Nursing‚ in my experience‚ is a profession where you never finish learning. My interest and enthusiasm in child nursing started when I became a support worker providing clinical care to a child with an acquired brain injury and epilepsy. I have been fortunate enough to explore different fields of care within mental health‚ learning disabilities and elderly care. This has given me the desire and determination to apply for a degree in Nursing‚ specifically child. Within my clinical role I have learnt
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This is a legal and ethical condition because this patient Mr. John with end stage destructive prostate cancer who had been confirmed by the physicians that he only has a 2-3 week to live expresses the 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
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Nursing Theory: Foundation for Nursing as a Profession Wilma J. Vintson Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Fall 2011 Nursing Theory: Foundation for Nursing as a Profession Introduction This paper will discuss nursing theory and review how it relates to nursing as a profession. It will also focus on aspects of Virginia Henderson’s theory on the complementary-supplementary model of nursing. Nursing leadership‚ as it relates to Henderson’s theory
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Project 3 Faisal M. Ghaffar Ethical and Legal Aspects of Nursing Practice November 6‚ 2015 Professor Ovidio Viera Florida National University Ethical Nursing Issues with End of Life Care and Quality of Life. There are many issue that are ethically challenging to nurses‚ one of the main ethical challenge that nurses working in critical care‚ emergency rooms‚ and hospice regarding End of Life Care. With today’s advancements in healthcare technology‚ prolonging of life can arise questions
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Being a nurse today can be very rewarding and very challenging. Many people choose to be nurses because the love to help people and it comes natural to them; it seems to be what many do best. Nursing is a diverse and rewarding discipline that combines compassion with sophisticated health technology. “Nurses evaluate‚ diagnose‚ and treat health problems. They help people meet basic health needs‚ adapt to physical changes‚ recover from illness‚ and die with dignity. You knew all that. The profession
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Ethical Dilemmas and Legal Issues The ethical dilemma is that the children of the woman with cancer are not being cared for adequately. The nurse must decide if it is ethically and morally sound to tell the school nurse about the daughters’ situation at home. Since the nurse is the caretaker of the mother and knows that she needs to keep her information about her health confidential. However‚ it is affecting the mental stability of her daughters because they are afraid of their mother’s declining
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The different nursing theories discovered by nursing pioneers have provided most of the foundation on which modern nursing stands. Back then‚ when the nursing profession had just started‚ nursing care was pretty much basic. Originally‚ the role of the nurse was to primarily care for a patient as prescribed by a physician. This then led to the discovery of the biomedical model of nursing care which still strongly influences nursing practice today. This model however focuses heavily on pathophysiology
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A Brief History of the Nursing Home Today‚ there are approximately 16‚100 nursing homes in the U.S. with approximately 1.5 million residents (www.cdc.gov). However historically‚ the sick‚ disabled‚ and aged were cared for at home by family members. Changes in technology and social changes have created a shift in how we care for our elderly and disabled‚ and there is evolution in geriatric care that continues today (Morris‚ 1995). Nurses have had a huge role in revolutionizing the care for our
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Goal 1: Lizzie will improve her emotional and behavioral regulation. • Lizzie’s mother was not in a good mood; however‚ Lizzie appeared to be in a good mood. • Lizzie’s mother showed the QP the back window in her car shattering and she doesn’t know why; therefore‚ she must pay $315 to get it fix. • Lizzie and her mother listened as the QP shared the purpose and benefits to receive negative consequences. • Lizzie commented‚ “mama fusses at me for yelling‚ not cleaning up my stuff‚ fighting with
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Nursing: Defining the Profession The definition of nursing has evolved since the introduction of the definition by the American Nurses Association in 1980. In that year‚ the ANA‚ in their Social Policy Statement‚ published their official definition of nursing. According to the American Nurses Association‚ "nursing is the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to actual and potential health problems" (1980). This definition has been massaged since 1980 and the most recent Social Policy Statement
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