are brought up, it also relates to their religious and cultural beliefs. This paper will explicate the ethics, virtues and moral values of my commitment to nursing profession. It will also manifest the ethical nursing responsibility consistent with nursing quality of care, ethical dilemmas and how it impacts my life in making decisions. Nursing practice is influenced by a person’s cultural, spiritual and personal values. Personal values represent importance, advantage or significance, it has a strong
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Health Promotion is a method of helping people to improve and increase their health. (World Health Organization, n.d.) It encompasses a combination of health education and related organizations, political and economic changes aimed at improving health. (Hodyman & Kiyak, 1999.) Health promotion allows individuals to find the collaborations between their core, passion, and optimal health, promoting their motivation to strive for optimal health and assisting them in changing their lifestyle to move
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cases are only the "tip of the iceberg" (National Center on Elder Abuse, 2003). The study also shown that two-thirds of the offenders were adult children or spouses. Additionally, elders are being abused in nursing homes, hospitals, or other institutions; in one study, 36 percent of nursing home staff stated that they had witnessed at least one physical abuse incident with an elderly patient (Nelson, 2002). Clearly, elder mistreatment or abuse of the elderly is a growing social occurrence. Unfortunately
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CHANGING HEATHCARE TRENDS Health Promotion: Changing Healthcare Trends Marla K. Clement Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 11/8/2011 Health Promotion: Changing Healthcare Trends A trend recognized in today’s healthcare setting is that of a shift from professional dictation to patient directed healthcare. An emphasis on the treatment of disease, which was highly successful in the past, is not the answer for today's healthcare needs. Today, patient education is the primary focus with
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What is a Nursing Home? Nursing Homes are places for people who don't need to be in a hospital but can't be cared for at home, more commonly referred to as skilled nursing and rehab centers. Nursing care is typically provided for people who need long-term care or rehabilitation after surgery or are recovering from a more severe medical condition like a stroke. These communities provide all of the personal care and services of an assisted living with the addition of 24-hour nursing care. Regent
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Child Health Nurse, and a Nurse’s responsibility in keeping children safe The paediatric nurse and child health nurse are often misjudged as being almost the same thing, but in reality these two specialisations have their own unique aspects of services that make them stand out from the other. Both of them require the attainment of the Registered Nurse degree, and then take further qualification by extended Nursing practice in specific settings; Child Health Nurse work with different families with
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Eng-114-220N 29 August 2014 A Career in Nursing My career choice is nursing. Nursing is a highly in demand profession. Having a RN degree can open many doors in the medical field. They have nurses who work with children, those that work in Hospice and some take more of a manager position as a Director of nursing. The satisfaction of knowing you are helping another and that your job makes a difference in someone else’s life is the greatest reward. Pediatric nursing requires a desire to work with children
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care physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Physically, Schwartz’s nursing diagnosis could be Disturbed Sleep Pattern related to anxiety and depression as evidenced by Schwartz’s verbal saying, “I began to have trouble sleeping…,” secondary to adenocarcinoma. This is evident by the Schwartz describes the many diagnostic testing that he had to go through in the beginning of the article. Emotionally, the author’s nursing diagnosis could be fear related to threat of death as evidenced by Schwartz’s
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culturally diverse women particularly need expert, culturally sensitive nursing care (Corbett and Callister, 2012, p. 299). Hinduism is the world's oldest known religion, having been practiced over 8000 years as evidenced by ancient Hindu scriptures and is the largest Asian religion in the United States (Thrane, 2010, p. 337; Hodge, 2004, p.27). Without knowledge of Hindu child bearing woman’s practices and traditions effective nursing care is impeded and their cultural differences may affect patient-nurse
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Modern Family Values The health of modern society is dependent upon the family unit and the values it cultivates in its members. Research regarding the relationship between social stablity and health outcomes has identified a lower risk of chronic illness in societies with higher social stablity. (German & Latkin, 2012). A society is composed of individuals who share commonalities in values, traditions and activities; and families are the building blocks of society. The family unit provides
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