Nursing Specialty: Legal Nursing Central Methodist University Historical Trends in Nursing NU25 July 07‚ 2013 Nursing Specialty: Legal Nursing The world of healthcare is one of frequent changes. Those who have dedicated themselves to the nursing profession understand that healthcare is continuously evolving‚ as it is our responsibility to provide only the highest standard of care to our patients. Each nurse that is certified within a nursing specialty strengthens the entire healthcare
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Culture Competence in Nursing Shannon Karlsson California State University‚ Chico Introduction According to the United States Census Bureau (2010)‚ over 30% of the total population in the United States is comprised of various ethnicities other than non-Hispanic Whites. This statistic highlights that the United States (US) has a significant multicultural population today. These diverse cultures bring with them new languages‚ religious beliefs and practices‚ social structures‚ and health care
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Can the nursing educational system prevent the burnout phase in all levels of nursing care? Burnout is not a term that can only be used for sports and exercising. As a matter of fact‚ it is an emotional and psychological term as well. The definition of burnout in the medical field is the main focus of this paper. Burn out is a state of mental and or physical exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress (Lavery‚ 2007). In another word‚ it is a syndrome of depersonalization‚ emotional exhaustion
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Delegation: An analysis of delegation to unlicensed personal Cheryl R. Klinkner Ferris State University Abstract This paper will present an analysis on nursing delegation to unlicensed assistive personal (UAP) within the healthcare setting. Delegation is a responsibility nurses are expected to do in order to coordinate safe and timely care for their patients. With the increase in patients loads‚ increase in acuity of patients and an increase in shortage of nurses; there also comes
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Causes and Prevention of Burnout in Human Services Staff Paper BSHS/462- Effective Management of Human Service Organizations August 8‚ 2011 Kimberly Eaton Causes and Prevention of Burnout in Human Services Staff Paper According to the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary (2011) burnout is defined as the “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength usually as a result of prolonged stress or frustration”. In high stressed work environments‚ an employee can feel burnout. This is especially true
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Blane and Meyer‚ Smajdor and others‚ and Marcysiak et al. all advocate empathy to be taught in either medical or nursing school curriculum. Of course‚ with Duarte and others‚ self-compassion should be supported‚ but the use of training should be in nursing school where Marcysiak et al. also agrees. In the voice of Smajdor et al.‚ these four sources agree that each concept should be learned through “humanities and soft skills” along
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Nursing Recruitment and Retention To be a good nurse‚ you have to be a physically strong and emotionally stable person‚ and you have to be able to think on your feet. Though nursing is not an easy profession‚ it is very rewarding. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the nursing shortage and nursing retention and recruitment strategies for facilities. The nursing shortage crisis is caused by nurse burnout‚ an aging Registered Nurse (RN) population‚ not enough nurses graduating due to a shortage
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Introduction The Medical Board of Australia (MBA) and the Nurses and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) both recognise that good record keeping is required to provide safe‚ high-quality health care (MBA‚ 2014; NMBA‚ 2008‚ 2014). Clinical documentation reflects the assessment of the patient‚ the clinical findings‚ the plan‚ patient’s response and outcome of care (Heartfield‚ 1996; Jeffries‚ Johnson‚ & Griffiths‚ 2010). Accurate documentation is seen not only as a record of patient care (Rodden‚ &
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Mentoring has been established in a variety of fields for many years. Within nursing‚ the term ‘mentor’ denotes “A nurse‚ midwife or specialist community public health nurse who facilitates learning and supervises and assesses students in a practice setting”‚ (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2005). The essay will explore the role of the mentor in the field of nursing‚ with personal reflection on the authors experience as a mentor in my current role as a community mental health nurse (CMHN)
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The impact of nursing of nursing shortage on the provision of quality healthcare and patient safety was discussed in this paper. The negative impact of nursing shortage on the quality of care and patient safety is that when nurses are few‚ patient safety is threatened and health care quality is diminished. This can incur high cost to hospitals. Nurses who have heavy workload are more likely to experience burnout and intend to leave their job within the next year causing high turnover rate. When nurses
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