Running head: Advance Practice Nurses A Promising Solution 1 Advance Practice Nurses A Promising Solution For America’s Health Care Needs T R D August 31‚ 2012 The recent approval of the Affordable Care Act will result in major changes for the Running head: Advance Practice Nurses A Promising Solution 2 health care providers in America. Advance Practice Nurses (APN’s) will be in a position to have a positive impact on the provision of safe‚ compassionate‚ affordable and efficient healthcare for
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and in this case‚ cultural awareness. This assessment tool will be used to determine how aware professionals are to the cultural background of clients within the community and how it is needed in service delivery. This is only meant to be used a learning tool and is not a test. Cultural Awareness How familiar are you with residing cultural groups in your community? 0-Not at all 1-Somewhat 2-Moderate 3-Very Familiar Are you familiar with current human service needs of cultural groups in your community
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Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is an issue that started in the 1980’s and continues to remain a current hot topic within the nursing practice. Governor Jerry Brown recently signed an assisted suicide bill into law (Lovett & Pérez-Peña‚ 2015). PAS will be in effect ninety days after its ruling on the floor. The governor stated that if he were battling a terminal illness accompanied by pain he would be comforted by the option and wouldn’t want to deny that to anyone. As with any issue‚ there has
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complexity in healthcare‚ nurses are pursuing higher education and specialized training. This specialized training has produced what we now call advance practice nurses. Advance practice nurses can function independently or in partnership with other physicians. These nurses play a vital role in healthcare. There are four types of advance practice nurses; clinical nurse specialist‚ nurse anesthetist‚ nurse midwives‚ and nurse practitioners. The role of the nurse practitioner has changed from
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HARMFUL TRADITIONAL AND CULTURAL PRACTICES IN NIGERIA Tolulope Monisola OLA (PhD) Department of Sociology‚ Faculty of the Social Sciences‚ Ekiti State University‚ Ado-Ekiti‚ Ekiti State‚ Nigeria. Cell phone: +234 8139389466 E-mail: tolulopeola2003@yahoo.co.uk Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Objectives 3. Main Contents 4. Meaning of Harmful Traditional and Cultural Practices in Nigeria 5. Different Types of Harmful Traditional and Cultural Practices in Nigeria 6. Consequences
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COMMUNICATION IN NURSING PRACTICE. In order to fully discuss effective communication in nursing practice‚ one first should define communication. As stated in the business directory‚ communication is “ the two way process of reaching mutual understanding‚ in which participants not only exchange (encode – decode) information but create and share meaning. “ (www.thebusinessdirectory.com : Nov 25th). Or as in the free dictionary‚ “The exchange of thoughts‚ messages or information by
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One of the greatest controversies of the twenty first century is the compatibility of science with traditional and cultural practices. Time and time again‚ cosmopolitan groups of scientists‚ philosophers‚ among others have delved into this issue. While some believe that science is compatible with traditional and cultural practices‚ others fully counter this. To answer this question‚ I shall elaborate on the various instances when science has shown signs of compatibility with traditions and cultures
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Applying Ethical Frameworks in Nursing Practice Disclosing patient information to a third party‚ without a patient’s consent or a court order is considered a breach of confidentiality. Legal liability for a breach of confidentiality covers a broader spectrum than ethical guidelines‚ which lend to doing what is morally right. Confidentiality in nursing comes with an ethical need for creating rapport with patients. Trust established facilitates increased communication and comfort
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Universalism/ particularism Individualism/ collectivism Achievement/ ascription Neutral/ affective Specific/ diffuse Internal/ external Time CULTURE DIMENSIONS’ IMPACT ON MANAGEMENT PRACTICES 5 Safety vs. risk Individual rewards vs. group rewards Centralized decision-making vs. decentralized decision-making: Informal procedures vs. formal procedures. High organization loyalty vs. low organization loyalty: Cooperation
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“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful" by Joshua Marine. In the story‚ “The Secret Lion‚" written by Alberto Alvaro Rios‚ Alberto and his friend Sergio go through changes where their dreams are gone because of the new things they learn. The boys are starting to see that everything they love is taken away from them because they are becoming adults. In the story there is symbolism; each symbol represents the changes as the boys leave childhood
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