Future of Nursing Carolina Rosales Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V Vernon Thacker February 20, 2016 Impact of the 2010 IOM report on the Future of Nursing Nurses have an important role in the healthcare system. Nurses are the first and last part of the chain in the patient care. During the past 40 years the nursing profession has become more popular with over 3 million of active registered nurses ("Total Number of Professionally Active Nurse," 2016), the nursing career
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Barbara W. Evans Mrs. Stukes Nursing 115 A-04 24 June 2016 Comparison on Professional Nursing Journals vs. Non-Professional Magazine Articles In the following comparison we will see what the characteristics are for each article as well as advantages of reading professional journals compared to the disadvantages of non-professional magazine articles. The rapidly escalating patient acuity level in today's acute care hospitals and medical settings, demand greater specialization and more
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Outline the process for developing nursing standards of practice and identify the different entities that might be involved in developing a standard of practice. Nursing standards of practice are vital to ensure patients received quality care and encompass the caring and professional aspects of nursing. These guidelines clearly designate what nurses should or should not do and are also a template for excellent, competent care. In order to develop nursing standards of practice one must be mindful
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Confidentiality in Nursing Introduction: This essay will give a brief definition regarding the principles of nursing practice, state why there are important to nursing practice. It will then explore confidentiality as a principle E of nursing practice, report why confidentiality is extremely important within nursing practice and will discuss the patient’s rights in relation to law. Relevant reference of published literature will be put forward in this essay to support the author statement.
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Introduction In recent years, the healthcare industry has experienced a looming nursing crisis in health facilities. This problem has posed crisis towards establishing better health for those in need. The primary concern concerning this looming nursing shortage is identifying the root cause. Apparently, it appears as if that this crisis established its primary source in nursing training and retention in hospitals, care facilities, and other institutions. It appears as if there is serious downfall
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Professionalism: The Nursing Profession Villanova University- NUR 1102 Professionalism: The Nursing Profession Professionalism is a quality that is practiced on a daily basis by individuals in many adverse fields of employment. Atsede Fantahun (2014) said, “professionalism is defined as the conceptualization of obligations, attributes, interactions, attitudes, and role behaviors required of professionals in relationship to individual clients and to society as a whole”
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Nursing Professionalism: Improving Education of Nurses on the topic of Breastfeeding NUR 3100 Professor Garcia Abstract Without breastfeeding, an infant looses valuable health and nutritional benefits. The mother also has the potential to develop serious complication derived from labor. Through adequate education nurses, become more competent in encouraging and educating new mothers to breastfeed. The purpose of this paper is to explore and define the themes, roles and philosophy of Aurora
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Running head: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Professional Ethics Paper Patrick Kelley University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics NUR 478 Susan Lawson, RN, MS, CLNC July 18, 2010 Professional Ethics Paper The purpose of this paper is to describe the relationships between legal and ethical issues, identify personal values and professional ethics, examine ethical theories and principles, and apply these to current practice examples. Nurses face
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Professional Identity and Advocacy Members of professional bodies have the sense of belonging that makes them feel obliged to support and advocate for the improvement of their professions (Tomajan, 2012). Many times, careers face negative depiction which has the impact of degrading the reputation of the members of the occupation (Hoeve, Hansen, & Roodbol, 2014). When instances like those take place, for example in the chosen story “Who’s who”, the members of the affected career should unite and set
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Image and Voice of Nursing Mary Wilcox Thomas Edison State College Leadership and Management in Nursing NUR428 Mary Wombwell November 27, 2011 Historical image of nursing Florence Nightingale is known to many as the historical image of nursing. She came to prominence for her pioneering work in nursing during the Crimean War where she tended to wounded soldiers rounding at night holding a small lamp. Nightingale was a strong-willed advocate for the field of nursing. Her advocacy was for
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