back of the ambulance so I entered the Associate Degree Nursing program. In the class when the instructor asked, “What field of nursing do you want to go into?” My first thought was definitely not Pediatrics or Gerontology! I do not like either end of that spectrum. With my past experience I thought, something exciting like Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or Emergency Room (ER), but destiny had a different road for me. I began working as a nursing assistant in an ICU as an assistant, I liked it but there
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there are currently 16,000 certified nursing homes caring for 1.4 million residents (Zhao & Haley, 2011). Due to high nurse turnover rates and persistent staffing shortages, many nursing homes utilize nurse staffing agencies to meet staffing needs. Holliswood Care Center (HCC), a 300 bed nursing home, with five residential floors, located in Hollis, New York is not exempt from such staffing challenges. In fact, according to Yves Pascal, Director of Nursing (DNS) at HCC, “Usually, 2-3 LPN’s per
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Nursing is such a rewarding, fast growing career that makes it an amazing job. Education is an important part of advancing in the healthcare profession. Education is a step forward to better outcomes on patient care and providing proper care to our patients. Nurses have the ability to make independent decision making due to the complexities of their jobs. One of the largest differences in these degrees is the years of education required to complete the program and the knowledge based education taught
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one with experience and also has a higher level of professional education. That nurse is adept at critical thinking and research while providing up-to-date evidenced-based practices. I see in the future, an emergency department that is staffed mostly with BSN nurses. The field of nursing has changed from knowledge of basic skills to core competencies. We must concern ourselves with policies, system improvements, collaboration, technology and community
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History of Community Nursing Matrix As long as people have existed, they needed to look after their health. As a result, the healthcare industry was born. Nurses were a vital part of that growing community. This paper will approach three different historical periods in the United States, discuss the nurse’s role in the community in regards to the major health issues of that period, how they partnered with the community to create new programs and finish with an intellectual discussion on how Jean
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Associate Degree, Baccalaureate Degree Nursing, and Competency OLUFISAYO ADEJUYIGBE Grand Canyon University NRS 430V: Professional Dynamic Date; JULY 1, 2012 Introduction Nursing is one of the fast growing professions in the health care field in the United States of American. An estimated 2.5 millions of Americans working class belong to this profession
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of years ago. It has not been well received within the hospital. Different department have different request for information that they want to receive. This creates confusion and difficulty in following the unit specific format required. In the emergency department it does have some benefits. A nurse can record a report for the inpatient floor to receive when the nurse has a few minutes to perform the task. This was an improvement to the old process of trying to call report to the floor only to
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the nature and meaning of nursing competency is the initial step in having an unambiguous definition of its practice. All healthcare professionals, including nurses, may only prove to be proficient in their capabilities if they are able to perform comprehensive assessments related to the provision and maintenance of safe and efficient care, the protection of all members of the general public, and the undertaking of all necessary actions in order to preserve the nursing profession. Any and all standards
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regulatory agencies related to nursing Marina Chandy San Jacinto College- LVN program According to Calzone (2014), “As science, advances, new competencies must be integrated into nursing practice to ensure the provision of safe, responsible and accountable care.” The purpose of the Board of Nursing is to protect and promote the welfare of the people by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse is competent to practice safely(Board of Nursing [BON], 2014). Regulatory agencies
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individuals. Nurses are also accountable for the health promotion and maintenance of families, communities, populations, and the treatment of life-threatening emergencies in a wide range of health care settings. Nurses perform a range of clinical and non-clinical functions necessary to the delivery of health care and may also be involved in medical and nursing research. This paper will reflect the differences in the necessary competencies for nurses prepared at the associate degree (ADN) and baccalaureate of
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