Registered Nurse vs. Licensed Practical Nurse When you actually take a look at the two types of Nurses you find many similarities and differences. There are many stereotypes placed on Nurses‚ like an LPN is not a real nurse‚ or an LPN is the “bottom feeder” in the care setting. The general public has been led to believe that there is a large difference between the RN and the LPN and the care they provide. There is little or no truth to this. I feel as though people have gotten the wrong information
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Hayley Thompson Mrs. Elliott American Literature 2 April 5‚ 2014 The Insane Asylum Nurse Looking back on the events of my work‚ I feel regretful. Things have changed very much since the 1920s. They called us nuns and sisters‚ but we were not Godly. When I became a sister at age 21 and started working at the giant castle known as the Winchester Mental Asylum‚ I knew it would be hard work. I also knew that God had called me to the work‚ but it was nothing like normal Christians. They were called
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infants and adolescents. An infant is a child typically up to the age of two. Adolescents are ages ten through nineteen. A pediatric nurse is a registered nurse with a minimum of associates degree in nursing. Pediatric nurses can graduate from a traditional nursing school or they also have the option to take an accredited online program‚ but if
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My original understanding of what it meant to be a registered nurse is that nursing is a job that is suitable for women only and unsuitable for men. I thought that nurse is not a professional job as a nurse cleans their patients waste and clean the infected or injured area. I also thought that only nurses who graduate from a degree in nursing can become a nurse and nurses only work in hospital. In my opinion‚ I think that a nurse job is only taking care of the patients by giving their patients medicines
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All Nurses October 21‚ 2012 Changing The Scope Of Practice For All Nurses The Institute of Medicine and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has proposed many changes take place in the field of education for nurses to assist in the Affordable Care Act to be a full success in transforming health care. They have published the report “The Future of Nursing Leading Change Advancing Health” recommending that the scope of practice for all nurses which include the registered nurse‚ advance
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Voluntary Nurse Turnovers Abstract The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators identifies voluntary nurse turnovers as one of the indicators impacting nursing care. This data base was established by the American Nurses Association to improve quality and safety in the workplace. The data collected helps provide research and compares the data to the impact it has on nurses providing care and the outcomes it has on patients. Nurse turnovers occur for many different
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this planet is certainly being a nurse‚ of any kind‚ whether you are a Licensed Vocational Nurse‚ Registered Nurse or a Nursing Assistant‚ the amount of adoration that follows those jobs around is obvious to most. But one of the better kept details of the downside of being a nurse are often mocked as mistreatment from doctors and administration who belittle them hilariously on TV or patients who are cranky old men who don’t want to take their medication that the nurse had to bend over backwards to get
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Title: Competencies of Associate Degree Nurses and Baccalaureate Degree Nurses Name: Sejal Amin Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Professional Dynamics October 5‚ 2014 The importance of education is very critical with the evolving health care system and when caring for another human being. Differentiating between an ADN and BSN nursing degree will give us a better and clear perspective. The National Council of State Board of Nursing (NCSBN‚ 2005) define Nursing competency as the “application of
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There are certain tasks that a health professional will have to perform when he or she is a nurse in an elementary school. The school nurse does more than take a child’s temperature when they aren’t feeling well. The nurse has to have certain characteristics that will help with all the things that happen in the day in the life of a school nurse. From emergencies to screenings to meetings with parents‚ the nurse of an elementary‚ middle or high school has to have a variety of vital skills and characteristics
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The presentation of “Tribute to Nurses” by Carolyn Jones is heartwarming. Jones expresses the outstanding and amazing touch a patient can get from his/her nurse. She expression states that patient remembers the name of their doctors but not their nurses. It is impressive to see the length Ms. Jones went to relate to nurses on different locations and the job they do. I was opportune to watch TED show in some of my psychology classes and all the shows are very touching and emotional because‚ they are
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