return to health along with being held accountable to the facilities who employ them. Nursing, meets the generally accepted definition of a profession based on the above listed standards: Although there is no overall consensus as to what constitutes the proper attributes of a profession, the following characteristics are commonly noted: a unique body of knowledge, altruistic service to society, a code of ethics, significant education and socialization, and autonomy in practice, i.e. reasonable
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Professionalism in Nursing Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351: Transition in Professional Nursing June 2015 Professionalism In Nursing My goal for writing this paper is to illuminate the important role professionalism plays in developing the nursing profession. Academic degree entry into the nursing profession is varied and equilibrium of that requirement to a Bachelor of Science (BSN) degree will enhance the role of professionalism by broadening a nurse’s knowledge base, and enhance
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Euthanasia and Death with Dignity Euthanasia is an ethical decision making dilemma that borders on the philosophical and shakes the foundations of nursing beliefs in patient autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence. It is an ugly concept for which many cringe and shy away from. It must be differentiated between the concepts of willfully causing death versus restraint from aggressive medical treatment when such procedures would cause no change in the outcome of the illness. This is sometimes referred
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as nurses follow standards, policies, guidelines, and legislations regarding consent to treatment (Ross-Kerr & Wood, 2006, P 106).” In essence, the adherence to professionalism is of great significance when it comes to the medical profession. “In nursing, professionalism is described as the skills, attitude, values and behaviors common to those that undertake the practice of medicine. Professionalism to nurses includes knowledge of the human body and the skills required to maintain that body’s standard
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The following report was written by a private consultant hired to examine the issues being experienced by Delmar General Hospital with their nursing staff. The report begins with a discussion of nursing, moves on to an overview of motivational theories, as well as stress and its effects on motivation. The issues occurring within this hospital with their nursing staff will be reviewed and interpreted by the private consultant. The private consultant will then conclude with a discussion of her final
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A nursing assistant wheels Margie Whitson back to her room at Golden Oaks Rehabilitation Center and helps her back into bed. Golden Oaks is located on the grounds of Marion General Hospital, owned and operated by the hospital board of directors. It has been a very difficult day. Margie takes a deep sigh as she leans back into bed and says, “I’ll get into night clothes in a few minutes if that’s alright. I’d just like to sit here and think for a little while.” The nursing assistant nods in agreement
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phenomenology is the holistic perspective that studies the ‘whole’ phenomenon (CNP BC 2009). Accordingly, holistic perspective sees an individual as a whole individual and not in segments or parts. Similarly, nursing considers the whole person and values their experience. Besides, the central focus of nursing is the client. The client includes the physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual and social dimensions of the individual (Potter & Perry, 2010). Phenomenological perspective will help the writer to
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The Role of Nursing Advocacy Across all Healthcare Settings Nursing is an autonomous profession where lives are saved every day. Nursing advocacy can affect patient outcomes. As the nursing profession evolves and responsibilities increase, it is necessary to better understand the concept of nursing advocacy. The role of advocacy is not new for the nursing profession, but the nature of advocacy in the nursing practice remains ambiguous. Nurses are obligated to act as an advocate for their patients
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Education for Nurses Marina Oliynyk Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V-O500 August 14, 2015 Essentials of Higher Education for Nurses The profession of nursing in its modern form exists for more than 200 years, and certainly it did experience a lot of changes. Over 150 years ago, Florence Nightingale defined nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery,” and till this day this simple rule applies (Berman & Snyder, 2012, p. 13). Nowadays
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EITHICAL DELIMAS IN NURSING Green Group Shannon Blake, Sherri Dunn, Susan Brown, Tammie Hicks, Miriam Cook Grand Canyon University Nrs-437 November 7, 2015 Nurses have been playing very important roles in the caring of patients throughout the continuum of life and at the end of life for years. It is the position of the ANA that participation of nurses in euthanasia is prohibited as those acts are in contradiction of the code of ethics for nurses. Nurses have a duty to provide
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