The 2010 IOM Impact on Nursing Practice, Education and Leadership Grand Canyon University May 26, 2010 In 2010 after spending two years researching and discovering that many roadblocks in our current health care system restrict nurses from responding to the rapidly aging and changing health care setting, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) along with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released their report, “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” (Institute of Medicine
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The debate that has been going on for decades and still continues with no end in sight is the difference between an associate degree in nursing versus the baccalaureate degree. Some questions that arise are what is the difference in schooling, training, bedside care, critical thinking and much more! Florence Nightingale is a very important figure in nursing who led women in 1854 to care for wounded soldiers. She made crucial observations on the spread of infection that has influenced the care
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Associate Degree, Baccalaureate Degree Nursing, and Competency OLUFISAYO ADEJUYIGBE Grand Canyon University NRS 430V: Professional Dynamic Date; JULY 1, 2012 Introduction Nursing is one of the fast growing professions in the health care field in the United States of American. An estimated 2.5 millions of Americans working class belong to this profession
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THE FUTURE OF NURSING Future of Nursing Future of Nursing The education that was taught to nurses up and well into the 20th century is no longer valid for dealing with all the health care issues in the 21st century. The American population is growing older and more diverse with cultural, social-economics, race, ethnicity, and religions. There is a larger shift in the nation’s health care needs for the 21st century. Health care issues today have many chronic conditions such as, arthritis
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professional disposition in many ways. It has given me insights on how nursing theory has set the foundation of the nursing profession, and how important theory is to me working as a nurse by providing knowledge and guidance in order for me to make critical decisions that are correct. I learned how important nursing theorist like Florence Nightingale was to nursing by helping to make nursing a respected profession and also developing nursing theories that focus on nurse’s providing patient centered care
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Introduction In line with the preparation of mentors, this assignment will aim to look at mentorship in depth. A variety of aspects around mentorship will be discussed, the first being the emergence of mentorship. This will explore what emphasis was placed on learning prior to Project 2000, and then moving to present day and the different documents that were implemented and the benefit these had on the mentoring process. Several definitions of mentorship will be addressed due to the lack of consensus
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A Joyce Travel bee’s Theory The main core of Joyce Travel bee’s theory is in the establishment and development of the nurse-patient relationship. “Nursing to Travel bee is an interpersonal process between two human beings one of whom needs assistance because of an illness and the other who is able to give such assistance” (Meleis, 2012, p. 258). Travel bee stresses the importance of nurses becoming involved with the patients, because it is through this connection that sympathy, empathy and rapport
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goal is chosen, the mind has many processes to promote its pursuit” (Masicampo, 2011, p. 672). Educational and Personal Goals After working as a nursing assistant for many years in a nursing home the enjoyment of taking care of the sick became my passion but the NA position had limits. After returning to school and obtaining a diploma in practical nursing I found, again, this was not enough. Working as an LPN for many years the decision was made to return to school for the ADN. Today my ultimate goal
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same things at a glance. They may perform procedures similarly but is the thought process equal? Defining an Associate Degree in Nursing nurse (ADN) and a Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing nurse (BSN) helps to begin understanding the differences they incur. An Associate’s degree program can be completed in 2 years and the focus is on the technical aspects of nursing, at the community college level (Hood & Leddy, 2006, p.18-19). This nurse is usually more task oriented or technical. The Baccalaureate
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Health Care Interview Amanda Nava HCS/235 February 26, 2013 Jennifer Hitt Health Care Interview For my health care interview assignment I chose to interview Mayra Cruz, Certified Nurses Assistant. She works at Cuidado Casero Home Health and Hospice at 1617 E. Missouri Ave, El Paso, Texas. In my interview with her she described her job duties, her patients and how she interacts with others in her environment. In addition, she identified the length of time she has been in her current position
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