History of Nursing The topic of this paper is to identify historical events in nursing. This topic grasps my attention because I am on the track to become a nurse‚ and feel I need to know about the history of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about historical highlights in nursing. In The Beginning American Nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering
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them out of the door in a timely manner leads to nursing workaround. Workarounds are observed or described as behaviors that in a way “fix” a hindrance to meet an expected goal or achieve it faster in a way boost a nurse’s speed in patient care. The clinical dilemma of nursing workaround leads to a downfall in patient safety. The problem of workaround leads to nurses not scanning a patient’s wristband before medication delivery or performing nursing interventions. Caring and treating patients in
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Nursing as a Profession The Purpose of this paper is to discuss whether nursing is a profession based on Pavalko’s eight dimensions describing a profession. Firstly‚ we must understand the definition of a profession before one can accurately judge the validation of the nursing profession. According to Webster dictionary‚ the definition of a profession is “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long academic preparation” (Webster dictionary‚ 2008). The nursing profession is one that
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Caring in Nursing Compassion and Caring Every individual has his/her own unique perception of caring. There are so many ways to show caring that the possibilities are endless. Nurses are often associated with caring because they support‚ comfort‚ and help the patient recover to the best of their ability. Their experiences dealing with different patients that have unique situations on a daily basis help them become better caregivers. Personally I have had several experiences with some great nurses
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When people think about nursing they see nurses care about sick people‚ but this is more about nursing. Today’s a society views nurses only as part of hospital. Part of nursing standard of practice is patient education‚ advocacy‚ and coordination of care and health maintenance (Gordon‚ 2002). Nurses are well educated and can work in different areas of healthcare if both the economy and politics allow them to. Nursing is seen only as caring for sick people. Nurses should be more involved
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Nursing is universal in the sense that nurses can be found almost in all countries around the world (Henderson‚ 1978). They are in the hospitals‚ in school clinics‚ in the community centres‚ residential homes and even play major roles in some of the popular soap operas in television. There are even television shows that mainly revolve around nurses and which chronicles what they do at work - both the positive and the negative. It is one of the most visible and easily identifiable occupations as compared
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Do standardised nursing languages/taxonomies provide evidence of nursings distinctive contribution to patient care? Yes‚ the use of a standardized nursing language for documentation of nursing care is vital both to the nursing profession and to the bedside/direct care nurse {Rutherford 2008}. In a health care environment where nurses are providing more care to more patients‚ Dr. Herdman says a standardized nursing language “provides clarity in communication among all professionals caring for that
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future. It will discuss the turn of the twentieth century and the importance of this era on the nursing profession. (Brodie‚ 2010) The development of nursing education and Florence Nightingale’s contribution to modern day nursing (Hoyt‚ 2010). Possibilities for the future‚ which will enable further social standing and the prominence of nursing as a profession. (Fairman‚ 2012) The study of nursing history helps us to better understand the issues of autonomy‚ unity‚ supply and demand‚ salary‚ and
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Legislative Issue Faced by Nursing http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Media/shortageresource.htm The web site I found that discusses this critical issue is by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (AACN). This is an outstanding website that discusses the current and projected issues regarding the nursing shortage. The article identifies sobering figures of projected shortages up to the year 2020. By 2010‚ the nursing shortage is projected to be 12%‚ by 2015 to be 20% and by 2020 a frightening
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Nursing Philosophy Ayesha Muhammad Alcorn State University July 27‚ 2010 Nursing Philosophy Nursing is more than just simply a career. Nursing is a calling from a higher power. I chose to be a nurse for several different reasons. My uncle was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in (date). The care and compassion shown to my uncle put nursing in another perspective for me. The feelings of care and comfort my family received during this tragic time had a strong impact on my decision to
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