How Nurses are Portrayed in the Media Jennifer Hodges Stevenson University Professional Seminar 1 NURS 313 Dr. L. Paris, RN How Nurses are Portrayed in the Media As far back as one can go in history women have been depicted as the ones who nourish, nurture, and tend to the care of children, aging family members, and the wounded. How nurses have depicted themselves can be expressed not only by their actions, but by the uniforms they have worn over time. The image of Florence Nightingale
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Registered Nurse to Patient Ratio LLM Various participants in different states across the nation has lobbied the state legislatures and the United States Congress to proclaim laws that will recuperate the overall working conditions of hospital and clinical staffing. Proposed nurse to patient staffing ratios has become a huge discussion in the healthcare field. It has developed a huge concern that patients and nursing staffs are being harmed related to the inadequate nurse to patient ratio staff
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this period, working as a nurse makes an individual to develop humanity, compassion, maturity, understanding, work ethics, respect and a host of desirable traits. All these traits enhance the professional’s attractiveness to clients, organizations and invoke a feeling of satisfaction at heart. Much has been said about the level of professionalism that nurses should uphold while at work. Numerous professional organizations and bodies have been formed to ensure that nurses acquire and maintain high
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this period, working as a nurse makes an individual to develop humanity, compassion, maturity, understanding, work ethics, respect and a host of desirable traits. All these traits enhance the professional’s attractiveness to clients, organizations and invoke a feeling of satisfaction at heart. Much has been said about the level of professionalism that nurses should uphold while at work. Numerous professional organizations and bodies have been formed to ensure that nurses acquire and maintain high
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consistent preparation of the nurse while proceeding with their profession, International Council of Nurses, (1954). I can see myself fitting into IOM fate of nursing as the recommendations went for achieving the vision 2020 are concerned. With the increment in the number of nurses with Bachelor's degree up to 80% till the year 2020, the likelihood of achieving the greater levels of quality administrations will be attained because of the reason that a number of the nurses being practicing will be holders
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takes to obtain both degrees, the advantages, disadvantages and the different competencies of the Associates Degree in Nurse (ADN) and the Baccalaureate Degree Nurse (BSN). In the last few years, the hospital I have worked for has really encouraged those with an ADN degree to obtain their BSN. Representatives from different colleges have made visits to the hospital to get nurses to enroll in their ADN to BSN online programs. Our hospital, like many other across the nation, suffer from a nursing
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hour emergency department and an extended hour’s urgent clinic. This hospital despite being in practice for 50 years has its nurse retention rate below that of the nation by 4%, meaning that its staff turnover is very high. We must remember that 68% of nurses in this hospital are almost retiring. This is a hospital is understaffed in the first place, has overworked nurses who are fatigued an aspect that has caused the hospital many problems including; patient dissatisfaction, huge losses in terms
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between Nurses Prepared at ADN versus BSN level of Nursing with- Patient Case Scenario Name: Lu-Anna Godett Grand Canyon University: NRS-340V May 3rd, 2015 Nursing is a field that is constantly changing and evolving which makes it necessary for nurses to grow and evolve with it. One of the ways to facilitate these changes is through education. This paper will take a look at the difference in competencies of an Associates Degree and a Bachelorette Degree nurse. We also
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50% for males was 79.2% (95%CI: 66.6, 91.8) while that of females was 76.9 % (95% CI: 65.4, 88.4). Awareness below 50% was 31.4% (95%CI: 8.4, 54.4) for the males while that for females was 31.1% (95% CI: 11.3, 50.9). Non awareness was mostly about nurses being capable of independent practice, making decisions for themselves, working with high technology, following physician’s orders without questioning and feeling good about what they do. Factors that were pointed out included: social, economical
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With the advent of the 20008 National Patient Safety goals, a national initiative to standardize Color-coded wristbands is underway. With the growing utilization of traveling nurses across the country, in December 2006 the Colorado Foundation for Medical Care, the Colorado Health and Hospital Association and the Colorado Nurses Association in collaboration with the Western Region Alliance for Patient Safety conducted a multi-state regional initiative to standardize patient wristbands in hospitals.
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