Enrollment and Retention Trends In the U.S., the total number of bachelor’s degrees awarded annually had nearly tripled over the past 40 years, but awarded STEM degrees had not. The U.S. continued to award fewer STEM degrees each year compared to other countries worldwide (Maltese & Tai, 2011). High school students with impressive grade point averages (GPA), no matter their race or gender should be encouraged to pursue a STEM major (Thompson & Bolin, 2011). Studies proved high school coursework played a significant role in a student’s decision to pursue a STEM major while in college. The completion of high school courses such as biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, and trigonometry showed a positive correlation with students deciding to major in a STEM field (Maltese & Tai, 2011). An important attribute to increase enrollment of women of color in STEM disciplines is to have the presence of women that work in STEM in the community and institution that serve as role models. Despite the importance of pre-college characteristics and experiences, however, research also suggests that institutional structures, policies, and practices...
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...For thousands of years, humans have observed the patterns of the sun and the night sky, giving importance and meaning to their findings in many different ways. The earliest humans used no more than their naked eyes to track the activity of the sky above them. Today, scientists are able to look at areas of space billions of light years away using equipment like the Hubble Space Telescope. The evolution of these astronomical technologies was no simple feat - the development of this scientific field can be credited to a countless number of people who, over hundreds of years, spent their time straining their necks to look up at our sky. The sun is the center of our solar system, but that does not mean that it was always central to the beliefs...
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...International Journal of Manpower Emerald Article: Brain drain from Turkey: the case of professionals abroad Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel Article information: To cite this document: Nil Demet Güngör, Aysit Tansel, (2008),"Brain drain from Turkey: the case of professionals abroad", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 29 Iss: 4 pp. 323 - 347 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437720810884746 Downloaded on: 12-05-2012 References: This document contains references to 35 other documents To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com This document has been downloaded 1649 times. Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by IQRA UNIVERSITY KARACHI For Authors: If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service. Information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Additional help for authors is available for Emerald subscribers. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.com With over forty years' experience, Emerald Group Publishing is a leading independent publisher of global research with impact in business, society, public policy and education. In total, Emerald publishes over 275 journals and more than 130 book series, as well as an extensive range of online products and services. Emerald is both COUNTER 3 and TRANSFER...
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...Annotated Bibliographies Lisa Stevens Kaplan University Annotated Bibliographies Au, A., McAlister, F., Bakal, J., Ezekowitz, J., Kaul, P., & vanWalraven, C. (2012). Predicting the risk of unplanned readmission or death within 30 days of discharge after a heart failure hospitalization. American Heart Journal, 164(3). 365-372. Retrieved from: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/771215_print This article sought to find an appropriate model to predict the risk of unplanned heart failure readmissions. The primary outcome from chart reviews also included death of heart failure patients within 30 days of discharge. The study looked at Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) models and the LACE+ index, to mention two of many that looked at prediction ability. The LACE+ index is a model that looks at length of stay, acuity, the Charlson comorbidity score and age, to predict readmissions. They found that no one model was appropriate in predicting the 30-day readmission rates, although using a combination of the models was an improvement to that predictor. The authors are all physicians, PhDs, or have a Master’s degree- helping to establish credibility. The authors also make a statement as to the funding of the project and that they (the authors) were solely responsible for all data collection, design and submission approval writing for the project, also lending credibility to the study. The references used for this study were appropriate in age, of the 28; 13 were...
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...Educational Needs Assessment Paper Geneva Young University of Phoenix NUR/588 Professor Jennie Pattison May 12, 2014 Educational Needs Assessment Paper An educational needs assessment is a procedure that identifies training and ranks educational needs in order of priority ((Yuskiewicz, 1975). An educational needs assessment helps the organization to discover the knowledge, skills, and abilities of staff and those needed by the organization to function at a desired level ((Wynne, n.d.). The following information will be discussed in this paper: type of institution, type of nursing care or services provided, volume of activity of the G.V. Sonny Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center, levels of nursing care involved, a summary of the results of the educational needs, assessment, and analysis, identification of the highest priority educational need, identification of institutional forces and those against responding to educational needs, and identification of the next step to respond to the educational need. Type of institution The G. V. Sonny Montgomery Medical Center (VA) is a federal hospital that provides convenient access to high quality medical and surgical service to more than 125,000 veterans ("VA Medical Center," 2014). VA is also a teaching hospital that is accredited by the Commission in Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (“VA Medical Center, 2014). The hospital provides primary, secondary, and tertiary medical, neurological, and mental health inpatient...
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...growing segment of higher education. Because it is so unlike traditional classroom-based instructions, many questions have been raised as to the quality of the education offered in the online modality (Carrol & Burke, 2010). After an extensive survey of the literature, the U.S Department of Education issued a report concluding that the online or hybrid modalities are more effective then face-to-face instructions (Carrol & Burke, 2010). According to BusinessWeek, online MBA programs have surged in popularity over the past decade (Anonymous, 2010). With the increasing demands of the workplace, tighter schedules and the need for advanced degrees, many students are now relying on online programs to complete their MBAs. These programs are fueled by the increased capabilities of technology that allow students to successfully learn and complete their degrees outside of the traditional classroom environment (Anonymous, 2010). Understanding how online degree programs work, finding the right program, and recognizing the advantages and disadvantages of pursing a degree online are important tasks for every student to complete before enrolling in the program. This marketing plan overlooks these advantages and disadvantages of the online program over the on site MBA programs. I will focus on the online program as a whole, and give examples of successful online programs. Company Overview “Nine out of 10 people just don’t have the time or money to spend an extended period...
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