work endeavor, including nursing. While some hospitals are limiting the use of smart phones on the job because of security risks, others are subscribing to suites of applications to make available to their providers. Information Technology When the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law in March 2010, it signified the beginning of a new era in health care. Now, nearly a year later, hospitals across the nation work to embrace the future by implementing new health
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Today’s healthcare system is consistently evolving with new advances, technologies, and evidence based research, which challenges nurses to continue to stay on top of the industry to meet the increasing demands of our specialty to ensure continued safe and effective practice, and positive patient outcomes. Nursing most specifically is focused on a future of preventative, community, and palliative care to promote an increase in healthy living, and
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Tri-Council states that “A more highly educated nursing workforce is critical to meeting the nation’s nursing needs and delivering safe, effective patient care” and, “without doing so the nation’s health will be further at risk” (Tri-Council, 2010). While both the Baccalaureate and the Associate Degree Nurse share the same licensure and have comparable salaries, there is a call for ADN’s to further their education. The reason for this is so that the Nursing profession as a whole can establish a new definition
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moving to a new level or changing, and refreezing (Kaminski, J, 2011). The unfreezing stage consists of encouraging individuals to replace old behaviors and attitudes with those desired by management. Nayar realized “that no one would jump into the future until the organization acknowledged that we needed to do so” (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013). He spent several weeks meeting with the senior managers around the world to discuss the current situation of the organization and
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delivers the basic generic nursing content, in addition to the NP-specific content Midwives are primary health care providers to women throughout the lifespan. Women receive
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Canyon University 21 June 2015 Competencies. The difference in nursing program options, diploma, ADN and BSN has been an on- going debate and discussion for years. The areas of community nursing, broader scientific research, as well as patient education and leadership skills are focused upon in the BSN program while only minimally in the Diploma or ADN curriculum. In addition, courses in the BSN nursing major focus on nursing science, communication, and decision making, all of these areas promote
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The beauty of nursing is that there are no limits to where you can go and no limits as to what you can do. The possibilities are endless. Post Graduation and Future Plans Immediately after graduating from nursing school, soon after passing the NCLEX exam and taking a mini vacation, I would like to begin my career as an active duty army nurse. I am currently in the Army Reserve; however, I am not in the ROTC program. Because I am not in the ROTC program, which may inevitably make becoming a nurse
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Technology in Nursing The Webster Dictionary defines technology as the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry (Webster Dictionary). In the years of the nursing industry, technology has always played a vital role. Even though people might not have always called it ‘technology’, it was always present. Technology was small in the past, it is here today and it will be even bigger tomorrow. The world is covered in technology everywhere you go. When you
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skills in leadership are very important and not just anyone can be a leader. It takes skill and tactic to be a good leader (Mathena, 2002). In the nursing world, there are leaders. Different nursing units require leaders. The leaders are in charge of followers. The followers of a nursing unit head are usually the nurses. The duties of a leader of a nursing unit are to ensure that the nurses under them work effectively, to be able to handle conflict if any among the people involved in their unit and
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