development needs from which I will formulate a Personal Development Plan. This undertaking demonstrates my commitment to the need for continuing professional development in order to enhance my knowledge, skills values and attitude needed for effective nursing practice (proficiency 4.1) and will address deficits in my knowledge and skills and identify any shortcomings within my own or others practice and help me cope with practice related issues experienced within my previous placements. I have chosen Gibbs
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issues facing health care, one area of focus is a nursing shortage in health care facilities. Three economic tools that will be focused on in this essay are choice and opportunity cost, supply and demand, and marginal analysis. Registered nurses (RN) are the largest group of health care professionals in the United States, strengthening the entire health care delivery system (Caron, 2004). It is important to understand the effects that a nursing shortage has on the economy and the health care system
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History of Community Health Nursing and Health Promotion/Risk Reduction Cumberland University History of Community Health Nursing and Health Promotion/Risk Reduction For this assignment, I have chosen two articles from the American Journal of Nursing written in October of 1900. Article 1 The first article obtained is titled Work for Nurses in Play-Schools written by Mary Boyle O’Reilly for the first edition of American Journal of Nursing (O'Reilly, 1900). The article discusses how district
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needs of homeless pregnant women. (1995, December). Advances in Nursing Science, 18(2), 44-56. This article explains in detail about homeless women through different stages of pregnancy. It provides a great insight about the issues that these individuals have and some of the reasons behind their homelessness status. Many different interviews have been done to come up with the information provided in this article, including nursing staff, shelter staff, family and friends of individuals. This article
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THEORY 2 Abstract Jean Watson, professor, nursing theorist, developed her theory of Transpersonal Caring from her own experiences of nursing and information she received during her higher education years. Her idea was to bring attention to professional nurses. Nursing is becoming more interdisciplinary and involving. Watson's theory is centered to subjective inner healing and a person's experiences. These
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A Comparison of Nursing Practice between Associate Degree level Nurses and Baccalaureate Degree Level Nurses Leila R. Chanid Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics NRS 430v January 8, 2012 Abstract This paper will compare the Nursing profession across the healthcare industry of Associates Degree Level Nurses and Baccalaureate-Degree level nurses. It discusses the preparedness of beginning practice at both levels, exploring competencies developed by both trained professionals
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nurses prepared at an associate’s degree level verses a baccalaureate degree level After the completion of nursing education, all prospective registered nurses are required to take their NCLEX – RN exam. “Entry into the practice of nursing is regulated by the licensing authorities within each of the NCSBN member board jurisdictions (state, commonwealth and territorial boards of nursing). To ensure public protection, each jurisdiction requires candidates for licensure to pass an examination that
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Running head: Professional Development of the Nursing Professionals Professional Development of the Nursing Professionals Jill Blackman Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V January 6, 2012 Impact of IOM on Nursing Nursing has over three million members and is the largest sector in healthcare workers in the nation (Institute of Medicine, 2010). Since the Affordable Health Care Act passed in 2010, our nation now faces new challenges of providing affordable, quality health care to all Americans
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belief system influences the health behavior of its members. The purpose of this paper is to analyze family function health patterns using Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns assessment tool. Gordon’s health pattern tool is used to obtain a family nursing history that consist of eleven areas of function to assess and to promote areas of wellness as well as identifying health pattern problems. By using this framework the nurse can combine the cumulated data both subjective and objective, build patterns
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in competencies between ADN and BSN nurses Registered nurses comprise the largest sector in the health care field. 2008 National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses conducted by the Health Resources And Services Administration (HRSA) says that nursing is one of the nation's biggest health Care Profession and it comprises more than 3 million registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. It is a dynamic profession and learning is important for nurses to update their knowledge with Increased
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