profession. It would be a beneficial to each and every nurse to take professional assertive…
Similar to the different purpose, the authors Simons and Kearns, both have different attitudes and tone towards their subject. Kearns tone of the article “Nurse-on-Nurse Hostility Remains an Issue” is serious and frightening. The reason Kearns tone is considered serious is because during her entire article, Kearns acted professional; for example, she did not include any funny jokes or sarcasm. Kearns as well stayed focus completely at all times in her purpose.…
References: Huston, C. (2006). Professional issues in nursing: Challenges and opportunities (1 ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams, and Wilkins. Chapter 1 Entry into Practice: Elusive Dream or Critical Professional Need.…
The American Nursing Association in 1965, through their position paper, attempted to make known the dire need to revamp the manner in which nurses enter the profession. Understanding the basis of their position provides insight to their purpose in outlining nursing as a profession, the description of various roles and educational requirements. “[E]nsuring high-quality nursing care…by fostering high standards of nursing practice” was the primary goal of the ANA with special “concern in education and welfare of those practicing the profession” (Catalano, 2012, p. 90). The scribed ideas of the American Nursing Association in 1965 maintain a profound impact on today’s direction and expectation of nurses.…
Blais, K. K. & Hayes, J. S. (2011). Professional nursing practice: Concepts and perspectives (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall.…
But they found that these methods do not ensure that new graduate nurses will have a successful transition and reduced anxiety to fully interact with their new environment. In this article, Boehm and Tse, discuss how the transition into the nursing practice can cause anxiety, reality shock and moderate to severe stress, which can be a hinders nurses in providing safe and effective patient care. And a way to help new graduate nurse transition and learning needs from qualitative research conducted in a community-based novice nurse transition program. The new graduate nurse transition and learning needs are examined through new graduates and the nursing leaders and preceptors who work with them. One piece of advice my nurse leader would give to the novice nurses to help them transition and succeed in the first year nurses would be to have a safe nursing practice, she tells this to all the new nurses that come to her unit. What this means is 1) always ask yourself if I’m sure and practicing safe nursing because learning is a working progress every day. 2) Always safe guard your patient, 3) follow the 5 rights of medication administration, 4) practice visual assessment and do not rely on the monitors all the time and if you practice safe nursing, safe guarding your patient, thereby you as a nurse safe…
Professionalism is the conduct or qualities characterized by conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession; exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace. The attitude of those in the medical profession generally is more conservative than in other career fields. Patients expect professional behavior and base much of their trust and confidence in those who show this type of demeanor.…
When a nurse recognizes and seeks help for the hostile environment, the help can get them demanded respect and aid in improving the work environment. This ties in the skill aspect of the competency. The team leader (manager) will assume role in protecting nurses and implementing a better work environment. This will lead into better work attitude. The victim nurse will become more comfortable and that will lead to being a better caregiver.…
The Article “When the Nurse Is a Bully” by Theresa Brown, R.N., shows that a lot of aggressiveness happens in the medical field. Especially, how the experienced nurses treat and act towards the student/new nurses. In the article, Brown’s co-worker had said “It’s that whole ‘Nurses eat their young’ thing.” Perhaps that phrase Brown’s co-worker had said means more than just the senior nurses treating the new nurses so poorly. Could this possibly be the experienced nurse’s strategy to make the upcoming nurses have a thicker skin. The nurses in general that are bullying their peers seem to use disconfirming communication, because the messages that they are expressing is showing little to no respect or caring towards their co-workers.…
“ The term professional nurse, as used in this document, refers to that individual prepared with a minimum of a baccalaureate in nursing but is also inclusive of one who enters professional practice with a master’s degree in nursing or a nursing doctorate.” (2008, p. 2) The three main roles of the professional nurse talked about in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing are being a provider of direct and indirect care to individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. Secondly, they are designers, managers, and coordinators of care and lastly they are members of a profession.…
The practice of nursing has changed throughout the years since the beginning when Florence Nightingale defined modern nursing. As a professional nurse, we must show competent and skillful behaviors when providing care for our patients. We must practice with dignity, honor, and the desire to relieve and prevent suffering. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how the concepts of teaching and learning, management, communication, and leadership will change and evolve throughout our career as professional nurses. We each can make an impact on each patient that we come into contact with throughout our career by practicing professionally and putting our patients priority’s first.…
Can you imagine walking into your child’s classroom and his or her teacher looking more like a student than a teacher? Just as the rest of the world is becoming more laid back, so are the standards for the way teachers present themselves. Years ago, when you walked into a classroom, the teacher looked as if he or she were dressed in a professional manner and were neat and clean. Now, due to the fact that teachers are not presenting themselves in a professional manner with regard to clothing and hairstyles, and cell phone use students are not taking them as seriously.…
Unlike many professions in the world, nursing is a career that requires vast amounts of interpersonal communication with patients, families, and fellow care providers. This large amount of communication is not an easy load to handle especially when a nurse has to communicate and also maintain professionalism. To preserve professionalism while working, a nurse must maintain professional communication, have positive first impressions upon patients and coworkers, follow values that allow for relationship building, and communicate in order to build trust.…
Rocker, C. (2008, September 8). Addressing Nurse-to-Nurse Bullying to Promote Nurse Retention . The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 13(3), doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol13No03PPT05…
As far back as 1932, Hollywood in its film “A farewell to Arms” depicted nursing as having no security and autonomy. The chief nurse in the film was shown as being weak, helpless and reluctant to fight for a nurse who was dismissed because a surgeon believed that she was a distraction to his ambulance driver. In other words, physicians dictate what happens in nursing. With that coward perspective, many nurses entered into the profession answering ‘yes doctor’ to all orders without any question. Nurses are then at the receiving end of Doctors’ and patients’ bullying.…