available for nurse managers to utilize while managing their nursing team. This paper provides information on the two types of governance structures: shared governance and centralized governance. The resources used were many different articles from nursing journals‚ nursing websites‚ as well as one nursing book. The findings in the many articles gave vast information about the two types of structural governance‚ each discussing topics revolving around the importance of patient safety‚ and nurse empowerment
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healthcare‚ provide an advances technologies‚ provide skilled staff‚ sophisticated equipment beside the cheapest service that they get. In the healthcare service nowadays‚ professional boundaries are important issues and have been a quite popular topic. Basically‚ if we search an internet pertaining to professional boundaries we always often get the result are mainly about interactions between nurses and patient or client. According to College of Registered Nurse of British Columbia (no date)‚ urged
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RUNNING HEAD: LATERAL VIOLENCE Lateral Violence Introduction The aim of this paper is to explore the administrative challenge of lateral violence in nursing. According to Koch (2012) the top ten forms of lateral violence in nursing include nonverbal innuendo‚ verbal affront‚ undermining activities‚ withholding information‚ sabotage‚ infighting‚ scapegoating‚ backstabbing‚ failure to respect privacy‚ and broken confidences. Furthermore‚ as described by Stokowski
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The concept of quality of life is multifaceted and a much discussed topic in the healthcare world. Providers‚ researchers‚ law makers and the general public agree that the perception of quality of life is an integral part of healthcare at large. Although it is often discussed in nursing literature‚ the definition of the concept is rarely defined. Some speak of the concept when referring to life saving measures that are prolonging but not necessarily improving life. Others speak about the concept
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mastering skills and performing it without mistakes. I personally believe that professionalism in nursing is being ethically oriented and the same time‚ able to manage conflict in a professional way. Ethical orientation is the approach of an individual to make an ethical judgment and thinking through distinct perception and sensitivity with the ability to identify the ethical core and nature of a problem. In nursing‚ knowing the influencing legislation‚ interprofessional practice‚ PN professional practice
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Medication errors occur often in the nursing field. “A medication error is defined as a failure in the treatment process that leads to‚ or has the potential to lead to‚ harm to the patient.” [(Aronson‚ Medication Errors.)] Nurses make unfortunate mistakes everyday . “According to a April 7 report in Health Affairs‚ medical errors now cost our over-burdened health care system over $17.1 billion dollars a year; the cost of avoidable hospital readmissions adds another $13 to $18 billion dollars a
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My Professional Moral Compass Marie Panao NRS 437V-0103 December 1‚ 2012 My Professional Moral Compass The code of ethics is an important part of the nursing foundation where nurses are directed to practice with compassion and respect for human dignity‚ responsibility‚ accountability‚ confidentiality and patient safety (ANA‚ 2012). Nurses are expected to follow this professional morals and values but also
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Introduction Cultural competence in nursing refers to our ability to relate to patients within the context of their own cultural values (DeNisco & Barker‚ 2013). According to Purnell (2005)‚ one aspect of cultural competence is “demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the client’s culture‚ health-related needs and meaning of health and illness‚” (p. 8). Furthermore‚ cultural sensitivity means the nurse will avoid imposing one’s own beliefs or cultural norms of health or illness onto the patient
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Potential Community Health HESI Topic Areas These are some additional areas you may want to considering being familiar with: Ancathosis nigricans A skin condition characterized by dark‚ thick‚ velvety skin in body folds and creases. Most often‚ acanthosis nigricans affects your armpits‚ groin and neck. There’s no specific treatment for acanthosis nigricans — but treating any underlying conditions‚ such as diabetes and obesity‚ may cause the changes in your skin changes to fade Characteristics
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Advanced Nursing Practice. The four that I will address are the Nurse Anesthetist‚ the Clinical Nurse Specialist‚ the Nurse Practitioner and the Nurse Mid-wife. Advanced Practice Nurses are Registered Nurses with specialty training at the master ’s-degree level‚ in primary care settings‚ such as the Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives and acute care of inpatients‚ such as the Clinical Nurse Specialists and in operating rooms‚ such as Nurse Anesthetists. This has opened a door in the nursing field
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