PA. Both nursing practitioner and physic assistant can play the roles in healthcare practices. Patient is in good hand, weather we are treated by a PA or a NP. The different between a nursing practitioner and a physician assistant NP favor the nursing model while the PA favor the medical model. Education to become a nurse practitioner (NP) requires coursework and clinical rotations beyond that required of the RN. Curriculum includes, but is not limited to, courses in epidemiology; nursing theory;
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Analyzing an Audience English 215 Laws that change nursing home across America are a major concern for people that have loved ones in their care. This topic is not always in the news unless there is a tragedy that happen in one of the nursing homes. The effect of Medicaid and Medicare are causing many family members major problems with adequate care that being provided by these nursing homes. Health insurance do not pay enough and many people will be upset with the new changes, because it takes
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W5 Application: Patient Safety Risks Nursing Home Setting This paper will focus on geriatric patients group with increased fall risk at nursing homes. A nursing home is chosen by as the selected healthcare setting. Nursing homes are not only for geriatric population, but for anyone who requires 24-hours care. Nursing homes focus their services for people who cannot be cared at home. Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day. Many of them are set up like a hospital
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Professional Development Plan Professional Nursing Practice November 28th, 2009 Nursing philosophy is a theoretical foundation that serves as a frame of reference to provide guidance and direction for the clinician. Many nursing scholars including Patricia Benner have contributed to the nursing philosophical base. My personal nursing philosophy is shaped by the early pioneers in nursing to promote health and achieve optimal state of wellness for the patients. An individual value
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patient outcomes and the approach used to nursing care. Patient care scenario that shows the differences in the approach to decision-making based upon the educational preparation of a BSN versus an ADN will be presented. Mildred Montag developed the associate degree program. The two-year program was designed to deal with the nursing shortage during war times. Montag’s vision was to have these ADN working along side the BSN, who provided guidance. Nursing is an educated based career, with a strong
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modern nursing.” Her intelligence, classical education, religious beliefs as a Unitarian, and her family’s social status were all attributes that stimulated her drive to begin what nursing is currently. Nightingale’s Environmental Model is one of the earliest grand theories. It connects the concepts of the patient, the nurse, the environment, and health. Florence Nightingale pioneered the theory that the environment affects an individual’s health and illness, and that nurses can influence health by controlling
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Team C NUR/391 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nurses face various ethical and legal issues in the medical setting. As professionals, nurses must be aware of these legal and ethical issues when they occur. Nurses have a legal and ethical obligation to respond to these issues. Being a professional nurse requires a nurse to assess the pros and cons of different situations, but also to withhold their personal beliefs and listen and respect the
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Vulnerable People in the Workplace Vulnerable People in the Workplace Paper Watson is a Nursing theorist who recognizes nursing as the art of caring and the need to treat each patient holistically (Watson, 2007). Leininger is another Nursing theorist who realized caring is unique and the core of nursing. According to Leininger’s Cultural Care Theory as cited by Maier-Lorentz (2008), on Transcultural Nursing, nurses need to be aware of various cultures and how to use this knowledge in their daily
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Long Term Care Facility vs. Home Health Care Nursing Karen Waite Eng/102 July, 2014 Will mom or loved one receive better care at home or in a nursing home? This is a hard choice to make, but which is the best? In this paper, it examines the efficiency of home care programs, assisted living and long-term care programs. It examines the care and cost of the different programs with respect. The decision of whether or not to place an aging parent (or a loved one) into a long-term care facility
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Professional Nursing Organization, PNO, and a Regulatory Agency, such as the Board of Nursing, B.O.N., give two examples of how provisions from a nursing code of ethics influence my practice, discuss four traits from the ANA’s code of ethics that will be brought to an interdisciplinary team of healthcare professionals. I will identify a nursing theory and explain how it has influenced my professional practice as well as discuss the contributions of one historical nursing figure has impacted my nursing practice
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