The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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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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In this essay I will be discussing the difference in nursing practice regarding manual handling and how it has evolved over the years. Extensive amounts of thought‚ new equipment and procedures have gone into the present manual handling practices. Many injuries have occurred over the years due to lifting‚ twisting and bending the wrong way. There are constant improvements being made to assist workers with manual handling and avoid further injuries. In past nurses had minimal aids to assist them
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decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the article based upon the concept analysis on nursing intuition towards the description of method used‚ and the application
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Nursing Professionalism is defined as the practise of professional nursing as performed by a registered nurse. Nursing professionals primary purpose is the care of individuals‚ their families‚ and communities and to improve an individual’s health and quality of life. There are a set of core nursing values that define and dictates a nurse’s beliefs and actions. The core values include honesty‚ responsibility‚ pursuit of new knowledge‚ belief in human dignity‚ equality of all patients and the desire
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glance of reading the ANA code of ethics it seemed way beyond my “scope” of practice. I took a lot of time to read since it was kind of repetitive in a sense. I’m a new graduate to nursing field and without experience I don’t have ample nursing philosophy yet. I have worked as a hospice nurse now for 3 weeks‚ and have a nursing perspective of 3 weeks. It’s hard to imagine the code of ethics being realistic‚ 100% of the time. As nurses we are humans and not robots. The ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
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Philosophy is defined in the dictionary as the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence‚ knowledge‚ values‚ reason‚ mind‚ and language. Recently Simmons has referred to philosophy as “knowledge of first causes or of the highest principles of things in so far as these causes or things belong to the natural‚ as opposed to the supernatural order.” (Simmons 1992 p.112) My nursing philosophy is one of holistic care‚ delivering compassionate and culturally sensitive
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Personal Philosophy of Nursing Nursing is a profession that I aspired to be a part of because nurses represent the very core of love‚ compassion‚ and caring. When I began working as a Supervisor in a Skilled Nursing Facility‚ I then developed my personal philosophy and set of values regarding nursing care. “Philosophy is defined as the study of the principles underlying conduct‚ thought‚ and the nature of the universe. A simple explanation of philosophy is that it entails a search for meaning in
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|Jean Watson’s Philosophy of Nursing | |This page was last updated on January 26‚ 2012 | |[pic] | |Introduction | |Theorist - Jean Watson was born in West Virginia‚ US | |Educated: BSN‚ University of Colorado‚ 1964
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Personal Philosophy � SEQ CHAPTER H R 1RUNNING HEAD: PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING Kristen Bunge University of Phoenix NUR/391 February 20‚ 2008 PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING My philosophy in nursing is to uphold the dignity of my patients during their vulnerable time of need‚ care for the patients physically‚ emotionally‚ spiritually‚ and mentally; current beliefs and values that I try to uphold throughout my life. According to Chitty‚ "philosophy is defined
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