There exist four generations types in the nursing profession. These are the Veterans (born 1925-1945), the Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), the Gen Xers (born 1963-1980) and the Millennials (born 1980-2000). The generations possess values which differ from each other and hence this creates a set of conflicts between both the nurses and the administrators (Johnson, 2017). Managing of these multi-generation staff requires a lead nurse to have knowledge regarding each one of them. The main aim of this
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Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Tara Lee Grand Canyon University: Trends and Issues in Today’s Health Care July 1, 2012 Dear Nurses, Currently, health care systems are undergoing a complete transformation to help better accommodate patients by providing them with affordable high quality care. These transformations are a direct result of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA), which includes several provisions to intertwine cost effective
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Grand Canyon University prepares learners to become global citizens, critical thinkers, effective communicators and responsible leaders by providing an academically challenging, values-based curriculum from the context of our Christian heritage. Global citizenship means that by understanding others one can understand himself or herself. Critical thinkers are those who work to master clarity and logic in thought by asking questions and pursuing knowledge to avoid delusion and blind acceptance of ideas
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However, one occasion turned into a conflict. During orientation periods organizations do prepare potential employees for challenges that may come across in your endeavor as registered nurse (RN). Some of these agents in the clinical settings are leaders such as managers, charge, colleagues and subordinates patient care assistance (PCAs) One this particular day, I was assigned a patient who was confused and disoriented and confused post cerebrospinal vascular accident (CVA). This patient is overweight
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The Nursing Home Administrator Leslie K. Wood HCS/531 05/06/2013 Georgetta Baptist The Nursing Home Administrator The Nursing Home Administrator is the head of operations at a nursing home. The position requires licensure to practice in a state. Individual states have different requirements for licensure but generally people have proof of adequate education, experience, experience of guidance under preceptor. The licensure examination requirements covers basic topics
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Staffing Shortage Nursing is a profession that is in demand however we have a current shortage that will increase over the coming years. Mittelman (2010) reports that we will have a short fall of at least one million nurses by the year 2020. The implications of this shortage are widespread. Consequently much attention about the nursing shortage (beside to administrative leaders) has captured the attention of health organizations, policy makers
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university demonstrating evidence of effectiveness of teaching, research, professional activities, and community contributions. Boyer (1990) defines scholarship as “those actives that systematically advance the teaching and practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry that is significant to the profession is creative; can be documented; can be replicated or elaborated and can be peer-reviewed through various methods” (p. 129). Colleges and universities across the nation are striving
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Title: Development of the Future of Nursing James Flynn Grand Canyon University December 7, 2012 Title: Development of the Future of Nursing In an effort to provide American citizens with high quality, affordable health care the president signed into law and passed with help of congress, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in March of 2010. The ACA will attempt to provide at least 94% of the population with quality health coverage, while
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V: Professional Dynamics March 17, 2013 The United States today faces drastic changes and has called for health care reforms. In March of 2010 legislation was passed that indicates insurance coverage for 32 million more Americans and is known as The Affordable Care Act (ACA) (" The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2011.) The (ACA) produces a
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Sample Leadership Roles and Responsibilities for Quality Improvement: VTE Prevention This is a multifunctional document that leaders can use to negotiate and coordinate their individual responsibilities and make sure that all of the essential activities are covered. It can be used by the BOD, CEO, CMO, chief quality officer (CQO), C-Suite champion (CSC), and physician champion (PC) as a starting point for discussion. It is provided in a native file format (MS Word) so that it can also serve as
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