The emergency department is a fast paced‚ busy‚ and vital to the hospital and community. There are patients of all ages coming into the ED. Every patient that comes in has a different diagnosis. Patients have various medical problems‚ for example‚ one patient could have the flu and one patient could have just been cut free from a car. When multiple patients are coming in there must be a way to sort through all the ciaos. A triage nurse determines which patient is most important and gets the sent
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turnover Nursing shortage is a phenomenon that is affecting nurses and the provision of adequate patient care in today’s health care industry. Nursing shortage is said to occur when the demand for employment of nurses is far greater than the number of nurses willing to be employed at that time (Huber‚ 2010). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (A.A.C.N.)‚ “the nursing shortage is expected to increase as baby boomers age‚ and the need for health
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EVOLUTION OF NURSING Nursing is a profession that can be recalled and accounted for since prehistoric times to now it has since come a long way. In fact in earlier times nursing was only a practice reserved for men. The first nursing school was established in India in about 250 B.C.‚ and only men were permitted to attend because men were viewed to be more pure than women‚ until the 1800’s when nursing became an organized practice. Should one embark on a research about the history of nursing one would
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A psychological disorder diagnios and treatment Assignment: Diagnosis and Treatment Student: Theresa Gaskin January 23‚ 2011 BEH/225 KAHRNA WASHINGTON Assignment: Diagnosis and Treatment of Mood Disorders A psychological disorder that has been relevant force at certain times in my life came in the way of depression‚ which is known as a mood disorder. Life experiences have been the cause for many
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The American Academy of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has developed a curriculum of content and expected competencies of graduates from baccalaureate nursing program. These “Nine Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice” were established in 2008 and serves as the guidelines for all AACN approved colleges and universities. These essentials are 1. Liberal education for baccalaureate generalist nursing practice. 2. Basic organizational and systems leadership for quality care
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Statistic in Nursing Working in the healthcare field requires critical thinking‚ analysis and observational studies on patient’s health in order to use the most appropriate treatment for the patient. Nursing involves protection‚ compassion‚ and abilities to reduce illnesses and injuries. Also‚ enhancing diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and providing support in the care of individuals and families (Crosta‚ 2013). But‚ how does the nursing profession pertain to Statistics? Nursing requires statistics
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Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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What is Professionalism? Professionalism is a calling which requires specialized knowledge and often long and extensive academics. Professional Nursing is "the process in which substantial specialized knowledge derived from the biological‚ physical‚ and behavioral sciences is applied to: the care‚ diagnosis‚ treatment‚ counsel and health teaching of persons who are experiencing changes in their normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health or the prevention or management
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BED POSITIONS AND USES PRONE The prone position is a position of the body lying face down. It is opposed to the supine position which is face up. Using terms defined in the anatomical position‚ the ventral side is down (which is towards the abdomen)‚ and the dorsal side is up (which is towards the back or posterior of the body). Prone refers to that pattern for the forearm‚ where the palm of the hand is directly behind the head‚ or at the sides and the radius and ulna are crossed. The main physiological
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Definition of Nursing “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment of human responses‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations‚” defines the American Nurses Association (ANA‚ 2003‚ p. 6). The six main features of nursing are: provision of caring relationship to promote health; the different human experiences and responses to health
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