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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The University of the West Indies Faculty of Medical Sciences The UWI School of Nursing‚ Mona Year II Semester II BScN Catheterizing the Female Urinary Bladder Overview: Urinary Catheterization is the introduction of a catheter through the urethra into the bladder for the purpose of withdrawing urine. Purpose of the Urinary Catheterization is to 1. Prevent or relieve bladder distension 2. Promote urinary elimination 3. Obtain a sterile specimen of Urine 4. Obtain
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very energetic; whenever I start working on something I never want to give up. I have a passion for becoming a nurse since I enjoy helping people around me. I get along with others very well‚ which make me always being cooperative with my co-workers and work with them toward a share goal. I graduated from Highline Community College last year with honor degree. Even though I already obtained my AA degree in Pre-Nursing‚ gaining my knowledge in the medical field is not enough for me. I want to gain
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suicide effort to a nursing staff and asks nurse do not notify others. This is an ethical dilemma because of this behavior of patient put the healthcare team members in a hard situation. According to the Beauchamp and Walter (2003)‚ they clearly defined an ethical dilemma as a condition that happens when an individual must make a choice among mutually restricted alternatives. Chally and Loric (1998)‚ clearly pointed out‚ that an ethical dilemma at all times occurs when “a moral problem involving two or
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deleterious and mischievous… or harmful drug.” The profession evolved into a very complex arena in the last century. Nurses now must confront life-and-death decisions and in short periods‚ even on an hourly basis. Medical advancements in new technology have the equal potential of benefit and harm. Today’s nurse makes her own decisions‚ that is‚ without the influence of her employer. But how she does is under the control of a Code of Ethics to which she swears (Wilkins). In general‚ nurses are employed
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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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concern is shown in the story surrounding the patient’s danger of getting harmed and the patient’s wellbeing (Henneman‚ Gawlinski & Guliano 2012). This essay contains a rationale‚ a case scenario of a patient who shows respiratory deterioration and the appropriate nursing actions to be undertaken in such a case. Nurse’s role Nursing assessments and interventions which reduce unpleasant patient outcomes are vital. There are various reasons for worse patient outcomes like improper diagnosis‚ lack of
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Japan Journal of Nursing Science (2008) 5‚ 71 doi:10.1111/j.1742-7924.2008.00111.x EDITORIAL Nursing theory – remembering our future Modern nursing theory began with Virginia Henderson in the 1960s. In her grand theory of nursing‚ she defined nursing as “assisting individuals to gain independence in the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery (Henderson‚ 1966‚ p. 15). Since the 1970s‚ the literature on nursing theory has focused upon two levels of nursing theories: the
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who was right about my head told me that my heart had stopped for eleven seconds and I was unconscious. She said that the paramedic team used their defibrillator to shock my heart back into pulsing but she said that did not work but when she put a warm towel on my forehead I gradually came back to consciousness. Because of this unfortunate event in my life I have had the upmost respect for doctors and nurses and because the nurse was there to calm me down and inform me of what was going on‚ I saw
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nurses. The practice requires us to explore our actions and feelings and examine evidence-based literature‚ thus bridging the gap between theory and practice (Bailey 1995). It also affords us the opportunity of changing our way of thinking or practicing‚ for when we reflect on an incident we can learn valuable lessons from what did and did not work. In this way we develop self-awareness and skills in critical thinking and problem solving (Rich & Parker 2001). Therefore‚ to ensure his reflection was
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