With an increase in the number of premature babies requiring acute hospital care‚ new and experienced nurses are finding more career opportunities in neonatal nursing. Neonatal nurses work in general maternity wards and in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Those caring for premature and critically ill babies spend their shifts diapering and feeding the infants‚ checking vital signs‚ administering medications and tests‚ and teaching families how to care for their children properly. “For
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Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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two of the needs identified by IOM. “The lean approach is therefore focused on getting the right things to the right place at the right time in the right quantity to achieve perfect workflow while minimizing waste and being flexible and able to change.” (Lighter‚ 2011‚ p. 239) This is exactly what we need to do in health care and these models give us a structured proven way to make the improvements so vital to our continued success. An example TPS’s “autonomation (automation with a human touch)”
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Students in their first semester of year one‚ attached to the ward for 3 weeks. • The skill that will be taught to them will be blood pressure monitoring using a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. • Cork A (2007) suggest that nursing students should be using manual BP monitoring I l practice instead of depending on automated monitors• Learning takes place in surgical ward and hospital’s stimulation lab. • The first debriefing session was conducted in stimulation lab. The
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It is important to understand how theories are developed and that is‚ using the why and how. For example‚ why did something happen and how can it be fixed. With this understanding‚ then one can realize and understand how nursing theories are developed and how important it is to be able to borrow theories from other disciplines. It is important to understand that most professions developed their theories from other disciplines so as to make a stand and to develop a foundation that they can base their
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process of administrating digoxin‚ I took advantage of the drug book online to verify the rate the drug should be pushed. I took advantage of the technological tool that was available to make the right choice to prevent any harm to my patient. Informatics in nursing has drastically reduced error in the field. I did a fall risk assessment of all my patients at the beginning of the shift and placed call lights at patient’s reach. I realized some of the nurses on my floor did not perform this important task
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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A career in nursing can be the most rewarding occupation most people can think of. It truly takes a unique person with a strong sense of discipline‚ diligence‚ responsibility‚ and a love for mankind to take on such a role. While nursing for most is very rewarding‚ it is also an occupation that can very easily overwhelm employees and requires most of the time more so then none‚ a great tolerance to stress. For some when the stress becomes overwhelming‚ it may lead to addiction‚ especially in the
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Emerging pediatric nursing changes over the past 20 years has been significant. Health of the children in the U.S. continues to improve but there has been a significant emergence of new pediatric problems never seen prior. The amount of childhood obesity and diabetes in U.S. children has exploded which is causing extreme burden on society and our health care system. (Cowen‚ p. 207) A major contributor to childhood obesity is a physical and social environment that promotes foods high in fat and
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Transition to a Professional Role Jennifer Quijano Florida International University January 26‚ 2013 Transition to a Professional Role Introduction Nurses who have prepared to assume advanced nursing roles can contribute to the healthcare system through new ideas and insights in education‚ administration‚ research‚ and practice. During the process of further education nurses are exposed to professional socialization‚ which addresses values‚ norms and ways of viewing situations that are unique
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