Personal Ethics Ethics could be described as one of the most popular term heard in the health systems these days. While ethics can be said as a important part of the care, ethics is also be said as personal. Discerning the right and wrong when facing dilemmas can be the simplest way of describing the ethics. Ethics begin with the moral reasoning of the individual and as the moral reasoning of the individual can be formed by the individual's cultural, religious, social and educational values and
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a growing problem in all age groups, especially in the younger generation. Working in a large emergency department nurses and doctors are seeing more drug abuse victims and dealing with patients who are addicted is a huge challenge for most health care professionals. In the emergency department at Huntsville Hospital where 250 to 400 patients are seen daily, many of the patients seen are addicted to some type of mind altering substance. “According to the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and health
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verifies an important fact that must be implemented within the health care system: the statistics reflect the cultural diversity of potential clients. From previous experience, I can concur that approximately one-third of the patients I saw belonged to a minority group. Health care professionals are expected to provide individualized care to their clients. In doing so, we must be aware of what makes them an individual. A person’s culture is a huge part of that. In order to fulfill our duty, we need
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Emerging Standards of Care The Office of Minority Health defines the term “cultural competency” as “a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations” (“What is Cultural Competency, n.d.). Health care providers have begun focusing on ways to create culturally appropriate and effective health care policies. These policies will lead to culturally sensitive care provided to patients
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significant role in healthcare field. In olden time, nursing was not considered as glamour’s or respectful profession in the society because nurse’s job was helping sick and poor people with very limited education and knowledge. Today nurses are professionally educated and there is different level of educations and curriculums are available for practice as a registered nurse. Although, both Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) are eligible for appear the NCLEX-RN exam
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Grand Canyon University Introduction to Nursing Research NRS 433V June Helbig July 28, 2013 Research Critique Part 1 Children are vulnerable in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and experience pain when not needed. The nurses and physicians lack of knowledge about how critical illness affects the signs and symptoms of children’s pain Problem Statement The clinical problem eluded that there is little known in the pediatric intensive care (PICU) settings of the nurses knowledge
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Worksheet JoAnn Walker, 84 years old Overview This case study incorporates a common presentation seen by the nurse in clinical practice: community acquired pneumonia with a history of COPD causing an acute exacerbation. Principles of spiritual care are also naturally situated in this scenario to provide rich discussion of “how to” practically incorporate this into the nurse’s practice. Concepts (in order of emphasis) I. Gas Exchange II. Infection III. Acid-Base Balance IV. Thermoregulation
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Advanced Generalist: Reaction Paper In today’s society nursing has grown to fit the healthcare needs of society. We have grown by providing different nursing educational roles that will evolve healthcare as we know it. The advanced generalist education role is a clinical nurse leader. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing defines the clinical nurse leader role (CNL) as a leader in the healthcare system that delivers care across different settings within a Microsystems, using assimilation
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life has greater meaning. It all started with the long formidable journey of 5,000 miles from Korea to Canada. During the flight, I became concerned with my skin color, my poor knowledge of the English language and the differences between the two cultures. For the first time in my life, I experienced a feeling of isolation. My English was literally terrible. The only words I could speak were “Hi”, “Yes” and some easy conversational sentences. I still remember saying “Yes” without hesitation when one
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Skilled Nursing Facilities Increases the Quality of Care Residents Receive and Decreases Unnecessary Health Care Cost Nurses have the power to increase positive patient outcomes by implementing changes in their practice based on the evidence found in the nursing literature. Utilizing evidence-based practice (EBP) increases nurses job satisfaction, increases communication across the interdisciplinary team, enables nurses to provide their patients with high-quality care and decreases health care cost
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