The speciality surgical nurse plays a crucial role in communication and the inter-professional team. The role of a surgical nurse has rapidly developed into a speciality type of nursing. Medical advances in technology continue to expand and develop for surgical nurses and patients undergoing different types of surgery such as palliative‚ exploratory‚ emergency and elective surgery. A surgical nurse is required to have a high level of critical thinking skills‚ ability to multi task‚ an extensive knowledge
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According to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners‚ Nurse Practitioners have been in practice for more than forty years and are continuing to rise. There are many different specialties that one may choose from‚ but I am going to focus on is the family Nurse Practitioner. I have three articles in which I am going to summarize in regards to the roles of a family nurse practitioner. The first article is a case study done in British Columbia‚ the first Nurse Practitioner (NP) was hire and there
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Nursing’s Role in Health Promotion and Prevention Sheri Lancaster Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0101-Family Centered Health Promotion September 26‚ 2014 Nurse’s Role in Health Promotion and Prevention According to the Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing (2012)‚ health promotion is defined as‚ “Any activity that seeks to improve a person’s or population’s health by providing information about‚ and increasing awareness of‚ at-risk behaviors associated with various diseases
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The nurses primary roles of promoting health‚ preventing illness‚ restoring health and alleviating suffering places the nurse in a position to always remain an advocate for their patient. A scenario has been created in which a terminally ill patient has asked the doctor about alternative healthcare treatment options. The doctor in this case dismisses them as "quack" practices. What role does the nurse play in this situation? “When the patient’s wishes are in conflict with others‚ the nurse seeks
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Types of consent Consent comes in a form of implied and expressed consent. In nurses’ day-to-day dealing with patients‚ consent is secured from patients frequently. Implied consent refers to nonverbal acknowledgement of a health care provider’s request to provide treatment (O’Keefe‚ 2001). An example of implied consent would be when a nurse walks to the patient and inform the patient that she is going to administer an antiemetic injection and the patient rolls up his/her sleeve and brings his
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The role of nurses in the management of Obesity The case study provided regarding diet and weight management has led me to explore the role of a nurse specifically during the management of obesity. The investigation aims to determine how a nurse can intervene and control obesity. The research generally looks at the role of the nurse in managing a patient that is clinically classed as obese. Obesity is calculated using BMI measurements (appendix 1). Limitations to this investigation from a personal
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Implication Health workers like nurses have the responsibility to provide health services to patients. By doing so‚ nurses are expected to contribute to the preservation of health‚ and thus save the lives of their patients. Health workers like nurses are tasked to save the lives of their patients‚ however‚ as lifestyles are rapidly changing‚ there are instances in which health workers have to deal with cases which involve life taking like abortion. In this regards‚ nurses could not avoid from entering
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played many significant roles in the Civil War‚ many times stepping into what was traditionally a man’s role. Each of these roles came with their own set of hardships and dangers. One of these considerable roles was the nursing of the fallen soldiers. Nurses undertook this demanding and arduous role as
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I S S U E S A N D IN N O V A T I O N S IN N U R S I N G P R A C T I C E Expanding the role of the stroke nurse: a pragmatic clinical trial Christopher Burton DPhil PGCertHE BN RGN Research Fellow‚ Department of Nursing‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK Bernard Gibbon PhD MSc DipN DipANS RMN RGN Head of Department‚ Department of Nursing‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK Accepted for publication 16 March 2005 Correspondence: Christopher Burton‚ Department
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other health markets to hire nurses. Organizations hire nurses are o perform at the top of their credentials. The organization is giving nurse more responsibilities beyond the historical duties as beside assistant to the physician. Today‚ nurse’s authority and opportunities in leadership roles are jobs‚ such as Disease Nurse Managers‚ Case Managers‚ Performance Improvement Coordinators and Safety Officers. There is a slim likelihood of seeing a decrease in nurse positions. Their positions are
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