Transitioning from nursing school to working in the hospital can be challenging for a new graduate. As a result of the nursing shortage‚ new graduate nurses are being hired with little to no experience. This can be overwhelming for new nurses‚ especially when they lack support and proper training from their employers. The amount of stress‚ pressure and lack of training results to a high turnover rate for new graduate nurses. According to Shellenbarger & Robb‚ 13% of new RNs change jobs after only
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nurse‚ Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing and Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory are two nursing theories that have made an impact in my practice. Within this paper‚ an understanding of each theory and a contrast and comparison of the two theories will be completed. Sister Callista Roy developed the Adaptation Model of Nursing in 1976. This model takes a holistic approach. It asks three main questions in regard to nursing care: Whom is it for? What is the goal? and When
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The nursing shortage impacts the world in a prodigious way. The nursing shortage has an adverse impact on patient care‚ as well as on nurses. The causes of the nursing shortage are multi-faceted and there is no single measure that influences the declining issues. The most concerning issue of the nursing shortage is the decline in patient care‚ and positive outcome (Buchan‚ 2010). The research question in this study is the following: How does the nursing shortage affect quality of patient care
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of Science in Nursing degree‚ subsequently attending graduate school to achieve my goal of becoming a nurse practitioner. Two years of prerequisites‚ two years of nursing school‚ and two years of graduate school. I worked hard for two years and earned exceptional grades that led to my acceptance at one of the top nursing schools in the country. However‚ the more I explored the field‚ the more I realized that nursing was not the right career for me. My subsequent withdrawal from nursing
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Comprehensive nursing assessment in the care of older people. This article provides a framework and guidelines for gathering information and treating the elderly. The article discusses the holistic approach of looking at patients and recording information for the care of older adults. The article focused on listening‚ observing and gathering information related to symptoms. They expand idea associated with gathering information about emotional and psychological needs of the patient. They also
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Personal Definition of Nursing Maryville University Personal Definition of Nursing My definition of nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ optimize the health‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations (American Nurses Association‚ 2013). Once you are involved in the nursing profession there is much more to it than caring and taking care of people. We help
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choosing to study child nursing. In places like the hospital there can be very demanding and challenging jobs which I love because I feel as if I get to see another side to me. Not to mention a rewarding objective such as seeing the children get better. Although child nursing can be a very tough career to start off with it would be extremely gratifying underlined by the child nurses
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component of the metaparadigm of nursing must be considered. This metaparadigm was first developed by Florence Nightingale and is still a valid and important tool nurses use every day. Its four components are person‚ environment‚ health and nursing each works to help the other for a better understanding and application of proper care (Fawcett‚ 1994). The first paradigm refers not only to a person‚ but also to the families or social groups who are involved in the nursing treatment. A nurse’s care must
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NURSING When I grow up I want to be a nurse. I want to work on the pediatric floor at the hospital. It will take longer to be a pediatric nurse‚ than a regular nurse. I want to start by becoming a registered nurse‚ then move on to get my bachelor in scientific nursing. Once completed with that then I want to proceed on to pursuing pediatric nursing. I personally don’t care about the amount of money that I would
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career focus to be that of Nursing. Deciding on a major was one of my biggest fears. However one day I sat at my school’s library computer and began logical about my decision. I considered my abilities and interests‚ thought about my long-term goals and gathered information about every profession I was interested. When I came over the nursing career I was able to see myself being a part of it. I mainly decided this as a career because of the availability. Being in the nursing profession has a future
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