WORD COUNT 1648 1 Law, Accountability and Ethics in prescribing During my supervised practice in an outpatient clinic the non-medical prescriber I was with was asked by a colleague to prescribe for a patient on her behalf. In my role as a vascular clinical nurse specialist, I run nurse led clinics working alongside other nonprescribing colleagues seeing patients with peripheral vascular disease, this can range from patients with leg ulcers or diabetic foot ulceration with wound infections
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the nursing role has transcended overtime to allow for registered nurses to practice in more advanced autonomous roles. The first Nurse Practitioner program was initiated at the University of Colorado in the 1970’s as professors sought the need to prepare nurses for expanded roles as it was evident the capacity of nurse’s ability to assess and determine the necessary treatment options for children and families. (Jansen, Zwygart-Stauffacher, 2009) While the definition of the advanced practice nurse
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The 2010 IOM Impact on Nursing Practice, Education and Leadership Crystal Graham Grand Canyon University May 26, 2010 In 2010 after spending two years researching and discovering that many roadblocks in our current health care system restrict nurses from responding to the rapidly aging and changing health care setting, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released their report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” (Institute
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University The Difference Between ADN versus BSN Prepared Nurses In the United States of America nurses are allowed to practice as Registered Nurses upon completion of an Associate degree program in nursing and a passing score on the NCLEX boards. From there they have many choices for job opportunities: some of which include hospitals, clinics, and nursing homes. They practice alongside physicians prepared at the doctorate level, pharmacists prepared at the bachelors, masters, or doctorate level
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Registered Nurse (RN) role in the nursing process, as well as this nursing student’s observation of the role changes in the Home Health Care setting compared to literature reviewed. It will also include changes that must be made in this nursing student’s practice in order to assume the role of a Registered Nurse. Relationships and Transitional Changes from the LPN to RN Role According to the Oregon State Board of Nursing: “Practice of registered nursing” means the application of knowledge
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2010 IOM Report and the Impact on Nursing The IOM Report and the Impact of Nursing The IOM (The Institute of Medicine) is trying to get nursing more toward a higher educational stand point. During the information on education they are pushing toward having the working nurse be at an 80% of the work force have their baclorets degree by 2020. While reading the article it continually talks about how the nurse with the bachelors degree is better prepared to take care of the patient. That the
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Team C NUR/391 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nurses face various ethical and legal issues in the medical setting. As professionals, nurses must be aware of these legal and ethical issues when they occur. Nurses have a legal and ethical obligation to respond to these issues. Being a professional nurse requires a nurse to assess the pros and cons of different situations, but also to withhold their personal beliefs and listen and respect the
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improve their health issues. Its professional responsibility is to provide nursing care and support to the people who have been suffering from deterioration of health. A traditional way of nursing is to just provide primary care and follow the order of the professional practitioner, but now new concept of therapeutic relationship and implementation of therapeutic process is evaluated (Fournier, 2000). Nursing practices includes variety of settings and these settings will affect the processes which
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wanted to share some information regarding our profession and how the practice of nursing as we know now will change and grow in the years to follow. Some areas of change will include concepts of continuum of care, accountable care organizations (ACO), nurse-managed health clinics and medical homes (home health). What is an accountable care organization? A basic definition of an accountable care organization is a network of doctors and hospitals that have the responsibility to provide care to patients
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University: NRS-430V March 15,2015 Nursing education has a great impact on protection of patients and their standard of care .In order to enhance the quality of patient recovery nurses must have different level of education. This paper is focused on competences between nurses prepared at the Associate level versus baccalaureate degree level.Using a patient identification situation, The paper will also describe on differences in nursing care and approach to decision making by associate
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