Nursing is one of my most versatile career options, as it offers a variety of environments to work in, countless specialties to choose from, and many opportunities for career advancement. My ultimate future goal is to become a nurse practitioner in dermatology. To achieve this, I plan to first obtain my doctorate degree as a family nurse practitioner, then move into the dermatology specialty. As Currie, Chiarella, and Buckley explain, nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have been trained
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program at Hibbing Community College, I will transfer to Concordia St. Paul to earn my bachelors in nursing (BSN) degree. After this experience, I would like to find a nice steady job in my community which would help me get some valuable knowledge on nursing and set my life up for more opportunities. I will move on to the University of Minnesota medical school, so I can further myself in the nursing profession and provide the best care to the people in the community that I possibly can. While attending
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Caring Iris Wilkins University of Phoenix Nursing Theory 403 Dr. Elizabeth Wider May 12, 2014 Watson's Theory of Human Caring Dr. Jean Watson was born in Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia in the 1940s. She graduated from the Lewis Gale School of Nursing in Roanoke Virginia in 1961.She progressed through her nursing education by obtaining her bachelor’s degree in 1964, a master of science in nursing in psychiatric and mental health nursing in 1966, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology
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of quality nursing care. However, oftentimes units in healthcare facilities across the nation lack the personnel that give the units the number of human resources needed to provide safe and sufficient care. A variety of people are affected by unsafe staffing: the actual nurses and ancillary staff, as well as stakeholders such as administrators, government and legislative bodies, and last but not least, the tax payer. The adverse effects of short staffing and the future impending nursing shortage are
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the majority of standards including: Infection Prevention and Control, Right and Responsibilities to Patients, Human Resources, Transplant Safety, Emergency Management, and Performance Improvement. During the last inspection NCH was found to be non-compliant in the following areas: National Patient Safety Goals, Record of Care, Environment of Care, Nursing, Treatment and Services, Leadership, Life Safety, Provision of Care, and Universal Protocol. Trending Areas of Concern The PPR revealed numerous
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Certificate Degrees Online Drexel University Online provides over 45 accredited online certificate programs in a variety of concentrations. Choose from Business Certificates, Nursing Certificates, Education Certificates and more. Regardless of where you are in your education, we have fully accredited, online certificates that can help you advance in your career. Whether you are looking for post-bachelor's certificates, post-master's certificates or trying to gain more knowledge in your area of
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DETERIORATION Assignment NUR2100 Due date: April 29, 2013 Computer word count: 1,913 XXXX-XXXXX XXXXXXXXX RECOGNIZING AND ACTING ON CLINICAL DETERIORATION Introduction Nursing has always been a profession that embraces diversity towards rendering holistic patient care. However, with the constant changes in nursing practice; patient safety has been at risk due to nurse’s competence towards detecting impending patient deterioration that may lead to further complications or even death. It is
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personal experience from my working place in a mental health facility, where I had a case when a mental ill patient was placed on four – point restraints for trying to strangle a room mate. The charge nurse called Dr cassette, that is a code for emergency rescue or for aggressive behavior response when any patient is acting up. When all the staff gathered together, she assigned each person to specific task to do. Asmat can you please close the unit, tell the patients to remain in their room for 10
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Running head: NURSING INTERVENTIONS AND EVALUATION Caring For Populations Part 3-Nursing Interventions and Evaluation Alexis Hunter Chamberlain College of Nursing NR443 Community Health Nursing Summer Semester 2010 Nursing Interventions and Evaluation: Human Immunodeficiency Virus: (HIV) HIV infection remains a significant problem in Duval County, Florida. This disease significantly affects many communities and Duval County shares one of the highest HIV
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work will employ a reflective model to analyze the therapeutic engagement with one of the patient that I was involved with. The central theme of this assignment is to explain the condition of a client who was admitted to the ward via accident and emergency department. For the purpose of this essay the patient will be referred to as Mrs. X. The pseudo name is given in accordance with the confidentiality and privacy code NMC (2004). Mrs. X has a condition of schizophrenia (a condition of mental health)
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