Ethical and Legal Issues Learning Team A 2 Ethical and Legal Issues Paper How can the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics influence a final decision in each of the case studies: Case Study A: End of life, Case Study B: Nursing Negligence? In regard to Case Study A, the ANA has a clearly stated position on end of life care
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when you compare a nurse with an associate’s degree to a nurse who has a bachelorette degree, the nurse that is prepared with the bachelorette is more prepared clinically and has shown to have lower mortality rates, fewer medication errors, and more positive outcomes for patients. I have read over and compared the Grand Canyon University’s philosophy to the College of Southern Nevada’s nursing programs mission statement. It is not hard to see why research shows that a nurse with a bachelorettes
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Abstract This paper is about the socialization of nursing, which includes the internalization of the attitudes and values of the role. The importance of role modeling the applied behaviors and skills through preceptor experiences to aid the new nurse is discussed. The importance of the socialization process and its impact on staff recruitment and retention is touched on. The author also shares her experience upon entry to the nursing profession and how it helped her socialization. According
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CONCEPT OF CRITICAL CARE Critical care nursing is that specialty within nursing that deals specifically with human responses to life-threatening problems. * As defined by the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses: Specialized nursing care of critically ill patients who have manifest or potential disturbances of vital organ functions. Critical care nursing means assisting, supporting and restoring the patient towards health, or to ease the patient’s pain and to prepare them for a dignified
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Health Services Finance Recruiting and Retaining Nurses Health Services Finance HS543ON June 16, 2011 ISSUE/BACKGROUND With quickly changing demographics, new technologies, limits on resources and public expectations the health care arena is constantly changing at a quick pace (Nowicki, p. 338). The Bureau of Labor statistics reported in April 2011 that despite the recent economic downturn and high unemployment health care is continuing to grow. It was estimated that approximately
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the population. This is dependent upon level of education attained. The higher level of education a nurse acquires, the more prepared the professional is. RNs are more able to adequately assess patients, research more proficient ways of caring for their clients, and implement this evidence-based knowledge in the field more proficiently than the average graduate. It is not only an honor for the nurses to practice in their profession, but it is an obligation to diligently seek the evolution of their
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The Research Problem, Purpose and Question Definition of a Research Problem A situation in need of a solution, improvement, or alteration; or a discrepancy between the way things are and the way they ought to be. Sources of Research Problems Nursing Practice Researcher and Peer Interaction Literature Review Theory Research Priorities Example of a Research Problem “Current policy at most hospitals requires the use of routine flushing of heparin
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while going to the bathroom, while on pain medication, or while trying to get off their beds. Call lights are used by patients when needing go to the bathroom, needing assistance getting off their bed, or while walking on pain medication. When a nurse is not available in time, the patient will attempt to perform these acts alone, therefore, increasing their risk of falling. Background The purpose of the study is to determine whether the call light use rate and the average call light response
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Burns: Understanding Nursing Research, 4th Edition Critiquing Exercise Knott, A. & Kee, C. C. (2005). Nurses’ beliefs about family presence during resuscitation. Applied Nursing Research, 18(4), 192-198. |STANDARDS/EVALUATION CRITERIA 50|KEY CONCEPTS IN CRITIQUE | |points | | |Descriptive Vividness
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study is the possibility of child abuse by either the mother or a worker at the daycare facility. The nurse makes notes of her concerns within the patients chart as well as verbalizes concern to the emergency room physician regarding the injuries to the infant. It appears to be a lack of follow-up with these concerns so this presents an ethical issue. There are eight ethical principles that a nurse should learn to apply to each situation that he or she feels there is an ethical decision that needs
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