Abstract Nursing is one of the oldest careers in history. It has grown tremendously since the beginning of the profession and strives forward in hopes to attain more advancement in the medical field. Along the years‚ there have been several controversies regarding nursing as a profession. In this paper we will discuss what nursing professionalism is and why we as nurses need to remain a professional icon in the occupation. This paper will also summarize two nursing articles regarding nursing professionalism
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excellent nursing care (Srivastava‚ 2007). However‚ health care provider’s roles and responsibilities in meeting health care needs of the clients in consideration to cultural perspective and diversity are getting more challenging and complicated due to increased number of people from a group of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society‚ which‚ in turn requires health care providers to acknowledge and understand variations of cultural healthcare beliefs‚ values and practices. Transcultural nursing is essential
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This file includes PSY 410 Week 1 Individual Assignment Historical Perspectives of Abnormal Psychology Psychology - General Psychology • Prepare a 700- to 1‚050-word paper in which you examine the field of abnormal psychology. Address the following items: o Briefly examine the origins of abnormal psychology. Include challenges to defining and classifying normal and abnormal behavior. o Provide a brief overview of how abnormal psychology has evolved into a scientific discipline. o Briefly
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Throughout my education‚ science based courses have been a central core. One course that left an indelible mark was called‚ “Medical Careers”. I had the invaluable opportunity to shadow and learn hands-on material from both doctors and nurses at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital. It was not until then that I decided to pursue a career in the medical field. However‚ in such an extensive field‚ it was difficult to narrow down to a single profession. Eventually‚ I was able to discover
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Science and Religion: A Historical Perspective on the Conflict over Teaching Evolution in the Schools Summary This article traces the history of political and legal challenges to teaching evolution in U.S. public schools. In 2005‚ there were two court cases one was in Kansas and the other one in Pennsylvania. In Kansas‚ the Kansas State Board of Education revised its science standards for the second time in six years because there were some
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Nursing is a profession where human beings are cared with respect and dignity so the whole being can heal and attain the best quality of life there is. A philosophy is a pursuit of knowledge and wisdom that creates concepts‚ beliefs‚ and attitudes towards an activity or phenomenon. In relation to these‚ a personal nursing philosophy is supposed to be simple but yet complexity arises when being articulated. A nurse has to have a deep conviction to the nursing profession to have a dignified nursing
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NURSING INFORMATICS Module 1 |SEMESTER ONE | |LEARNING ACTIVITIES | | | |Health 1 | |Electronic Literature Search | |Professional Growth 1 | |Nursing Informatics as Competency
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Being a certified nursing assistant is a rewarding and fulfilling job. Certified Nursing Assistants work directly under a Registered Nurse. They can work in a variety of locations. Hospitals‚ nursing homes‚ and personal homes are some of the major places that hire certified nursing assistants. In the healthcare field‚ certified nursing assistants are the backbone. Their most important job is being the eyes and ears of the nursing staff. Certified nursing assistants spend the most time with patients
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a persuasive instrument used in evaluating core critical thinking competencies along nursing staff. It was developed by Nursing Executive Center in 2009. The purpose of CTD is to reveal the basic skills of critical thinking among nurses as classified by nursing industry professionals (Berkow‚ Virkstis‚ & Stewart‚ 2011). The CTD evaluates the primary care nurses’ critical thinking conduct and consists of 25 nursing competencies; it is grouped in five extensive divisions: problem recognition‚ clinical
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stated that the amount of abuse occurring in nursing homes in our nation is increasing dramatically. Physical‚ Sexual and verbal abuse is occurring and something needs to be done to stop it. "Thirty percent of nursing homes in the United States---5‚283 facilities---were cited for almost 9‚000 instances of abuse over a recent two-year period (Special Investigations Division of the House Government Reform Committee). Reading this article on nursing home abuse really opened my eyes up to a whole
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