NCLEX Chapter 6 Q1. Nurse is talking to a Japanese American patient about his upcoming surgery. The patient keeps nodding and smiling. What does that mean? A1: The nodding and smiling is cultural/part patient’s culture. A2: Patient agrees with treatment. A3: Patient agrees that the procedure is required. A4: Patient understands the process of preoperative procedures. Correct answer is 1. Because answers 2 and 3 may not mean that patient agrees with the treatment, speaker, or understands
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Community Health Nursing Reflection NUR/405 August 7, 2012 Community Health Nursing Reflection According to Phyllis Meadows (2009), “Community health nurses are valued for their adaptability and willingness to provide care in many settings, including community health clinics, churches, homeless shelters, and schools,” (p. 19). Community health nurses aim to improve health outcomes and improve the infrastructure used to monitor and manage disease within the community. Healthy People 2020 has
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Resources-Nursing shortages Nursing shortages has become a global issue facing many countries. The scarcity of nurses is expected to increase as demands for health care services increase. Scarcity of resources in health care is a multi-faced problem with multiple causes ranging from nurses leaving the profession because of job dissatisfaction, retiring baby boomers, increasing health demands with decreasing number of those entering the profession, shortage of nurse educators and nursing school,
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The Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) designed the 6C’s to create vision and strategy with a difference for all areas within the nursing spectrum. This assignment is going to explore what is meant by one of the CNO’s 6 C’s (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2014 (NMC). All of the 6C’s are equally important to enhance and ensure high quality care for patients but for the purpose of this essay compassion will be explored in detail. Compassion is the essence of
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Nursing 243 Assignment: Cultural and Spiritual Assessment Cultural and Spiritual Assessment Transcultural nursing and culturally congruent care are important ideas of today’s nursing, especially in North America. In order to give a culturally congruent care, the nurse should do a cultural assessment; a good cultural assessment will reveal the invisible part of a culture. According to Potter and Perry (2009), “It is important to understand that the invisible value-belief
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Heritage Assessment NRS-429V | Culture and Cultural Competency in Health Promotion John Thomas 3/24/13 The Heritage Assessment tool is primarily used as a device to evaluate health maintenance, health protection, and health restoration of a person’s cultural beliefs and values (Spector, 2006). This assessment helps aid in providing quality patient care in that it helps to meet and respect the needs of different types of people and their respective backgrounds (Spector, 2002). This particular
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were unfamiliar with “American” medicine. In order to provide patient centered care, it is important to establish a nurse-patient relationship based on trust. The family must be made to feel as equal partners in the care of their child. They must feel valued, respected and important. It is imperative to obtain an interpreter who is fluent in their language so that correct information is exchanged. Asian culture is one of great respect and views physicians and nurses as authority figures. Thus
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future of Nursing Sunu Saju Grand Canyon University NRS 430V April 07, 2013 IOM report and future of Nursing IOM (Institute of Medicine), in partnership with RWJF (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation), developed the report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing health on October 5, 2010.This detailed study focus on the significant connection between the health needs of various, varying populations and the actions of the nursing staff. The health care delivery system and nursing profession
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diverse nation on earth, People from different part of world have come tougher to create this country. So as healthcare professionals nurses has to deal with patient from diverse cultural background. To provide quality care they should be able to understand the cultural heritage. Culture is that which shapes the person. Heritage is made of practices and tradition example like language, norms, behavior, belief, values that are passed from parent to children. This paper will discuss the importance of
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It was stated in our reading material that the Gallop poll rated Nursing to be the most ethical profession and expecting nursing professionals to illustrate the highest ethical standards from any industry. Nurses are held accountable for the patient and their family’s welfare. The ANA provides the Nursing profession guidelines to treat every patient with dignity, respect, and compassion also free from any personal judgment of race, social or economic status, personal disparities, or disregard to
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