punching the person that raped him? Is this man a victim of abuse or a suspect of serious assault? Ethical dilemmas such as this one are a common occurrence that‚ unfortunately‚ forensic nurses face in their everyday work. Although there are a vast number of nurses in the world‚ only a fraction of them are forensic nurses. Forensic nursing is a nursing field with subspecialties that focus on nursing practices that care for victims of violent crimes‚ such as sexual assault‚ at the clinical and legal
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turn Over Nursing shortage and turnover is an enormous issue affecting nurses in the delivery of patients’ care. Nursing shortages have been shown to cause unfavorable effects which include decreased job satisfaction‚ decreased access to care‚ and can lead to increased turn over. This paper is about nursing shortages and nursing turn overs‚ and how the author would expect nursing leaders and managers to approach this issue. The writer’s rational would be supported by
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To my future colleagues‚ Psychiatric nursing is a challenging career laden with ethical‚ moral‚ and judicial dilemmas. In this letter I hope to equip you with tools to adequately face these inevitable challenges. I will particularly focus on the consideration of ethical principles‚ as I believe they are critical to maintaining your integrity as nurses. This letter will discuss the application of ethical principles in reference to three morally distressing situations outlined in the research Mental
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behavior. According to the textbook of “Leading and Managing in Nursing”‚ Yoder-Wise states‚ “In ethics‚ there are no right or wrong answers‚ just better or worse answers‚ and nurses seek mentorships and counseling from nurse managers when they encounter difficult situation.” (P. 89) Nurses face directly to patient so that we deal with variety of ethical issues. I was frustrated when I received a new couple last month about the issues of hearing aids and denture. Before being enrolled with our plan
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(Staunton & Chiarella‚ 2012). 2. Bioethics is the ethical approaches to medicine that must be practical. It must be a systematic approach that uses reason to define what ought or ought not to be done‚ either as action or process (Staunton & Chiarella‚ 2012). 3. Nursing ethics are intended to provide definite standards of practice and conduct that are essential to the ethical discharge of the nurse’s responsibility. It is a guide to making ethical decision and practice that indicates to the greater
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Causes That Attribute to the Nursing Shortage Sheina Serrano Felician University Causes That Attribute to the Nursing Shortage Nursing is a wonderful and reward filling profession to embark on. Nursing programs are becoming more intense and may require a higher degree of education to work in specialty fields. In spite of having many nursing and certification programs available‚ whether on campus or online‚ along with many graduates’ yearly‚ we still have a deficit in this profession
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The impact of nursing of nursing shortage on the provision of quality healthcare and patient safety was discussed in this paper. The negative impact of nursing shortage on the quality of care and patient safety is that when nurses are few‚ patient safety is threatened and health care quality is diminished. This can incur high cost to hospitals. Nurses who have heavy workload are more likely to experience burnout and intend to leave their job within the next year causing high turnover rate. When nurses
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Sicko Film Evaluation Sicko is a two-hour documentary film directed by Michael Moore. This documentary gives the viewer an in depth look into the health care systems within the United States‚ Canada‚ the UK‚ Cuba and France. Michael Moore travels to these countries interviewing Americans about their health insurance coverage‚ cost‚ hospital visits‚ health expenses and compares them to each other. He also shows Nixon’s HMO promotion back in 1971 and Clinton’s reform failed effort in the 90’s.
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Physician & Nursing Shortages Impacts they have because the Affordable Care Act and Reform Marquitha Howell 9/28/2013 Healthcare reforms including Obama Care‚ formally named the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act greatly impacts physicians and nursing shortages. There are several provisions which could direct impact physicians and nurses through incentives for potential recruitment‚ grants‚ training and retention. Through potential initiatives‚ the act may indirect
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There is a myriad of ethical issues involved in an acute hospital setting where multiple issues may need to be addressed before‚ during‚ and after an admission to an intensive care unit. An Intensive Care Unit lends itself to an environment that is often chaotic with health care professionals busily caring for patients with critical medical needs and family members who are often not prepared for the worst-case scenario‚ especially end-of-life issues. Ethical issues are further complicated when
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