important purposes for the nurse practice act. The first practice is to protect the Health and safety of the citizens in the jurisdiction‚ and the second purpose is to protect the title of the RN (Cherry & Jacob 2011). The Florida Nurse Practice Act was implemented to ensure that every nurse practicing in Florida meets the minimum competency. Definition of Nursing Practice and Scope of Practice There are many reasons why we should know the definition of nursing practice. The most
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Emergency Department (ED) nurse is unlike any other. The population in the ED is highly diversified by both age and disease process. The ED cares for all ages and populations across a broad spectrum of disease‚ injury prevention and life-saving measures. For example‚ a person can come in unconscious‚ the next with an earache. The scope of emergency nursing practice encompasses the standard nursing process: assessment‚ diagnosis‚ treatment‚ and evaluation. In addition‚ emergency nursing practice also requires
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they are sick? Many people think that the doctors take care of the patients their whole stay but that is not true‚ behind the scenes the nurse practitioners take care of the patients. Nurse practitioners have a very difficult job and many hard duties to complete while they are taking care of many sick patients in the hospital. The education of becoming a nurse practitioner is a very long and difficult process. The first thing the student must accomplish is to graduate high school and get a diploma
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goals. The process of being moral is developed from a person’s experiences and parental influences. Each person’s values might be different yet neither is necessarily wrong. Personal morality is a collection of values‚ duties‚ actions and character traits each person adopts as pertinent for his or her own life‚ It is “who we are” as a distinctive moral being among others. (Purtillo‚ R. M.‚ & Doherty‚ R.‚ 2010‚ pg. 8). Cultural values of nursing in the United States have an emphasis on self-reliance
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I loved helping anyone and everyone when I was little. Every time someone got sick‚ I would run and get them a blanket‚ even if they had a fever. I just wanted them to feel better; I knew how bad I felt every time I was sick. I wanted to make sure they felt comfortable when dealing with a sickness of any sort. The older I got‚ the more I realized that helping the ones around me was a passion. I remember in middle school we had to pick a career to research‚ and I ended up choosing Nursing. I would
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Francis Marion University Obstetrics nursing is healthcare profession that focuses on the care of pregnant women and the babies they give birth to. Obstetrics nurse deals with the care of women during pregnancy‚ childbirth and the time after the women’s pregnancy‚ as well as offer nursing care for women with health problems of or related to their reproductive system. Some obstetrics nurses may specialize in labor and delivery nurses. Obstetrics nurses may work in public health and preventive
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Nurse anesthetists perform many duties in the course of their work. A person working in this field may be asked to conduct a physical assessment of a patient‚ counsel the patient before surgery or the delivery of their baby or prepare to manage anesthetics. He or she administers the necessary medications to ensure the patient remains pain free throughout the procedure and oversees the recovery of the patient. In addition‚ he or she follows up with the patient once they leave recovery and does so
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allow individuals to drink when they are mature and responsible (Kolander‚ 2011). This would reduce chances of irresponsible drinking. I believe governments should raise the legal age requirement for alcohol consumption‚ as an effort to reduce the negative impacts of alcohol to society. I support the idea of raising the age limit for alcohol consumption. However‚ I also believe that this cannot be a successful measure to deal with the negative impacts of alcohol to society‚ without using other avenues
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regards to the topic that I was assigned to which is nurse residency program‚ I noticed few a gap in evidence. Since gap in evidence is the difference between what we know and what actually happens in current practice‚ nursing programs today do well in helping students develop nursing ethics and values‚ and in assisting student with identifying with the profession of nursing‚ Students’ clinical experiences at the bedside are powerful learning experiences‚ and students use these opportunities to learn
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2013 Pediatric nurse practitioner 9/16 Shontoria Harris Mrs. Stricklands’ tiger block Health science 2 2013 Pediatric nurse practitioner 9/16 Shontoria Harris Mrs. Stricklands’ tiger block What’s an NP? A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who has additional education and training in a specialty area such as family practice or pediatrics. Pediatric and family practice NPs can provide regular health care for kids. Nurse practitioners have a master’s degree in nursing and board certification
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