Essay Question:“ The Importance of acting lawfully when working as a nurse.” By Rainah Herring Student number: 17038485 When working within the nursing profession‚ it is of great importance for a nurse to act lawfully within their roles and responsibilities. It is imperative for nurses to comprehend legal aspects such as negligence‚ duty of care‚ documentation and confidentiality. As such acting lawfully will protect and reduce the risk of becoming deregistered and provide a high standard
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Nurses Role in Substance Abuse Introduction: Nurses Role in Substance Abuse The purpose of this Power Point is to bring awareness‚ education‚ and recognition to this growing disease called SUBSTANCE ABUSE: the associated risk factors that accompany substance use and addiction that challenges the nursing role of today. Substance abuse remains a major health concern affecting not only the patient but also families and their communities. As nurses we play a vital role in assessing‚ evaluating
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As the population continues to grow‚ so does the need for educated nursing professionals. With such a strong need for nurses many would think it would be easy to get a nursing education. The fact is it may be harder than many people think. Today the United States also has a shortage of nursing educators and this makes many nursing programs hard to get into often with long waiting lists. Even with all these hurdles in place‚ a nursing career is still a great choice as long as you select the correct
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It is demanded of nurses to show commitments to persons with health-care needs and individuals receiving care. However‚ nurses are expected to be professional‚ transparent‚ therapeutic and ethical with their clients. Similarly‚ nurses are expected to work ethically and working through ethical challenges that arise in their practice with individuals‚ clients and within public health systems (Canada Nurses Association‚ 2008). The dilemma deals with both ethical and legal issues‚ it involves a professional
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Research methods in business and management Introduction The most common classification splits the methods used in organisational and business research into two large groups‚ namely quantitative and qualitative research methods. Quantitative methodology incorporates methods that have been designed to facilitate research in the field of natural (physical) sciences. Therefore‚ the main mission of quantitative research is to ensure validity and reliability of study results (Dingwall et al‚ 1998).
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I aspire to become a nurse because I enjoy helping people. Helping other is one of the highest priorities that I would like to achieve in my career. There has been many times the nursing staff‚ where my mom gets her routine checkup show their kindness toward her. The way the nurses there patiently calming and taking care of my mom every time we visit there had inspired me to be a nurse. As a future nurse I would provide and coordinate patient care‚ educate patients and the public about various
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The realistic of Nurses are often depicted as stereotypes in media especially‚ not only in Hollywood movies‚ but all over the film world generally. The movies in my native country also perceive nurses as someone always very rude to others‚ not helpful‚ darlings of doctors or as comedians. I have always felt sad and angry at times watching nurses characters played in the movies. Inexact portrayals of Nurses in popular films are damaging to the profession. Nursing is misinterpreted in the public from
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little old grey haired ladies stopped me just to talk. To them I was a friendly face‚ and someone they can talk to without any judgment. Being an assisted living nurse while at times may be difficult‚ it is rewarding as well. The most difficult part would be knowing that not just one of my
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The role of nurses in the management of Obesity The case study provided regarding diet and weight management has led me to explore the role of a nurse specifically during the management of obesity. The investigation aims to determine how a nurse can intervene and control obesity. The research generally looks at the role of the nurse in managing a patient that is clinically classed as obese. Obesity is calculated using BMI measurements (appendix 1). Limitations to this investigation from a personal
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dentists decreased by 40% during the same period. The statistics also showed a small increase in the number of adverse action reports filed relating to physicians and dentists. There was a 32% increase in the number of reports filed attributed to nurses; with the largest increase reported between 2009 to 2011 possible due to the implementation of section 1921. The number of adverse action reports filed for other medical practitioners increased by 84% between 2002 and
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