Read the following case study regarding an adverse trend in a health care setting. An elderly patient has been admitted to the medical/surgical unit from the local nursing care facility. The new lab results in her electronic health record (EHR) indicate that she has methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in her urine. She is placed on contact precautions per the hospital guidelines. The health care provider arrives to examine her new patient and inquires about the need for contact precautions
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San Diego County Community Health Rhonda Mohler Western Governors University Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 Marc Gayol June 30, 2014 San Diego County Community Health San Diego California shares a border with Mexico and has an estimated population of 3,211,252. It is a diverse and multicultural population comprised of 32.7% Hispanics, 47.6% Whites, 11.6% Asians, and 5.6% are Blacks (State & County QuickFacts, n.d.). San Diego has a long history with the US Military;
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What is nursing? ‘What is nursing? It has been called an art, a science, a profession, a vocation, a heaven-born gift, a laboriously acquired task’ (The Nursing Record 1889 p.131). This definition is one of many ways to describe nursing. It was written over one hundred years ago which shows that even at this earlier period, nursing was recognised as a hardworking, privileged and intelligent career. Nursing is a very comprehensive subject where a lot of topics could be discussed. The areas that
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Analysis Paper This paper will discuss the functions of caring within the nursing practice, as well as my own personal views regarding caring. I will review the Benner model of Clinical Nursing and the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition in relationship to my own personal skills. I will identify my competencies within each domain of the Benner Model. I will reflect upon my own personal nursing practice in terms of my strengths and weaknesses. Also included will be a discussion of
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knowledge to perform many, if not all, of the aspects of the nursing profession has been established. The Baccalaureate should be viewed more as an adjunct to the personal traits that lead an individual to the nursing profession. Taking the intrinsic need to care for the immediate medical issue and adding concepts that will establish a “wholistic” approach, ensuring a longer more fulfilling outcome. At the dawn of the twentieth century the nursing profession in the modern sense was in its infancy. Schools
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job market in California is saturated due to many new programs popping up the last few years. This gives employers the ability to choose nurses with a higher education to fill the jobs available. As the economy declines more people and joined the nursing field in hope to have a profession that has proven to be stable with an above average income and excellent benefits. As stated by the research quoted in the article by the AACN, mortality rates are decreased with the nurse that is more educated.
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Running head: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ASSESSMENT Community Health Nursing Assessment Alison C. Jessup Saint Joseph’s College COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ASSESSMENT Abstract COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING ASSESSMENT Prior to becoming a nurse five years ago I didn’t really give much thought to the community that surrounded me. I independently went about my daily life without really considering my neighbors or municipality and I certainly wasn’t geared towards thinking about how I can give
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Original Article Mobbing against nurses in the workplace in Turkey inr_815 328..334 S.Y. Efe1 MSN & S. Ayaz2 PhD 1 Specialist, 2 Assistant Professor, Nursing Department, Gazi University Faculty of Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey EFE S.Y. & AYAZ S. (2010) Mobbing against nurses in the workplace in Turkey. International Nursing Review 57, 328–334 Aim: The aim of the study was to determine whether the nurses have been exposed to mobbing or not, and to reveal the causes of the mobbing between
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numerous renovations and upgrades over the past decades to expand its scope of services. The latest advances include a completely redesigned intensive care unit, new digital mammography equipment and a new state of the art radiology suite. The hospital emergency department also serves as a major hub of activities and a critical community resources. The institution also enjoys an excellent reputation in such
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2014 2 Communication in the work place is important between all team members and families when taking care of patients. During the self-report scale assignment, I realized how much communication is important during my everyday job. As an emergency room nurse, you can become very task oriented because things are happening at a very fast pace. These are the times that things can go wrong if we are not careful and question every order. The relationship between the nurse and patient is not the
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