Florence Nightingale is one of the most highly influential individuals in nursing history. She was a leader at heart and used her educational and social background to enhance the medical field by improving quality of life for patients in the hospital. When faced with the horrible conditions of military hospitals in the Crimean War‚ she became an advocate for the soldiers by writing letters requesting more medical supplies‚ cleaning equipment‚ clothing‚ heaters‚ water boilers‚ clean linens‚ and proper
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How Nursing Leadership Affects Staff Nurses’ Job Satisfaction Rhonda Rychlik Queens University How Nursing Leadership Affects Staff Nurses’ Job Satisfaction The constant and rapidly changing health care environment dramatically affects nursing practice today. Health care leaders are faced with the problem of achieving their strategic goals while balancing finances‚ productivity‚ quality outcomes and employee and patient satisfaction. The health care environment is competitive and
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Role of Nursing in Health Promotion Jena Rosa Grand Canyon University August 25‚ 2013 According to the World Health Organization health promotion is defined as "The process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve‚ their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions." (WHO‚ 2013) This applies to the nursing profession in that nurses are educating patient on the steps needed for their health such as
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Professional Role Development Professional Role Development The synthesis of Art and Science is lived by the Nurse in the Nursing act. –Josephine G. Paterson. In this article entitled “Professional Development and the Role of Mentorship‚” the author‚ Panther W. Ali‚ PA‚ talks about developing a professional nursing role is to role model the nurse in an actual working facility. The skills and role-conceptions developed in the actual nursing field as opposed
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Nursing advocacy Introduction Nurses are bound to experience issues on a day-to-day basis where it becomes their ethical and moral obligation to provide advocacy for patients and their family. The concerns can be attributed to the unprecedented changes in the healthcare systems. The uncertainty results in new regulations being implemented‚ financial burdens on the patient and the trend of population rise. These challenges present an opportunity for the nurses to adopt a more responsible role of patient
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lifespan‚ there are many times where a person’s role changes. Role change could either involve adding a new role‚ dropping an old role‚ or modifying an existing role and making it better (Harrington & Terry‚ 2013‚ p. 36). Change in a role is defined as a role transition‚ in which a person changes their behavior and adapts to a new role or modifying their current role. Nursing is a profession where transition often happens because nurses adapt to different roles in their practice and they expand their knowledge
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The Author will describe the nurses role and discuss individualised patient care based around legal and ethical frameworks that guide and govern nurses in their roles as healthcare professionals. A five stage process to nursing care is one framework use to deliver this care and consists of assessment‚ diagnosis‚ care planning‚ implementation and evaluation and is an on-going‚ continuous cycle that only ends when goals are achieved and homeostasis is restored‚ or reasonable expectations of health
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Professional Roles and Values Performance Assessment Written by: XXXXXXXX Student ID# XXXXXXXXX Regulatory agencies‚ such as a state board of nursing‚ are government agencies that regulate nursing practice. They act to ensure nurses are competent in their practice and that standards of practice are met. These agencies examine nursing education programs‚ and are the ones who approve and accredit them. The agencies are responsible for granting licensure for nursing professionals and oversee
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Nursing consists of a wide variety of roles. Nurses practice in mostly all community and healthcare settings. Clinical reasoning and critical thinking are used in every nursing actions and decisions such as diagnosing‚ evaluating and intervening. As a caregiver‚ nurses are at the forefront of healthcare. Faced with all different scenarios‚ nurses are required to use critical thinking to make the best decisions that lead to the best patient outcome. As caregivers‚ to promote improved patient outcomes
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clinical rotation‚ the professional nursing role that I have chosen to analyze is the Director of Nursing. I had the privilege of being precepted by the Director of Emergency Services at Coral Gables Hospital and during the preceptorship I gained tremendous insight into the duties and responsibilities of the role as my preceptor was very inclusive and willing to share her knowledge. Having experienced and partaken in the daily operational responsibilities of the role‚ I now have an affinity and a new
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