The American Academy of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has developed a curriculum of content and expected competencies of graduates from baccalaureate nursing program. These “Nine Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice” were established in 2008 and serves as the guidelines for all AACN approved colleges and universities. These essentials are 1. Liberal education for baccalaureate generalist nursing practice. 2. Basic organizational and systems leadership for quality care
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Foundations of Nursing Practice module and my first placement experience have assisted in my development as a nurse. The unit where I spent my four weeks is a day surgery centre. Using experiences from the placement I will discuss the concept of individualised care and its relevance to nursing assessments and care delivery. I will also look at the professional and ethical issues that impact on nursing today‚ primarily focusing on the aspect of dignity and obtaining patient consent from the Nursing and Midwifery
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the morphine and add more medications to the regimen were established based on the nurse’s assessments. Cultural Involvement As we shape our understanding of different cultural backgrounds‚ we must also understand their rationales behind those cultural
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Professional Nursing Practice: Craven and Hirnle‚ (2009) suggest that in general professions have a knowledge base and a collection of skills and values that distinguish one from another. Knowledge base‚ power and authority over training and education‚ registration‚ altruistic service‚ a code of ethics‚ lengthy socialisation and autonomy are the seven qualities that have been recognized as being the characteristics of a profession (McEwen & Wills‚ 2007).The question of whether nursing is a profession
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Cultural Awareness of El Salvador When we think of culture‚ what is the first thing that comes to mind? Many of us begin to define a mental picture of how certain people or countries carry themselves. Whether it is in the way they cook‚ dress‚ celebrate certain holidays‚ or just other beliefs in general. Picture a country whose wars are so bad and constant‚ it is a norm for women to cook for soldiers who passing by their homes. It isn’t frowned upon to have a corrupted government because that
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assessment with a learner‚ whilst critically evaluating my practice‚ using professional standards and current theory and literature to illustrate how I have developed as a mentor and educator in practice. For the purpose of this assignment‚ the key aspect I will be focusing on will be standard 4 – creating an environment for learning‚ from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) Standards to support learning and assessment in practice: mentors. Throughout this assignment‚ I will incorporate the
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Brazilian Cultural Awareness Brazilian history is a very broad subject‚ but in order to do so I am going to cover some basic factual information about the physical geography‚ terrain‚ weather and its impact on the country‚ people‚ military‚ and conflict history. This information will be helpful for others to understand more about a piece of Brazilian history as well as present day facts. History is very important matter that will help people understand where things began and why they have become
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PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT 1 STUDENT ID 110209210 DUE DATE 31/03/17 QUESTION Why are code of ethics and conduct important for the practice of the registered nurse? Code of conduct refers to the manner in which a registered nurse and others included in the healthcare team present in a professional capacity‚ whilst the code of ethics identifies the fundamental ethical standards and value to the nursing profession
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“Advanced nursing practice is the deliberative diagnosis and treatment of a full range of human responses to actual or potential health problems.” (Calkin‚ 1984). Advanced nurse practitioners attempt to maximize the use of knowledge and skills and improve the delivery of nursing and health care services. The field of advanced nursing practice differs from basic practice as the former requires clinical specialization at the master’s level. At this level‚ nurses become expert practitioners whose work
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“Reflection is not just a thoughtful practice‚ but a learning experience”. (Jarvis 1992) This is a reflection on an incident that occurred during a shift on the labour ward. I have chosen Gibbs model of reflection (1988) to guide my reflective process. (Gibbs 1998) (Appendix I). Gibbs model (1998) goes through six important points to aid the reflective process‚ including description of incident‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and finally action plan. The advantage of Gibbs’s six-stage
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