NCLEX-RN® DETAILED TEST PLAN 2010 NCLEX-RN Detailed Test Plan ® Effective | April 2010 Item Writer/Item Reviewer/Nurse Educator Version Mission Statement The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, composed of member boards, provides leadership to advance regulatory excellence for public protection. Purpose and Functions The purpose of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN ) is to provide an organization through which boards of nursing act and counsel together
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Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Paper HCS/482 Diane Delucia Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Paper Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Healthcare informatics refers to the use of information technology in the healthcare field. Several software applications are used in healthcare informatics. There is a variety of healthcare informatics uses including, but not limited to, electronic record keeping, information distribution, data observation, data investigation
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Nursing Expertise Self-Report Scale 1. I am an: RN 2. My job is: Staff Nurse 3. Length of time since graduating as an RN: More than 3 years 4. Length of time working on your unit: More than 3 years 5. Previous experience in nursing prior to graduating as an RN: Under 6 months (1=Strongly Agree, 2=Agree, 3=Unsure, 4=Disagree, 5=Strongly Disagree) 1. I often know ahead of time that my patient will take a turn for the worse. 1 2 3 4 5 2. I frequently draw on past experiences
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BSN Competencies The nursing as a profession has grown tremendously since the days of Florence Nightingale. Although nursing has developed to be such a broad spectrum of specialties, the core nursing values that focus on the patient and service to the patient have only been strengthened as nursing holds core truths to be the basis of the profession. Nursing as a profession has grown in response to the needs at hand. In 1983 the National Commission on Nursing Implementation Project (NCNIP)
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and public health nursing is imperative to the health care system as it directly affects the entire organization. In most health care settings, nurses hold the majority of positions, and replacement of an licensed personnel can be costly, time consuming, and difficult due to staff shortages. These factors are leading to a decrease in job satisfaction, as they are a major cause of burnout rates within the health care profession. The focus of this study is to explore the career plans, satisfaction levels
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Review Of the IOM Report: "The Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health" Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Review Of the IOM Report: "The Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health" This is a Review of the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report: "The Future of Nursing Leading change Advancing Health. Primarily focusing on sections 3 Transforming Practice, 4 Transforming Education, and 5 Transforming Leadership. IOM: The Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health The
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Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Ma HCS/ 482 May 25, 2015 Diane Delucia Strategic Planning and the Nursing Process Strategic planning and the process of nursing often are not thought of in the same realm but in fact the nursing process plays a very important part of strategic planning for any nursing department; just as important as realizing the needs of a customer for any other business. In this paper, I will compare the strategic planning process and the nursing process as well as the
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In the past, the primary nursing staff was giving verbal report to oncoming nurses at the nursing stations. There are many disadvantages to this practice. Verbal report at the nursing station is distracting with so many nurses talking at the same time and is frequently interrupted by other staff, call bells, and family members. There are also potential HIPPA violations when reporting on patients within earshot of other people who are not involved in that patient’s care. The patients and their family
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the concept of family nursing that has developed into a fundamental aspect of nursing. Research of nursing has shown that individual poor health affects the entire family and not only an individual, plus, the effectiveness of health care is improved when emphasis is placed on family (Harmon & Hansen, 2001). There was no conceptual theoretical framework that was found in family nursing. Friedman, Bowden and Jones (2003), discussed the lack of a complete family nursing theory with their proposal
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nurses. It is relevant to all levels of nursing and increases the quality of care we are able to give to our patients (James P. Smith, 2006). Leadership in nursing is not necessarily about being in charge but more about being able to make confident and competent decisions and influence the behaviour of others to ensure the best patient care is delivered. Throughout a community placement I endeavoured to improve my leadership skills and made use of an action plan to do this. I will make use of Gibbs
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