To Float or Not to Float Floating is a common practice that occurs in hospitals every day. Healthcare facilities use floating to deal with staffing issues when units are understaffed due to high acuity or census. This can leave the most competent nurse filled with dread‚ leaving their professional confidence and comfort behind. Floating is stressful and it contributes to nurse dissatisfaction and causes an increase in nurse turnover (Garrison‚ 2018). Nurses in general have chosen their particular
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Introduction: We interviewed our friend Eric Ordona who currently works at Scripps Memorial Hospital as a Registered Nurse. We spent approximately an hour on the phone getting to know the ins and outs of the job and asked him to help us describe his experiences and specifics of his employment with Scripps Memorial. He currently works rotating shifts and is pretty new to the field as he just received his RN in the last few years. Job Description Position Title: Registered Nurse Location:
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Scholarly Dialogue Nursing Science Quarterly‚ 15:3‚ July 2002 Scholarly Dialogue Jacqueline Fawcett‚ Contributing Editor The Nurse Theorists: 21st-Century Updates—Jean Watson Jacqueline Fawcett‚ RN; PhD; FAAN Professor‚ College of Nursing and Health Sciences‚ University of Massachusetts–Boston This edited transcript of an interview with Jean Watson presents Watson’s recent thoughts about the current state of the discipline of nursing and the emergence of new perspectives; the contributions
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The nursing research question that is being asked in the large picture is “Do Magnet principles affect nursing turnover and satisfaction?” In looking at this question by the method of a systematic review‚ the following article was found‚ “Factors influencing job satisfaction of front line nurse managers: a systematic review” (Cummings& Lee‚ 2008). This review is pertinent to nursing research in the fact that it addresses a different set of nurses whom support those who are the direct caregivers
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The Aging Workforce Much like the United States‚ nurses in Canada are getting older. In 2011‚ the average age of a Registered Nurse (RN) was 45 and those over 60 made up 11.9% of the nursing workforce (Canadian Institute for Health Information‚ 2012). There are as many benefits to being an older nurse as there are challenges‚ thus nurse managers must have strategies in place to meet the unique needs of this population. The purpose of this paper is to provide a breakdown of the demographics of
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4.2.4 Impacts of moral distress on critical care nurses Moral distress has been a topic of interest to many nursing researchers due to the consequences that it poses‚ however few studies have examined the impacts of moral distress on nurses. By utilizing existing research on the topic‚ Corley (2002) proposed a theory of moral distress that encompassed its negative effects. Corley (2002) theorized that moral distress negatively affects nurses‚ patients and organizations. When subjected to moral distress
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Part 1: Summary of Nightingale (minimum 100 words) In the end of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah‚ Isabelle is released from tortured‚ to be taken to a concentration camp. Her freedom came from a great lost. Isabelle’s father Julien gave his life for hers. He admitted to the Germans he was the infamous Nightingale. Vianne finally was alone‚ Von Richter left along with the soldiers who billeted in town. Like other women that were raped by the Germans she was carrying a baby inside her now. Antoine
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and provide framework with which to establish evidence based-practice approach. In addition‚ the evidence-based research studies revealed the systematic reviews of the practice issue. The ACE Model selected for this project utilizes evidence-based summaries that permit a more reliable outcome‚ consequently‚ enabling an integration into practice (Stevens‚ 2012). The integration into practice would be educating staff on proper donning and doffing of PPE and hand washing. The evaluation technique found
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Student ID w11008690 GT Group 15 Guidance Tutor Julie Derbyshire Marker Allison Machin Module AAO603 Developing Managerial and Leadership Skills in Nursing Practice MEDICAL SCENARIO BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Adult) September 2011 Cohort Word Count: 3290 Submission Date 4th July‚ 2014 The purpose of this assignment is to provide an in-depth examination of the challenges associated with leading and managing nursing care delivery‚ from the perspective of a newly qualified nurse. This will
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Educational Preparation Depending on a nurses’ educational pathway; whether it be a two year Associate-degree or a four year baccalaureate-degree‚ the competency and preparedness in the end is quite different between the two. The demand for a more educated nursing professional‚ has gained attention in the more recent years as the demands and complexity of healthcare has evolved. The long accepted educational standard‚ for what the entry level practicing nurse should be taught‚ has come into question
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