The Importance of Nursing Roles Nurses have always been the backbone of healthcare and first response teams. Nurses are the first interaction a patient will have. The observations that a nurse makes through symptom analysis will aid the doctor in diagnosing the patient. This paper will first give a brief history of nursing and nursing roles and will focus on nursing theories and theorists. This paper will answer the question of how nursing theories helped to structure the nursing profession of today
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Nursing in Michigan and Practice Standards As Registered Nurses in the United States of America‚ we have all experienced passing board exams and having to apply for licensure applicable to each of our individual states. The board exams now known as NCLEX or National Council Licensure Examination are universal across the country. However‚ individual licensing requirements for a renewal or reapplication process differ from state to state. Some states such as Texas have additional testing requirements
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Analysis As a registered nurse practicing in the state of California I am responsible for practicing within my states legal regulations and nursing scope of practice. My concern for the welfare of the sick and injured allows me to practice ethical provisions of nursing. These are required if I am to carry out competent and effective nursing care. Nursing encompasses the prevention of illness‚ the alleviation of suffering‚ and the protection‚ promotion‚ and restoration of health in the care of
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Nursinghttp://nsq.sagepub.com/ Science Quarterly Advancing the Discipline of Nursing Gail J. Mitchell Nurs Sci Q 2004 17: 128 DOI: 10.1177/0894318404263264 The online version of this article can be found at: http://nsq.sagepub.com/content/17/2/128.1.citation Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Nursing Science Quarterly can be found at: Email Alerts: http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://nsq.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints:
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HLTEN401A WORK IN THE NURSING PROFESSION. ASSESSMENT AND SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS. Q1. In the earliest forms of nursing‚ men were the carers of the sick and dying. The hospitals were founded by the military‚ and little equipment existed to enable the wounded to recover. Throughout the 16th to early 19th Centuries‚ nursing was carried out by both men and women‚ in overcrowded wards‚ training for nurses was non-existent‚ and many nurses were of bad character. By the middle of the 19th Century
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EFFECTIVE AND PREFESSIOANL COMMUNICATION IN NURSING Today‚ nurses and midwives in their professional practice need to communicate in many different ways‚ maintain an open minded attitude that will allow for superior preparation in nursing assessments and in practice and provide person centred care. They are also required to demonstrate their capacity to think critically about issues‚ organise ideas logically‚ take action and reflect on that action to implement continuous improvement in future
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Throughout the years there has been a common misinterpretation about the image of nursing. At most times this image is negative and represents the profession in an unconstructive manner. Nurses have the potential to change this image. They can take initiative in many different areas of social involvement. One area that can influence the roles and representations nurses have in society is continuing education or advanced degrees. A second area is social impression which can be influenced by the
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dilemma‚ the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) (1997) bring a human element to the definition and explain how choices are made with the consideration personal feelings‚ principles‚ beliefs and personal opinion of what is good or bad within a situation (Jones‚ 2007). Nurses are faced with many more ethical problems on a day to day basis within health care environments than ordinary members of the community and the increasing variety of ethical issues that arise within modern nursing practice is why it is essential
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of theory still remains important. Nursing science‚ like any other field‚ is a melting pot of care and healing that has been moulded and preserved since the dawn of time. (Octaviano and Balita‚ 2008) Theory strives to explain the science and art of nursing. Nursing is as varied as the people who practice it‚ and is dynamic and diverse as kaleidoscope of ethnic‚ cultural and religious manifestations of people who receive nursing care. It is important that nursing is grounded on accepted scientific
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“To me the distinguishing characteristic of professional nursing is clinical thinking‚ every patient‚ whether well‚ getting sick‚ being sick or getting well has the right to a nurse who by virtue of this clinical thinking‚ manages the nursing care and is accountable for that care.” It would be a blessing to be a student of a prestigious program that was founded by the honorable late Ms. Dorothy M. Smith. Her aspiration and dedication to the program to feed and educate hungry minds is phenomenal
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