Nursing as a Profession Lisa Renfrow Oklahoma Wesleyan University Nursing as a Profession The question of whether the practice of nursing is considered a profession or an occupation is an ongoing debate‚ much like the ongoing debate over what defines a profession. Several scholars have outlined criteria for considering an occupation to be a profession. Given a list of scholars and their criteria for what characteristics define a profession‚ I have chosen the list formulated
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professional who is a sign-off mentor within my learning environment. In accordance with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) (2008) I have changed the name of the student in order to maintain confidentiality therefore I will refer to her as Violet. Violet is a youthful and very enthusiastic student who intends to learn all aspects of community nursing. She also aims to identify the diversity of nursing from a hospital setting to a home environment. As a first student year she completed two placements
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IOM and Nursing Transformation Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V December 23‚ 2012 IOM and Nursing Transformation The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is an American‚ not-for-profit‚ non-governmental‚ unaffiliated‚ organization created for the sole purpose to serve as an advisor to the government and every sector in society in order to make better informed health care decisions. Established in 1970 the IOM organization has been answering the nation’s most pressing questions
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This essay is going describe the skills that student nurses need to demonstrate to show that they have a clear understanding of good nursing practice. This essay will focus on four inter-related skills that complement each other in achieving goals (Barker 2007). The goal that these nursing skills seek to achieve is good nursing practice as according to Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC 2008) mission of protecting the health and welfare of the public. NMC is the National Regulatory body that
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Nursing Informatics NUT1 - 724.4.3-01-08 Increase in Quality of Care Using computerized electronic medical records management systems will provide nurses and patients with increased quality of care. Because electronic medical records are quantifiable‚ data from existing and previous patients sharing the same medical condition and/or characteristics can be researched to determine the best care plan and outcomes for the patient‚ such as what methods of care were practiced‚ which medications worked
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The nursing practice encompasses a broad spectrum of professions within the healthcare setting. From direct patient care through educators and positions within the political arena‚ nurses have greatest opportunity to mold and evolve healthcare for tomorrow. This presentation will introduce you to the future of the professional nursing practice. Topics presented: Evidence-based practice and the trends that influence healthcare and the future of nursing. How the application of nursing theory will
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My inspiration. Nursing is a profession which I always look upon with respect and also wish one day I can join the group of thousand of healthcare workers over the country to lend hands caring for patients. I always have such a deep passion in helping and caring for others ever since I was as little as seven years old. This passion resulted from me witnessing my grandmother’s traumatic injury. With just one wrong step‚ my grandmother has fallen from the top of a stairway and broke
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Is Nursing a Profession? As I have begun the pursuit to further my education I have been faced with the question of whether Nursing is a true profession. During the 19 years that I have been a nurse I have thought nursing was a profession but as I have learned in my reading not everyone feels this way. For example‚ World Book (1999) states that there are two main groups of nurses‚ the professional nurses and the technique nurses. They define the professional nurses as graduates of four-year or
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The definition of nursing excellence can be defined in many ways. What is common amongst all of the definitions of nursing excellence is that providing the patient with high quality compassionate care seems to be the common thread. Florence Nightingale (considered by many to be the first nursing theorist) initiated the elevation of the nursing profession by educating those in charge of caring for patients and teaching them to use the environment to assist in patient recovery. From that point on
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The Education of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Healthcare is an ever evolving machine‚ zealously seeking to cure those sickness and diseases that plague the human race. It is a machine with many essential parts that‚ without them‚ could not adequately function to fulfill its ultimate purpose. The field of nursing is one of those essential parts‚ and while its identity and importance in the healthcare field are ever becoming singularly more evident‚ entry into
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