practices of a group or the expected standard of moral behavior of a specific group as described by their code of professional ethics (Berman 83). With nursing being a reputable profession‚ it is but expected that it has its own set of ethical standards thus called as nursing ethics. Nursing ethics refers to ethical issues that occur in nursing practice (Berman 83). Nurses need to have a code of ethics because they make decision as part of their daily tasks and responsibilities. These decisions
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The Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University NRS-440V 3.24.13 Introduction This paper will discuss various aspect of the future of health care focusing on the future of how nursing will play an ever-important role in the reformation of health care. Presentation regarding‚ the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative on the future of nursing‚ at the Institute of Medicine report entitled‚ “Future of Nursing: Leading Change‚ Advancing Health‚” will help set the stage for this paper. Discussion
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Nursing Diagnosis Nursing diagnosis is a medical concept that is becoming a commonly applied approach in the aspect of healthcare and medical service. This aspect mainly focuses on the presumptive and initial health and medical analysis conducted by the nursing class of healthcare serving as an overview basis and diagnosis for the following treatment and medical application. Aiding as a primary health analysis‚ nursing diagnosis actually becomes the springboard for further treatment and observation
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Problem of Ageing Increasing life expectancy is a positive development‚ but is not without its own problems. The prevention or elimination of causes of death in early life has resulted in a population consisting of an increasing proportion of elderly people. The United Nations populations division estimated that the number of persons aged 60 years and older in 1999 was nearly 600 million worldwide and was projected to reach about 2 billion by 2050 (UN‚1999). This means that by the year 2050‚ the
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Nursing as a Profession and the Professionalism Standards Erika Troutman‚ RN Nursing 408 Conceptual Bases in Nursing Linda Jacobson‚ MSN‚ RN‚ PHN‚ COI‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI ‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI ‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI January 31‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will discuss the many aspects of my nursing career and what led me to the area in which I choose to work now‚ and also the standards of nursing as a profession. Ideas that professionalism amongst the nursing community can affect much more
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Jurisprudence (Nursing and the Law) San Jacinto College Central October 04‚ 2012 In this paper‚ I will be discussing Peer Review. I will discuss membership and responsibilities‚ the Peer Review process‚ minor incidents‚ safe harbor‚ and alternate reporting for drug/alcohol abuse or mental health conditions. I will also give a couple of my life experiences that demonstrate how important this information is and how it can affect you as a nurse. Nurse Manager and nurse supervisor responsibilities:
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Philosophy of Nursing Leddy and Pepper (2003) defined philosophy of nursing as the intellectual and affective outcomes of the professional nurses ’ efforts to understand the ultimate relationship among humans‚ environment‚ and health; to approach nursing as a scientific discipline; to integrate a sense of values into practice; to appreciate esthetic elements that contribute to health and well-being; and to articulate a personal belief system about human beings‚ environment‚ health and nursing.
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Metaparadigm in Nursing Demonstrate the ability to incorporate the dimensions of a person‚ nursing and enviorment to promote the health in a various nursing situations. The different metaparadigm in nursing: Nursing Paradigms are patterns or models used to show a clear relationship among the existing theoretical works in nursing. At present‚ many nursing theories are focused on relationships among four major concepts (metaparadigms: Greek “meta“-with and “paradeigma“-pattern): The 4 metaparadigm
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belief that your cultures beliefs are authentic and all other cultures beliefs are phony. The cultural relativism was a method first developed by anthropologists in the 1920’s and just thirty years later the concept was incorporated into nursing practices. Nursing is an extremely diverse occupation although a broad description consists of a certified healthcare professional‚ working in a chaotic environment‚ providing care to a variety of patients requiring physical or
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The Future of Nursing Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V The Future of Nursing Looking back over 150 years ago‚ the nursing profession has changed drastically. Even just the uniform of nurses changed from the white dresses with panty hose and a white cap to scrubs with pants. Here are a few other examples of change in the profession: “there was a time in the past when only physicians took blood pressures‚ performed phlebotomy and administered blood; and not so long ago
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