the Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities? Assisted living facilities, one of the fastest growing housing options for older adults, represents a potentially new employment option for RN’s. When most people think of nursing homes, they think about nurses being responsible for the patients. However, most nursing homes and assisted living facilities in the United States do not have any RN’s employed. Most assisted living facilities have LPN’s, medical technicians, and certified nursing assistants
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This knowledge forms the basis for utilizing the nursing process in the field of practical nursing. Concurrent integration of theory into clinical practice is an important aspect of practical nursing education.practical nursing education prepares the graduate to pass the national council licensure examination (NCLEX) for practical nursing. Practical nursing diploma program graduates prepared to seek entry-level position as members of a healthcare team
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responsibility, authority, and accountability of registered nurses (RNs) for their nursing practice. The RN’s obligation to provide safe, quality care creates distinct challenges when delegating care to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP). These challenges are amplified in today’s health care environment of shrinking resources; patients with complex, chronic conditions; hospitals, home care settings, and nursing homes with high patient acuity; and the use of sophisticated technology. An
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Mariano Grand Canyon University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Roles and Practice NUR502 July 31, 2013 Master's Prepared Nurse Interview Interview This is an interview of a Master’s- prepared nurse who has recently assumed an Assistant Director of Nursing position. The aim of the interview is to show how a graduate of a Master of Science in Nursing would adequately prepare a nurse to assume a higher role in the field of nursing practice, education or administration. This achievement offers
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| |Clinical Nurse Specialist |Occupational Therapy Assistant | |Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist |Physical Therapist | | |Physical Therapy Assistant | | |Rehabilitation
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Exploring the Professional Nursing Career Research Paper Nursing is considered to be a profession within the healthcare industry that primarily concentrates on caring for communities, families and individuals so that they can maintain or reach a certain point in quality of life in order to live in optimal health and longevity. The profession of nursing may be differentiated from the various other healthcare providers by their specializations on how a patient is cared for, their training
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psychological therapists, a podiatrist, physical therapists, an acupuncturist certified occupational therapist assistant, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, physician assistant, and licensed physical therapy assistants. Some of the names and titles of the participants include: Miranda R. Taylor, EAMP, L.Ac, M.T.C.M., Lorete Feka, PT, Certified Lymphedema Therapist, Cathy Joseph, OTR/L, Donna Hannah, OTR/L, Certified Lymphedema Therapist-Lymphology Association of North America, Karen Corr, RN
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with the task of ensuring that their love ones are placed in nursing homes. According to the Center of Disease Control (CDC) (2012), about 1.5 million Americans live in nursing homes and about 22% of 5.3 million people 85 years of age or older had a nursing home stay in 2006. They go on to say, there are approximately 16,000 nursing homes and about 1.7 million nursing home beds in the United States. While only twelve percent of nursing home residents are between the ages of 64-74, 45% are over 85
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from the EMT’s stretcher to an ER gurney a certified nursing assistant will re-take her vitals and will begin the patient registration process. While Mrs. Brown has never been to this hospital, she does carry a flash drive that contains her electronic health record on her key ring, this flash drive was given to her by her doctor. Since the flash drive was given to her by her doctor it will be safe for the hospital to look at the files. The nursing assistant gets the flash drive from Mrs. Brown and
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working as a Certified Nurse Assistant. For many years I been working with great Registered Nurses at various nursing facilities, assisting living facilities for alzhemeirs patients, and providing care for patients at their private homes. I love working in the medical field because I'm very compassionate, love providing health care to others, and have an opportunity in utilizing my skills to give back to the community. My goal is to further my education in order for me to get a degree in Nursing, work as
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