Hello everyone‚ My name is John Santiesteban and I’m currently a nurse. I am attending this class in order for me to achieve my masters in nursing. My enthusiasm for nursing first took root and flourished after losing my father. My father became very ill and needed medical care. When I saw that my father was starting to become weak and frail‚ I thought to myself "What access would my father have to good quality health care?" I asked my mother "Where is the nearest hospital?" and my mother replied
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There are many diverse clinicians that are employed today within the home health aspects of the medical field. Some of these clinicians consist of occupational therapist‚ physical therapist‚ respiratory therapist‚ registered nurse and a licensed practical nurse. Even though the ending result for the home health organization is to rehab the client back to their independence as much as possible‚ the agencies continue to be a competitor for each other. Each agencies is striving for their clinician
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Nurse Practice Act Samantha Kelly NSG/320 November 21‚ 2011 Jen Millar University of Phoenix Nurse Practice Act The Nursing Practice Act (NPA) is the body of California law that mandates the Board to set out the scope of practice and responsibilities for RNs. The Practice Act is located in the California Business and Professions Code starting with Section 2700. Regulations that specify the implementation of the law appear in the California Code of Regulations ("Board
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Why I Became a Nurse “Why I Became a Nurse” Nursing was not always something that I wanted to do in the beginning. I wanted to be a Photographer. Looking back at that period in my life there were many areas of my life that I needed to assess. I already had a daughter and was currently going to school for Photography. So the question became do I keep my passion‚ and will it always pay the bills? Alternatively‚ do I change career paths and pursue a new career that I know will pay the bills
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This essay will describe the role of a nurse and how the nursing role has become a profession. It will also outline the governing bodies which have set regulations and guidelines which has made created the professional nurse. Bla bla head is blank! Nursing is constantly evolving in order to meet new demands and also has to take into account the up to date information which is available. The purpose of nursing is to promote healing‚ health‚ preventing illness‚ disease and also to minimise distress
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Surgical nurses are considered a very important part of a surgical team. Surgical nurses take on many key roles in life saving surgical procedures and work in challenging environments. That’s why I want to become a nurse on a surgical team. On another note‚ nursing professionals at almost any level can provide care to surgical patients and the day-to-day duties will vary according to what level of expertise the nurse obtains. Licensed practical nurses (LPN) can handle the pre-operative and post-operative
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There are several advanced practice nurses in the United States. Advanced practice nurses consist of registered nurses who have a master’s degree or doctorate degree in nursing and specialize in a certain area. According to the textbook definition‚ “Advanced Practice Nursing is the patient-focused application of an expanded range of competencies to improve health outcomes for patients and populations is a specialized clinical area of the larger discipline of nursing” (Hamric‚ Hanson‚ Tracy‚ & O’Grady
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A Pediatric Nurse or a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner are two careesr that caught my attention. According to the website Nurse Practitioner Schools‚ pediatric nurse practitioners provide high quality care to children from birth up to the age of 21. Nurse Practitioners are specialized nurses that usually complete advanced training in pediatrics and work closely with physicians and other health care providers that specialize in children’s health. Nurse Practitioners work in a variety of places‚ including
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My dream has always been to be a neo-natal pediatric nurse ever since my mother told me what she went through with her pregnancy while pregnant from me and my twin sister. We were born premature via c-section at 6months and my twin sister was dying. We had to stay in the hospital for over 2(two) months. So with all that being said what my mother went through made me want to look into the nursing field. My question was always why were we born pre-mature? And do babies who are born early live a healthy
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am grateful for the opportunity to recommend Amy Boynton for the Kane County Educator of the Year Award. Nurse Boynton is fiercely dedicated to the students of Saint Charles North High School addressing the unique medical and emotional requirements of the students with tireless effort and genuine compassion. I have had the pleasure of sending three of my children to North High School where Nurse Boynton is readily available for any medical issues the students may be contending with; nothing is too
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