provide recommendations on nursing in the United States (National Academy of Sciences, 2013). The goal of this paper is to discuss the impact of the IOM report on nursing in primary care, nursing education; and furthermore, the effect it has on of nurses as leaders. The IOM report developed four pivotal recommendations that focus on improving the future of nursing which in turn will remodel the health care system and improve patient outcomes (IOM, The Future of Nursing Summary, 2011). Key Message
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questionnaire titled, "My Nursing Ethic." Using the reading and the questionnaire, write a paper of 750-1,000 words in which you describe your professional moral compass. As you write your paper, include the following: 1. What personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to your worldview and philosophy of nursing? How do these values shape or influence your nursing practice? 2. Define values, morals, and ethics in the context of your obligation to nursing practice. Explain how your
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in the Northeast with employee turnover rate issues, nursing vacancies, a new hospital in the area recently opening, and employee morale deteriorating I need to come in strong making serious changes. The first thing that I will do is Anne and I will go over to Essex University and have a meeting with their president and the dean of the nursing department and suggest a partnership between the hospital and the university to help keep their nursing department open because we need it since we currently
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A critical incident that I was involved in pertained to a situation that happened to me at work. I was just starting off as a new nurse on the floor in which I currently work on, a step down ICU that is high in acuity and demanding. It was my first week alone after I had been trained for 6 weeks in the month of September 2017. Five minutes prior to the end of my morning shift, I received a last minute patient transferred from another floor with no report from the nurse and no data pertaining the
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development is seen as a means of shifting policies that affect healthcare approach, work environment and the diversity of the profession. Hence, as we embark on a new era of improved healthcare delivery, we should involve the participation of the nursing sector. My vision follows my institutions vision of positivity. I want a vision that incorporates nurses creating compassionate experiences that exceed patient and family expectations; and to serve as a catalyst to improve the health of our region
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It is true that Nursing is a practice discipline that incorporates scientific and nonscientific knowledge originating from scholarly inquiry. To understand nursing one must understand the concepts, theories, and laws that are ever constant and evolving at the same time (Kelly Patricia, 2012). This understanding will inform practice. According to Simpao, A. F. (2013) “The theory framework of nursing science is built in a dynamic process that arises from practice and is reproduced through research
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outcomes of nursing care. It is indicated by the supply, skill level and education/certification of nursing staff. Indicators measure aspects of nursing care such as assessment, interventions and job satisfaction. Patient outcomes determined to be nurse sensitive are those that improve if there is great quanity and quality of care. http://www.nursingworld.org Knowing about pressure ulcers could have helped the nurse prevent one on this patient. The nurse and the certified nursing assistant would
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practices they traditionally use. Regarding the Heritage Assessment tool’s usefulness, it will allow the healthcare professional to understand the patient as a whole due to the fact that it addresses the individual’s heritage, cultural, religious and ethic background and behaviors and how they may relate to the patient’s views on health and wellness. To be Culturally Competent, one has to be able to provide healthcare based on the total patient situation- ethnically, culturally and spiritually. The Heritage
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Virtue ethics is one out of three major parts of normative ethics. As the word ‘virtue’ describes the whole concept of virtue ethics i.e. it points to a set of character which leads to good behaviour. It portrays the behaviour of an individual not overall society. It includes the behaviour of a person towards others and is based on moral characters and virtues. Virtue ethics helps in encouraging people to adapt good behaviour in order to attain a good life. It is not based on duties or consequences
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Philosophy of Nursing The environment in which the patients are in plays a big role in their healing process. Florence Nightingale founded her nursing theory and philosophy on enhancing environmental factors to improve the patients overall health, healing and well-being. Nightingale's attention to environment has added significance to the role environmental conditions play in human health status (Shaner, 2006). In Nightingale’s book, Notes of Nursing, she reflects on how air and water quality
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