Professional Roles Running head: Professional Roles and Values 1 Professional Roles and Values Jennifer Kelso‚ RN Western Governor’s University Professional Roles 2 Professional Roles and Values The nurse supervisor has the responsibility of coaching all of her staff members in the importance of utilizing her team members to provide the most holistic care for patients. As a nurse supervisor it is important to recognize when a team member is struggling with this concept and to provide
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“ The term professional nurse‚ as used in this document‚ refers to that individual prepared with a minimum of a baccalaureate in nursing but is also inclusive of one who enters professional practice with a master’s degree in nursing or a nursing doctorate.” (2008‚ p. 2) The three main roles of the professional nurse talked about in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing are being a provider of direct and indirect care to individuals‚ families‚ groups‚ communities‚ and populations. Secondly
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Occupiers Liability for Dangerous Premises Occupiers’ liability is a field of tort law‚ codified in statute‚ which concerns the duty of care that those who occupy (through ownership or lease) real property owe to people who visit or trespass. It deals with liability that may arise from accidents caused by the defective or dangerous condition of the premises. By the expression “Premises” in the context of this topic is meant‚ not only‚ land and buildings but also vehicles‚ railway carriages‚ scaffolding
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information which include: the professional standard‚ reasonable patient standard‚ and subjective standard. When comparing the two standards‚ the reasonable patient standard is better than the professional standard because it offers more autonomy. Along with this‚ other considerations do not outweigh the importance of autonomy
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childcare professionals ‚ it is a love of children that leads them to and keeps them in child care . Some people choose it so they can stay home with their own children. Others do it to help out their community. Still other try it because to them they think it might be an easy way to earn money. It was the hardest job I ever loved. I had 3 children of my own ‚ and if I got a job in a different field ‚ I would need child care for my daughters. When I looked around at the child-care option
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Knowing what Nursing Liabilities and Negligence’s are And Preventing them from Occurring Sandy E. Preza HSM-320–10364 Dr. Wojtecki 09/29/2012 To be able to understand and know what a words definition is describing we must know in nursing‚ the nursing standard that follows clinical words. In defining Liability one can say it means to be responsible of one’s action when committing to patient care. Nursing Liability standards puts every nurse to be an advocate of each patient they encounter
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Professional Roles and Values Functional Differences The Board of Nursing (BON)‚ is a regulatory agency that regulates nursing practices. The board essentially protects the public by ensuring that the standards of nursing practices are met and that nurses are competent in their practice (ANA‚ 2012). Each state Board of Nursing has their own state governed responsibilities. For example‚ the Texas State Board of Nursing is responsible for: issuing licenses to new nursing graduates‚ approving
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Ethical Leadership in Nursing Kevin L. Meek Western Governors University Professional Roles and Values NVT2 December 08‚ 2012 Ethical Leadership Ethical Leadership in Nursing As advances in healthcare continue to improve the ability to sustain life‚ as well as for individuals to live longer‚ bedside nurses are faced more and more with difficult situations related to advance directives‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)‚ as well as to ensure they are functioning
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Medical malpractice refers to professional negligence by a health care professional or provider in which treatment provided was substandard‚ and caused harm‚ injury or death to a patient. This can be from a doctor‚ nurse or other professional. In the majority of cases‚ the medical malpractice or negligence involved a medical error‚ possibly in diagnosis‚ medication dosage‚ health management‚ treatment or aftercare. The error may have been because nothing was done or a negligent act. Compensation
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My Professional Role and Values RUC1 My Professional Role and Values What is the functional difference between a regulatory agency‚ such as the Connecticut Board of Nursing‚ and a Professional Nursing Organization‚ such as ASPAN? The former is the state regulatory agency that a person who after meeting all the requirements‚ can apply for a nursing license. The latter is a specific organization that focuses on a specific type or filed of nursing. A Professional Nursing Organization can
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