“Moving to a nurse workforce in which a higher proportion of staff nurses have at least a baccalaureate-level education would result in substantially fewer adverse outcomes for patients” (Friese‚ Lake‚ Aiken‚ Silber & Sochalski‚ 2008). Of the three most popular ways to become a registered nurse‚ a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree has been recognized as the best training for nurses in the current complex healthcare system. A baccalaureate prepared nurse possesses additional skills in critical
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Long hours of direct patient care take its toll emotionally and physically. While the profession is rewarding for most‚ the constant stress can become a catalyst for all kinds of self damaging behaviors. The American Nurses’ Association estimates between ten and twenty percent of nurses will abuse drugs within the workplace at some point during his/her career (ANA‚ 2002). This percentage is similar to that of substance abusers within the general population. Due to the ease of access to narcotics
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Catherine (Zhang Huan) RHET 106 John Knight 6 Oct. 2012 Communication bBarriers Living in the USA is an interesting experience and also a tough time during my life. I lived in a friend of my mother’s home when I got prep America. It was so far away from my University that I needed to take the BART first and then take art bus to school. I felt excited when I first took the BART because I saw so many different racepl of people around me. It was just like I was dreaming that I’mvt living in prepAmerican
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Kenya’s health care system has remained largely centralised with decisions taken at MOH headquarters from where they are conveyed top-down through the provincial medical officers to the district level. Centralised functions at the headquarters include policy formulation‚ coordinating activities of all health players (government and non-governmental organizations)‚ initiating and managing implementation of policy changes on various issues including charging of user fees‚ and undertaking monitoring
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citations and a reference page are complete. The documentation of cited sources is free of error. | | 100 %Total Weightage | | Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Review the IOM report: The Future of Nursing: Leading Change‚ Advancing Health http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2010/The-Future-of-Nursing-Leading-Change-Advancing-Health.aspx‚ focusing on the following sections: Transforming Practice‚ Transforming Education‚ and Transforming Leadership. In order to access the report‚ locate “Get
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Yaidelyn Alonso SLS1125: Matos 4/20/12 Nurses: “Caring Today For A Healthier Tomorrow” Growing up in a house hold of medical personnel‚ such as my mother and my aunt and other close relatives has really inspired me to become a Nurse Practitioner‚ but most of all my inspiration has come due to the death of my father. I want to help patients who may have false hope‚ who may think that there’s nothing anyone can do‚ I want to give patients hope‚ and I will devote my life to make a difference
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patient that includes the 8 components listed in the Hourly Rounding Procedure. Primary Registered Nurse (RN) or licensed vocational nurse (LVN) assigned to each patient is responsible for ensuring hourly rounds are made according to policy. Nursing personnel will round every hour from 0600-2200 and every two hours from 0000-0600 and more frequently if the patient’s condition requires it. (Dignity Health Clinical House-wide Manual) The 8 components includes 1. Introduce self‚ title and remind patient
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In the article “Overcoming Language Barriers to Health Care‚” by Jane Perkins she discusses how the issue of America’s melting pot of languages affects the ability to provide adequate medical care to patients (Perkins 1999). She points out the fact that everyday around the country there are citizens or immigrants coming in for care and are either not treated properly or misdiagnosed. These issues come from the fact that there is little to no staff in some of these hospitals that speak the foreign
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Ever experience a terrible sickness or disease that requires the assistance of a nurse or doctor? The world is vast with the varieties of diseases and people who seek treatment and medicine. Health physicians‚ such as doctors and nurses‚ train every day to help continue helping those who are unable to help themselves. The duties of a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist) are limitless almost to the point of being capable of completing any line of work in the medical field. Anesthesia
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How can community health nurses apply the strategies of cultural competence to their practice? Provide at least one example from each of four strategies: cultural preservation‚ cultural accommodation‚ cultural repatterning‚ and cultural brokering. What is a possible barrier to applying the strategy/example chosen? Use an example that is different than the postings of other students. As an OB nurse‚ I care for many Hispanic women having babies. One of the culturally challenging barriers I have come
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