Characteristics of Professional Nursing By Maksim Khasin‚ eHow Contributor Nurses are crucial to providing patients with adequate health care. Nurses are critical components of the health care system. While doctors determine the health care plan for a patient‚ a nurse helps to execute the plan and serve as a liaison between the doctor‚ the patient and the family. To be successful‚ nurses must be equipped with certain tools and abilities. These skills are developed over time as a nurse gains
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Lisa‚ With all the 5 elements of the professional practice model of nursing at Children Hospital of Colorado‚ I really like the first element because of the pledge. Having the pledge is a way of promising to your patient that you will provide the fullest quality care for them‚ which I think it provides a safe comfort to them knowing that they will receive a good care the moment they step into the hospital. Similar to the foundational elements number 2 that the Children Hospital provide‚ the hospital
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traffic accident. She is haemorrhaging (bleeding to death). The parents are Jehovah’s Witnesses and refuse to allow her to have a blood transfusion. What ethical issues are involved? The daughter of an elderly woman you have been caring for in a nursing home has asked you if you can try to get her mother moved to a better room. You have explained to her that such decisions are not within your remit and that she must speak to the manager. Two weeks later‚ at Christmas time‚ she presents you with some
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Leadership in Professional Nursing Introduction Every day‚ a set team of nurses and nursing managers set out to ensure the health and well-being of their patients. To achieve this goal‚ a nurse manager must adhere to a specific style of nursing leadership. There are many different styles of leadership in the healthcare field. Bass and Barnes (1985) stated that the two most common are transformational and transactional (as cited in Frankel‚ 2008‚ p.24). This paper will define leadership‚ the
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negative effect on the health and well-being of health care professionals as well. Bullying has been defined as an offensive‚ abusive‚ intimidating‚ malicious or insulting behavior or abuse of power conducted by an individual or group against others‚ which makes the recipient feel upset‚ threatened‚ humiliated‚ or vulnerable [and] which undermines their self-confidence and may cause them to suffer stress.1(p10) Likewise‚ lateral violence in nursing ABSTRACT Lateral violence is disruptive‚ bullying
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Nursing Leadership and management Ethical Dilemma Synopsis As nurses‚ we vow to advocate for our patients by respecting their autonomy and maintaining their dignity. We practice beneficence and veracity when providing patient care. During my time as a student‚ I have unfortunately heard and seen many breaches in ethical principles regarding patients and their care. As the nurses exchanged report from the previous shift‚ they gossiped about a nurse on another medical-surgical unit making a medication
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parallel lives: journalism and professional ethics by Ian Richards Abstract Although all decisions by journalists have an ethical dimension‚ lapses in journalistic ethical standards cannot be explained simply in terms of the moral failings of individuals. Deeper insight is required‚ yet for a number of reasons little wider understanding has emerged from within journalism. At the same time‚ analysis of journalism ethics is largely absent from the field of professional ethics. This paper argues that‚
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Professional Ethics and Values Professional Ethics and Values Values and ethics are very similar in the aspect of where they are learned. The definition of values is “things that are important to or valued by someone” (Dictionary.com‚ 2011). Whereas the definition for ethics is “moral principles‚ as of an individual” (Dictionary.com‚ 2011). Each term brings different beliefs and values to every situation. Values and Ethics change when it concerning professional terms‚ and he or she can have a
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Understanding of Professional Ethics Professional ethics concerns the moral issues that arise because of the specialist knowledge that professionals attain‚ and how the use of this knowledge should be governed when providing a service to the public. Conducting oneself in an ethical manner is an essential part of being a professional. The concept of Professional Ethics is partly comprised of what a professional should or should not do in the work place. It also encompasses a much greater part of
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Professional Values and Ethics Learning Team A GEN200 November 15‚ 2010 Lisa Wittenhagen Ethical standards and an individual ’s personal code of moral values are extremely subjective topics often based on belief systems. Furthermore‚ upbringing commonly influences an individual ’s code of ethics thus affecting important personal and professional decisions. Renowned Brazilian professor Valdemar W. Setzer once said of moral values‚ "Ethics
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