young I used to helpmy grandmother, who was sick. I used to take care of her medicine and her health. I always enjoyed helping others especially when they are sick and I know they cannot do work on their own. The most important thing which I think nurses always need to make sure is that, we should never make our paents realize that they are depended on you and they are nothing without you. We should always let them make their own decisions and respect their decisions. Last summer I decided to do
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“What is my nursing philosophy?” As a new grad nurse this question is quite intimidating and complex. Which values and beliefs do I deem most important to declare as my nursing philosophy? According to the American Nursing Association (ANA, 2018), “Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals
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Better Registered Nurse staffing levels have been shown to improve patient outcomes. Currently, there is no federal guideline to help determine the appropriate staffing levels needed for optimal patient outcomes. Significant patient outcomes include readmissions to the hospital after discharge and falls occurring during hospitalization. Staffing requirements vary from hospital to hospital based on whatever design the hospital uses to determine staffing levels. The only current federal regulation
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("Ulrich Web Global Serials Directory," n.d.). They examine fatigue management, a nurse’s personal health and how to make it better, the discussion and action of trans-disciplinary research, safety education, the discipline of nursing, the effect of nurses on patients, and many other research topics that revolve around the goals of nursing ("SCImago Journal & Country
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BCFS is proud to have such incredible individuals across all our centers and services. In Corpus Christi, Texas there has been such an incredible amount of great news in recent months. In February, BCFS Health and Human Services named Victoria Perez director of the Corpus Christi center. As director, Victoria bares responsibility for several endeavors and individuals. With over 20 years of managerial experience in the health and human services field, BCFS knew Victoria was up for any task needed
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heard the phrase “old nurses eat their young”? This phrase was previously used in place of what is now called lateral violence. Lateral violence can also be called horizontal violence, or bullying, and it refers to the deliberate or harmful behavior presented in the workplace, between employees who handle the same level of responsibility (Christie & Jones, 2013). According to Christie & Jones (2013), senior nurses are culprits of initiating lateral violence towards novice nurses, which is very unfortunate
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promote nursing as a great career for individuals such as: the high demand needed for nurses, the servitude a nurse will provide, and the variability of roles in nursing. Due to the scarcity of nurses, students pursuing this career have a promising outlook on finding employment. In our current economy, seeking and maintaining a
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whole. Holistic assessments deals with person’s social, psychological, physical and spiritual needs. Nurses should use therapeutic communication to do holistic assessment that helps create nurse patient relationship. If the nurse patient has trusting relationship then the nurse would be able to best assess patient as a whole and patient feels confident to share all confidential health information. Nurse patient relationship is very important for holistic assessment and care of patient, patient safety
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9/19/17 Laura Anderson Nursing Success Seminar Pediatric Nurse Pediatric nurses must be thoroughly qualified to work with their precious patients. Whether it’s a routine task like ordering medicine, or an interactive one like educating parents and children on the best care for a broken arm, or as complex as providing therapy, the pediatric nurse must be knowledgeable, professional, and competent. One of the qualities of a good nurse that you require in abundance is patience as at times you will
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the safety tools available for the nurse managers and leaders in promoting a patient-safe culture. Consequently, I learned to focus on the driving forces that promote a patient safe culture, such as a patient-centered care culture, leadership, management skills, promoting collaboration among the interdisciplinary team, encouraging teamwork, utilization of evidence-based practice, providing a culture of learning, and providing a just culture. Therefore, the nurse leaders and managers must utilize these
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