Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is an issue that started in the 1980’s and continues to remain a current hot topic within the nursing practice. Governor Jerry Brown recently signed an assisted suicide bill into law (Lovett & Pérez-Peña‚ 2015). PAS will be in effect ninety days after its ruling on the floor. The governor stated that if he were battling a terminal illness accompanied by pain he would be comforted by the option and wouldn’t want to deny that to anyone. As with any issue‚ there has
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Outline the process for developing nursing standards of practice‚ and identify the different entities that might be involved in developing a standard of practice The American Nurses Association (ANA) advances the nursing profession by “facilitating development of the standards of nursing practice‚ promoting the rights of nurses in the workplace‚ projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing‚ and lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on healthcare issues affecting nurses and the public”
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Annotated Bibliography Roger‚ Richard.‚ & Love-Johansson‚ Jill Evaluating competence-based practice. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the law online December (2009)‚ 37 (4) 450-460 Roger and his colleagues inquire about the measure and the error rate substantially exceeded its accuracy also‚ that Daubert guidelines have a lot of parts that include forensic practice that deal with the competency measure with the mental disorder at the time of the criminal act. They mention the R-Cras
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Green Washing Defination: • Green washing is the unjustified appropriation of environmental virtue by a company‚ an industry‚ a government‚ a politician or even a non-government organization to create a pro-environmental image‚ sell a product or a policy‚ or to try and rehabilitate their standing with the public and decision makers after being embroiled in controversy. The U.S.-based watchdog group CorpWatch: • Defines green wash as "the phenomena of socially and environmentally destructive
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Using Cultural Competency in Practice Cultural competencies is a term that has long saturated the healthcare world‚ especially nursing. The United States has become a melting pot of culture and ethnicity and to practice in the hospital setting it is essential to know the backgrounds of your patients and their families. Different cultures have different perceptions on health and illness. Providing culturally competent care includes knowledge about subcultures‚ attitudes‚ and skills that’s supports
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As indicated by the American Nurses Association‚ "the Standards of Professional Nursing Practice are legitimate proclamations of the obligations that all enlisted nurse‚ regardless of role‚ population or specialty are relied upon to perform skillfully" (2010‚ p. 2). The American Nurses Association further expresses that the standards can change as the flow of expert nursing develop and that particular clinical conditions or conditions may influence the utilization of the guidelines at any given time
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Prevention of medication errors made by nurses in clinical practice. Health Science Journal‚ 6(4)‚ 773-783. Brady‚ A.‚ Malone‚ A.‚ & Fleming‚ S. (2009). A literature review of the individual and systems factors that contribute to medication errors in nursing practice. Journal Of Nursing Management‚ 17(6)‚ 679-697. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.00995.x Choo‚ J.‚ Hutchinson‚ A.‚ & Bucknall‚ T. (2010). Nurses ’ role in medication safety. Journal Of Nursing Management‚ 18(7)‚ 853-861. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2834
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Foreign literature Student nurses’ experiences of community-based practice placement learning: A qualitative exploration Summary United Kingdom (UK) health policy has adopted an increasing community and primary care focus over recent years (Department of Health‚ 1997; Department of Health‚ 1999. Making a Difference: Strengthening the Nursing‚ Midwifery and Health Visitor Contribution to Health and Health Care. Department of Health‚ London; Department of Health‚ 2004. The NHS Knowledge and Skills
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assumptions and beliefs that inform nursing practice There are a variety of values‚ assumptions‚ and beliefs that influence my perspective and performance as a labor and delivery nurse. Values guide the very principles of care and the nurse’s vision of its overall purpose‚ while certain assumptions and beliefs are involved in directing care on a more day-to-day level in a highly profound and meaningful way. Ethical‚ moral‚ and even spiritual values inform nursing practice in a labor and delivery setting
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The three foundational moral standards pertinent to the ethics of human subjects comprise of respect‚ beneficence‚ and justice. The integrity of research plays a noteworthy role in evidence-based research. (Houser‚ 2015‚ p. 52) “Research involving human subjects‚ ought to be directed under strict moral rules. The integrity of research requires more than meeting basic ethical principles for the treatment of human subjects. The researcher’s work must demonstrate integrity in all phases of the research
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