The Role of the Public Health Nurse in the Community The assignment for this paper asks about a disaster that could happen in my community. A disaster is any natural or human-made incident that causes disruption‚ and or devastation requiring external assistance (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2012‚ p.508). The purpose of the paper is to provide information how the professional nurse react in the community when a disaster take place. The Role of the Nurse The disaster selected for the paper
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portray nurses in a subservient manner. The majority of medical-centered shows revolve around the actions of doctors. The invisibility of nurses sends the wrong message to viewers. Often times‚ nurses only serve as a backdrop for the setting the mood of a real hospital. This results in the public viewing nurses as unnecessary and lowly educated people who are constantly under the rule of physicians. If nurses are consistently put under this stereotype‚ the public will no longer see nurses as a necessary
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continuous vital sign monitor and obtain a hand off report from the operating room nurse as well as the Anesthesia nurse. The handoff report includes the demographics of the patient‚ what surgery was performed‚ what medications were given‚ the vital signs of the patient throughout surgery‚ and how the patient tolerated things during surgery. Before the operating room nurse and the anastia nurse leave the PACU nurse must ensure that the patient meets the criteria to be in PACU.Those criteria include
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Role Transition to BSN A well-educated nurse is a major benefit for their patients and the healthcare facility that employs them. The importance of a baccalaureate of nursing degree comes with a greater knowledge and understanding of patient care‚ leadership‚ teamwork‚ technology and evidence-based practice which all contributes to better patient outcomes (Trossman‚ 2012). A baccalaureate of nursing degree also prepares the nurse for more opportunities‚ quality of care‚ and abilities in overall
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has its issues. One of the major problems in nursing today is the shortage of nurses‚ especially nursing faculty. The shortage of nursing faculty directly affects the nursing shortage: educational programs are needed to produce more nurses‚ but lack of nursing faculty results in less students enrolling and graduating (Cowen & Moorehead‚ 2011). This global issue is serious and can impact healthcare for everyone since nurses make up a great volume of the healthcare workforce. Influencing Factors Various
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Nurse Practitioner Competencies Seynor Massalee Kennedy South University Compared and contrasted the roles of the NP‚ nurse educator‚ nurse informaticist‚ and nurse administrator in advanced practice nursing pertaining to clinical practice‚ primary care‚ education‚ administration‚ and research. Advanced practice of nursing (APN) is a direct/indirect care individual who cares for patients and manages individuals and the community‚ nursing
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Violence Against Nurses Intro to Nursing (14SPNURS361246) January 19‚ 2014 Violence Against Nurses Violence is a growing problem in the field of nursing‚ as the mental instability that might preempt violent attacks is very often related to the cause that brought the attackers to the facility in the first place or can even serve as a reaction to the perceived institutionalization of the facility. This can encompass behavior or mood destabilization of various medication side-effects
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Nurse Practice Act Samantha Kelly NSG/320 November 21‚ 2011 Jen Millar University of Phoenix Nurse Practice Act The Nursing Practice Act (NPA) is the body of California law that mandates the Board to set out the scope of practice and responsibilities for RNs. The Practice Act is located in the California Business and Professions Code starting with Section 2700. Regulations that specify the implementation of the law appear in the California Code of Regulations ("Board
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holding license as a nurse in Texas is competent to practice nursing safely. As such‚ nurses wanting to work in Texas are subject to the regulation and standards stipulated in the NPA and implemented by the BON. The primary requirement for nursing practice is the license. Any person practicing or offering to practice nursing in Texas must have a license. Licensed nurses are expected to renew their license every two years and are required to identify themselves either as Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed
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to reduction of the number of nurses employed by direct lay-offs‚ converted many jobs to part time and adopted policies to reduce costs. So‚ as the demand for nurses has not changed‚ patient acuity has increased resulting in greater work place demand‚ paperwork‚ turnover‚ overtime and burnout (Reineck and Furino‚ 2005); The increasing exhaustion and burnout increased nurses’ frustration‚ which led many nurses to exit the profession. The problem of shortage of nurses is not only confined to Canada
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