History of Nursing The topic of this paper is to identify historical events in nursing. This topic grasps my attention because I am on the track to become a nurse‚ and feel I need to know about the history of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about historical highlights in nursing. In The Beginning American Nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering
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theory of nursing stems from the work of Florence Nightingale. The diaries‚ letters‚ and books that she left behind containing her statements and beliefs have been fundamental to the development of the concepts comprising the nursing metaparadigm (Selanders‚ 2010). Fawcett’s (1984) stated there was a general consensus among scholars that the concepts of nursing were person‚ environment‚ health‚ and nursing. Some researchers have suggested that other concepts should be added to the nursing metaparadigm
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Is Nursing a Profession? As I have begun the pursuit to further my education I have been faced with the question of whether Nursing is a true profession. During the 19 years that I have been a nurse I have thought nursing was a profession but as I have learned in my reading not everyone feels this way. For example‚ World Book (1999) states that there are two main groups of nurses‚ the professional nurses and the technique nurses. They define the professional nurses as graduates of four-year or
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Nursing as a Profession The Purpose of this paper is to discuss whether nursing is a profession based on Pavalko’s eight dimensions describing a profession. Firstly‚ we must understand the definition of a profession before one can accurately judge the validation of the nursing profession. According to Webster dictionary‚ the definition of a profession is “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long academic preparation” (Webster dictionary‚ 2008). The nursing profession is one that
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discussion of the important assumptions and concepts of the theories. Florence Nightingale is the most recognized name in the field of nursing. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Biography of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in
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Nursing rounds are given separate names according to thepurpose they serve .a)Information giving rounds :It is used to acquaint the staff with all patients on the wardor division .b)Instructional rounds :Here the nurse is expected to read the charts and come torounds with basic information in mind .c)Problem solving rounds: This is to help the nursing staff learn to conduct initialinterviews make assessment of patient’s needs and identifynursing care problems .Purposes of nursing rounds :1.To demonstrate
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Doris Adu Maximizing Opportunities and Maintaining Excitement in Nursing Professional Development Kent State University Abstract Staff nurses have great responsibilities in caring for patients. Often‚ these nurses experience heavy workload. Heavy patient load and stress contributes to burnout. Why is burnout important to discuss in relation to nurses? Burnout affects the performance of the nurse and the quality of care he or she provides to the patient. Therefore‚ it is imperative that staff nurses
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Nursing Code of Ethics Lisa Lang West Texas A&M University NURS 4345 Professional Nursing Leadership/Management Nursing Code of Ethics The focus of this paper is to discuss the Nursing Code of Ethics. The purpose of this paper is to review the purpose‚ background‚ and the importance of the Nursing Code of Ethics and evaluate how the Nursing Code of Ethics improves individual nursing practice. Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary defines the Nursing Code of Ethics as‚ “A statement
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pertain to nursing administration and nursing practice within the organization. It verbalizes the visions of both nurse managers and nurse practitioners regarding what they believe nursing management and practice to be. It states their beliefs as to how the mission or purpose will be achieves‚ giving direction toward this end. Statement of philosophy are abstract and contains value statement about human being as clients or patients and as workers‚ about work that will be preformed by nursing workers
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