Nurses are the leading advocate for improving our country’s nursing education and health to enhance the health care for the elderly and ill. Nurses primary focus is caring for the patients. Observing the illness in which they are enduring‚ assessing their functional status‚ reporting their condition‚ promoting health and disease prevention‚ teaching‚ care strategies‚ assisting them and their family in their care‚ and developing plans to enhance their health are also duties of the nurse. Nurses have
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Reflective Practice Introduction: Reflection its self is looking into personal thoughts and actions. For nurses this would mean looking at how they performed a particular task taking into consideration their interaction with their colleagues and other members of staff‚ patients and in some cases relatives This then enables the nurse to assess their actions and thought processes. There are various frameworks of reflection that one could choose and the examples used for this work
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Competency Differences between Associate degree Nurse and Baccalaureate degree nurse This essay will explore the differences in competencies for nurses prepared at the associates and baccalaureate degree levels. Both degrees allow the nurse to enter in to the field of nursing as a Registered Nurse .The American Association of colleges of Nursing believes that education significantly impacts the knowledge base and competencies of nurse (AACN2010). BSN and ADN nurses have the same skills need to care for the
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Difference between associate degree nurse and baccalaureate degree nurse competency hope ward‚RN grand canyon university nrs-430v This paper will detail the differences between ADN(associate degree nurse) and BSN(baccalaureate degree nurse). Both are nurses but they are different in the amount of education each degree requires. Associate Degree Nurse ADN nurses are those that attend community colleges for 2 to 3 years. ADN graduates are qualified to take the National
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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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Nurses: Strength‚ Commitment‚ Compassion By: Gianna Marla B. Recamara “Take charge of your health. If you don’t nobody else will”. These are the unforgotten words my mother had instilled in my young mind during my younger days! I didn’t realized the effect of those not till I entered in the medical profession! That’s because in this brave new world of managed care‚ keeping qualified nurses and achieving safe nurse staffing‚ often takes precedence over providing quality patient care. Ironically
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Life of a Registered Nurse I. Intro Paragraph A. Almost everyone has thought about becoming a Registered Nurse (RN)‚ but they never really think about what a Registered Nurse really goes through or what they have to deal with during work hours and the people they deal with. “…an RN can be both mentally and physically demanding…” (Herliny‚ S. (2014)). B. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the drawbacks and benefits of becoming a Registered Nurse (RN).
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