Impact of the 2010 IOM Report on the Practice‚ Education‚ and Leadership of Nursing Edie Stevenson Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS 430 Lynda Gallagher August 06‚ 2013 Impact of the 2010 IOM Report on the Practice‚ Education‚ and Leadership of Nursing The Institute of Medicine (IOM) report released in 2010 entitled “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change‚ Advancing Health” called for drastic transformation within the nursing profession (‚ 2011). Specific changes were recommended
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BACKGROUND Obesity has reached global epidemic proportions‚ and has become a major health problem of out society. According to Peeters et al. (2007)‚ 32% or 60 million people are now obese in the United States. The condition develops as a result of the interaction between genetics‚ lifestyle behavior‚ and cultural and environmental influences. Fat accumulates when more energy is consumed than expended. The National Heart‚ Lung‚ and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has adopted a classification system of body
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Chapter 1 THE PROBLEM Introduction A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Some patients go to a hospital just for diagnosis‚ treatment‚ or therapy and then leave (’outpatients’) without staying overnight; while others are ’admitted’ and stay overnight or for several days or weeks or months (’inpatients’). Majority of our hospitals‚ one does not need to be a keen observer in assessing the conditions of these hospitals. Most of the
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Mental health nursing is a career that requires commitment‚ patience and empathy‚ which could be rewarding in helping people. Even though this branch of nursing is very demanding and challenging‚ I feel the satisfaction is great in helping the most vulnerable in society such as the mentally ill. I will like to study mental health nursing because I feel that will lead me directly to one of the most emotionally fulfilling careers‚ as well as‚ giving me the opportunity to help people’s mental well-being
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Family Health Nursing Paper Introduction The family‚ what can be more important to an individual than ones own family? "Families serve as the basic social unit of society." (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2004‚ p. 563) This paper will discuss the family‚ its importance for nurses‚ how the family has changed from the traditional nuclear family and will attempt to paint a picture of what a family is today. Additionally the author of this paper will define family health nursing. Why is the family an important
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CONCEPT 8 CONCEPT OF HEALTH PROMOTION 8.0 INTRODUCTION/IDENTIFICATION OF CONCEPT Considerable differences appear in the literature regarding the use of the term health; wellness; health promotion; primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary prevention; health protection; and illness prevention. These differences are confusing to both health professionals and the consumers of health care services. Authors in nursing and the health care field present different definitions of health promotion and primary prevention
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students (Bolstad‚ 2004). Firstly this essay will outline my highlights and challenges whilst working with my class peers in the activity instructed by our tutor. This essay will also discuss how my challenges will assist me in relation to my nursing practice in working with my clients and colleagues. During my first day at Wintec I was nervous and scared because coming from Auckland‚ entering a new environment and meeting new people was challenging for me. I went to my first class and in my class
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Singapore Nursing Board Standards for Nursing Practice defines that Nurses/midwives have the professional responsibility and accountability to uphold Standard of care and to contribute to their dissemination‚ interpretation and development despite medical advances‚ social and demographic changes and an increasingly complex healthcare delivery system that challenge the ability of nurses to provide safe quality of care. Should nurses fail to uphold certain standards and by doing so cause harm or injury
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Personal Philosophy of Mental Health Nursing Bonnie K. Wright University of Charleston Each individual has their own personal philosophy of mental health nursing. Throughout this paper there will be facts‚ and my personal thoughts. This is including the following topics; mental health‚ mental illness‚ continuum of mental health/mental illness‚ defense mechanisms‚ therapeutic tools‚ and self-awareness in the nurse. The words mental health placed together creates a definition
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Defines evidence based practice as the practice of nursing in which the nurse makes clinical decisions on the basis of the best available current research evidence‚ his or her own clinical expertise‚ and the needs and preferences of the patient. Evidence based practice provides nurses with a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care to their patients. Research is a useful and valuable tool to the field of nursing. While this particular
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