Nursing Name: Liz Ortiz Health Rights & Resp Nursing In the field of health care, the word malpractice originally encapsulated the negligent mistakes or wrongs that a physician did. In the past, a distinct division subsisted between a physician and a nurse. The nurse operated within a well-defined framework that mainly entailed implementing orders from the physician. The roles of diagnosing patients, treating their different symptoms, and prescribing medication to them were solely roles
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Running Head: PERSONAL NURSING PHILOSOPHY PERSONAL NURSING PHILOSOPHY Nicole Gruber Waynesburg College RN-BSN Program NUR 226 January 24, 2006 If someone told me ten years ago I was to become a nurse, I would have never believed them. I was grossed out by blood and other body fluids, and I was afraid of needle. Before graduating from high school, I took a job as a dietary aide in a local hospital. I got to deliver patient trays and help set
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Eugene Burns, a patient at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital was transferred to Harborside Nursing home following an operation for an aneurysm. The patient had a tracheotomy tube inserted during surgery, which made him unable to speak and required him to be suctioned every four hours. A day after arrival at the nursing home they issued a new medical order that the patient be suction once a shift and as needed, which was vastly different than the hospitals orders. During his stay he was visited by a close
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I grew up hearing stories about late night life saving from my mother who was a critical care paramedic and single parent. These stories ranged from graphic and unfortunate circumstances to those of positive and heartfelt ones. I overheard typical venting about workplace culture and deficiencies within the healthcare system; things that I didn’t have enough knowledge about at that age to even put into perspective. After I was out in the real world experiencing such obstacles myself, I was able
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“The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which became Public Law 111-148, is probably the most significant legislation affecting healthcare since the passage of the Social Security Act of 1965. . . . The law paved way for over 32 Million uninsured Americans to access acute care, primary care, preventive care, home care, and long-term and palliative care (Web, J. A & Marshal, D. R. 2010). The challenge in the implementation is compounded by the chronic shortage of nursing and other
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Education is the backbone to obtaining a desired career and the level achieved significantly impacts the preparedness of an individual. In the nursing profession specifically, patient quality and safety outcomes are greatly affected based on the type of degree achieved by the nurse. Research has shown that Baccalaureate prepared nurses have been found to provide exceptional care due to advanced schooling and the requirement of additional credits as opposed to a nurse with an Associates Degree.
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Nurse Practitioner “To accomplish great things, you must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe”. The nursing field is one that has very different types of work associated with it. For instance, there are many types of nurses. Some may work in the emergency room, regular hospital, and or they could work in a doctor's office depending on their degree. I chose this career because it will give me the opportunity to broaden my social skills and it will allow me to show the care
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Nurses have a responsibility to provide safe, patient-centered care. Patients are individuals who deserve attention, respect and competent care. When it comes to my patients, I plan to be their biggest advocate. As I have gone through some of my own personal family situations and through the clinical experiences in dealing with patients and families I find that most patients lack knowledge of what resources are available to them. We should be encouraging patients to become active in their own care
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In the nursing world, you have two types of nurses: those who are responsible and on top of things, then those who lack much-needed ambition. The responsible nurse strives to continue to learn as much as possible while the less ambitious nurse only does what is needed. Comparing these two types of nurses will show how their character is revealed while tending to their patients. The responsible nurse will become very familiar with her patient. He will learn his patient’s history. He will
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Difficult Situations Student’s Name Institution Difficult Situations It is often said that man is to err and that no situation is too hard to tackle. To error is to fail to complete a planned action as intended or trying to achieve an aim with an incorrect plan (Sherwood & Bernsteiner 2012). Like an accident, no one knows when a problem may build. All the same, an individual ought to deal with a difficult situation in the best manner as it arises. As a charge nurse, I too had a conflict
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