such as this one are a common occurrence that‚ unfortunately‚ forensic nurses face in their everyday work. Although there are a vast number of nurses in the world‚ only a fraction of them are forensic nurses. Forensic nursing is a nursing field with subspecialties that focus on nursing practices that care for victims of violent crimes‚ such as sexual assault‚ at the clinical and legal level. Forensic nurses bring together medical practices and the justice system in making sure that clinicians or medical
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Professional Moral Compass Kelly Ross Grand Canyon University: NRS437V-O103 Ethical Decision Making in Healthcare June 15‚ 2014 Professional Moral Compass A moral compass is defined as: “anything which serves to guide a person’s decisions based on morals or virtues” (moral compass‚ n.d.). In this paper‚ the writer will examine what defines her nursing moral compass by taking the reader through her personal nursing ethic‚ how her personal‚ cultural and spiritual values
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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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likely to provide better care and decrease the chance of potential errors. In current times‚ many nurses face issues that inhibit them from providing the best care to their patients. Examples of such hindering factors are long hours‚ time constraints‚ staff shortages‚ and high work demands
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nur391 January 14‚ 2010 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing The American Nurse’s Association’s code of ethics provides guidelines to help nurses make ethical decisions with the patient’s needs as the main focus of concern. In the case where Marianne‚ a 79-year-old woman who is admitted for a hemorrhagic stroke and her family is in conflict over the decision to have surgery or not to have surgery‚ the code of ethics expresses the need for the nurse to be
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Issues In Auditing and Professional Practice ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS The questions in this assignment are extracted from the text book for this paper; Reference: Johnson‚ R. (ed)‚ Readings in Auditing Volume 2‚ John Wiley & Sons Australia‚ 2007. Answer the following 4 questions: Question 1: (Chapter 10 “Australian Wheat Board”‚ p135 Question 4) Discuss the lessons to be learnt from the AWB scandal. Question 2: (Chapter 12 “Fraud prevention and detection- further guidance”‚ p158 Question 3)
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view of “Professional Nursing”? Nursing is a profession that has its depth and breadth in meeting different health care needs of the population (American Nurses Association (ANA)‚ 2010). What is it that makes a professional nurse? Is it caring for the patient with compassion and devotion? Based on the interviews conducted among the three categories of staff‚ it was echoed that professional nursing takes a lot more than just attending to the needs of patients. From a professional perspective
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Issue in the Nursing Literature Keeping people alive and functioning physiologically via artificial means of technology leads to much discussion of the terms life and living. Beliefs are that biological functioning is being alive‚ no matter if the person is aware of one’s self or others. This leads to the question of what is quality of life (Burkhardt & Nathaniel‚ 2014). “Quality of life‚ a subjective appraisal of factors that make life worth living and contribute to a positive experience of living
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study the client referred to will be called Mr Bloggs‚ this is in order that his real name is protected and that his confidentiality will be maintained‚ in line with the UKCC code of conduct (1992). This contributes to one of the four NMC outcomes (Professional/ethical practice). My critical incident took place at a local Hospital during my thirty weeks placement. In order to help me with my reflection I have chosen Gibbs (1988)‚ as the model to help guide my reflective process. This is an iterative
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Professional Philosophy As a student preparing to begin my nursing career‚ I have come to develop my own core beliefs about the nursing profession. As a new graduate‚ I aim to instill these philosophies into my nursing practice. First‚ to embody characteristics of a genuine nurse by being caring‚ enthusiastic and being able to utilize teamwork. Second‚ practicing safely by maintaining a constant vigilance to avoid medication errors. Third‚ being mindful of cultural and religious values. I believe
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