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 as an Entity Casey Berling‚ BSN Student Eastern Kentucky University NSC 252 Intro to Professional Nursing Department of Baccalaureate & Graduate Nursing‚ College of Health Sciences October 31‚ 2012 If the question was asked‚ “What is your definition of nursing‚” to the thousands of nurses in the world today‚ there would be one word that would unite them all‚ and that is the word care. Nursing strives to be a very unique profession where selfishness‚ and self-serving
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The Nursing Process The nursing process has five key steps in it. There is an acronym to remember these by steps by; it is ADPIE. Assess Diagnose‚ Plan‚ Implement‚ and Evaluate. The assessment step is exactly as it states; a nursing assessment. The nurse assesses the patient and gathers information to make a diagnosis. The next step is diagnosing; in which means forming a nursing diagnosis based on subjective and objective data; and on the patient history. Once a nursing diagnosis is formed;
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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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Nursing Metaparadigm Nursing has various definitions depending on every culture and generation from around the world. In my opinion‚ I defined nursing as a healthcare profession‚ which focuses on the care of people‚ their families‚ and communities to achieve an overall goal of relative health and quality of life throughout life. From this worldview I can define the metaparadigm concepts (Person‚ Environment‚ Heath‚ Nursing) of nursing to develop my own philosophy of nursing which‚ addresses the
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_ethicsThe nature of nursing means that nursing ethics tends to examine the ethics of caring rather than ’curing’ by exploring the relationship between the nurse and the person in care.[1]Early work to define ethics in nursing focused more on the virtues that would make a good nurse‚ rather than looking at what conduct is necessary to respect the person in the nurse’s care. However‚ recently‚ the ethics of nursing has also shifted more towards the nurse’s obligation
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Nursing Care Plan- Assessment & Diagnosis Anabel Debrand 07/05/2013 Nursing Roles I Instructor- Neala Asser Abstract In this document you will learn about the Nursing Process and how it works. This process is the way every nurse is supposed to take an event into action and encounter the situation‚ whether evidence- based or research. Nursing Care Plan- Assessment & Diagnosis The Nursing Process is a patient centered method of caring‚ that provides a framework to nursing care
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Nursing is a great career but somethings one might want to consider when going into nursing are education‚ description‚ and location. Nursing is a very active but pleasant job for many people. Getting a good education is a good way to start-off a career. After finding out the description and working conditions‚ it often makes or breaks a career for oneself. When one is considering going into nursing education is a big factor. For nursing‚ a person should take senior-level science‚ math‚ and
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Nursing Organizations Lindsay Tafs Daytona State University Nursing Organizations Nurses are among the largest group of healthcare personnel in the United States. There are approximately 3.6 million registered nurses (About ANA). Organizations exist at the national and state levels as well as numerous specialties‚ from emergency medicine to hospice. Each organization can have multiple functions but all serve to represent nurses and maintain high standards of clinical practice
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Compelling evidence suggests that regions of the United States face a nursing and physician shortage that our legislators‚ health officials‚ and medical professionals must address. To ensure that quality medical care is not harshly impacted‚ the hospitals and public health leadership‚ in general‚ will need to tackle the nursing shortage with solid long-term solutions. It is no secret that the United States faces a critical nursing shortage‚ a trend that potentially threatens to undermine quality medical
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