Patient advocacy requires nurses to support and protect their patients. Nurses often find themselves in ethically questionable situations that conflict with their personal and professional morals. Sometimes‚ speaking out for the patient requires them to demonstrate moral courage—for instance‚ in the face of conflicting loyalties‚ in highly charged conflict situations‚ or when the patient’s rights are being violated. This article provides an overview of moral courage‚ defines important terms‚ examines
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guidance to make important decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the article based upon the concept analysis on nursing intuition towards the description of method
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this fourth clinical‚ I was more aware of what I was expected to due. I chose two patients‚ both begin female. I was happy to have two female patients this time around. My primary patient for clinical was an eighty-five-year-old female who had been admitted for adult failure to thrive. I kept my patient’s admission diagnosis in my mind‚ and was informed that she had been previously emotional due to being discussed about her new living situation. She was now going to go live at a nursing home and she
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errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced by its caring attitude toward the patient‚ safety should be our number one priority. This research article is very important to the nursing profession‚ in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article‚ Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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During my first day of clinical‚ I encountered an issue that I believe is very significant. As a student nurse‚ our duty for this day was to follow our health care aide around the ward and assist in completing resident care. The resident required assistance in many of her daily tasks. The health care aide asked if I would perform one of those and do perineal care for her. I turned down her offer because I did not feel comfortable with my skill level. The resident had a bowel movement during the night
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For this clinical I spent time at an outpatient surgery center. I got to observe many medical procedures‚ assist with patient admission and discharge‚ and learn how to complete preoperative and postoperative assessment. In addition‚ I had many opportunities to observe how nurses work as a team‚ so I was able to gain insight on how to deal with stressful situations appropriately. The staff at this clinical was very kind and passionate about what they do. They gave me lots of advice regarding nursing
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Print Challenging nursing’s sacred cows Issue Date: April 2008 Vol. 3 Num. 4 Authors: Carol A. Rauen‚ MS‚ CCNS‚ PCCNKathleen Vollman‚ MS‚ MSN‚ CCNSRichard B. Arbour‚ MSN‚ CCRN‚ CNRNMarianne Chulay‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN Until recently‚ healthcare practitioners have answered questions about clinical practices with their best guesses‚ intuition‚ and tradition. But evidence-based practice (EBP) compels us to use solid scientific evidence instead‚ and to base nursing protocols on this evidence. As defined by
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope
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Clinical Chemistry When people consider their careers in the health care field‚ most of them would think about being a physician‚ a nurse or a surgeon. Individuals with interest in the health care field are not aware of clinical laboratory science. I am one of those individuals who don’t know much about clinical laboratory science before. After taking the class “Introduction to Clinical Laboratory Science”‚ I start to realize that clinical laboratory scientists are just like other health care members
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