overview of the nurse prescribing initiative and how it developed will be addressed. The importance of ethical principles‚ accountability and legal issues that surround nurse prescribing will be demonstrated. As a patient will be addressed in the example‚ a pseudonym will be used. According to Luker et al (1997)‚ in 1985 the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) made a case for the prescribing rights for nurse. The Cumberledge Report (1986) acknowledged that the government recognised that nurses should be eligible
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Nurse act 2012 conpetency standards for enrolled nurses national competency standards for the enrolled nurse Introduction Description of Enrolled Nurse National Competency Standards Assessing Competence Glossary of Terms Introduction The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) is a peak national nursing and midwifery organisation established in 1992 with the purpose of developing a national approach to nursing and midwifery regulation. The ANMC works in conjunction with the state
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Assignment 1 The purpose of this assignment is to compare and contrast the current literature related to advanced nursing practice. And to relate this literature to my practice and the role of the palliative care nurse across clinical settings. In my current role as a pain nurse specialist‚ I am involved in the care and management of patients with intrathecal (IT) catheters mainly for patients with intractable cancer pain. Patients who have been tried and failed on escalating doses of various opiates
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Role of the Professional Nurse Leader Leadership is a key skill for nurses at all levels.A professional nurse leader can come in many different forms. They can be a manager‚ charge nurse‚ a floor nurse‚ or a new nurse. A professional may be in a manager role or may not be in a management role. Some of the management roles would include nurse manager‚ nurse administrator‚ nursing supervisor‚ director of nursing‚ vice president of nursing and chief nursing officer. The key is to have successful nursing
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Consent is a voluntary agreement‚ permission or compliance. During examination of a case of sexual abuse‚ the police need to be informed and consent is a must. Consent for medical examination may be obtained from the child if he/she is more than 12 years of age but if it is not so then from parents or relatives and if they are not available then local guardian such as school teacher. Consent is also required for evidence collection‚ treatment‚ photography‚ police intimation apart from examination
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Case Study: Active Euthanasia with Parental Consent Euthanasia‚ the ‘mercy killing’‚ has definitely been one of the most difficult ethical dilemmas. Euthanasia is defined “an action or an omission‚ aimed at and causally implicated in‚ the death of another for her/his own sake” (Foot‚ 1997‚ as cited in Robert‚ 2004‚ p. 145). Euthanasia differs from murder‚ because the action causing the death is for the sake of the person to be killed. Someone might say that the person wanted to die anyway
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A Neuroscience Nurse assists patients with all sorts of brain and nervous system disorders. Some duties include monitoring neurological exams‚ administering medication‚ and consulting physicians on patient progress. Neuroscience Nurses work in diverse‚ challenging and rewarding environments‚ such as hospitals‚ health care clinics‚ brain injury units‚ and intensive rehabilitation units. This type of nursing focuses on helping people deal with and recover from their conditions and improving physical
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The Nurse’s Role in Supporting the Organization’s Strategic Agenda Walden University NURS 4005 Section 04‚ Topics in Clinical Nursing April 20‚ 2014 Nurses Role in Clinical Outcomes The improvement of quality and patient safety must be a coordinated and a collaborative effort that involves all clinical services across the continuum of care. There are many challenges in health care and the ability to address the quality and safety issues depend upon adequate levels of appropriately educated
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Anemia August 11‚ 2011 (Kansas City‚ Missouri) — Taking less blood from acute-MI patients for diagnostic tests may improve patient outcomes by reducing the risk of hospital-acquired anemia‚ a new study published online August 8‚ 2011 in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests [1]. Multiple studies have shown that hospital-acquired anemia is associated with greater mortality and worse health status in patients with acute MI‚ but the relationship between diagnostic phlebotomy and the risk of hospital-acquired
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During the early 19th century‚ nurses were not the best qualified‚ nor were they easy to come by. In fact they were either former prison inmates or females that couldn’t find better work elsewhere (Sultz & Young 2014). Having a career as a nurse was nowhere near as reputable as it is today. The treacherous conditions that the hospitals found themselves in during that time played a huge role in these statistics. As time began to change‚ religious orders began to participate in hospitals by offering
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