Nursing is one of the most influential disciplines in medicine. [1] The current agenda among many nursing advocates is to promote a uniform scope of practice code. By encouraging all state boards to adopt the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation‚ the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) hopes to increase health care quality among underserved populations. While sticking points vary among state legislatures‚ the following nine laws and regulations exemplify a few of the issues in question
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Physician Dismisses Nursing Assessments‚ Question of Nurse Advocacy. Summary: The patient was involved in a motorcycle accident in which his bike fell onto and injured his left leg. When the nurses assessing the patient could not detect a pulse in that leg‚ an ominous sign of circulatory failure. The physician when notified chose to dismiss this fact and discharge the patient. The patient would return soon after with worsening symptoms that would require emergency surgery. Should the nurses have
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What is the purpose of nursing theories? Nursing theories are guidelines for everyday nursing actions and helps nurse understand the purpose of their actions. Nursing theories based everyday nursing actions are analyzing a patient data‚ determining an outcome and nursing interventions for the patient‚ and evaluating the outcomes set for the patient. Nursing theories also guide research. 2. What is meant by the statement: "Nursing is both an art and a science?" Nursing is a science because nurses
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The Nursing Process 1. A client comes to the walk-in clinic with reports of abdominal pain and diarrhea. While taking the client’s vital signs‚ the nurse is implementing which phase of the nursing process? 1. Assessment 2. Diagnosis 3. Planning 4. Implementation 2. The nurse is measuring the client’s urine output and straining the urine to assess for stones. Which of the following should the nurse record as objective data? 1. The client reports abdominal pain 2. The client’s urine output
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of why suspension occurs will be offered and the experience of those affected by the process of suspension will be examined which will look at stress; in particular within nursing‚ bullying and harassment and look at how whistleblowers are treated. Much of the literature relating to suspension and discipline within nursing is found in the USA where suspension is a form of discipline that occurs after an investigation and hearing has concluded. This is of limited relevance as in the UK a nurse
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John Kausch is the CEO of West Florida Regional Medical Center (WFRMC)‚ a large-for-profit hospital. This facility is located in Pensacola‚ an area with intense competition and tons of services. He is evaluating a continuous quality (CQI) program that the hospital has implemented in order to address issues of improvement in outcomes. WFRMC also owns and operates an off-site psychiatric facility with 89 beds and the 58 bed Rehabilitation Institute of West Florida. WFRMC is currently in the process
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medications‚ and past medical history all at their fingertips to provide more accurate care and quicker care. All of this will lead to fewer mistakes and quicker diagnosis. If continuity of care is increased‚ quality of care will also be increased. Nursing involvement in the development of CMS is extremely important. The ratio of nurses to any other hospital staff using the system is much greater‚ thus nursing should have the biggest influence on planning and use. Nursing staff is well aware
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CODE OF ETHICS IN NURSING * The fundamental responsibility of the nurse is fourfold: to promote health‚ to prevent illness‚ to restore health and to alleviate suffering. * The need for nursing is universal. Inherent in nursing is respect for life‚ dignity and the rights of man. It is unrestricted by consideration of nationality‚ race‚ creed‚ color‚ age sex‚ politics‚ or social status. * Nurses render health services to the individual‚ the family and the community and coordinate their
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ASHFORD UNIVERSITY | Rising Medical Expenses | Are “Sin Taxes” the answer? | ENG122: English Composition IIInstructor: Laura Crittenden | Cory Pelisek | 6/23/2013 | When I think of taxes‚ it reminds me of a quote from one of our greatest presidents in United States history‚ Calvin Coolidge‚ he stated that “Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” Raising taxes from one individual to pay for another individual is taking away from our Fifth Amendment
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The elements of the nursing knowledge sums up what nursing is all about. Right from its inception through Florence Nightgale’s work‚ nursing has approached patient care with a holistic ideology. It was not surprising to come across the metaparadigm of the nursing knowledge including‚ the person‚ health‚ environment‚ and nursing practice. The metaparadigm share light of the ideology of nursing. With that said‚ it is essential we produce more research work and come-up with knowledge unique to the profession
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