communication.” (1992‚ p. 151). Communication is key in the field of nursing‚ without proper delivery‚ reception‚ and interpretation of the message‚ patient’s safety is at risk. According to Gardezi et al. (2009) “inadequate communication is a primary cause of medical errors” (p. 1391). Though nursing schools encourage and support the importance of good communication‚ there isn’t a formal class or training specifically addressing this topic. As a result‚ each nurse must seek out this knowledge and independently
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occur. Public health nursing is a specialized form of registered nursing that combines nursing and public health principles. According to the American Public Health Association‚ the primary focus of public health nursing is improving the health of the community as a whole rather than just that of an individual or family. Public health nursing is sometimes called a type of community health nursing. Some experts use the terms "public health nursing" and "community health nursing" interchangeably. Public
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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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Euthanasia is a term that originated from the Greek language: eu meaning "good" and thanatos meaning "death". Generally‚ euthanasia implies the intentional termination of life that is initiated by a person who wishes to commit suicide. However‚ euthanasia has many meanings and as a result‚ has several terms that define and differentiate various types of euthanasia. For instance‚ passive euthanasia is altering a form of support thereby hastening the death of a person‚ i.e. removing life support
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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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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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NRS-429V Topic 3 - Wed DQ 1 What is the importance of cultural competency in nursing practice? Support your response Answer: The dissections of race‚ ethnicity‚ and culture are more sharply drawn in the health of the people in the United States. Diversity is predominant in our society‚ and the patients and our co-workers in our healthcare system today evidently validate that fact. Cultural competence is the combination and transformation of knowledge about individuals and groups of
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Nursing Shortage Nursing Shortage Abstract Healthcare industry in United States has always been passing with the issue of shortage of Healthcare professionals . Many of these positions are filled by professionals from different countries . Nursing shortage has been a huge concern since many years and expected to continue in coming years. In past years‚ country had been dependent on supply of nurses from several parts of the world but alarm had already rang and focuses are made to produce
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Institution Name Student Name Student ID Topic: Choose an aspect of the law and discuss this in relation to the role of the nurse. (Consent) Word Count: 1‚146 (One thousand‚ one hundred and forty six) There are a number of legal and ethical duties expected of nurses. Most of these involve care for patient’s autonomy and confidentiality despite the medical care. Failure to act regarding these can give rise to liability. One aspect of Patient’s
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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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