Abstract Nursing is one of the oldest careers in history. It has grown tremendously since the beginning of the profession and strives forward in hopes to attain more advancement in the medical field. Along the years‚ there have been several controversies regarding nursing as a profession. In this paper we will discuss what nursing professionalism is and why we as nurses need to remain a professional icon in the occupation. This paper will also summarize two nursing articles regarding nursing professionalism
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This reflection is divided into two parts: the importance of critical reflection and an evaluation of self. The first part will be drawing upon through the appropriate literature‚ and there are four points to prove the importance of critical reflection in personal development. It will be expounded and distinguish Reflection in action and Reflection on action. Then‚ the theory of Single and double loop learning will be introduced. Moreover‚ the reflection also includes the difficulties and challenges
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culturally diverse populations in the world‚ and the population continues to grow (National Health and Medical Research Council‚ 2006). This expanding diversity creates a potpourri of cultural attitudes‚ beliefs and values unlike the dominant Westernised view. The cultural differences impact on how people understand and experience end-of-life in the country. Customary practices of caring for the terminally ill that permeates in most African communities differ vastly from that of Australian’s individualistic
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component of the metaparadigm of nursing must be considered. This metaparadigm was first developed by Florence Nightingale and is still a valid and important tool nurses use every day. Its four components are person‚ environment‚ health and nursing each works to help the other for a better understanding and application of proper care (Fawcett‚ 1994). The first paradigm refers not only to a person‚ but also to the families or social groups who are involved in the nursing treatment. A nurse’s care must
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1. How Matters Stand about Chinese View of Marriage Human has been developing continuously; there have been continual improvements in society. During Chinese marital history‚ people have changed their ideas in marriage. In China’s old society‚ there are very low divorce rate. However‚ since beginning of the eighties in last century‚ china’s divorce rate increased a lot. Could this situation improve people who are in the past more understand love than now? In fact‚ the unhappy marriages have
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stars started to crowd my vision until all I could see was my Mom. I remember saying‚ “Mom!” and everything going black. I wake up to a squad of paramedics hovering over me and my Mom crying. I had no idea what was going on. The nurse who was right about my head told me that my heart had stopped for eleven seconds and I was unconscious. She said that the paramedic team used their defibrillator to shock my heart back into pulsing but she said that did not work but when she put a warm towel on my forehead
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Office Hours Class Location Class Hours Gerard N. Brathwaite-Sturgeon DMS 5144 (613) 562-5800 (ext 8839: please no voice mail) brathwaite@telfer.uottawa.ca DMS 5144: Thursdays 5:30 – 6:45 or by appointment. DMS 4140 Thursdays: 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm Course Deliverable Team Class Topic Facilitation Individual Article Review Mid-Term Exam Team Case Report and Presentation Final Exam Due Date According to the schedule established in class June 10‚ 2010 June 24‚ 2010 - Mid Term Exam Week Presentations
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glance of reading the ANA code of ethics it seemed way beyond my “scope” of practice. I took a lot of time to read since it was kind of repetitive in a sense. I’m a new graduate to nursing field and without experience I don’t have ample nursing philosophy yet. I have worked as a hospice nurse now for 3 weeks‚ and have a nursing perspective of 3 weeks. It’s hard to imagine the code of ethics being realistic‚ 100% of the time. As nurses we are humans and not robots. The ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
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decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the article based upon the concept analysis on nursing intuition towards the description of method used‚ and the application
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Tell me about yourself. People consider me as a caring‚ patient‚ friendly‚ and responsible person. I am very energetic; whenever I start working on something I never want to give up. I have a passion for becoming a nurse since I enjoy helping people around me. I get along with others very well‚ which make me always being cooperative with my co-workers and work with them toward a share goal. I graduated from Highline Community College last year with honor degree. Even though I already obtained my
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