Registered Nurse Neysy Sanchez Miami Dade College Registered Nurse A Registered Nurse is a graduate nurse who has passed a state board examination and has been registered and licensed to practice nursing (Dictionary, 2015). Also, a Registered Nurse gives care by performing physical exams and health histories. This provides a better overall idea of the condition of the patient. In addition, both educating patients and their families are equally very important. Counseling involves many things such as
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My Personal Philosophy of Nursing Applying the four Metaparadigms Danice Thorne Transition to BSN Kristine Hilton & Beth Pecora October 24, 2015 Introduction It is the nurse’s responsibility to provide optimal care for the patient. This doesn’t begin and end with only the patient who is ill, nor does it end when a patient goes home. To provide a patient quality care holistically the nurse may apply one or more theories. The nurse will decide whichever theory is applicable to the
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comes to the advancement in technology and IM. Nursing is one of the last areas in the business world to take advantage of the advances in both IM and technology (Roussel, 2013). The need to search through patient records, having access to nursing measures at the bedside, quick educational sessions, and the ability to mine data for quality measures relating to reimbursements are all areas in which IM and technology plays an important role for nursing. The positive effects of IM and technology are
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After graduating nursing school I immediately obtained a position in the Emergency Room at East Houston Regional Medical Center. During my time in the Emergency Center I became an Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) instructor and CardioPulmonary Resusciation ( CPR) instructor for American Heart Association. I stayed in that position until I became pregnant, which was a year and a half after becoming and registered nurse. Then I transferred to Labor & Delivery (L&D) as a staff nurse. I spent all
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nurse working in a college health clinic, you see many opportunities to promote health. Maria is a 40-year-old Hispanic woman who is in her second year of nursing school. She complains of a 14-pound weight gain since starting school and is afraid of what this will do to both her appearance and health if the trend continues. After doing her history, you learn that she is an excellent cook and she and her family love to eat foods that reflect their Hispanic heritage. She is married with two school-age
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Mabel Staupers, a leader that has had a profound effect in shaping the nursing profession throughout the decades that demonstrated a remarkable capacity for growth and enhancement. She has had an extreme impact on the evolution and expansion of the field. In an honest attempt I will demonstrate how she played a part in changing the stigma that surrounded the diversity of nursing by showcasing how she impacted the nursing field and her dedication to it. On February 27, 1890, Mabel Stauper was born
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NRS-430V Discussion Questions 6/24/15: Read Lake and von Baeyer's article, “Tips for Successful Students." Also, review the characteristics of a successful student as explained in the lecture. As you consider these, which is your strongest characteristic? Why? How will this characteristic help you to become a successful student in your program of study? Me: My strongest characteristic related to the article "Tips for Successful Students," (Lake and von Baeyer, 2005), include the fact I
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interviewing Smith, I realized that my nursing experience has mirrored hers in many ways. Various universities have similar missions and viewpoints. Nursing is truly a lifelong learning process; age does not determine when nurses stop learning. Summary of Nursing Career Smith is currently a master’s prepared nurse teaching in an associate level nursing program. Smith adopted a life learning path early in her career. She was an adult student in an associate level nursing program with a husband and two teenage
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wellness rather than sickness. As a result in this change in focus, health promotion is now a fundamental part of nursing profession. This article will review recent literature from three professional sources relative to nursing profession and health promotion. This paper will examine; (a) Definition of health promotion. (b) Purpose of health promotion in nursing practice. (c) Evolving nursing roles and responsibilities in health promotion. (d) Explain the implementation methods for health promotion.
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NUR 403 September 12, 2011 Kimberly Frommel For years caring and nursing have been interconnected. Most people choose nursing because of their passion to care for others and that is why this has led to caring being a central part of nursing and has opened the doors to the development of several caring theories. One well known caring theory was developed in the 1970’s by an American nursing scholar and nursing theorist named Dr. Jean Watson. Her theory is called “The Theory of Human Caring”
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