Nurse To Patient Ratio Medtech College Ethics August 16‚ 2010 The past decade has been a turbulent time for US hospitals and practicing nurses. News media have trumpeted urgent concerns about hospital understaffing and growing hospital nurse shortage. Nurses nationwide consistently report that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care. Physicians agree‚ citing inadequate nurse staffing as a major impediment to the provision on high quality of care
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Working on the ICU: Nurse Staffing The process of going to college‚ studying to become a nurse‚ and ultimately finding a position in our ever growing‚ competitive work field is quite the challenge. Now that the beginning stages of our career have been completed and we have secured our positions as an ICU nurse‚ we face a different dilemma daily within the workplace; understaffing. We have lost three nurses and currently‚ those positions will not be re-filled‚ leaving the workload to fall onto our
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Gonzales College of Nursing NR 305 Health Assessment Professor Sherer Telenursing Telenursing is a new technology used to deliver nursing services to patients where the patient and the nurse communicate directly through audios or videos. It was developed in the 1970’s to curb the professional nurse shortage. Telenursing seeks to monitor a patient while at home‚ therefore preventing admission and readmission of a patient in a health facility. The telehealth equipment used to monitor the
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Competency Differences between Baccalaureate nurses and Associate degree nurses The National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP)‚ policy advisors to Congress and the Secretary for Health and Human Services on nursing issues‚ has urged that at least two-thirds of the nurse workforce hold baccalaureate or higher degrees in nursing by 2010. Baccalaureate Nursing Program Baccalaureate nursing programs encompass all of the course work taught in associate degree and diploma
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Critical Issue Paper: Proper Staffing related to Patient Safety Introduction The appropriate staffing of Registered Nurses is critical in the safety of hospital patients. Nursing shortages‚ along with major cuts in nursing budgets‚ have combined to result in fewer nurses at the bedside. This creates a safety hazard for patients‚ as well as a critical issue in the nursing profession. Nursing and patient outcomes are both highly affected by inadequate staffing. This paper will focus on the necessity
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Registered Nurse Introduction I have always been the “caretaker” in my family. If someone were hurting‚ he or she came to me and told me his or her symptoms‚ and I did my research and told them what I thought about it. Before that‚ when I was about three years old‚ I took care of my newborn baby sister. My mama was sick‚ and my step dad was at work‚ so I took care of my sister. People ask kids what they want to be when they grow up‚ and they always get some crazy answer like a movie star.
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Case Management Nurse? A case management nurse is a health care professional who focuses on individual patients‚ their medical needs and their required services. Most case management nurses have a minimum of three to five years of nursing experience. Graduation from an accredited nursing school or college and an active RN license are required. Case management nurses must have the ability to prioritize tasks and make independent clinical judgments when necessary. Case management nurses need to have
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of nurses through engagement‚ clinical leaders may recognize burnout symptoms and prevent high turnover. Resolution to clinical leadership issues‚ namely inadequate staffing‚ includes establishing a better working environment and increasing base salary for nurses. Positive and supportive working atmosphere improves production‚ safety‚ and quality of patient care. For instance‚ leaders can offer seminars to nursing staff regarding symptom self-recognition and coping mechanisms to prevent nurse burnout
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our patients. But developing competency is but one step to becoming an expert nurse. Nurses’ expertise grows over the years — a product of experiences (Saver‚ 2009). The importance of nursing practice expertise in modern and effective health services and its impact on patients‚ colleagues and health care services is internationally recognized (Manley and Webster‚ 2006). Expert nurses - nurse consultants‚ specialist nurses and clinical leaders - possess expertise that spans and integrates interpersonal
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Description: In my aspirations to become a Registered Nurse‚ I volunteered at Humber River Hospital. I started as a co-op student in high school‚ and as I met with nurses and doctors there I decided to continue volunteering after my co-op placement. Volunteering at a hospital has been the most valuable experience for me because it gave me a chance to see the roles of nurses. Interpretation: At first I was very nervous to apply as a volunteer and had doubts about being hired. After a long process
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