and to present professional practices. At the heart of practicing as a nurse is the mission to provide expedient, effective and compassionate care to patients to allow for recovery to regain a quality of life that is acceptable personally and socially. A. Functional Differences Professional development of nursing is imperative to maintain goals of continuing nursing practice. Organizations within this profession serve to regulate and enhance nursing practice, specifically regulatory agencies
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Nursing Professionals Accountability of Nursing Professionals for Patient Safety Practices Related to Informed Consent Lavonia Deanne Bishop Grand Canyon University NURS-430V Professional Dynamics 23-Aug-2010 (0106) September 19, 2010 Accountability of Nursing Professionals for Patient Safety Practices Related to Informed Consent Accountability in nursing can be defined as the state in which the nurse is responsible for upholding a professional agreement with the patient to provide services
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to administer the nurse practice act of that state. In the state of Florida, the Florida Board of Nursing is a regulatory agency made up of 13 members. Their mission is to license, monitor, discipline, educate, and rehabilitate its licensees to assure their fitness and competence in providing health care services for the people of Florida. The Florida Board of nursing’s responsibility is to ensure that every nurse practicing in Florida meets minimum requirements for safe practice, which is the purpose
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traumatized. Compassion fatigue commonly affects nurses who show extreme empathy for patients and their relatives. Empathy is the act of putting oneself in another person’s situation or understanding one's feelings (Walker & Alligood, 2001). It has always been a nurse’s role to show empathy to patients and their relatives. In the process of sympathizing and empathizing, nurses can easily develop compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue affects nurses physically, psychologically, and spiritually in
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recommendations in a report. These recommendations will impact nursing education, nursing practice particularly in the primary care setting and the nurse’s role as a leader. This paper will focus on the future of nursing in the changing health care system to meet the IOM report goals. First, with the passing of the affordable care act (ACA) of 2010, more opportunities were created for nurses to practice to their greatest capacity because patients, in all settings, deserved care that is centered
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HCN Registered February 2016 Registered Nurse Nurses and Midwives Agreement: RNM Level 1 Position Number: 113857 Coronary Care Unit / Service 1 Fiona Stanley Hospital / South Metropolitan Health Service Reporting Relationships Nurse Director – Cardiovascular and Respiratory Medicine Award Level: RNM SRN Level 9 Position Number: 113359 Nurse Unit Manager – Coronary Care Unit Award Level: RNM SRN Level 4 Position Number:113440 This Position Directly reporting to this position:
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of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Institute of Medicine, 2010). There are many recommendations on how to bring about this transformation. Three specific nursing areas which could be affected by these are education, practice (particularly primary care), and nursing roles as leaders. Within these are also recommendations not just for future nurses, but for practical changes the nurse can make in everyday practice now. Impact on Education The report clearly recommends nurses should achieve higher levels
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Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX-Act) of 2002 Article LAW 421 May 02, 2013 Mr. Mark Reed Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX-Act) of 2002 Article In this report, we will discuss about a couple of healthcare whistleblowers, who had to endure harassment and unjust treatment after disclosing some wrong doings in their place of employment. We will also discuss how this act protects whistleblowers and the penalties involved for those who are found in violation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. ARTICLE SYNOPSIS This
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beliefs. Integrity demonstrates nursing’s ethical commitment to providing compassionate care. The nurse recognizes the worth and privacy of each individual and therefore acts in a manner to respect the privacy and values of the patient. A nurse who practices integrity acts in a way that is consistent with what they understand will be the right thing to do. They possess a strong sense of themselves. Nurses accept the patients as social beings who must respect and engage with the moral position of others
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families and communities. The environment must be healthy in order for achievement of optimal health (Stanhope and Lancaster, 2014). Nurses have a responsibility to understand the health environmental risks, including how and what, should be included in assessment, planning and implementing interventions to reduce or eliminate the environmental risk. In addition, nurses must be able to communicate the environmental health risks, provide needed education and advocate for public policies to mitigate
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