Doris Adu Maximizing Opportunities and Maintaining Excitement in Nursing Professional Development Kent State University Abstract Staff nurses have great responsibilities in caring for patients. Often‚ these nurses experience heavy workload. Heavy patient load and stress contributes to burnout. Why is burnout important to discuss in relation to nurses? Burnout affects the performance of the nurse and the quality of care he or she provides to the patient. Therefore‚ it is imperative that staff nurses
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I am standing here today to defend the elderly in our society. Did you know that 1 out of 5 nursing homes abuse the elderly? Widespread reports of physical‚ verbal‚ and sexual assault are happening in nursing homes all over the country. Is this what we want happening to the elderly? Abuse in nursing homes is caused by many reasons. This abuse needs to stop because it is hurting the senior citizens‚ affecting our public health and costing a lot of unnecessary taxpayer money. Abuse is hurting the
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Information literacy‚ health literacy and information technology skills is essential in the nursing practice as it helps nurses to find‚ evaluate‚ understand‚ interpret and use information for the right purpose. With the high use of technology in our society‚ it can be confusing to find the right sources‚ evaluate it and use it. Nurses need to be information literate to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to find it using the right sources‚ evaluate the information and use
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IOM Report Impact on Nursing IOM Report Impact on Nursing Sarah Smith Grand Canyon University IOM Report Impact on Nursing In 2010‚ the Institute of medicine released a report that focuses on the Future of Nursing. In this report the IOM focuses on nursing issues that impact the way health care is delivered and also discusses advances in practice. “Nursing has more than 3 million members‚ making the profession of nursing the largest segment of the nation’s health care workforce” (Institute
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Axis I: Schizoaffective‚ Bipolar‚ Paranoid type Nursing DX: Ineffective coping R/T inadequate levels of/or perception of control AEB increased dependency on others and drug/alcohol use Ineffective Coping as evidenced by excessive ETOH‚ homelessness‚ loss of friends‚ jobs‚ etc. will be relevant for this client. His grief issue is not established or described in the nursing assessment? How is this connected? Can you clarify or revise? Subjective Data: Client states “I used marijuana daily
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Material History of Nursing Research Worksheet There have been many influential publications‚ agencies‚ and people in the field of nursing research. Write 1–3 sentences in each cell of the table below to describe the importance‚ goal‚ or influence of each item. Publications First publication date and importance: Nursing Research First published: 1952 Importance: “Nursing Research covers key issues‚ including health promotion‚ human responses to illness‚ acute care nursing research‚ symptom
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Cover for nursing pillow Generally‚ nursing pillows come with a cover and we do not need to buy one. Obviously‚ we will still need a second matching cover‚ time to wash where the first dry or just to change color and easily maintain her nursing pillow. The cover turns the nursing pillow on a bed that perfectly wedge baby. It is the ideal complement to the nursing pillow. It can turn into a coordinated ottoman in its interior (living room or child’s room) and helps to match the nursing pillow with
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Introduction of Nursing Home Culture Change Practices Improve Quality? The American Geriatrics Society‚ 62(9)‚ 1675-1682. Purpose The purpose of this article is to determine whether or not the introduction of culture change practices is associated with improved quality in nursing homes. Method The researchers of this article used information and data from a larger‚ previous study. The larger study surveyed a random sample of nursing home administrators and nursing home directors of nursing in 4‚149 U
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Destiny Estrada Prof. Gleason Comp & Lit 1 December 17‚ 2013 Health Nurses‚ Healthy People When we think about nurses‚ we picture people in scrubs running around doing their duties to help someone who is sick. Someone who is also a doctor‚ someone who is; or maybe is healthy because they are role models to the sickly. The Nurses’ Health Study is flawed because nurses are well known to be unhealthy as a group. According to Michael Pollan‚ a journalist‚ “the Nurses’ Health Study failed
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There are five principles to ethical nursing. The first principle‚ nonmaleficence‚ or do no harm‚ it is directly tied to a nurse’s duty to protect the patient’s safety. This principle dictates that we do not cause injury to our patients. A way that harm can occur to patients is through communication failures. These failures can be intentional or as a result of electronic or human error. Failing to convey accurate information‚ giving wrong messages‚ and breaking down of equipment‚ can cause harm
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