Nursing Shortage and Quality of Care The need for more registered nurses continues to rise as we now come to face an increase in the geriatric population that is the “Baby Boomers”. The safety and quality of patient care is directly related to the size and experience of the nursing workforce. Nurses work in a variety of conditions that may not be preferential because hospitals have not kept up with the rising demand for nurses. As a nurse assistant‚ staff nurse‚ charge nurse or nursing administrator
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The Wounded Knee Massacre (1890) followers of the Sioux tribe identified their beliefs had been shattered‚ felt like the Ghost dance was their only hope‚ everybody who thought the Ghost dance ceremonies beliefs; authority wanted would be returned and the white people
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American removal and war with Mexico. In doing so‚ Native Americans faced harsh conditions and were treated horribly. The Great Plain Indians endured the Wounded Knee massacre of 1890‚ killing of the Buffalo‚ and many acts such as the Dawes act and Homestead. The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred on December 29‚ 1980‚ near Wounded Knee Creek on an Indian Reservation. It was a battle between U.S. military troops and Lakota Sioux Indians. This battle resulted in the deaths of 300 Sioux men‚ women‚
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Missed Nursing Care‚ Staffing‚ and Patient Falls Grand Canyon University Nursing Research Nursing:433-V Angie Lawson‚ RN March 9‚ 2014 Introduction Patient safety is a concern in the hospital setting. Missed nursing care due to high nurse patient ratios‚ or staffing issues leads to patient falls. Patient falls tend to be a big issue and expensive matter for hospitals nationwide. This paper will focus on a qualitative research article regarding missed nursing care‚ staffing‚ and patient falls
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Psychiatric Clinical Nursing Assessment Jennifer Stokes Daytona State College Directions: Please assess your client and place an X in the appropriate box to represent level of severity of each symptom. Patient Initials | EM | Physician | Dr. Singh | Date | 08/07/2013 | | Not Present | Very Mild | Mild | Moderate | Moderately Severe | Severe | Extremely Severe | SOMATIC CONCERNS – preoccupation with physical health‚ fear of physical illness‚ hypochondriasis | ☐ | ☐ | ☒ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐ | ☐
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1. The Wounded Knee Massacre took place on December 29‚ 1890‚ but the tensions that led to this eruption in conflict had long been developing. For years the United States government had been seizing land that belonged to Native Americans through “trickery… deportation… and murder”‚ including that of the Lakota Sioux‚ who were the victims of the massacre. Not only that‚ “Americans had shown ‘democratic energy and enterprise’ in ‘driving back the Indians‚ or annihilating them as a race’”‚ demonstrating
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Research: “Missed Nursing Care” Mamdouh Nakada Berea College Nur 352 February 18‚ 2015 Beatrice J. Kalisch‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN‚ reports her qualitative study “Missed Nursing Care” on medical-surgical units in the Journal of Nursing Care Quality. In the article‚ " Nursing Care: A Qualitative Study‚" the researcher helps us understand what nursing care regularly missed on medical-surgical unit and what are the reasons nursing staff give for not completing these aspects of care. The reader will examine
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Staffing Levels on Nursing Quality and Care In recent years‚ the healthcare industry has seen a significant decline in the quality of patient care it provides. This has been the result of reduced staffing levels‚ overworked nurses‚ and an extremely high nurse to patient ratio. The importance of nurse staffing in hospital settings is an issue of great controversy. Too much staff results in costs that are too great for the facility to bear‚ but too little staffing results in patient care that is greatly
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The first document is an excerpt from Black Elk’s autobiography regarding the Wounded Knee Massacre. The second document is an excerpt from President Benjamin Harrison’s annual message describing the conflict and progress of the program to decrease Native American’s landholdings. The audience of these two excerpts is the general public. However‚ in general‚ Native Americans were more interested considering that it was their land and people diminishing. I find it interesting that President Harrison
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NURSING HOME VS. HOME HEALTH CARE DOMONIQUE JACKSON COM/170 ELEMENTS OF UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 6‚ 2014 DEAN DOWLING Running head: NURSING HOME VS HOME HEALTH CARE 1 NURSING HOME VS HOME HEALTH CARE 3 Nursing Home vs. Home Health Care INTRODUCTION Either young or old‚ we love our family members dearly‚ and disabilities does not focus on a specific age group. We would love to feel assured that they are being taken care of the best way possible. As we all know‚ time does not allow us to
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