WHAT IS NURSING? AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE. INTRODUCTION Nursing is a profession‚ the depth and breadth of which is to meet different heath care needs of the population (American Nurses Association(ANA)‚ 2010). This demand to clarify what professionalism or profession mean in the health care field. The term ‘professionalism’ has autonomy and self-regulation as the characteristics central to it. It signifies that a profession has authority to establish standards of conduct
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Psychiatric Clinical Nursing Assessment Jennifer Stokes Daytona State College Directions: Please assess your client and place an X in the appropriate box to represent level of severity of each symptom. Patient Initials | EM | Physician | Dr. Singh | Date | 08/07/2013 | | Not Present | Very Mild | Mild | Moderate | Moderately Severe | Severe | Extremely Severe | SOMATIC CONCERNS – preoccupation with physical health‚ fear of physical illness‚ hypochondriasis | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐
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Functions‚ Values‚ and Roles of the Nurse Practitioner Lisa Jones Indiana Wesleyan University I have read and understand the plagiarism policy as outlined in the syllabus and the sections in the catalog relating to Indiana Wesleyans Honest/Cheating policy. By affixing this statement to the title page of my paper‚ I certify that I have not cheated or plagiarized in the process of completing this assignment. If it is found that cheating or plagiarism did take place in the writing of this paper
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Hospitals are vital segment in health care and are under constant pressure to deliver high quality care and be cost effective. Strategic planning involves participation of many stakeholders with the goal of trying to meet or exceed expectations of the stated objective. The planning process involves three elements: preparing and a strategy‚ carry out the strategy‚ and the control and assessment phase. The purpose of the evaluation stage is to calculate the difference between anticipated expectations
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Political leadership was a significant aspect in the outcome of the war. Although Abraham Lincoln‚ also had his faults‚ such as some initial hesitation over military issues‚ and whilst military experience was useful in making tactical decisions‚ Lincoln’s political governance proved to be more effective in maintaining morale‚ and unity‚ persuading people of his political views‚ flexible in modifying his tactical approach‚ delegated jobs well‚ kept in touch with public opinion and spent time on his
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Clinical Guidelines Introduction This assignment is focused on a schizophrenia clinical guideline. According to NICE (2009) Clinical guidelines are “recommendations on the appropriate treatment and care of people with specific diseases and conditions within the NHS in England and Wales”. Clinical guidelines are based on the best available evidence. Guidelines help healthcare professionals in their work‚ but they do not replace their knowledge and skills. The chosen guideline is called core interventions
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The aim of the assignment is to provide a critical analysis of a research article relevant to the clinical area‚ which is that of a neonatal unit. The article that the author has chosen to critique is a paper entitled ‘Parental Perception of Neonatal Care’ (Gavey.J‚ 2007). The title of a research article is of importance as it should reflect the research question set (Edwards & Talbot‚ 1999). The research article examined by the author examines parent’s perception of their experience
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Clinical Documentation System Excelsior College October 6‚ 2013 Clinical Documentation System Clinical information system (CIS) collects patient data in real time‚ stores healthcare data and information using secure access to the healthcare team. (McGonigle & Garver Mastrian‚ 2012‚ p. 554). The CIS that is used at Texas Health Dallas is CareConnect. CareConnect is used by all of the Texas Health Resources (THR) encompassing 25 hospitals‚ affiliated physician
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Well-Formed Outcomes in Thurrock Health and Social Care Preface As part of the move to Person Centred Planning and Person Centred Care Delivery the “People in Control Roadmap” was developed. The roadmap was designed to bring about major changes in the experiences of care for users. The vision for these changes has been set out in the white paper – Our Health‚ Our Care‚ Our Say. The purpose is to ensure that the service users are in control of their care and support in all
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can explore a variety of specialties in the field of nursing. Amongst them are four significant roles of advanced practice that perform and provide a great amount of care to the population beyond the status of Registered Nurse (RN). The four Advanced Practice Registered Nurses are Nurse Practitioners (NP)‚ Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS)‚ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA)‚ and Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM). “Advanced practice RNs represent about 8 percent of the nursing workforce‚” (Kurtzman
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