Nursing is a profession focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities to attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Professionalism‚ and Patient and Family Centered Care are important concepts in professional nursing. This paper will identify the roles and functions of the professional nurse in the health care delivery system. Also‚ how these concepts incorporate in future nursing practice and contribute to positive outcome. Professionalism in nursing is an
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As a particularly curious and proactive member of society‚ I consider myself to be civically engaged; although the degree of engagement can be argued. Personally‚ I believe that small things make up the larger picture‚ so my engagement is mostly interpersonal‚ as small interactions can set of chain reactions. Speaking out on issues with (or to) friends‚ politely engaging strangers in conversations and presenting different points of view‚ and constantly seeking to better myself is how I remain aware
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Roseman University College of Nursing Block 1.0 Introduction to Professional Nursing THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF NURSING Review the Critical Thinking Challenge. Professions usually evolve from occupations that originally consisted of tasks but developed more specialized educational pathways and publicly legitimized status. Occupation: What occupies‚ or engages one’s time; business; employment. Vocation: An activity that serves as one’s regular source of livelihood. Profession: A calling
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Record-keeping and documentation are a hugely important part of nursing practice that unfortunately is often overlooked. Good record-keeping is in fact an essential element of being a good nurse. This assignment will discuss the importance of record-keeping in the healthcare setting. Record-keeping is vital for three main functions of nursing. It facilitates communication‚ promotes safe and appropriate nursing care and meets professional and legal standards (CRNBC 2008). These purposes and other
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University of Hull Personal Learning Report Module Title: professional skills and ethics Module code: 56244 Module Leader: Dr Joanne Cook Student ID: 201201558 Submission date: 10/12/2012 Word count: Issues‚ Theories‚ and Practices Related to Responsible Businesses Part A A business is characterized by many factors which could build or destroy it. These are things that the organization should be keen on and work on them before they become a problem. Some could be unavoidable while
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AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR NURSING Concept Analysis of Acculturation in Filipino Immigrants Within Health Context Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ is a Doctoral candidate in Nursing (Research & Education) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Keywords Acculturation‚ Filipino immigrants‚ concept analysis Correspondence Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene‚ University of Hawaii at Manoa‚ Honolulu‚ HI 96822. E-mail: reimund@hawaii.edu nuf_231 128..136
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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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theories range from grand‚ to situation-specific‚ to mid-range the nurse tends to focuses on which theory will provide the best care to his/her patient. Perhaps in my opinion mid-range theories with their growing frequency of use are best suited for nursing in the 21st century. Mid-range theories are said to be middle rather than ordinary but they are specific enough to evaluate observed situations (McCurry‚ Revell‚ &Roy‚ 2009). There are multiple reasons why mid-range theories offer some of the most
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My Values and Beliefs as a Nurse Mukesh Sharma The University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N3645 Transition to Professional Nursing Part A Jeanean Boyd‚ MSN‚ RN April 21‚ 2013 Online RN-BSN My Values and Beliefs as a Nurse We all have our own philosophies about what we do in our lives or toward life itself. The same way‚ we have our own philosophies behind the work we do or the profession we carry. ‘Philosophy’ basically
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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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