2013 In the health care system nurses are taking the important role. Bed side nurses‚ school health nurse‚ nurses in different leadership positions etc. We can see many obstacles in the fast changing health care systems. To prevent these obstacles‚ institution such as IOM (Institute of Medicine) and RWJF (Robert wood Johnson Foundation)‚ introduced a two year plan to make some changes to remodel and repair the nursing profession. The nurses have to provide a high quality nursing care
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years of high school. A statistic shows that 57% of high school teenagers want to become a registered nurse after they graduate. A registered nurse or RN is someone who treats patients‚ monitors and records their condition‚ helps establish a plan of care‚ educates patients or the public about a medical condition‚ and provides advice and emotional support to patients’ family members. A registered nurse has to contain special traits such as being caring‚ compassionate‚ highly observant‚ quick to catch
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The role of nurses today have expanded dramatically over the years. They don’t just provide basic cares but has become not only a bigger part of patient advocacy but an instrument in changing policies or creating new ones to continually improve the delivery of care. Among other things‚ nurses have become consultants in creating policies to maintain a clean and safe healthcare environment. Their responsibilities continually changes according to the field of their choice. The growth of the nursing
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supported them. Yet many practitioners keep performing them‚ despite recent research that suggests they should be changed. This article examines these three practices critically. Instilling NSS before ET suctioning: Helpful or harmful? For years‚ nurses and respiratory therapists have been taught to instill 5 ml of sterile NSS into a patient’s endotracheal (ET) tube before suctioning. According to the traditional theory‚ this practice decreases mucosal viscosity‚ eases secretion removal‚ and improves
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Crystal L. Finney ENG-111-103A June 28‚ 2012 Bad Nurses He was lying in his bed struggling to take every breath. The Hospice doctor said he wouldn’t live more than twenty-four hours now. Uncle Ralph’s chest sounded like a motor running because his lungs were so congested. We thought that suctioning out his lungs would help him to breathe a little easier so I volunteered to ask the nurse for help. Doctor Kinsley called for an available nurse. The one around the corner yelled back that she
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Comparative Claim Nursing education Nursing has always seemed to be a profession in which the nurse is the follower of the doctor such as their personal minion only doing the nominal things that the doctor does not want to do. However in Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing and the article “Quality and Nursing” by Hall‚ Moore‚ and Barnsteiner you can see that nurses can have a much larger impact on the healthcare system. In Nightingale’s book the author takes an in-depth look at nursing and
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Registered Nurse Job Description: Registered nurses (RNs) educate patients and the public about many health issues‚ and offer information and support to patients and loved ones. According to the Registered Nurses Occupational Outlook Handbook‚ RNs treat patients‚ educate patients and the public about various medical conditions‚ and provide advice and emotional support to patients’ family members (2008). Registered Nurses also educate patients and family members on how to deal with their illness
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Neonatal Nurses The medical field provides many opportunities for people because it has several different careers to choose from‚ not to mention the hundreds of different careers in or related to the nursing field. People in today’s society always have a favorite in everything‚ whether it is a color or a sport. Some people would say that their favorite type of nurse is a Neonatal Nurse. After all‚ Neonatal Nurses are the first ones to care for the future generation as soon as they exit the womb
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multiple times. Her interest made her become an emergency nurse. She noticed‚ “evidence‚ such as clothing‚ specimens‚ records or personal items were often lost‚ discarded or returned to family instead of secured and handed over to authorities” (“ Advance Healthcare Network for Nurses”). Lynch soon learned that most perpetrators would not be caught‚ due to the loss of evidence. She worked with the crime lab director to create a line of nurses that would provide comfort along with preserving evidence
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To Nurse in WWII Seventy-one years ago‚ the whole world was focused on the Axis and the Allies in the second world war… But no one paid attention to what was behind the scenes. Imagine‚ you are in the middle of operating on someone‚ and a bomb goes off. To be a nurse in that situation may be extremely different from what you would expect. Being an American Military nurse was very dangerous for multiple reasons. The American Military Nurse Corps was an extremely important part of World
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