Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07‚ 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice‚ state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures‚ and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed
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NURS 325 Mentoring POWERFUL MENTOR: POWERFUL NURSE The success of a new nurse can be improved and accelerated by the utilization of a mentor. An experienced nurse can ease the social angst and acceptance associated with being the new team member. A mentor performs the tasks of preceptor by teaching all of the technical aspects of nursing in a specific service area‚ but also instructs the mentee as to the structure of the work environment and how to navigate it. The mentor looks for assignments
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Running head: SYSTEM OF INQUIRY PAPER System of Inquiry Paper Wendell A. Garcia University of Phoenix March 18‚ 2008 American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Nurses Ethics is an integral part of the foundation of nursing. Nursing has a distinguished history of concern for the welfare of the sick‚ injured‚ and vulnerable and for social justice. This concern is embodied in the provision of nursing care to individuals and the community. Nursing encompasses the prevention of
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Approach states: “ The APN role that has shown the most significant growth is the NP. The number of RNs educated as NPs increased by 43.5% between 2000 and 2004 and more than doubled from 1996 to 2004.” Nurse Practitioners are growing increasingly popular in the hospital scene for a number of reasons. A Nurse Practitioner‚ commonly known as an NP‚ has the ability to prescribe
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California College San Diego CSS 101 June 11‚ 2012 Sarah Hearne‚ MA Abstract In this paper I will talk about my short term and long term goals. I will discuss educational and personal goals. I will also discuss the fears that I have returning to college and what I will do to conquer these fears. At the end of this paper I will discuss the people that I will thank for supporting me when I reach graduation. Motivation Paper
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being therapeutic. At the end of his stay at the hospital‚ the health care providers’ (such as Barb) and patients’ (Marcus) relationship comes to an end because that is the evolution that must be taken by all nurse-patient relationship‚ this is known as the termination phase. Because nurse-patient relationship is a professional‚ it ends when the patient meets their health goal or helps patient set a new goal. Building therapeutic relationship is critical because it helps the patient leave with a
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struggle to strike the correct balance to have personal proximity and yet keep the messaging applicable to as many roles as possible. Deciding which mechanisms of communication are most effective to reach more than 60 team members is complicated. Specifically‚ inviting team members to a group meeting to communicate and motivate them when
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section‚ I will start to talk about the nurse practice act and how it improves patient care around the world. The Nurse Practice Act is laws that define responsibilities of the nurse and the scope of practice within their range. The range of activities and services as well as the qualifications for practice. The act describes what constitutes unprofessional conduct of misconduct and investigation and the disciplinary procedures for complaints filed against a nurse. These acts are in place to protect
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the issues surrounding nurses ’ accountability in relation to the scenario discussed‚ and to Adult nursing. From the group sessions and further reading I have broaden my understanding of what being an accountable practitioner involves. Nurses are highly responsible for their own actions and care they provide. Consequently they are professionally accountable to the Nursing and Midwifery Council‚ (NMC) as well as their employer‚ public‚ patient‚ families and to themselves. Nurses have to justify why specific
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to the American Nurses Association (n.d.) both the role and scope of APN practice is determined and regulated by each state’s Board of Nursing‚ and delineated in the state’s Nurse Practice Act. In this author’s state‚ Florida‚ CRNAs‚ CNMs and NPs are designated as Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioners (ARNP) and are defined as someone who in addition to being licensed to practice professional nursing‚ is “certified in advanced or specialized nursing practice” (Florida Nurse Practice Act‚ 2017
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