Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turnover Nursing shortage is a phenomenon that is affecting nurses and the provision of adequate patient care in today’s health care industry. Nursing shortage is said to occur when the demand for employment of nurses is far greater than the number of nurses willing to be employed at that time (Huber‚ 2010). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (A.A.C.N.)‚ “the nursing shortage is expected to increase as baby boomers age‚ and the need for health
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Case Study Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Y. L. makes an appointment to come to the clinic where you are employed. She has been complaining of (C/O) chronic fatigue‚ increased thirst‚ constant hunger‚ and frequent urination. She denies any pain‚ burning‚ or low-back pain on urination. She tells you she as a vaginal yeast infection that she has treated numerous times with the over-the-counter (OTC) medication. She admits to starting smoking since going back to work full time as a clerk in a loan
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The SAT and ACT‚ both standardized test scores used as an indicator of students’ academic abilities‚ are taken each year by thousands of students planning to enroll in some category of post-secondary education. These are thought to be accurate indicators of a student’s academic ability‚ but this is not always true. I feel that more often than not‚ these tests are rough indicators of a student’s ability. They test what the student SHOULD know‚ rather than what courses‚ and the depth of said courses
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Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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I personally don’t think standardized tests should be as big of a part of our lives as they are. Other people may believe we have a good amount of test or that we may even need more. In this essay I will explain why I don’t believe we should have such a large amount of test‚ yet we still need test but not as much as we currently do. I think we shouldn’t have so many test because for one thing among others they don’t test schools equally but more on that later. We take so many test‚ don’t you
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Mahasaraswati Denpasar University hold a college field work (KKL) in order to add insight and information. College field Work (KKL) is an intra- curricular activities form which is mandatory for all students Mahasaraswati University as one of the requirements to get a certificate in order to complete the final task in completing education courses in English education and teacher training faculty. Teaching education is not about how to learn the theory
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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series of questions and tests‚ each of which scores points if answered correctly. If every answer is correct‚ a maximum score of 30 points is possible. The MMSE tests a number of different mental abilities‚ including a person’s memory‚ attention and language. In general‚ scores of 27 or above (out of 30) are considered normal. However‚ getting a score below this does not always mean that a person has dementia - their mental abilities might be impaired for another reason or they may have a physical problem
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plan of care I developed for Mr X while he was under my care in a post anaesthetic unit. It will discuss my nursing assessments‚ and what diagnoses I developed from this. It will then discuss the rationale behind my nursing interventions using relevant literature. My plan of care will be analysed throughout while identifying how my nursing care meets best practice guidelines. A nursing care plan is begun at a patients admission. In this case Mr X was booked in for an elective surgery‚ which meant
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The No Child Left Behind Act has seen the spread of standardized testing and used for the wrong purposes. Schools have been pushed schools to use the standardized tests so learning‚ teacher and school quality can be measured and also determine sanctions based on scores. Not only are sanctions given‚ but also decide whether the student should go through school. The scores of children dictate if they should go to the next grade‚ stay in the same grade‚ or graduate. School systems use the tests as a
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