Roles and Values of Nursing Western Governors University Roles and Values of Nursing This paper is a comparison of the views of a BSN staff nurse and a BSN clinical administrator on various aspects of nursing roles and how they contribute to my professional development. Both of the nurses that I interviewed had obtained a BSN and worked in a hospital owned orthopedic and spine medical group. There were commonalities in several of their answers related to patient care but differences related
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Letter of complaint Dear Sir/Madam‚ I am writing this letter to inform you of my dissatisfaction with the Psychiatric Hospital in Oregon. Firstly‚ I myself have spent some time in this institution and have had to face the monotony of the daily life there. The patients are forced to complete the same boring tasks and activities every day without any variety. Furthermore being a patient at the psychiatric hospital means complete isolation from the outside world as visitors are hardly ever allowed
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INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND: IMMACULATE CONCEPTION HEALTH CENTER – Operated by Kaayong Lawas Foundation‚ Inc.‚ A Primary Hospital located at Bandung Village‚ Barangay VII‚ Victorias City about 34 kilometers to the North of Bacolod City‚ the capital of the Province of Negros Occidental. It is a 24 Bed Capacity composed of Male Medical Ward with 6 Beds‚ Female Medical Ward with 5 beds‚ Pedia Ward with 6 beds‚ 6 Private Rooms‚ 1 Labor Room‚ Delivery Room‚ OPD and Emergency Room. The Hospital is a licensed
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Bedside Rounding: Improving Patient Care and Safety Purpose: * PATIENT SAFETY * Reducing preventable errors resulting in facility acquired illness/injury * Reducing increased healthcare costs related to errors due to inadequate shift change reports * Involving patients in their own care by allowing them to be involved in their own report during shift change * Reducing barriers to communication between patient‚ family‚ and staff Benefits: * PATIENT SAFETY * Allows
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Why are you applying? I am studying health and social care level 3. I have chosen this course for many reasons. . My ambition from secondary school onwards has always been to become a practising nurse who makes a real and positive change to people’s lives. When I was in year 10 I always want to become a nurse because of my mother’s asthma problems. I spent a lot of time in hospital. When I saw the nurses helping people I was covet. My desire to do this course is because I have always shown a growing
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This essay will discussed the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the responsibility of the student nurse. The nursing and midwifery council is a statutory body which governs and regulates nurses and midwives in England‚ Wales‚ Scotland and Northern Ireland. It was established by parliament under the nursing and midwifery order 2001 and came into being on 1st of April 2008 (www.nmc-uk.org). The NMC is accountable‚ through the privy council to parliament and the general public (www.nmc-uk.org
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Competency in Spiritual Care One of the fundamental goals as a nurse is to provide holistic care for our patient. This means providing care that considers the‚ “totality of humans by recognizing the interconnectedness of body‚ mind‚ spirit‚ environment‚ society‚ and culture” (Costello‚ Atinaja-Faller‚ & Hedberg‚ 2012). When a nurse or nursing student cares for a patient on a deeper level‚ they provide holistic care in an effective way (Costello et al.‚ 2012). One aspect of holistic care that
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Certification is an important affirmation of the level of proficiency of a registered nurse in a given area of nursing specialty. Multiple studies indicate that nurses that have been certified in specialty areas enjoyed higher rates of patient satisfaction while they also had fewer errors in their nursing practice as well. Many healthcare facilities‚ nursing organizations and agencies recommend certification for those who have a longer nursing practice history so that they enjoy better progression
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• Generational attitudes of rural mental health nurses by Andrew Crowther and Michael Kemp Significant changes has impacted mental health nursing workforce dramatically in New South Wales. For the most part‚ managers need to develop strategies to address the generational attitudes of mental health nurses. Moreover‚ Crowther and Kemp (2009) expressed that nurses of Generation X are used to face his or her own issues personally; in contrast to Baby Boomers who are often need group support to function
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What is shared governance? It is an organization type that facilitates empowerment of nurses in the decision making process of patient care. As cited by Weiss and Tappen (2015)‚ “Having some control over one’s work and the ability to influence decisions are essential to empowerment (Manojlovich & Laschinger‚ 2002)” (Weiss & Tappen‚ 2015) With shared governance nurses have more opportunity to improve their patient care because their voices and concerns are heard. In the article titled “Encouraging
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