The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health Lisa Greenspon Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V-0102 Elizabeth Larkins May 5, 2013 The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health “According to the IOM report, the nursing profession is the largest segment of the nation’s healthcare workforce. Nursing represents the largest sector of the health professions, with more than 3 million registered nurses in the United States.” Transforming Practice
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Community Health Center Case Study 2006 National Institute of Standards and Technology Technology Administration • Department of Commerce Baldrige National Quality Program Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study The Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study was prepared for use in the 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Examiner Preparation Course. The Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study describes a fictitious nonprofit organization in the health care sector
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knowledge and skills in the business side of health care. In addition, you’ll look at how you can select a curriculum track or certificate to expand your career opportunities. What you will cover 1. BSHA Program Overview a. Describe the purpose of the BSHA program. 1) Program Description a) The Bachelor of Science in Health Administration (BSHA) Program is designed to integrate a framework of general education courses with a health care curriculum that prepares the graduate with the
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vehicle through which nurses interact with patients and and assist them to cope with suffering, to find meaning in their experiences, to promote health and wellness and to die with dignity. CARING is action that nurtures; action that fosters growth, recovery, health and protection of those who are vulnerable. CARING is the empowering of those for whom care is given (Roach, 1997). CARING is the framework through which we as nurses implement the art and science of professional practice. 1. COMPASSION:
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several health disparities and flawed processes in the way care is delivered to these populations. One of the most pervasive problems is not accessing the correct level of health care when illness, injury or disease occurs. There are many factors for this occurrence. These include a lack of awareness, different cultural norms about health, language barriers and an ineffective or absent health care triage system. The identified problem is knowledge deficit of accessing appropriate health care related
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theory. The trend in other healthcare related fields is to have the terminal degree at the doctoral level, nursing wanted to declare the terminal degree for nursing. In addition, advanced practice nurses have often been completing clinical hours at the doctorate level, but not been given proper credit for it. Nursing practice was defined as: ...any form of nursing intervention that influences health care outcomes for individuals or populations, including the direct care of individual
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responsible for providing safe, compassionate, comprehensive nursing care to patients and their families with complex healthcare needs” (Practice- Registered Nurse n.d.). One of the standards set forth by TX BON is “the maintenance of health, or prevention of illness”. Leininger’s theory says when an individual’s cultural expectations are not met or overlooked can delay progress or lead to worsening health. A nurse is not able to maintain health or prevent illness if he/she is faced with the obstacle lacking
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Malpractice or Poor Judgement? The practice of medicine has never claimed to be an exact science. In fact, it is very much a hit-and-miss situation. Taking into account these above factors, India seems to be on a destructive trend regarding their level of health care. Ever since private medical services fell under the Consumer Protection Act (COPRA) in April 1993, the number of malpractice suits filed against doctors has begun to soar. For example, in Kerala, approximately 1800 cases (15%
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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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community health needs D. Determine need for further data collection: 1. find if research has been done. 2. Data gaps: determine need for further data collection. Make sure you can support data gaps with information from assessment. E. Look for trends/patterns; how often do you see a recurrent theme? F. Discovery of causative relationships: the R/T portion. I. Basic Steps of Data Analysis(4) 2 Categorize-e.g. by demographics, commonalities. E.g. intra/extra community for health and social
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