Accountability of Nursing Professionals Grand Canyon University: NRS ¬- 430V 07/08/2011 Accountability of Nursing Professionals Professional accountability means “ being answerable to someone for something done ” (ANA, 2002) Professional nurse is accountable to the profession, patient population, inter- disciplinary team, community, to the employer, and to self.
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a problem. This sheds light on process indicators which include recognition, assessment, and nursing intervention methods (Savitz, 2005). This scenario includes several situations where negative physical and emotional problems were arising without proper identification and intervention. All of which contribute to a negative outcome. Outcome indicators here leave the quality and quantity of nursing care in question. The patient is most likely suffering from a pressure ulcer that will go without
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communication skills that the nurse manager of the progressive unit that is taken into consideration by the author, recognizes as the one most affecting the collaboration nurses-physicians. How can the nursing and medical staff collaborate more effectively to improve patient outcomes and at the same time increase nursing job satisfaction? The author highlights the steps required to initiate a change toward a collaborative workplace through the use of an attentive communication style. Once background research
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organization. (Huber, 2010). I currently work in the endoscopy suite of a 222 bed, suburban community, private non-profit hospital. Our unit is small and includes six nurses, two of whom are full time employees; four of us are part-time. We have a full nursing assistant who also serves as our transporter. One of the full-time nurses is our unit manager with the dual role of staff nurse. My nurse manager identified the environment as collaborative in which teamwork is always encouraged, however, recognizes
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different situations and with different types of people, to fulfil the leadership role. Having reflected on my own leadership style, I have thought about the way in which as a leader, I have historically led a team. Over the years working within a nursing background I found it difficult to be a specific type of leader due to the thinking that as a nurse you never led, you were a manager that was led. I was far from the truth… I have worked with very different people from all levels of abilities from
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prepared at the AD level versus the BSN level in nursing Identify a patient care situation in which you describe how nursing care of approaches to decisioin making may differ based upon the educational preparation of the nurse (BSN versus a ADN) Competent bedside nurses, regardless of degree, are in high demand. To become a licensed registered nurse, all nurses must pass the NCLEX licensing exam, and graduate from an accredited school of nursing. The debate continues as to whether an ADN degree
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from the University of Buffalo. She underwent the rigorous training regime and managed to graduate with excellent credits. She went a step further and specialized in FPN education programs, a prudent step since the advent of specialized advanced nursing roles. After her bachelor’s degree, she sat for her national licensing examination (NCLEX-RN). To her credit she managed to answer 260 questions from the test and thus illustrating a sound knowledge on their field. Being a resident of Buffalo; the
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Accomplishing Goals Introduction SMART goals express behaviors that are observable and measurable in a way that is easy to determine if the goal has been met or not (Koutoukidis, Stainton & Hughson, 2013). Leadership and organizational skills are essential skills for all qualified healthcare professionals and have a pivotal role in ensuring a delivery of high standards of care. My leadership development goal is to improve my leadership skills to become a better leader while working in the labor
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From Number Crunching to Nursing Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in the course 401: Career Pathway Assessment in the School of Nursing Old Dominion University NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Fall, 2012 From Number Crunching to Nursing Introduction As a child, I had often thought about what it would be like to be a nurse. However, life led me down a different path as I obtained my Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A) in Accounting from Appalachian State
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main focus of the Board of Nursing in every state is ensure the safety of the public's health. They do this by making sure that all individuals in the nursing profession practice safe nursing. I reside in the state of Florida and the Florida Board of nursing is the regulatory government agency that is responsible for the issuance of all licenses to competent nurses. The Florida Board of Nursing has many other responsibilities as well. They approve and accredit nursing schools and education programs
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