authority of one nurse‚ Nurse Ratched. Nurse Ratched’s military‚ totalitarian leadership of the mental hospital combined with the fact that she tries to keep the healable patients under her control makes her the villain in this novel. Nurse Ratched used to work as a nurse in the military‚ indicating she would act tough and keep everything well ordered like anything in the military‚ but when running a mental hospital the caretakers have to act extremely kind. Unfortunately‚ Nurse Ratched shows no
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Why Be a Nurse Nursing is a great profession‚ very much in demand today. As a nurse you can take your skills wherever you want to go. There are many nursing positions available throughout the United States as well as internationally for qualified people from every ethnic and religious background. Nursing isn’t just confined to the hospital; you can practice in hundreds of settings such as: home health care‚ hospice‚ corporations‚ us public health services‚ independent practice and many more. You
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The Caring Nurse: ADN versus BSN The Caring Nurse: ADN versus BSN Caring is the heart of nursing. Most nurses have a quality about them that harbors caring. Caring is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as‚ “effort made to do something correctly‚ safely‚ or without causing damage‚” or “things that are done to keep someone healthy‚ safe‚ etc.” Nurses‚ whether they are an associate degree educated or baccalaureate educated‚ want to do a good job. They don’t come to work to intentionally
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Patients whose care needs changed from curative to palliative were intended to be transferred out of critical care to patient care environments more suited to end-of-life care. However‚ as more patients become “chronically critically ill”‚ critical care nurses are being asked more often to provide care to patients on their deathbeds (Puntillo et al.‚ 2001). Deciding which ICU patients are actually dying remains an extremely inexact science‚ and the transition to palliative care is not one easily
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Ethics has become part of the nurses’ life when it comes to decision making and taking actions in the face of adversity or opportunity. Husted and Husted (2008‚ p.9) states that the patients has lost their power to take actions on their medical conditions due to the lack of knowledge in the health care settings. Hence‚ the healthcare providers are there to impart their skills and knowledge to treat the patient with the best care. This assignment would discuss how the medical decisions for A B who
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acknowledge the new skills which I have acquired whilst undertaking the V150 and explain the background to Nurse Prescribing. The Cumberledge Report (DHSS‚ 1986) made the initial recommendations for nurses to prescribe. The report identified that‚ although nurses often new what they wanted they spent valuable time waiting around for prescriptions to be signed by G.P’s. As the nurses were already contributing to the prescribing decision; particularly around wound care products‚ enabling
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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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Differences in ADN Nurses and BSN Nurses Dorothy Love RNC Grand Canyon University: NUS/430V January 7‚ 2011 This paper will explore the differences in competencies for nurses prepared at the associates and baccalaureate degree levels. Both allow the graduate to enter into the field of nursing as a Registered Nurse. There are distinct differences in the educational preparation and resulting competencies. Identifying differences of the ADN and BSN prepared nurse requires looking at
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To Nurse in WWII Seventy-one years ago‚ the whole world was focused on the Axis and the Allies in the second world war… But no one paid attention to what was behind the scenes. Imagine‚ you are in the middle of operating on someone‚ and a bomb goes off. To be a nurse in that situation may be extremely different from what you would expect. Being an American Military nurse was very dangerous for multiple reasons. The American Military Nurse Corps was an extremely important part of World
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multiple times. Her interest made her become an emergency nurse. She noticed‚ “evidence‚ such as clothing‚ specimens‚ records or personal items were often lost‚ discarded or returned to family instead of secured and handed over to authorities” (“ Advance Healthcare Network for Nurses”). Lynch soon learned that most perpetrators would not be caught‚ due to the loss of evidence. She worked with the crime lab director to create a line of nurses that would provide comfort along with preserving evidence
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