upon the Self Assessment TIGER Nursing Informatics Competencies‚ it is safe to assert that for the past three years of my nursing practice many computer skills have developed extensively as a result of a change from the inpatient nursing setting to the outpatient environment. Subsequently‚ that change has prompted a self-education and self-training to obtain necessary skills required to be proficient at a current position. One must realize that nurses who work at the bedside‚ caring for critically sick
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Emotional competence Emotional competence is what the results and enhances our personality and performances. It also helps to us to increase our life’s qualities. Our emotional competence shows how much of that potential we have translated into on-the-job capabilities." ( David Goleman‚ Working with Emotional Intelligence ). Emotional Intelligence influences our potential for learning the practical emotional such as personal competence. Personal Competence Diagram 1.1 Personal Competence Chart
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Comparative Claim Nursing education Nursing has always seemed to be a profession in which the nurse is the follower of the doctor such as their personal minion only doing the nominal things that the doctor does not want to do. However in Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing and the article “Quality and Nursing” by Hall‚ Moore‚ and Barnsteiner you can see that nurses can have a much larger impact on the healthcare system. In Nightingale’s book the author takes an in-depth look at nursing and
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Motivation of Nurses in Healthcare. Introduction In the last decade‚ healthcare in Australia has undergone a dramatic and complex change. No long is our services solely based on providing a quality service to patients‚ but providing a service which is both prompt‚ and cost effective‚ in an environment with reduced staffing levels and budgets‚ and increased demand of services(Graham‚ 2006) . Nurses and the healthcare industry are having to deal with stressed and de-motivated employees‚ and never
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There are several professional development strategies for enhancing my multicultural competences and ability to work with diverse student populations within their unique worldviews as a school counselor. One is to discusses these competences with a counseling peer to receive his or her opinion on how to they have expand their competences. For instance‚ if she suggested that I might have to ask a student a specific question about his or her own culture to further my understanding then I would consider
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Differentiated Essential Competencies Whilst being a nurse has many of the same traits independent of whether the nurse is a vocational (VN)‚ diploma or associate degree (ADN) or a baccalaureate degree (BSN)‚ there are many elements that differ between each different type of nurse. Depending on the patient‚ each nurse will be expected to be able to do different things for the patient‚ and there are many differentiated essential competencies that are used to elaborate on these differences. The use
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What is a competency based interview? Competency and behavioral interviews are based on the belief that past actions are a strong indicator of future performance. They focus on the specific skills required to succeed in a particular role e.g. communication‚ negotiation‚ drive etc. The interviewer is looking for a specific example that demonstrates that you possess the competency required. In order to prepare for a competency interview you must analyse the job‚ pick out the skills and traits they
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My Decision To Become A Nurse Kimberly C The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N 3645 Transition to Professional Nursing Part A Jeanean Boyd‚ Ph. D.‚ MSN‚ RN January 29‚ 2012 Online RN-BSN My Decision To Become A Nurse I have been a nurse for over twenty years‚ first as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) then as an Associate Degree Nurse (ADN). In this paper I will discuss why I became a nurse‚ what the essence of nursing
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Nurse residency programs; although not new to nursing seem to increase retention of newly graduated nurses. In addition‚ there is a cost saving from retaining the new nurse. Since nursing is more complex‚ these programs help pave the way for the inexperienced nurse. Nurses are more likely to stay in the profession when they have been enrolled in a residency program. I think nurse residency programs would be a great benefit to the nursing profession. Having the time to learn how to organize‚
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Long hours of direct patient care take its toll emotionally and physically. While the profession is rewarding for most‚ the constant stress can become a catalyst for all kinds of self damaging behaviors. The American Nurses’ Association estimates between ten and twenty percent of nurses will abuse drugs within the workplace at some point during his/her career (ANA‚ 2002). This percentage is similar to that of substance abusers within the general population. Due to the ease of access to narcotics
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