lived experience of patients with cancer; supporting the fact that individuality is a huge factor in the care of cancer patients. Manu types of cancers exist and patients should be treated as individuals versus as a disease or diagnosis. As oncology nurses we accumulate knowledge on a daily basis that may be revised in practice. Therefore‚ it becomes our innate duty to visit the literature and gain the understanding and evidence that will help us in improving our practice of nursing. The articles‚ however
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similar names are another common source of error‚ such as the pain medication Celebrex and the antidepressant Celexa‚ or the tranquilizer Zyprexa and the antihistamine Zyrtec. These medication errors are very painful for doctors‚ as well as the patients. Nobody wants to
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Nursing Professionalism is defined as the practise of professional nursing as performed by a registered nurse. Nursing professionals primary purpose is the care of individuals‚ their families‚ and communities and to improve an individual’s health and quality of life. There are a set of core nursing values that define and dictates a nurse’s beliefs and actions. The core values include honesty‚ responsibility‚ pursuit of new knowledge‚ belief in human dignity‚ equality of all patients and the desire
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The Royal College of Nursing‚ [RCN] (2018) states that reflection is important as it helps nurses to think and plan ways to deliver a high quality of care which is safe to patients or clients. Reflection can be defined as a conscious effort to think about an activity or incident that allows us to consider what was positive or challenging and if appropriate plan how it might be enhanced‚ improved or done differently in the future RCN (2018). In this assignment reflection will be discussed throughout
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Unit. Polytechnic‚ Oxford Mahoney‚ J. (2001) Leadership skills for the 21st century. Journal of Nursing Management; 9: 5‚ 269-271. Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) The Code: Standards of Conduct‚ Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives. www.nmc-uk.org O’Neill‚ E.S.‚ Dluhy‚ N.C. & Chun‚ E. (2005). Modelling novice clinical reasoning for a computerised decision support system. J. Advanced Nursing‚ 49‚ 1: 68-77 Potterfield‚ Thomas A. (1999) The Business of Employee Empowerment: Democracy
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Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Neribel Claudio HCA 375 John Gomillion July 25‚ 2010 Measuring and Assessing Patient Safety Patient safety is such an essential part of our health care system and it helps describe quality health care. Keeping the patients safe is a challenging issue because errors and mistakes can and do happen every day. Error occurs “when a process does not proceed the way that it was intended by its designers and managers” (McLaughlin & Kaluzny 2006)
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efficient clinical development. The primary objective of nurses’ professional development is to sustain clinical competency to enhance patients’ care outcomes. The nurses’ responsibility is to maintain professional standards and knowledge to be able to implement highest levels of medical services to patients and members of the community. To provide an efficient and safe patient care nurses must implement in daily practice respectively developed critical thinking competencies. The purpose of this paper is
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those new things. I knew swimming was going to be important in my life. The hard part was learning how to swim. I thought it would be god exercise‚ and a good social experience‚ I could spend time with my friends by the pool. My parents were not patient enough with me‚ seeing I did not really like the water. So they put me into a swimming class. As I was standing by the pool‚ waiting for my teacher and the other kids; I was second guessing if I really wanted to learn how to swim. When the other kids
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Running Head: MY NURSING PHILOSOPHY My Philosophy of Nursing Allan J. Martel University of Southern Mississippi School of Nursing My name is Allan Martel‚ and I am a proud Nursing student at the University of Southern Mississippi. I am currently 25 years old‚ and have previously completed my Bachelor of Biological Sciences in the year 2008. Over the past two years I have not only worked various jobs‚ but started to search for a gratifying and life-fulfilling career. Even at a young age‚
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From a nurse’s perspective‚ it is effortless to say that the Patient Portability and Accountability Act is a topic that is very controversial. Although the Affordable Care Act is supported by the American Nurses Association‚ not all nurses are individually supporting it. There are a number of reasons for this divide. Many nurses are concerned about the strain that the Affordable Care Act is putting on their workplace. Through the Affordable Care Act‚ many people who did not have access to health
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