In today ’s world of nursing‚ there are efforts to improve patient care at hospitals. Severalstates across America are considering implementing nursing ratio laws. This ratio law wouldrequire hospitals to have strict nurse-to-patient ratios enforced at all times. Only California hasimplemented nursing ratios so far and it has been the subject of mixed reviews. Steps the legislation went throughThroughout the 1990 ’s‚ health care labor unions in California tried to implement nursestaffing laws through
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CHAPTER H R 1RUNNING HEAD: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN Kristen Bunge University of Phoenix NUR/391 March 19‚ 2008 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN My professional plan is to grow as a nurse by gaining knowledge through school and my daily experiences‚ so in five years I can care for patients and families as a nurse practitioner. I will make short term and long term goals to help guide me down my path as I transition into the role of professional nurse; providing me with
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Another consideration in this scenario is the principle of non- maleficence. This ethical principle requires nursing staff to avoid the causation of harm in a way that benefits the patient. It is related closely to beneficence (Martin‚ 2015).To address the issues of non-maleficence for instance‚ the commitment is not to prevent harm only but the nursing staff should not expose their patients to pointless unsafe risks (Foley & Christensen‚ 2016). If the nurses go ahead and wash Gerald they will be
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Introduction Leadership ability is the most important role of all nurses‚ and to be a great leader one must know the different styles of leadership. Developing future nurse leaders is a great challenge in today’s nursing profession and powerful leadership skills are needed by all nurses in every aspect of the profession. Leadership quality is the way an individual inspires a group of nurses to achieve greatness in the established goal that has been set in front of them (Sellgren‚ Ekvall‚ & Tornson
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as the most common nursing value. Others values in his study where provision of holistic professional and appropriate care promotion of personal and professional competency disease prevention healthy promotion of interpersonal communication skills‚ receiving of reeward Weis-2000 through factor analysis introduced eight factors for professional values of which the most important one was nurses’ role in care‚ the dimension of commitment [27] pang (2009) stated nursing professional values in seven themes
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For the purpose of this assignment and as per my experience during a previous clinical rotation‚ the professional nursing role that I have chosen to analyze is the Director of Nursing. I had the privilege of being precepted by the Director of Emergency Services at Coral Gables Hospital and during the preceptorship I gained tremendous insight into the duties and responsibilities of the role as my preceptor was very inclusive and willing to share her knowledge. Having experienced and partaken in the
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Vosko Professional Paper There is a broad education gap among nurses‚ ranging from the diploma of nursing program‚ all the way to Bachelor of Science in Nursing. This gap has created numerous viewpoints on the role and definition of the professional nurse. Nurses face the challenge of overcoming these different views and definitions among the healthcare team daily; however‚ nurses share a common goal with all members of the health care team. This common goal‚ achieved through collaboration‚ is
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giving patients the care and attention that they deserve. If I were explaining exemplary professional practice to others I would say that it involves staff that are willing to do whatever it takes to give their patients and family members excellent service. Exemplary professional practice does not occur over night‚ it takes time and dedication from all staff members involved. Luzinski (2012) states that professional practice that is exemplary not only requires time to develop‚ but time to improve designs
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community college while the other one is the Baccalaureate degree nurse‚ having studied at a university. Another distinction is that an associate degree nurse would normally be having two to three years of nursing training while a baccalaureate nurse will have between four to five years of nursing training (Friberg‚ 2011). However‚ for both sets of nurses‚ one has to sit and pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) in order to become a registered nurse (RN). It is largely presumed
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Key Issues in IT Professional Communication Introduction: The definition of communication is the transmission of messages‚ social interaction through messages‚ and reciprocal creation of meaning in a context‚ sharing of meaning through information‚ ideas and feelings. And the communication that encompasses oral‚ written‚ and visual discipline within a work place context is called professional communication (Hinanawaz‚ 2009). In ancient time‚ when people could work on most of the everyday work
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