Personal Development Plan Karin Veleba BSN‚ RN NUR 587 April 13‚ 2015 Dr. Sharon Thompson Personal Development Plan Intro Nursing is much more than a job; it is a lifetime career path. One does not step lightly into the field of nursing just to further their financial gains. As quoted by Florence Nightingale‚ “Nursing is an art… it requires an exclusive devotion as hard a preparation‚ as any painter’s or sculptor’s work; for what is the having to do with dead canvas or dead marble‚ compared with
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Page 1 of 4 GEORGIA PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE PN12 Newton Campus PRACTICAL NURSING FOUR-SEMESTER DIPLOMA The Practical Nursing program is designed to prepare students to write the NCLEX-PN for licensure as practical nurses. The program prepares graduates to give competent nursing care. This is done through a selected nu mber of academic and occupational courses providing a variety of techniques and materials necessary to assist the student in acquiring the needed knowledge and skills
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In Michael Pollan’s essay‚ “Playing God in the Garden”‚ we are introduced to the New Leaf Superior‚ a genetically engineered potato. This is not the first of its kind‚ for it is only one of the many foods that are products of an emergent development here in the United States. Monsanto and other giant transnational companies are carrying out a dangerous global experiment by introducing large numbers of genetically engineered foods into our diet. Genetic manipulations can result in unanticipated harmful
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Transition Theory: Afaf Ibrahim Melesis Sharon Hixenbaugh Franciscan University Theoretical Foundations NUR 601 Professor Palmer November 6‚ 2014 Transition Theory: Afaf Ibrahim Melesis Transition Theory‚ developed primarily by Afaf Ibrahim Melesis‚ is a nursing theory that is triggered by events and a process that involves individuals experiencing life changes and then assisting these individuals with ways to promote health promotion and a sense of well-being. Most of the patients I took care of
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Nursing Research in Developmental Disabilities Nurses are a vital part of a healthcare team‚ and research plays a very prominent role in all areas of nursing. Nurse’s area of practice takes place in an environment of continuing advances in research and technology‚ which changes nursing care requirements. As I learned from my supervisors‚ when I started to work at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)‚ Developmental Disabilities is a source of pain and bewilderment to many families. As a nurse that works with
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Why Nurses do not Base more Practices on Scientific Research Evidence Walden University Dr Catherine Prato NURS: 4000-3/ NURS-4001-3 Res/scholarship Evid-based Prac December 4‚ 2013 There are many personal and organizational obstacles which impede the professional nurse from using scientific evidence-based standards into practice. According to Schmidt and Brown ((2012) “studies have shown that nurses do not use EBP due to individual and organizational factors” (P.8). These include the lack
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universal rule in the field of research and scientific publishing. APA style directs to classify the writing practices of a large communication community. American Psychological Association‚ or APA‚ has recognized as norms of communicating and studying for the science and social science fields‚ including healthcare. APA style is used particularly in nursing research and journals to support the analytical and critical writing essential for a nursing career. Writing and research finished in APA style may
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Research Database Assignment Form Type your answers to the following questions using complete sentences and correct grammar‚ spelling‚ and syntax. Click Save as and save the file with your last name and assignment‚ e.g.‚NR439_Research_Database_Smith. Submit to the Research Database basket in the Dropbox by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday at the end of Week 4. The guidelines and grading rubric for this assignment may be found in Doc Sharing. Name: Jeanne McIsaac Describe briefly your topic of interest (15
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The Image and Voice of Nursing May 19‚2012 Introduction One of the most diverse and powerful profession is nursing. Although it is a powerful profession the image of nursing does not reflect this. The importance of nursing is shaped by the images people see as patients‚ family members‚ members of a community and in the media. Over time there have been many images of nursing from angels to sexual cartoons. There have been many nurses who have had a voice
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it or not. Music has long been proven to help reduce stress‚ elevate mood and even enhance learning! Music therapy is the use of music as an interventional and expressive therapy. The term refers to both an allied health profession and a field of research which studies correlations between the process of clinical therapy and bio musicology‚ musical acoustics‚ music theory‚ psychoacoustics and comparative musicology (Segen’s Medical Dictionary. S.v. "music
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