The Role of an Emergency Room Nurse The role of an emergency room nurse can be demanding and may require a nurse to use many different nursing skills at certain times to take care of a variety of patients. The main role is the nurse must be skilled in client assessment‚ priority setting‚ critical thinking‚ multitasking‚ and communication. The nurse must be knowledgeable and able to make some decisions independently. The nurse also needs to be able to prioritize so the pts who are at highest
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Nursing Leader and Issues in Healthcare The task of maintaining client and staff satisfaction is a vast challenge that nurse leaders face in all fields of expertise. Nurse leaders work with staff who share a common goal of returning clients to their optimum health. Leadership is being proficient in providing guidance toward chosen ambitions and supporting followers regarding achievement of goals. To be a quality leader one must have many qualities such as integrity‚ inspiration and transparency
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Professional Accountability Analysis of a dilemma in practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A
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by rubbing the nipple on the lower lip." C. "I will allow the infant to swallow" D. "I will allow the infant to rest frequently to provide time for swallowing what has been placed in the mouth." 4. An infant has just returned to the nursing unit following a surgical repair of a cleft lip located on the right side of the lip. The nurse places the infant in which most appropriate position? A. On the right side B. On the left side C. Prone D. Supine 5. A clinic nurse
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EMERGENCY NURSING Your guide in becoming an Emergency Nurse INTRODUCTION According to Emergency Nurses association‚ Emergency nursing is a specialty area of the nursing profession like no other. To provide quality patient care for people o all ages‚ emergency nurses must possess both general and specific knowledge about health care to provide quality patient care for people of all ages. Emergency nurses must be ready to treat a wide variety of illnesses or injury situations‚ ranging from
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Carmen Marin Dr. S. Shipley English 1A April 3‚ 2011 Emergency Room In order to evaluate the quality of emergency room care‚ it is essential to understand and define the standards that define high-quality care. My standards for high-quality Emergency Room care include the following: 1) it maintains life. 2) It provides rapid attention to injuries in order to prevent impairment. 3) It is professional and focused on providing maximized attention to the patients’ needs. 4) It includes rapid
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controversy around the leakage of questions in the recent nursing licensing examinations. Wouldn’t a retake be better for all of the batch 2006 examinees‚ to remove the cloud of doubt around their competence? But wouldn’t a retake mean more expenses‚ some families selling‚ literally‚ the last carabao? And after all’s said and done‚ who should be punished for the leakage? My sense is that we’re having difficulties with these ethical issues because "ethics" is complicated. Moreover‚ ethics hasn’t
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in a breach of ethics within the workplace. Thayer used his position to acquire controlled substances for his personal use. Upon realization of his unethical conduct‚ the “State Board of Nursing in South Carolina‚” punished Thayer for his despicable actions. Identification of the Issue The unethical issues concerning the acquiring and misuse of controlled substances by Thomas Thayer‚ occurred over an extended period of time. To begin‚ on February 25‚ 2003‚ Thayer was caught taking Propophol
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HEALTHCARE SAFETY ISSUES Abiodun kolawole AMERICAN SENTINEL UNIVERSITY BSN422 HEALTHCARE SAFETY ISSUES Identify any ethical concerns and the protection of human rights that are specific to your nursing research project. Explain the role of the Institutional Review Board. Select one of the identified nursing theorists and their nursing models as the framework for your nursing research project. (PLS REMEMBER TO DELETE) The major ethical concerns specific to conducting nursing research are:
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1. A nursing facility is a long-term care option for those needing care. The services offered are multidisciplinary and is not limited to nursing homes‚ which only includes housing‚ medical care‚ food‚ and daily assistance. A nursing facility includes medical and social care because it encourages rehabilitation and autonomy. A nursing home relates to a nursing facility because primary care is provided by nurses and services offered in a nursing home is similar to facilities but are limited. Nursing
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