Nursing is one of the most influential disciplines in medicine. [1] The current agenda among many nursing advocates is to promote a uniform scope of practice code. By encouraging all state boards to adopt the Consensus Model for APRN Regulation‚ the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) hopes to increase health care quality among underserved populations. While sticking points vary among state legislatures‚ the following nine laws and regulations exemplify a few of the issues in question
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Promotion Plan for the cessation of tobacco use in the Muslim culture in the U.S Abstract In this paper I will describe the religion of Islam‚ its beliefs‚ traditions‚ rituals and heritage. I will then explore the family structure of the Muslim family and their correlation to nursing interview in consideration of their religion. Afterwards‚ I’ll explore the health issue of tobacco use among Muslim American and ways to promote its cessation and health care as a whole case. Introduction
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Impact and Penetration of Nursing Research It is common nursing knowledge that patient quality of care is directly related to improved outcomes and is based on the safety of the patient. Nurses play a direct role in a patient’s quality of care‚ because nurses have the most direct contact with the patient. The issues that I noticed in each of the website’s evidence based practices (EBP’s) include nursing education level‚ staffing levels‚ working environments‚ and organizational policy/procedure
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I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE CORE COMPETENCY 1: Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups Indicators : ○ Identifies health needs of patients/groups ○ Explains patient/group status CORE COMPETENCY 2: Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs‚ values Indicators : ○ Problem identification ○ Data gathering related to problem ○ Data analysis ○ Selection appropriate action ○ Monitor progress of action
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The Nursing Process 1. A client comes to the walk-in clinic with reports of abdominal pain and diarrhea. While taking the client’s vital signs‚ the nurse is implementing which phase of the nursing process? 1. Assessment 2. Diagnosis 3. Planning 4. Implementation 2. The nurse is measuring the client’s urine output and straining the urine to assess for stones. Which of the following should the nurse record as objective data? 1. The client reports abdominal pain 2. The client’s urine output
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entirely wrong because registered nurses are capable of accomplishing different tasks in a short period of time. We are trained to be flexible and reliable at all times. Nursing documentation provides a means of communication between members of the health team involved in the continuity and documentation of care. As we all know nursing documentations helps to evaluate whether patients are meeting their outcomes or how they are responding to treatments. The more skilled the writing of the nurse‚ the more
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June 2‚ 2008). Never before has health promotion been more important than it is today. Nurses in education‚ practice‚ and research settings can participate in the advancement of health promotion not only to the mainstream but to the forefront of nursing practice (King‚ 1994). Historically‚ nurse educators have taught patients how to manage illness; in the future‚ the focus must be on teaching people how to remain healthy. Nurses must have an evidence-based understanding of the significant effect
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What is Professionalism? Professionalism is a calling which requires specialized knowledge and often long and extensive academics. Professional Nursing is "the process in which substantial specialized knowledge derived from the biological‚ physical‚ and behavioral sciences is applied to: the care‚ diagnosis‚ treatment‚ counsel and health teaching of persons who are experiencing changes in their normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health or the prevention or management
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Definition of Nursing “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human responses‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations‚” defines the American Nurses Association (ANA‚ 2003‚ p. 6). The six main features of nursing are: provision of caring relationship to promote health; the different human experiences and responses to health
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Place Fayette‚ the county seat of Jefferson County‚ in Southwest Mississippi‚ is a civic town with a population of approximately 2‚242‚ according to the 2000 census. The latitude of Fayette is 31.711 North; the longitude is 91.06 West with elevation of 290 feet (www.epodunk.com‚ 2006). The land area is calculated at 3.1 kilometer2 (Census‚ 2000). Since Fayette is a relatively small town‚ there is no public transportation available to the residents. Many of the citizens have their own transportation
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