RUP1 Project Shawna Setzer Western Governors University Nursing In the Modern World Nurses of today have to make countless choices on how to provide the best care for each patient they care for. A nurse has to maintain a professional appearance and attitude while balancing making ethical decisions and putting aside own values and morals to given the best possible to care to each patient assigned to them each day. Some nurses assume the role as a charge nurse
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ROLES AND VALUES CORINNE BRONKEMA WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL ROLES & VALUES PROJECT My personal nursing mission statement is changing and developing as my career advances, however, one core piece will remain constant. I will strive to provide the best, safest, most ethical and compassionate nursing care that I can for all patients and family members with whom I come in contact. I began my post-high school academic career as an accounting major
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“ …Nursing science is that body of knowledge developed form questions raised by nurses and investigated by them, concerning the relationship of the human-health-environment” as Dr. Millar stated (George, 2011, p.11). The body of nursing science consists of theories, paradigms, and frameworks (George, 2011, p. 10). A nursing theory could be defined as “ a set of concepts, definitions, relationships, and assumptions or propositions derived from nursing models or from other disciplines and project
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing The American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Code of Nursing Ethics, personal and societal values, and legal responsibilities all influence the way we care for our patients, treat our co-workers, and take care of ourselves. Never the less, nurses need to make a distinction between their individual values and their professional ethics when caring for their patients. The American Nurses Association’s Code of Nursing Ethics is the cornerstone for nursing practice
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Nursing has been struggling to be recognized as an academic discipline ever since the 1960s, when the American Nurses Association published a position paper that supported baccalaureate education as the entry level to practice (McCance & McKenna 1999). Previously, most nursing education took place in hospital schools (diploma programs), and the profession was very much under the control of medicine. Now, there's a lot to be said in favor of diploma programs, mostly the fact that diploma graduates
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An analysis of some of the ethical concepts identified from the American Nursing Association (ANA) code of ethics The American Nursing Associations (ANA) code of ethics for nurse practitioners was first adopted in 1950 with the sole purpose of reinforcing the ethical obligations of every individual who joins the nursing profession (American Nurses Association, 2001). The document provides a detailed and explicit elaboration of the ethical duties that nurses are expected to fulfil in their day
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Educational Preparation in Nursing INTRODUCTION The increasing demands for health care pave the way to open the door of opportunities for individuals encouraged to enter nursing schools. Various educational pathways have been made available to students who wanted to pursue a career in nursing. Registered Nurses (RNs) typically complete a program of study at a community college, diploma school of nursing or a four-year college or university and are required to pass a nationally standardized
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PERSONAL VALUES AND ETHICAL DECISION MAKING Values Ive worked many years and have never gave much thought to the decision that I’ve made, in fact during my lifetime Ive never considered the role that values plays in the decision making process. I assumed ageing was the reason for my increased decision making prowess. I was mistaken in my thinking just as I was mistaken in my views on the nursing profession. Values are the beliefs that peoples in a society embrace. It guides their action
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Practice Guidelines Practice Guidelines illustrate how LPNs can meet the standards of practice when performing specific activities and are written to guide and inform LPN practice. Blood and Blood-Product Transfusion Therapy Blood/blood-product transfusion therapy is a therapeutic nursing intervention that involves the preparation, administration, monitoring, evaluation, and documenting of these products. Boundaries in the Nurse-Client Relationship This joint Practice Standard is the result
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inquiry includes ontological, philosophical, ethical, historical inquiry and studies. In addition, caring science includes multiple epistemological approaches to inquiry including clinical and empirical, but is open to moving into new areas of inquiry that explore other ways of knowing, for example, aesthetic, poetic, narrative, personal, intuitive, kinesthetic, evolving consciousness, intentionality, metaphysical – spiritual, as well as moral-ethical knowing. Caring science is an evolving new field
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