Running Head: Current Employment Trends in Health Care Current Employment Trends in Health Care Paper (Lilly Annan( (University of Phoenix( Current Employment Trends in Health Care Paper Nursing is one career that has more than one definition. Scholars have yet to agree on a single definition. Some say that nursing is love. In a way this is correct. A nurse cares for people who are sick in every way and sometimes all a person needs is love and
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1. The nurse checks for placement of a nasogastric tube before beginning tube feeding for a client. Which of the following results would indicate to the RN that the tube feeding can begin? The PH of the contents removed from the NG tube is 3 (stomach acid contents are acidic) 2. The nurse in an outpatient clinic teaches a client with right-sided weakness to walk down stairs using a cane. What behavior would indicate by the client that teaching was successful? The client leads with the cane
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Nurse Practitioner A Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse (RN) who has advanced education and clinical training in a health care specialty area. Nurse Practitioners work with people of all ages and their families‚ providing information people need to make informed decisions about their health care and lifestyle choices based on high quality care‚ cost effective care‚ and patient satisfaction. Nurse Practitioners work very close with physicians (doctors). They advocate health promotion and
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To be a successful nurse‚ an individual must know the different fields of nursing‚ education and training required‚ and many varied responsibilities. II. First body paragraph: There are various types of nurses who dominate the medical field. A registered nurse is the most sought after career; however‚ there are other popular nursing positions that play an important role in society. For instance‚ a certified midwife nurse is a care provider for women expecting labor. These nurses provide
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Lucia Davies Fadiga 5707 Westgate Road Lanham‚ MD 20706 Why I Want To Be A Nurse Growing up in a third world country‚ Sierra Leone on the extreme west coast of Africa where the standard of education isn’t as good as the western world‚ especially in the healthcare field‚ I can remember my father asking my brothers things like what do they want to be when they grow up? What do they want to study in college? As a child I would give a quick answer; like I want to be a bus driver‚ a restaurant
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Jerry McCall is Dr. Williams’s office assistant. He has received professional training as both a medical assistant and a LPN. He is handling all the phone calls while the receptionist is at lunch. A patient calls and says he must have a prescription refill for Valium‚ an antidepressant medication‚ called in right away to his pharmacy‚ since he is leaving for the airport in thirty minutes. He says that Dr. Williams is a personal friend and always gives him a small supply of Valium when he has
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his death would be considered a sentinel event which would warrant a review by a team of interdisciplinary members of the hospital. In this particular case members of the team would include one or more ED physicians‚ the RN in the scenario and the LPN‚ a respiratory therapist‚ a nursing supervisor‚ a hospital administrator‚ the ED nurse manager‚ a hospital pharmacist‚ and a risk manager. More staff nurses from the ER could also be involved. A credible and successful root cause analysis will identify
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Personal Impact: Living with Chronic End-Stage Renal Disease NUR427 October 3‚ 2011 Personal Impact: Living with Chronic End-Stage Renal Disease The Chronic disease I chose is chronic end-stage renal disease. End-stage renal disease is when there is a permanent loss of total renal function. End-stage renal disease‚ is also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD)‚ with five stages. The fifth stage is the most severe stage‚ this is when the patient needs to begin dialysis‚ or be transplanted
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Application exercise #4: Self-assessment I choose to do a complete self-assessment as a start to think about my next job as I will need to make a change from LPN to RN soon after I finish my BN program. Self-assessment: my personality is pleasant‚ sensitive‚ honest and caring. I value dignity‚ independence‚ fairness and enjoy treating everyone equally. I believe everyone has a side of kindness regardless of their behavior‚ and it is God who created everything including human. I like a friendly
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includes the patient bill of rights‚ estimated cost of services‚ and important details about pathways. The clients may also locate and view their patient rights on the wall in the lobby/ waiting room where they are posted. In the pathways office‚ the LPN has many roles. Once the paperwork is completed at the front of the office‚ the nurse retrieves the patient
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