Nurses also use ratios and proportions when administering medication. Nurses need to know how much medicine a patient needs depending on their weight. Nurses need to be able to understand the doctor’s orders. Such an order may be given as: 25 mcg/kg/min. If the patient weighs 52kg‚ how many milligrams should the patient receive in one hour? In order to do this‚ nurses must convert micrograms (mcg) to milligrams (mg). If 1mcg = 0.001mg‚ we can find the amount (in mg) of 25mcg by setting up
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Doris Adu Maximizing Opportunities and Maintaining Excitement in Nursing Professional Development Kent State University Abstract Staff nurses have great responsibilities in caring for patients. Often‚ these nurses experience heavy workload. Heavy patient load and stress contributes to burnout. Why is burnout important to discuss in relation to nurses? Burnout affects the performance of the nurse and the quality of care he or she provides to the patient. Therefore‚ it is imperative that staff nurses
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The impact of nursing of nursing shortage on the provision of quality healthcare and patient safety was discussed in this paper. The negative impact of nursing shortage on the quality of care and patient safety is that when nurses are few‚ patient safety is threatened and health care quality is diminished. This can incur high cost to hospitals. Nurses who have heavy workload are more likely to experience burnout and intend to leave their job within the next year causing high turnover rate. When nurses
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Professional organizations in nursing play decisive role in the progression of solutions‚ development of the efficacy and extraordinary work that is vital to the healthcare organizations (Matthews‚ 2012). Many professional and personal benefits may be obtained when joining a professional organization. Furthermore‚ belonging to a professional organization allows nurses to network and advocate for patients‚ community‚ and healthcare reform (Kitson‚ 1989). On November second at nine in the morning
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IN WHAT SENSE IS NURSING A POLITICAL ACT? HOW CAN PROFESSIONAL NURSES BE ACTIVISTS? DISCUSS THESE QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE EXAMPLES OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR POINTS. Nurses strive to provide holistic and comprehensive care. Nurses understand that health (and therefore nursing) is political and that to be advocates may require them to become political activists. Political activism refers to the process of trying to influence decision- makers to implement changes to improve the lives
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STANDARDS OF NURSING SERVICES Association of Nursing Service Administrators of the Philippines‚ Inc. (ANSAP) Committee on Nursing Practice 2008 Edition STANDARDS OF NURSING SERVICES All rights reserved. All works herein are properties of ANSAP and no part of this book may be copied‚ reproduced or published in any form without the proper consent of the authors and publishers. FOREWORD This publication is designed to provide nursing administration a guide reference in managing nursing services
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current theory and literature to illustrate how I have developed as a mentor and educator in practice. For the purpose of this assignment‚ the key aspect I will be focusing on will be standard 4 – creating an environment for learning‚ from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) Standards to support learning and assessment in practice: mentors. Throughout this assignment‚ I will incorporate the principles of Gibb’s (1988) reflective cycle to help guide me through this process. I will also be referring
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Report on Legal Aspects of Nursing Institute Of Management and Technology Prepared By: Kamran Khan Roll No. Smba 13025 Sec-A TERMINOLOGIES Abuse Crimes Fraud Violence
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to improve self performance and knowledge‚ as a mentor identified through reflection and reference to literature will be referred to throughout the assignment. To maintain confidentiality names and places have been changed in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct (NMC 2008). The purpose of Samantha’s A&E placement was for her to learn the function of an A&E department and to gain skills in relation to patient assessment. On Samantha’s first shift
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My Personal Philosophy of Nursing Prior understanding the metaparadigm of nursing‚ my philosophy of nursing was merely based on nursing is a profession that aid the process of getting patients better. As Kearney-Nunnery stated‚ "The metaparadigm is the overall concern of nursing common to each nursing model‚ whether a conceptual model/paradigm or formal theory" (Kearney-Nunnery‚ 2016‚ pp.3). This paper will serve as an explanation of my personal nursing philosophy based on the four concepts of metaparadigm
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