Nurse To Patient Ratio Medtech College Ethics August 16‚ 2010 The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and growing hospital nurse shortage. Nurses nationwide consistently report that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care. Physicians agree‚ citing inadequate nurse staffing as a major impediment to the provision on high quality of care
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As Barack Obama said‚ “America’s nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.” All people‚ at one time or another in their lives‚ have known the care and the skill that nurses offer. In hours of need‚ in moments where people are most vulnerable‚ and most worried‚ nurses are there‚ doing difficult and lifesaving work. As a result of growing population‚ the needs of nurse practitioners and anesthetists are also increasing. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics‚ “there is general growth
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A Certified Nurse Midwife (CMN) is a nurse that provides care for low-risk pregnancies from before‚ during‚ and after labor. Their main purpose is to deliver babies‚ provide care for the mother and her baby‚ and assist gynecologists and obstetricians (“Certified Nurse Midwife‚” 2014). In order to become a CMN‚ one has to attend nursing school‚ pass the NCLEX‚ work for a few year in a related field‚ then receive further education in a Nurse-Midwife Education program‚ and get certified from the American
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proportion of bedside nurses with BSNs or higher qualifications are associated with significantly lower risks of patient mortality. This has motivated many hospitals and public health agencies to require applying nurses to have a BSN degree; especially teaching hospitals (Cronenwett‚ 2011). It is then‚ just as much expected that nurses who achieve a MSN degree have an even lower risk of patient mortality‚ while working as a bedside nurse. It is highly recommended that all associate level nurse continue on
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like all professions‚ required a code of ethics. This code is extremely important to nurses as it defines the duties and obligations of each nurse and they are expected to adhere to it. The first Code of Ethics was noted in the 1950s and published by the American Nurses Association according to Zerwekh (2015). There are nine Code of Ethics for Nurses that have been approved by the ANA. First and foremost‚ the nurse must show compassion and respect for each patient and family they care for regardless
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Work Done by the Nurse?” Using a multiple-cases method of qualitative research‚ Brooks (1998) conducted a pilot study to investigate nurses’ perceptions of the function and value of documentation and barriers to this process. The study consisted of interviewing seven staff nurses using open-ended questionnaire that focused on their communication about clinical care and their reasoning and decision making for a client they care of for that day. Following the interview‚ the nurses’ comments were compared
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Advanced Practice Nurse Leader Interview Project It is imperative that an Advance Practice Nurse (APN) have the understanding of the nine core competencies skills and their application in the healthcare practice setting. This paper will examine the nine Core Competencies embraced by the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF)‚ recognize a currently licensed APN and give their experience information. In conclusion‚ the interview will illustrate the importance of applying them
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became older and in sixth grade I was determined to become a Pediatric Nurse. I adore helping children and parents and working at a hospital has been a dream of mine. Along the way of deciding what I should become I had no ideas such as becoming a lawyer‚ neonatal nurse or an actress. I soon realized that a few of my future dreams were unrealistic or did not interest me as much now as they did when I was younger. Pediatric nurses involve them in interacting with patients that vary in illnesses and
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Code of Ethics of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses is recognized for outlining the nursing outlooks and encouraging the growth of professional ethics by providing excellent principles to serve as models. “The goal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) is to enable neonatal nurses to alleviate suffering and protect‚ promote and restore health to infants and their families.” (NANN) Having a code of ethics directs nurses in giving accountable‚ excellent and moral care to their
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The best decision I ever made was going out of my comfort-zone to apply for nurse camp at the University of Washington. Out of 150 applicants‚ I had the privileged to be 1 out of the 22 selected. Nurse camp was a tremendous enrichment experience that I never thought imaginable. I never thought at 17 years old‚ I would get the opportunity to save a simulated patient from dying of a heart attack in the UW Medicine’s wish lab. The adrenaline rush I got from doing compressions‚ trying to save a mannequin’s
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