Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses work in a wide variety of specialties where they may work independently or as part of a team to assess‚ plan‚ implement‚ and evaluate care. Nursing Science is a field of knowledge based on the contributions of nursing scientists through peer-reviewed scholarly journals and evidenced-based practice. Nursing as a profession
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as they age. Life expectancy is a commonly used measure to calculate the overall mortality rate of a given population. “Life expectancy refers to the number of years a person is expected to live based on the statistical average” (Mandal‚ 2014) . Quality of life includes several variables such as
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about Pediatric nurses. I have always wanted to work in the health care and as I have had previous experience with working with infants‚ younger children and adolescents. I feel this job would fit me perfectly. I have been told I work great with children and should be a school teacher but that doesn’t interest me as much as working in health care and making a difference in not only the kid’s lives but their family’s too. Pediatric nurses have a similar job description as other nurses. They can perform
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Operation Improvement Plan and Implementation List of potential data collection tools and techniques: * Interview‚ observation checklist‚ surveys‚ flowcharts‚ focus group‚ data collection * Cause and effect diagrams‚ affinity diagrams‚ structural brain storming Method of Data Collection: I selected qualitative data collection and cause and effect diagram method‚ because it plays an important role in impact evaluation by providing information useful to understand the processes
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MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY Quality cannot be ignored; every purchasing decision is based on price and quality What is Quality? It’s the ability of a product or service to consistently meet or exceed customer expectations. Slogans related to quality: * Talk is cheap but recalls are not. * There is nothing is more frustrating than working hard and then knowing that what you did‚ didn’t work out. * People want to do good job‚ and we have to enable them. To meet or exceed customer expectations
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What is Product Quality Control? The process that is used to assure a certain level quality in a service or product is called Quality Control. All businesses are required to implement a quality control and verification of a products and services that they will going to serve or sell. To meet standard requisites and characteristics of a certain products such as dependability‚ durability and satisfaction of the buyer is the main goal of quality control. This method employs an importance on three
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will further depict the democratic style Florence Nightingale utilized throughout her career. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse‚ she was a researcher‚ educator‚ and theorist. Her contributions to nursing and society are numerous. Florence Nightingale has been referred to as the “mother of modern nursing” (Johnson & Webber‚ 2005). Through her work and example‚ nursing became a respectable profession for women. She collected data through observation and research and applied that knowledge
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a professional nurse was a multicultural issue. In nursing school‚ I learned how to respect the rights and dignity of all patients. Here in Miami‚ a cosmopolitan city‚ I had the opportunity to interact with family and patients from other cultures. In my personal case‚ I have learned that I do not need to understand all beliefs completely‚ but I do need to respect them. For example‚ some manifestations of this barrier were: discrimination‚ racism‚ prejudice‚ religion. I learned how to manage them
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1. How does the nurse ensure airway safety? Upon discussing this question with my nurse‚ the first thing he mentioned he does to ensure airway safety is check that the marking on the airway tube is at the same number as it should be. For example‚ if the tube was a 26 at the patient’s mouth‚ he would make sure it is still at 26. By doing so‚ he is able to see weather or not the tube has gone down too far and might only be providing air to one lung or it might have came up too far in the airway and
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and outcomes provides opportunity for program improvements. An evaluation process raises questions such as is the program planned to meet the desired goals‚ for example‚ meeting the needs of the target population if any inclusive to the program. Monitoring the program and raising questions regarding the progress of program implementation and the consequences of the program not being implemented as intended. Assessing the impact of a program‚ for example‚ goal effectiveness‚ valuable lessons‚ and unanticipated
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