Assignment 1 The purpose of this assignment is to compare and contrast the current literature related to advanced nursing practice. And to relate this literature to my practice and the role of the palliative care nurse across clinical settings. In my current role as a pain nurse specialist‚ I am involved in the care and management of patients with intrathecal (IT) catheters mainly for patients with intractable cancer pain. Patients who have been tried and failed on escalating doses of various opiates
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Role of the Professional Nurse Leader Leadership is a key skill for nurses at all levels.A professional nurse leader can come in many different forms. They can be a manager‚ charge nurse‚ a floor nurse‚ or a new nurse. A professional may be in a manager role or may not be in a management role. Some of the management roles would include nurse manager‚ nurse administrator‚ nursing supervisor‚ director of nursing‚ vice president of nursing and chief nursing officer. The key is to have successful nursing
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Elected by the citizens‚ Pennsylvania’s public school board members represent their communities’ beliefs and values when making decisions about the operations of a school district. A school board serves as the agent of the state legislature and the representatives of the community by providing a high-quality education for the students of the school district. A school board has an extremely important role for the school district in Pennsylvania‚ focusing on a few major responsibilities. It could
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The Nurse’s Role in Supporting the Organization’s Strategic Agenda Walden University NURS 4005 Section 04‚ Topics in Clinical Nursing April 20‚ 2014 Nurses Role in Clinical Outcomes The improvement of quality and patient safety must be a coordinated and a collaborative effort that involves all clinical services across the continuum of care. There are many challenges in health care and the ability to address the quality and safety issues depend upon adequate levels of appropriately educated
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Anemia August 11‚ 2011 (Kansas City‚ Missouri) — Taking less blood from acute-MI patients for diagnostic tests may improve patient outcomes by reducing the risk of hospital-acquired anemia‚ a new study published online August 8‚ 2011 in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests [1]. Multiple studies have shown that hospital-acquired anemia is associated with greater mortality and worse health status in patients with acute MI‚ but the relationship between diagnostic phlebotomy and the risk of hospital-acquired
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addressed as a nurse‚ will respond (Frederickson‚ 4). Nursing occupations make up the largest group of workers in the health care field. Such occupations include Advance Practice Nurses‚ Certified Nurse-Midwives‚ Clinical Nurse Specialists‚ Community Health Nurses‚ Critical Care Nurses‚ Emergency Nurses‚ Geriatric Nurses‚ Home Health Care and Hospice Nurses‚ Legal Nurse Consultants‚ Licensed-Practical Nurses‚ Neonatal Nurses‚ Nurse Anesthetists‚ Nurse Assistants‚ Nurse Managers‚ Nurse Practitioners
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A Nurses role in relation to promoting clients oral health This essay will describe the nurse’s role in relation to promoting the adult clients oral health. As a nurse will have to promote or provide oral care for a client‚ it is essential for the nurse to have an understanding of the physiology and anatomy of the mouth. This essay begins by briefly describing the basic structure‚ functions of the mouth‚ and then describes the nurse’s role in promoting oral hygiene to the non-dependant patient
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Unit One: Role of the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Scope of the Problem How many people ages 15 – 54 had a psychiatric or substance abuse disorder in their lifetime? Name the top three medical morbidities in the developed world: How many of the 15 leading causes of disability in developed countries are mental problems? 25% affected in a year 1 in 5 children in U.S. 18 million in U.S. have problem with etoh 23 million in U.S.
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2013 In the health care system nurses are taking the important role. Bed side nurses‚ school health nurse‚ nurses in different leadership positions etc. We can see many obstacles in the fast changing health care systems. To prevent these obstacles‚ institution such as IOM (Institute of Medicine) and RWJF (Robert wood Johnson Foundation)‚ introduced a two year plan to make some changes to remodel and repair the nursing profession. The nurses have to provide a high quality nursing care
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COMMUNITY NURSE The gradually shifting of health care from the acute to the non-acute setting is also changing some of the professional nurse’s training. A number of colleges are integrating a more in depth training in community nursing. They are including skill‚ role‚ and competencies required to function as a community health Register Nurse (RN). Examples include an epidemiologist‚ case manager‚ coordinator of services provided to a group of patients‚ occupational health nurse‚ school nurse‚ visiting
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