factors (World Health Organization, 2011). The idea of health promotion is what fuels the nursing profession to be what it is today. It helps to guide how patients are taken care of, how assessments are done and the health education that it is provided to the community and patients (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). Nurses are responsible for viewing patients as a whole rather than as just an illness. Holistic nursing provides a context for the patient’s environment to be included in the plan of care. By including
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Personal Ethics Paper Grand Canyon University This essay will explore how my personal values and ethical morals come into play in the decision-making process in my nursing career. Being raised in a loving Lutheran Christian household in Stockholm, Sweden I can remember as far back as being a little four-year-old girl skipping to church on Sunday mornings with my maternal grandmother Ingrid, to the day of my serious conformation ceremony as a gangly 14-year-old teenager. Many
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PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING Assignment #2 Philosophy of Nursing Nursing 324 Athabasca University Submitted to: Karen Polowick Submitted by:kelly gagnon Student #: Date: September 7, 2010 Good title page in APA format with running head and complete information Philosophy of Nursing For centuries the development of nursing knowledge has been influenced by numerous theorists and their respective theories. These theories have influenced, and continue to influence, nursing education,
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Case Study 1 “Rashad attended the team meeting with all the rest. When the topic of role clarification for assistive personnel came up, he stated that he thought part of his role was to anticipate the needs of the patients for toileting and personal hygienic care. Robin, one of the staff RNs in their psychiatric care group home, raised her voice as she firmly stated, “You are only an aide. That is in the RN role. We don’t expect you to think, just to do what we tell you to when we tell you.” Rashad
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order to set standards and develop improved methods of effective emergency nursing practice. Provide continuing education programs. Provide a united voice for nurses involved in emergency care. ENA's Vision Statement: ENA is indispensable to the global emergency nursing community. ENA's Mission Statement: The mission of the Emergency Nurses Association is to advocate for patient safety and excellence in emergency nursing practice. Membership Includes * Membership Includes * * Savings
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and who is skilled in promoting and maintaining health”. This definition gives no differentiation between the nurse educated at the Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN) level and the nurse educated at the Associate degree of nursing (ADN) level. Many do not realize there is difference between the two. Both nurses subscribe to the same nursing philosophies and teachings but the baccalaureate nurse expands upon those philosophies and teachings to provide a higher standard of care. On a day to day
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Ethics Case Study Heather Holcomb University of Phoenix Ethics: Health Care and Social Responsibility HCS 335 Deborah Laughon RN BSN MS DBA January 23, 2012 Ethics Case Study Case Study Jerry McCall is Dr. William’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium, an antidepressant mediation, called
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Introduction The aim of this piece of work will be to describe, analyse and evaluate what role the staff nurse holds in the effective management of the care of the bereaved person. Throughout the author will relate this to the bereavement of a family following the death of a loved one in a care of the elderly setting. In relation to this assignment and because the focus of this assignment is on the staff nurse effectively managing the care of the bereaved person the author will focus on the issue
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Youngblood Grand Canyon University February 02, 2012 Family Health Assessment Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method developed by Marjorie Gordon in 1987 proposed functional health patterns as a guide establishing a comprehensive nursing data base(Kriegler & Harton, 1992). Gordon’s11 functional health patterns are; health perception/ health management, nutrition, pattern of elimination, activity/ excerise, cognitive, sleep/ rest, self perception/ self concept, roles/ relationships
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professional nursing practice? According to the American Nurses Association, “accountability means to be answerable to oneself and others for one’s own actions. The nurse acts under a code of ethical conduct that is grounded in moral fidelity and respect for the dignity, worth and self-determination of patients.” (p. 9). The ANA developed the Code of Ethics for Nurses as a tool or guideline for the nurse to “carry out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and
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