Implementing ethico-legal issues in nursing practice. Caldwell, E., Lu, H., & Harding, T. (2010). Encompassing multiple moral paradigms: a challenge for nursing educators. Nursing Ethics 17(2), 189-199. Retrieved August3, 2010, from Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition Database. Aim: As society becomes increasingly globalised, it is imperative to include international educational perspectives in the nursing profession (Robinson, Sportsman, Eschiti, Bradshaw and Bol, (2006). Caldwell, Lu
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vital in the role of the nurse. Being able to examine personal thoughts and perceptions enables the nurse to have greater self awareness and build upon strengths and develop personal and professional competencies. (Somerville, D. et al 2004) Reflection has been described as being able to think about a situation, make sense of it and ultimately learn from it. (Clarke and Graham 1996) Taking a period of time to reflect and review a situation allows a person to move on and through the learning
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globally. I will be talking about one memorable incident, which happened to me during a busy afternoon shift in the Emergency Medicine Department (EMD). Using the Gibbs Reflection Cycle (Jasper, 2003) to guide me in this essay, I will be discussing about how my nursing managers practice transformational leadership in this reflection essay to motivate me to improve me as a better critical thinking registered nurse in EMD. Description This unfortunate incident happened in my work area, where patient
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BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE REFLECTION ON FIELD VISIT I was given a chance to experience my first visit to St. Vincent’s Hospital. I was arranged to follow and observe on nurse A during her morning shift. At the time of the visit, many emotions were running through me, I was so excited, anxious and at the same time feeling nervous. I was wondering on what will I see and found during this observational visit. Luckily, nurse A was very friendly and warm. She projected on whatever I have
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Nursing Expertise Self-Report Scale- Reflection Answering the Nursing Self-Report Scale made me felt that I have a long way to go as a Registered Nurse. Based on my answers I am still on a novice stage, far from the expert stage. I mostly base my nursing care about company’s and or employer’s expectations and or rules. There are some few scales that I was not sure of and there are scales that I felt that I’m so naïve to just strictly follow the rules to perform patient care. I guess it just a nature
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University of Phoenix Material History of Community Nursing Matrix • Complete the matrix with the following concepts, and relate the concepts to two different periods of time in history and the present time: o Describe each period briefly. o Clarify the differences during each period with public health nursing and community health nursing. o Describe the key health issues. o Identify community health partnerships used during this period of time. o Describe how
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interpersonal communication at its core. Virtually all nursing work revolves around the need for nurses to be effective communicators, whether relating to colleagues or with service users. (Morrall 2001). This essay seeks to discuss an evidence based experience learnt in clinical practice. For the purpose of this essay the author has chosen communication skills, since it is the basis for which verbal, non verbal and written ideas are conferred among the nursing staff. Some key policies and evidence taken from
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domains were labeled cognitive, affective and psychomotor. Nursing education is driven by patient outcomes. In the modern era, healthcare providers are not only reimbursed for their care through a series of audits which gather information to justify the patient stay, but are also graded by surveying agencies on their quality of care. This focus has crossed over into the training level of nurses. When I think of Bloom’s application in nursing education, I recall the care plans we developed as student
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person (Chapman, 2011, p. 34). This concept is foreign to the Western medical model, but no the nursing profession. The concept of caring has long been identified as the essence of nursing (Barker, 2009). In ancient times, nurses tended the sick and provided care for their needs between physician house calls (O’Brien, 2008). Florence Nightingale’s traditional model of the profession called nursing a “caring vocation” (Barker, 2009). Even the patients of today recognize it the nurse who provides
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Professional Nursing Kim Lopez American Sentinel University Philosophy of Professional Nursing The profession of nursing is sculpted by philosophies, theories and science. Theses components connect on another through the nursing process. The professional nurse’s philosophies shape practices, beliefs and nursing. Butts and Rich (2015) describe philosophy as a search for meaning and a set of beliefs. Nurses encounter many situations where their philosophies and beliefs guide their nursing judgment
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