“The Trailblazer” During the 1920s‚ a true pioneer of the nursing profession emerged in rural Kentucky named Mary Breckenridge. Mary devoted herself to the nursing profession. As such‚ her accomplishments helped define the role of nursing and contributed greatly to the development of what healthcare is today. Fueled by the death of her children‚ Mary had the passion and determination to help women and children in rural locations of America. That drive‚ coupled with her experience working as
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have heard through our nursing career‚ nurses play many roles in their profession including being an advocate and a leader. As Dye (2010) mentioned‚ “leaders are advocates for personal and professional needs” (p. 85). Advocacy Needs Tomajan (2012) described advocate as a person who tries to protect others’ interest and needs (p. 2). Therefore‚ wherever there is a need‚ there can be advocacy as well. Nurses can be advocate for their patients‚ co-workers‚ the nursing profession‚ or even themselves
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I believe a job in nursing is an honor profession offering the individual both security and the option to work almost anywhere in the world. A nursing career is a very rewarding personally in terms of helping those who need assistance and care‚ easing the suffering of others even to the point of assisting in saving a person’s life. Nurses can bring delight‚ and support to those who are in need. Every minute of life is like a gift and nobody learns this lesson better than the ones who deal with a
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The American Nursing Association is an organization representing the interests of the nation’s 3.4 million nurses. The ANA advances the interests of nursing practices by establishing and maintaining nursing standards‚ promoting a safe and ethical work environment and advocating on health care issues that affect both the nurses and the public. ANA is one of the leading organizations advancing and improving the quality of health for all. The nursing profession is expected to be one of the most available
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Nursing is a noble profession pursued by people having passion to serve humanity. It has evolved into one of the most respected professions in the healthcare industry worldwide. As far as a hospitalized patient is concerned‚ a nurse is more involved in his service than any other medical or allied health professional. A nurse is delegated the most crucial responsibility of the physical‚ psychological and emotional care of the patient. Healthcare industry depends heavily on the nursing force for its
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Since nursing is a dynamic profession‚ quality improvement to achieve the best patient care or outcome is very vital to continued care and wellness of our patients. Apart from improving direct patient care which is always the fundamental of nursing‚ technology and informatics has become the “intersection between nursing‚ cognitive‚ computer and information science” (Nunnery‚ 2012). I work in a facility that uses‚ PointClickCare. 99 percent of the nursing charting is done online through PointClickCare
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History of nursing profession Prior to the foundation of modern nursing‚ nuns and the military often provided nursing-like services. Florence Nightingale is the founder of modern nurses. she formed the base for the first professional nursing philosophy. She saw the role of nursing as ’having charge of somebody’s health’ (Crisp&Taylor‚2009) based on the knowledge of how to put the body in such a state to be free of disease or to recover from disease’ (Crisp&Taylor‚2009). The religious and
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1a Explain the differences between modern day nursing education and the old hospital based training model. Modern day nursing is quite a different experience and process when compared to the old hospital based training system. Today’s nursing is theory based. Nurses learn the theory behind actions‚ procedures and decisions‚ before gaining the experience of performing the action or duty within the profession. In stark contrast the hospital based system is on the job‚ training where the nurses
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All nurses need to strive for maintaining a professional appearance at all times. People will always judge nurses by their appearance. When it comes to nursing‚ a nurse’s appearance can either instill confidence in the patient or total mistrust. Part 1: Watch and Analysis Was this individual professional? I think the individual in the image is a professional nurse. The nurse is dressed appropriately in a clean blue scrub. Her is hair short‚ neatly styled and out of her face. What made
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GENDER BIAS AMONG NURSES Gender bias is common in nursing. It is my own experience of facing gender bias in my own institution. When I was working as an Instructor in my institution‚ there was opportunity to for me to get promotion but was denied and it was given to a female colleague. As I was working there for last three years with an out standing performance for all those years in my opinion and that of many others‚ it was my right to promoted to that post. But the head of my institute had promoted
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