While researching texts written and published about Nurse Practitioners‚ I have found that Nurse Practitioners are rapidly becoming the top health partner choice for many Americans. Nurse Practitioners have been servicing patients for over forty years. The NP role had its initiation in the mid-sixties in response to a lack of physicians in the United States.They can perform very extensive and concentrated examinations; distinguish and treat common keen illnesses‚ as well as laboratory tests; and
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Nurse Ratched is the main source of power and authority in the ward. She has complete control over all of the patients and staff. Although she is technically under the supervision of Doctor Spivey‚ she still possesses the ability to control him as well. When McMurphy is first admitted to the hospital‚ his confident‚ stubborn attitude poses a threat to the Nurse. This threat only motivates her more‚ showing her representation of Friedrich Nietzsche’s theory‚ the will to power. Nietzsche believes that
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I am working for one of the best hospitals in downtown Chicago‚ Illinois as a Registered Nurse. My duties include providing hands-on care to patients by administering medications‚ observing and monitoring patients’ conditions‚ managing intravenous lines‚ communicating with doctors and maintaining records. In addition‚ I am responsible for educating patients and their families on disease prevention and post-hospital treatment. Also‚ provide emotional support to the patient and family members. Although
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The Causes Of Stress Among Nurses Introduction Hans Selye defines stress as ‘the nonspecific response of the body to any demand for change’ (AIS‚ 1979). Job stressors are the harmful physical and emotional responses that occur when the requirements of the job do not match the capabilities or resources of the worker. Stress is defined as ‘an external cue that threatens the equilibrium of an individual’ (Gray-Toft and Anderson 1981: 639). ‘Stress is a psycho-physiologic arousal response occurring
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each of nurses should have and be aware of‚ because of the high expectancy by patients and colleagues in both within and outside of professional domains. Professionalism refers to the key points that everyone should follow and behaves the best in order to protect its dignity and respective in a competent manner. Then it becomes even more important when it comes to public health care matter. There are many reasons for that; first of all‚ Nursing. In this profession‚ it is expected from nurses to maintain
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“Doctor in the House” by R. Gordon The text under analysis is taken from the book “Doctor in the House” written by Richard Gordon. Richard Gordon was born in 1921. He has been an anaesthetist at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London‚ a ship’s surgeon and an assistant editor of the British Medical Journal. He left medical practice in 1952 and started writing his “Doctor” series. “Doctor in the House” is one of Gordon’s twelve “Doctor” books and is noted for witty description of a medical student’s
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IMPLICATIONS OF THE GLOBAL NURSING SHORTAGE AND ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS TO OVERCOME THE ISSUE IN AUSTRALIA INTRODUCTION Nurses form an integral part of the health work force of a nation. They are responsible in maintaining the health standards and the quality of health of the most valuable asset of the country‚ human resource. Hence‚ the shortage of nurses has posed serious threats to nations all over the world‚ especially the developed ones like Australia‚ USA‚ Canada etc. Addressing
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A doctor! A healer! A time-honoured ancient profession. Why Medicine? I am in awe of Medicine’s capabilities and evolution. Multiorgan transplantation‚ in-vitro fertilization (IVF)‚ robotic laparoscopic surgery‚ positron emission tomography (PET)‚ stem cell research‚ etc. The list goes on. Medicine is a vocation that I have long dreamt of practising. The idea of being able to help ill people and relieve the physical and mental problems of the sick moves me. I have always envisioned myself doing that
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during these times. From line to line his style and wording made the poem flow beautifully enriching the story as the account continued. One distinct aspect about this tale which truly made me be fond of the story has to be the amazing way the Doctor used characterization to develop his characters. For instance‚ when depicting Sir Viginius’s daughter Virginia the Physician used nature promptly in the spectacular woman’s description‚ “It seems that Nature thus would say. This maid was fourteen
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Written analysis Pasternak‚ Boris‚ Doctor Zhivago‚ New York: Pantheon Books‚ 2010 Boris Pasternak was a poet‚ translator and novelist born in Moscow in 1890. He lived during the time of Russian revolution and I believe that he has the proper‚ firsthand experience of this subject to write Doctor Zhivago since he has experienced the rule of the soviet corruption himself. (Ex. 1958 Nobel Prize in Literature). The range of this book was quite broad to say the least. Although the book starts off with
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