Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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015 Paediatric Emergency 1st Aid Identify the responsibilities of a paediatric first aider. First aid is the provision of initial care for an illness or injury. It is usually performed by non-expert‚ but trained personnel to a sick or injured person until definitive medical treatment can be accessed. Certain self-limiting illnesses or minor injuries may not require further medical care past the first aid intervention. It generally consists of a series of simple and in some cases‚ potentially life-saving
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BED POSITIONS AND USES PRONE The prone position is a position of the body lying face down. It is opposed to the supine position which is face up. Using terms defined in the anatomical position‚ the ventral side is down (which is towards the abdomen)‚ and the dorsal side is up (which is towards the back or posterior of the body). Prone refers to that pattern for the forearm‚ where the palm of the hand is directly behind the head‚ or at the sides and the radius and ulna are crossed. The main physiological
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Nursing Competencies GCU Nursing Competencies The first school of nursing in the United States was the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing‚ founded in 1873. The Bellevue offered a Baccalaureate degree in Nursing with principles of nursing established by Florence Nightingale. In later years‚ the Associate-degree in nursing was formed by Mildred Montag‚ to help with the nursing shortages in WWII. “In the mid 1900’s an Associate-degree level nurse was thought of as a “technical nurse”
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resources needed to provide relief‚ allocate funds to those in need‚ and both coordinate and provide emergency services when necessary. Federalism successfully provides aid through multiple layers of government based on years of experience dealing with numerous natural disasters. Federalism is a strong system for establishing emergency response because of its coordination through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)‚ past success‚ and reflection after a disaster. Federalism occurs when groups
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ED THROUGHPUT 2 Introduction A visit to the emergency department (ED) is usually associated with negative thoughts by most people. It creates preconceived images of overcrowded waiting rooms and routine long waits for treatment (Jarousse‚ 2011). From 1996 to 2006‚ ED visits increased annually from 90.3 million to 119.2 million (32% increase). During this same time period‚ the number of EDs has declined by 186 facilities creating the age old lower supply and greater demand concept (Crane & Noon‚ 2011)
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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Leading and managing is a vast process in nursing. "Leadership is the process of engaged decision making linked with actions taken in the face of complex‚ unchartered or perilous circumstances present in clinical situations for which no standardized solution exists" (Bleich‚ M.R.‚ 2011) Description: I would like to share an incident in my nursing experience where one of my colleagues played a leadership role. I was working in the cardio thoracic and vascular surgery intensive care unit (ICU)
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Physician Dismisses Nursing Assessments‚ Question of Nurse Advocacy. Summary: The patient was involved in a motorcycle accident in which his bike fell onto and injured his left leg. When the nurses assessing the patient could not detect a pulse in that leg‚ an ominous sign of circulatory failure. The physician when notified chose to dismiss this fact and discharge the patient. The patient would return soon after with worsening symptoms that would require emergency surgery. Should the nurses have
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Hi Katherina‚ Human error in nursing is usually unavoidable‚ unpredictable and unintentional. Further‚ some risks include language barriers‚ neglecting to follow the policy‚ in a hurry to complete the task. As a supervisor‚ I encountered a nurse who gave a patient the wrong medications. The error occurred when the patient answered to the wrong name‚ and the nurse failed to check the patient’s identification bracelet. Other errors can include carelessness on the behalf of the staff as well as not
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