Nurse Educator The AACN Preferred Vision of the Professoriate in Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs (2008) states that “courses in the nursing program will be taught by faculty with graduate-level academic preparation and advanced expertise in the areas of content they teach.” There is national recognition‚ however‚ of the growing shortage of nursing educators to fill faculty and other educator roles within the healthcare delivery system. Master’s programs that prepare graduates for nurse
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Challenging RN-BSN Students To Apply Orem’s Theory To Practice Susan Davidson‚ EdD‚ RN Abstract: It is a challenge to engage RN-BSN students in learning to apply nursing theory. In associate degree nursing programs‚ nursing theory is barely mentioned and not discussed in detail. This paper reports the experience of one university nursing program that adopted Dorothea Orem’s nursing theory as the basis for its curriculum. The RNs were introduced to Orem’s theory in their first course. Subsequent
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This week we had a clinical make up day in Sim lab. I learned how to give injections‚ oral medications‚ and put in Urinary Catheters. It was interesting to learn how to give subcutaneous and Intramuscular injections. I was nervous at first‚ because giving injections is a different technique then drawing blood. It was a great experience. I learned that I should give subcutaneous injections in the abdomen region about 45-90 degrees and this site is great for administering Insulin. It is important to
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Clinical Experience Assignment # 2 Virender Kaur California State University‚ Bakersfield Clinical Experience Assignment # 2 An issue that I encountered during one of my clinical rotations at Bakersfield Heart Hospital was a leadership and patient advocacy issue. On the last day of my clinical‚ my preceptor and I were assigned to triage. We saw one patient who came in with shortness of breath and high blood pressure‚ and another one who came in with headache. So‚ after doing the initial
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• The clinical instructor is working in a surgical ward. The ward routine will be pre and post operation care. • Total of 5 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
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Clinical Reflective Journal The first day I visited psychiatric ward‚ I felt nervous and excited because of the psychiatric ward which is totally different from general ward. I sensed that all patients who are walking in the corridor and some of them keep murmuring‚ and those behaviors I seen are seldom appearing in the general ward. However‚ after I found that they can communicate with others normally and have no aggressive behavior after approaching the patients. I learnt we should establish
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The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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Name:Mike Tutor: John Title: Recognizing and Acting on Clinical Deterioration Course: Date: Recognizing and Acting on Clinical Deterioration Introduction The purpose of nurses in ensuring that the medication a patient is undergoing gives the best result is very important. The medication that the patient takes works effectively if the nurse can efficiently observe and identify worsening conditions of the patient and take necessary action that efficiently manages
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CLINICAL EXPERIENCE REFLECTION I consider that clinical practice as an essential component of my learning process. Clinical practice allow me to have direct experience with the real world of nursing‚ to practice the clinical skills required for the job‚ to learn about general nursing routines‚ and to learn about the responsibilities of the nurses. At the beginning of the third term of this program my clinical experience has been less stressful than the initial clinical experience in terms
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INTRODUCTION Critical incidents are snapshots of something that happens to a patient‚ their family or nurse. It may be something positive‚ or it could be a situation where someone has suffered in some way (Rich & Parker 2001). Reflection and analysis of critical incidents is widely regarded as a valuable learning tool for nurses. The practice requires us to explore our actions and feelings and examine evidence-based literature‚ thus bridging the gap between theory and practice (Bailey 1995). It
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