According to the code of ethics for Nurses‚ written by the American Nurses Association (ANA)‚ as cited by Lachman(2001)‚ care is central to nursing practice. All professional nurses have a responsibility to care for patients under their care. Caring defined‚ is “a feeling and exhibiting concern and empathy for others; caring is a feeling that also requires an action” (Lachman‚ 2012‚ p. 112). The nurse’s first allegiance is to the client‚ providing the most ethical care for the patient. Care ethicseeks
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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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Ethics refers to the study of situations that require practical reasoning. Ethical dilemmas are encountered in many instances of the nursing career. Therefore‚ some reasons determine particular ethical behaviors. For example‚ what individual regards as an ethical behavior may be considerably different from another person’s perception of the situation who may be applying a different approach. This situation results in moral distress that arises in the circumstances where a person is unable to decide
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Ethics Paper Christina Noto Arizona State University Ethics Paper Nurses should be concerned about values and laws that pertain to patients. There should be concern for those patients that are homeless without insurance and not receiving the care that they should because it goes against the ethical principle beneficence‚ to remove and do no harm. Beneficence‚ is one of the primary ethical principles that guides us to do good for our patients (Epstein & Ward‚ 2016). Ethical principles provide
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Nursing informatics‚ an essential skill for nurses as healthcare providers. Nursing informatics is the combination of sciences inclusive of computer‚ nursing and information intended to aid in the effective management and processing of nursing data‚ information and knowledge which supports nursing practice in providing nursing care. (Graves & Corcoran‚ 1989). As the nursing profession continue to evolve in a technology advanced environment‚ the need for informatics competency is deemed vital in order
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Nursing pillow and its use in breast-feeding When breastfeeding a mother nursing pillow can be placed around the waist and use it for convenient positioning of the baby at the breast. When breastfeeding baby should be given to mother always placed in the position of the belly to belly on breastfeeding pillow baby must not lie on the back side to my mother‚ then it can not effectively enough to suck breast milk . Nursing pillow can also serve not to lay babies‚ but to support and back the hands
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Using Ajzen’s (1985‚ 1988‚ 1991) Theory of planned Behaviour (TPB)‚ French et al (2012) conducted a study to understand binge drinking and the importance of beliefs for developing interventions. This study aims to address the problem of binge drinking by looking at how individuals’ salient beliefs predict the TPB constructs and actual drinking behaviour. The authors describe the TPB as the most accurate measure when beliefs and alcohol consumption as considered‚ they also stated that the TPB has
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There are several problems accompanying a stroke and will be discussed later. During our nursing assessment of a post-CVA patient‚ we will need to be as thorough as possible. The nurse would gather objective data from the patient‚ if able‚ or the family. The nurse would gather information on how the patient was feeling before coming to the hospital
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possibility of not being able to pursue the career you so diligently put the time and effort in to become. Well‚ this is a common risk every person entering pediatric nursing must face. Pediatric Nurse Practitioners are those that care for patients from when they are newborns to adolescents. In order for one to pursue the career of pediatric nursing one must be informed that it takes a great deal of education‚ job function‚ and the utmost love and devotion to care for others. Education is key to success
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11 Ardmore/Medical-Surgical Unit at Wake Forest Baptist Health utilizes the team nursing model in implementing effective patient care. There is a charge nurse each shift with the coordination of the RN team and assistive personnel (LPN‚ CNA‚ UAP‚ etc.)‚ and each staff member functions directly under their Scope of Practice. On this 30 bed unit‚ each assignment is divided so that an RN is responsible for the care of 5-6 patients‚ and a CNA may be assigned 10 patients and work directly under the
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