Qualities a nurse must posses to be a good leader can vary throughout the nursing community. According to the Merriam Webster dictionary the word leader is defined as “a person who has commanding authority or influence”(Webster). A person or in this case a nurse who has authority or influence has a great responsibility. A leader regardless of the meaning to each nurse has the same or similar fundamentals. Furthermore the qualities reflect the foundation of nursing. The foundation or fundamentals
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Motivation of Nurses in Healthcare. Introduction In the last decade‚ healthcare in Australia has undergone a dramatic and complex change. No long is our services solely based on providing a quality service to patients‚ but providing a service which is both prompt‚ and cost effective‚ in an environment with reduced staffing levels and budgets‚ and increased demand of services(Graham‚ 2006) . Nurses and the healthcare industry are having to deal with stressed and de-motivated employees‚ and never
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they are sick? Many people think that the doctors take care of the patients their whole stay but that is not true‚ behind the scenes the nurse practitioners take care of the patients. Nurse practitioners have a very difficult job and many hard duties to complete while they are taking care of many sick patients in the hospital. The education of becoming a nurse practitioner is a very long and difficult process. The first thing the student must accomplish is to graduate high school and get a diploma
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Bed-to-nurse ratios‚ provision of basic nursing care‚ and in-hospital and 30-day mortality among acute stroke patients admitted to an intensive care unit: Cross-sectional analysis of survey and administrative data Sung-Hyun Cho a‚*‚ Sung-Cheol Yun b a Department of Nursing‚ Hanyang University‚ Seoul‚ Republic of Korea b Department of Preventive Medicine‚ College of Medicine‚ University of Ulsan‚ Seoul‚ Republic of Korea A B S T R A C T Background: The literature reports inconsistent evidence
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Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07‚ 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice‚ state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures‚ and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed
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Introduction There are 2 important purposes for the nurse practice act. The first practice is to protect the Health and safety of the citizens in the jurisdiction‚ and the second purpose is to protect the title of the RN (Cherry & Jacob 2011). The Florida Nurse Practice Act was implemented to ensure that every nurse practicing in Florida meets the minimum competency. Definition of Nursing Practice and Scope of Practice There are many reasons why we should know the definition
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Push for Mandatory Nurse Patient Ratios Continues Mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios have been a hot topic of discussion for over 15 years. As of today‚ California is the only state with actual state mandated nurse- patient ratios in place. I support mandatory nurse-patient staffing ratios because research has shown that patients have better outcomes when cared for by nurses who practice under state mandated nurse-patient ratios. According to the article Mandatory Nurse-Patient Ratios “support
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Nurse Ratched is the main source of power and authority in the ward. She has complete control over all of the patients and staff. Although she is technically under the supervision of Doctor Spivey‚ she still possesses the ability to control him as well. When McMurphy is first admitted to the hospital‚ his confident‚ stubborn attitude poses a threat to the Nurse. This threat only motivates her more‚ showing her representation of Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory‚ the will to power. Nietzsche believes that
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is a very rewarding career‚ however it is a difficult job. Nurses deal with life and death situations‚ their work environment is hectic most of the time‚ and sometimes they spend more time in their jobs than at home with their families due to the demands of the job. Moreover‚ it is no surprise that nursing retention is a big issue in the profession. It is estimated that nurse turnover costs a facility around $22‚000 to $64‚000 per nurse turnover‚ and some of this money goes to advertising and recruitment
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premature babies‚ there would be a lower rate of survival. With that being said‚ becoming a neonatal nurse comes with multitudinous responsibilities‚ making sure the babies are getting the required treatments and being properly cared for. The educational steps needed to become a neonatal nurse will be a long bumpy ride‚ but it does not mean it is impossible. Michele S. Ramirez‚ a neonatal nurse at the Odessa Regional Medical Center (ORMC) Hospital stated in a personal interview‚ “It’s tough‚ but
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