Philosophy of Nursing Roxanne M. Reed University of West Georgia According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary a nurse is “a person who is trained to care for sick or injured people and who usually works in a hospital or doctor’s office” (Merriam-Webster‚ 2014). My thoughts are‚ nursing is a commitment to a profession that protects the patient in one of their greatest times of need‚ during sickness or health‚ while respecting their rights and human dignity. As nurses we follow an oath to provide
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turn Over Nursing shortage and turnover is an enormous issue affecting nurses in the delivery of patients’ care. Nursing shortages have been shown to cause unfavorable effects which include decreased job satisfaction‚ decreased access to care‚ and can lead to increased turn over. This paper is about nursing shortages and nursing turn overs‚ and how the author would expect nursing leaders and managers to approach this issue. The writer’s rational would be supported by
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With an increase in the number of premature babies requiring acute hospital care‚ new and experienced nurses are finding more career opportunities in neonatal nursing. Neonatal nurses work in general maternity wards and in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Those caring for premature and critically ill babies spend their shifts diapering and feeding the infants‚ checking vital signs‚ administering medications and tests‚ and teaching families how to care for their children properly. “For
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Students in their first semester of year one‚ attached to the ward for 3 weeks. • The skill that will be taught to them will be blood pressure monitoring using a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. • Cork A (2007) suggest that nursing students should be using manual BP monitoring I l practice instead of depending on automated monitors• Learning takes place in surgical ward and hospital’s stimulation lab. • The first debriefing session was conducted in stimulation lab. The
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Nursing Theory‚ Research‚ and Practice Response Team Jordan NUR 532: Week 2 Discussion Response 13 September 2013 Nursing Theory‚ Research‚ and Practice Response As noted in the lead group’s forum‚ “through observation‚ [Florence Nightingale] collected empirical evidence that supported her environmental theory and used it to develop evidence-based guidelines that other nurses faced with similar circumstances might find useful” (Selanders‚ 2010). Nightingale
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It is important to understand how theories are developed and that is‚ using the why and how. For example‚ why did something happen and how can it be fixed. With this understanding‚ then one can realize and understand how nursing theories are developed and how important it is to be able to borrow theories from other disciplines. It is important to understand that most professions developed their theories from other disciplines so as to make a stand and to develop a foundation that they can base their
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In A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith‚ Francie and Neeley Nolan are children growing up during the early 1900’s. The brother and sister have to learn how to survive on bread crumbs (literally)‚ and make the most of what they do own. Francie is the main character of the novel‚ and from the very beginning‚ the readers can grasp the independence that inhibits Francie from a young age‚ unlike Neeley who is very dependent on his parents (especially Katie‚ his mother) to help him get along. When Neeley
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education classroom for 2 hours a day with his peers. Betty Armstrong is Jake’s general education teacher who is well organized and follows the daily schedule precisely. His teacher has said often how her goal is to make children feel safe in her classroom. She has always been a teacher of acceptance when it came to students with disabilities being in her classroom. Jake‚ on the other hand‚ fidgets in his seat‚ has behavioral problems‚
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THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING A. ENVIRONMENTAL THEORY “I think one’s feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results.” Florence Nightingale (1860) Florence Nightingale defined Nursing as “the act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery” (1860/1969)‚ that it involves the nurse’s initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient’s health‚ and that
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There are two distinct models of disability that seek to empower those with disabilities- the medical model and the social model. The medical model refers to a disability as a “physical or mental impairment of the individual and its person with social consequences. It regards the limitations faced by people with disabilities as resulting primarily‚ or solely‚ from their impairments” Wasserman et al (2011). Under the medical model people are defined by their illness or medical condition. The medical
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