This paper will highlight Florence Nightingale nursing leadership and describe her leadership characteristics. It will further depict the democratic style Florence Nightingale utilized throughout her career. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse‚ she was a researcher‚ educator‚ and theorist. Her contributions to nursing and society are numerous. Florence Nightingale has been referred to as the “mother of modern nursing” (Johnson & Webber‚ 2005). Through her work and example‚ nursing became
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School Nurse Spending two days shadowing a school nurse was a wonderful experience. I had the pleasure of doing my school nurse rotation at Fox Creek Junior High School. I never realized how difficult and overwhelming it could be to be a school nurse. Ms. Bodauine was the nurse I got to shadow. She spent her day doing paperwork‚ helping the sick and injured‚ and doing vision and hearing screenings. There were several kids who came in throughout the day‚ approximately twenty-one per day that
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Introduction There is an increasing emphasis of the importance of the role of nurses as educators and therefore is important to have an understanding of how to implement a teaching plan in clinical practice. Education of patients and family is the professional responsibility of the nurse. The nurse should aim for the patient to achieve independence in the management of their own health. This assignment will compromise of a proposed teaching plan regarding self-administration of sub-cutaneous insulin
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Project NRS-441v Anna Auler June 23‚ 2013 Review of Literature Adequate nurse staffing for patient care has been a major difficulty in the health care system . Patients’ acuity continues to grow at a fast rate while hospitals continue to struggle with the adequate number for nurse-to-patient ratio‚ leaving nurses in a very difficult situation while trying to provide the best care possible to their patients. The low nurse-to-patients ratio can be remedied when public and private hospitals realize
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Nefetia Thompson Speech Communication SP- 211 424E Ms. Thompson General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about my career as a nurse. Main point 1: I chose labor and delivery nursing as my career because I want to do something that I genuinely enjoy doing daily. a. My daily activities would include providing care for women who are having pregnancy complications‚ laboring‚ or have recently delivered. Witnessing my cousin give birth was an extremely beautiful experience
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Male Nurses In today’s society male nurses are still looked upon negatively in the nursing profession. There are several stereotypes that society has placed males into that chose to become nurses‚ males who become nurses are considered gay‚ society views the work that nurses do as “women’s work” not a man’s job. In today’s society maybe the male nurse just simply enjoys helping people and giving something back to society? Colleges need to institute programs that will get the attention of male
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Nurse Ratched A former army nurse‚ Nurse Ratched represents the oppressive mechanization‚ dehumanization‚ and emasculation of modern society—in Bromden’s words‚ the Combine. Her nickname is “Big Nurse‚” which sounds like Big Brother‚ the name used in George Orwell’s novel 1984 to refer to an oppressive and all-knowing authority. Bromden describes Ratched as being like a machine‚ and her behavior fits this description: even her name is reminiscent of a mechanical tool‚ sounding like both “ratchet”
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Pediatric Nursing Pediatric nurses‚ also called PED’s nurses‚ are registered nurses (RNs) who specialize in the care of infants and children. You will often see Pediatric nurses working in hospitals‚ or clinics that have child-care. A Pediatric nurse is a registered nurse that specializes in the field and receives a higher pay. They must also become a Certified Pediatric Nurse (CPN). Pediatric nurses typically perform physical examinations‚ measure vital statistics‚ take blood and urine samples
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dedication and commitment. Nurses need to act as caregivers‚ communicators and teachers for their patients in order for them to become healthier and feel better. The nurses in the movie; American Nurse directed by Carolyn Jones portrayed all of these traits‚ even though these nurses were so different. The nurses in the film included; Naomi Cross‚ a labor and delivery nurse‚ Jason Short a nurse in Eastern Kentucky‚ Tonia Faust a hospice nurse in a prison‚ Brian McMillion a military nurse
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simply being a student nurse responsibility is already on our shoulders as we gained knowledge in every step of the way. As a student nurse‚ knowledge is easy to get as we experience‚ learn‚ read and study. But every knowledge comes with great responsibility‚ which is to help and share it to others who are innocent about specifically toward to their health. Experiencing being a student head nurse is good as it adds my capabilities to manage my time‚ and my staff nurses. I have been a leader for
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