organization. Numerous definitions of whistleblowing appear in health care and business literature‚ but all point to the importance of advocacy‚ that is‚ protecting someone who will likely be harmed. To define the terms further within the scope of nursing‚ whistleblowing is the action taken by a nurse who goes outside the organization for the public’s best interest when it is unresponsive to reporting the danger through the organization’s proper channels. Reporting is the action taken by the nurse
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. Working to my full potential and making positive interactions a priority in my daily nursing life are a must. Nursing shortages are making these simple tasks a challenge almost daily‚ rushing in order to meet time restrictions and physician’s demands is an hourly occurrence. My assumptions and characteristics are very closely related to these occurrences‚ I assume that we all strive to become better and evolve daily in order to do so. Our characteristics as professionals will prove that these
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Partnership between nurses and patients has evolved over many years becoming more important to current nursing care. Many attributes arise when dealing with partnership‚ focusing on communication‚ empathy and how a trusting therapeutic relationship are all essential to current nursing care when working with patients with dementia. Focusing on how nurses will work using partnership with these patients maintaining their rights and why these rights are important‚ these rights being their dignity‚ communication
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Nursing is a second career for me. It is one I have approached gradually‚ over a long period of time. I might have chosen it as a first career if I had been a better student when I entered college‚ or had people in my life who were involved in healthcare careers when I was growing up. As it was‚ I had a longstanding interest in health and the human body‚ but nursing seemed very foreign‚ and the idea of touching strangers made me uncomfortable. So when I came to UNC as a freshman in 1982‚ I declared
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and necessary skills in the nursing profession. Preceptorship is when theories are actually put into practice and competencies acquired. Indeed‚ during this preceptorship‚ I felt like I gained a whole lot of understanding about the nursing process‚ the legal and ethical matters surrounding the practice‚ and the nurse’s leadership role. I have tried my best to learn as much as I can about the nurse’s role in the provision of care; medication administration‚ nursing intervention‚ patient interaction
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My nursing career is very important to me and I have thought a lot about it. My greatest concern about transitioning from schooling to work is that I will not be as confident in my knowledge as I should be. I eventually plan on being a Nurse Practitioner (NP). I hopefully will be obtaining my NP within the next 4-8 years. I plan on taking the NCLEX test as soon as I can‚ and I have thought a lot about what I am going to do for my test prep. I have a concern about transitioning from schooling to working
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Washington and my mom works as a housekeeper at Campbell’s Resort. I have attended school in Chelan since kindergarten and I am now a senior in high school. My goal is to become a registered nurse then go on and get into obstetric nursing. I became interested in nursing when my sister was diagnosed with a rare disease and ended up at Seattle Children’s for two months. As my family learned to navigate the medial maze‚ I learned to love it and became fascinated everyday. I realized one day I wanted
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Nursing is one of the most respected and rewarding occupations in the healthcare industry. An exemplary nurse exhibits qualities such as empathy‚ selflessness‚ and the ability to work well under pressure as a team and also independently. Although the nurses job description focuses on patient care‚ nurses are also the patient’s number one advocate; the doctor may diagnose and order treatments for the patient‚ but the nurse is the one whom the patient sees and establishes a connection most. Nurses
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There is a growing body of evidence in nursing education on the importance of leadership skills for positively impacting employee retention‚ staff satisfaction‚ improved organizational performance‚ and more satisfactory patient outcomes (Sherman & Pross‚ 2010). In order to provide the necessary guidance for an optimum work environment‚ strong nurse leaders are required at all levels of a healthcare organization. When there is failure in the creation of cultures of engagement‚ nurses may feel they
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Nurses have to write documentation after each procedure they’re doing. It should be written in clear‚ accurate‚ concise‚ understandable language and it has to be up to date. Since health care is changing everywhere and this has a great effect on documenting we should be very careful. Documentation is how the health care team communicate and it is also important for the safety of the patient‚ and it is both what you observe (objective data) and what the patients say (subjective data) to analyse your
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