base‚ nursing is an art and a science‚ and natural laws just to name a few. Florence believed that the law of health was keeping the person and population healthy. What I admire the most about Florence is her strength in advocacy and her focus on leadership and education. Florence was quoted saying “Were there none who were discontented with what they have‚ the world would never reach anything better” (Nightingale‚ 2001-2012). Florence was a strong advocate for egalitarian human rights. In her
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Tyanna Lansiquot Essay on Leadership Building better futures for other students would have to start with yourself. You can’t try to make a change if you’re not willing to change yourself. So to help make better futures for students you have to be an example for others to follow. You can show the importance of studying and staying on task while completing things. Influence other students to want to do better and push them self to become better. Form study groups and analyze the process of how all
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others as a nurse. Some of her career achievements include serving as a nurse during the Crimean War in the mid 19th century‚ sanitary reform in Britain and laying the foundation for the first nursing school at a hospital in London where she worked until her death at the age of ninety. The Florence Nightingale Pledge for Nurses Nightingale has left behind her an enduring legacy of passion and commitment to nursing. As a token of recognition for her service‚ a pledge taken by all new nurses has been
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Nursing Shortages and Continuing Education The debate continues over the reason for the shortage of nurses‚ especially at the bachelor’s degree level‚ and what can be done to attract more associate degree nurses (ADN /RN) to continue their education into the baccalaureate degree (BSN) level. Although a shortage of all nurses across the spectrum is concerning‚ it is most acutely felt at the baccalaureate level where only 30 percent of the nursing workforce holds a BSN degree (source). Doctor Janine
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NURSES’ ROLE TOWARDS THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS The United Nation’s member states Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for 2015 include reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates‚ infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Significant progress has been made and the member states particularly developing countries made substantial headway so far in attaining these goals. In the Philippines‚ one of the main reasons for the country’s relentless pursuit of ensuring access
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Nursing Role in the Society Nurses are the care professions who are a part of a health care team. They play a substantial role in quality of patient care. The core of nursing is patient care and patient advocay. Nurses are increasingly working to promote people’s health and prevent illness from hospital setting to community health. The role of nurses develops globally over years. Nurses share a commitment in advancement and development of nursing science (Waldie‚ 2010). Various nursing role
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Leadership and Nurse Productivity Leadership and Nurse Productivity This paper will review an article by Elizabeth Curtis and Rhona O’Connell in Nurse Management-UK. “Essential leadership skills for motivating and developing staff” reviews the importance of leadership skill and empowering staff (Curtis & O’Connell‚ 2011). This article discusses the effect manager has on the staff they supervise‚ and how a negative attitude can produce negative results; whereby a positive and supportive
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“Leadership is the art of leading others to deliberately create a result that wouldn’t have happened otherwise.” Leadership is the ability to inspire and influence others to reach success. It is a quality that a person must have to be a good leader. As a leader a person must be wise in dealing with certain situations whether it is good or bad. Being a leader you take a lot of responsibilities and you take charge in things you want to do or achieve. In a class there are always group projects to
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Leadership‚ a term that anyone can define and few show. Like the great Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Anyone can say what they feel about a situation but a leader will examine the way you feel and the way others feel about the situation and make choices based on all factors. A leader must be able to say “I do not like what is going on here” and be able to step up and take charge and fix problems. A leader cannot force people into believing the same as them
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Predictors of Nurse Burnout Jessica Beitler‚ Tabatha Menapace‚ Lorelei Starr‚ Jodi Swihart NRN 422‚ July 2‚ 2008 Malone College School of Nursing Abstract Aim. To identify characteristics that predict the incidence of burnout in Registered Nurses. Background. Burnout was first described in the early 1970’s by human service professionals and healthcare workers. In 2001‚ The Joint Commission reported that 43 percent of nurses currently working scored high in a range of burnout measures and
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