Nursing; a hardworking and a demanding profession in which many skills are required. Throughout my school life, I have taken part and being involved in many different activities and events which have lead me to obtain a variety of skills which will be needed in the near future. My aspiration to become a nurse was reinforced many times but the most memorable to me was the short period of time I spent in hospital. I observed a lot of nurses fulfilling their job by ensuring that all the patients were
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Becoming a Magnet institution is no easy task. Years of hard work and results are needed in preparation to become a Magnet designated hospital, but the work behind the doors is extremely grueling. In 1990 the first Magent Hospital was recognized by the ANCC , The University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, WA. Throughout the Magnet process we hear words such as “Shared governance, empowerment, Transformational leadership. All these words mean that the power should start from the bottom
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As a nurse, a huge part of being strong in our profession is knowing what the scope of practice is for nurses. It is important for nurses to know what standards are and where to look to find out what is in scope and out of scope. Another part of nursing is learning new things and new ways to improve our efficiency and care to our patients. When a physician comes to nursing with a new procedure or idea it is our job as nurses to research and trial it to find the best approach within our scope of
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Critical Incident: Late Cardizem Drip Salomon Rivas Purdue University Calumet NUR 48200-09 Critical Incident: Late Cardizem Drip The incident I will be writing this paper about actually just happened at my new job. I received my nursing degree last March and started working in LTC last summer. After 6 months experience, I was lucky enough to get hired as a new nurse on a telemetry/ step down ICU floor. I started this position on January 5, 2015 and
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PROBLEM Arty Jay is a student nurse faced with a situation where he had given a medication to a patient with his instructor's supervision and had later on realized that the medication had already been discontinued. No harm was done to the patient . Arty Jay however is battling whether to tell his instructor of what had happened or not. His conscience has been tormenting him but on the other hand he is also scarred of what his teacher would think about his carelessness. According to a case
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"I am not just a butt-wiper", many people believe that being a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is just taking care of old people and changing them constantly but that is not the case. Future nurses all should go through the lowest level of nursing types in order to achieve where they are today. Certified Nursing Assistants are in high demands in the health care, for areas such as the nursing home. Nursing aides should be compassionate at their job, tolerant and have good communication skills; it
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Theoretical Foundation for Nursing Roles and Practice The nursing shortage is clearly a problem, and although the healthcare industry has acknowledged the shortage for decades now, the aging population has sealed the reality with an alarming force. Contributing factors include an aging population, along with its rapid increase of chronic diseases, and the limited capacity of nursing schools. As the population ages, the demand for healthcare services also escalates (Grant, 2016). The three million
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The art of nursing is very critical in caring for new patients, especially those with newly diagnosis. Quality nurses use theories of caring and compassion as they listen to their patients’ stories, while learning from their patients best ways to provide quality nursing care. Mrs. Levine’s case study is a great example of patient and nurse’s interaction that demonstrate ways nurses can engage patients in way that improves data collection, planning for a successful nursing care plan and alleviate
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Due to the problem of inadequate nurse staffing levels it has lead hospitals to experience complications in their budgets. This problem all begins with hospitals not making any money because there aren’t enough patients to care for. In the article “How The Nursing Shortage Affects Patient Care and Healthcare Services” provided by Nurse Grid explains how new registered nurse graduates find it difficult to get a full time nursing job due to hospital's budget restrictions. These restrictions don’t allow
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Lesson 03 Exercise 1-1 Interview a nurse manager. Discuss nursing-sensitive indicators and how they are measured and evaluated. How are these data used to improve nursing care? Interview a nurse manager or executive in a non-union environment regarding the signs and symptoms of increased vulnerability to collective bargaining activity. What strategies have been implemented when any of these symptoms appear? Based on an interview with a clinical manger of a medical unit, nursing sensitive
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