What characteristics make nursing a profession and why? One definition of a professional is‚ according to Merriam-Webster.com‚ “4 a: a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation” (retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profession). The initial movement towards establishment of professional standards for nursing care began with Florence Nightingale and the application of scientific method. Prior to the work done by Nightingale‚
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Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice In this paper we will discuss the integration of evidence based practice into professional nursing practice. Scott & McSherry (2008) define evidence based practice as the combination of individual‚ clinical‚ or professional expertise with the best available external evidence to produce practice that is most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a patient. Despite literature surrounding what evidence based nursing is and isn’t‚ nurses struggle
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Personal Goals HCS/301 Undergraduate Nursing Studies June 15‚ 2014 Personal Goals Goals can be personal or professional‚ long-term or short-term‚ but they help us track our course and stay on target for our future endeavors. Securing the image you see for your future requires straightforward ideas‚ dedication‚ and a passion to carry you through to the end. A goal is an end to which you direct your efforts. (Carter‚ Bishop‚ & Kravits‚ 2011‚ “Glossary”). The objectives desired by each individual
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has been on dialysis three times a week for 15 years but has lately been missing his dialysis appointments and calling the clinic the next day calling to be dialyzed as he is having respiratory complications. This issue is becoming more prominent and has developed into an ethical issue relevant to the practice of those working in the clinic‚ particularly the nurses. In particular‚ by having George call for a last
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Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice JMartinez Chamberlain College of Nursing NR351 Deborah Sinn January 24‚ 2011 Integration of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice Introduction Evidence-based practice (EBP) can be seen throughout history dating back to the mid 19th century when Florence Nightingale gathered research to improve the quality of care provided to patients while analyzing hospital data (Miller‚ Ward & Young
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Michal Cash BSHS332/Professional‚ Ethical‚ and Legal Issues in Human Services Introduction Every day people are faced with dilemmas within their work place. Some of those dilemmas are minor while others are major and go against the ethics that people have. Some of them not only go against one’s personal ethics‚ but work ethics as well. Some are able to look past these dilemmas and continue on while others can’t and feel the needs to confront the person or person’s that are involved. One
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Nursing professionals are to be advocates for patients and always looking out for the patient’s best interest. Likewise‚ nurses should use the same example in their daily profession and strive to be the best professionally as he or she can be (ANA1). In doing so‚ nurses act as a leader without holding a leadership title. Leadership is defined as the use of individual traits and abilities to adapt to the environment or a particular situation and the ability to creatively solve problems identified
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Great posts. You both make valid points on how best to make the ethical decisions for the hospital. As mentioned nonaleficence would be the ethic principal that should govern the decision process. Floating the nurse my not initially present as a valid option however looking at the situation from a financial aspect the hospital must consider how to best maintain and keep the patient safe with balancing how to continue to keep the hospital running. The hospital is in a financial crisis and is unable
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Neglect: An Ethical issue Ethics encompass every aspect of the world. Each direction a person wishes to take can be directed by their moral compass. However‚ the complexity of the world requires an analysis of the morals to make certain that everyone follows the same standards in society. There are many jobs that require consistent conversations on ethics. One of these jobs that I was exposed to is nursing and that is the field that I worked in for several years. One of the ethical issues is how to help
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Professional Marketing Plan Jule Brown La ‘Toiya Johnson AHLT 270 Internship / MAAT 270 Capstone Bryant & Stratton College December 12‚ 2012 I will be discussing what are my stretch‚ target‚ and contingency employer. Describe the needs of each of the employer. And what the marketing avenues are‚ marketing material‚ resource allocation‚ and a lifelong learning goal statement. My first employer would a Professional Certified Coder. And after that would be a Medical Secretary
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