This paper will highlight Florence Nightingale nursing leadership and describe her leadership characteristics. It will further depict the democratic style Florence Nightingale utilized throughout her career. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse‚ she was a researcher‚ educator‚ and theorist. Her contributions to nursing and society are numerous. Florence Nightingale has been referred to as the “mother of modern nursing” (Johnson & Webber‚ 2005). Through her work and example‚ nursing became
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Ferris State University Windshield Survey Community assessment is crucial to planning‚ implementation‚ and evaluation of programs to improve the health of a population. A windshield survey is an informal method used by community health nurses to obtain basic knowledge about a given community. It provides a subjective view of the various physical characteristics of a communal area as observed while driving or walking through a neighborhood. Community Community assessment is an essential
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Sickle Cell Anemia INTRODUCTION: “Pain” sudden or chronic‚ lasting from a few hours to a few days; from a few weeks to a few months evolving from an adhesive substance in red blood cells. The “Pain” is inherited by an retriction blood flow through the body do to an abnormality in the cells. “Sickle Cell Anemia” a chronic illness discovered in 1910 by an American physician named James Bryan Herrick. Sickle Cell is more that just pain; it is a disease that is affected by abnormal blood cells that
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Project NRS-441v Anna Auler June 23‚ 2013 Review of Literature Adequate nurse staffing for patient care has been a major difficulty in the health care system . Patients’ acuity continues to grow at a fast rate while hospitals continue to struggle with the adequate number for nurse-to-patient ratio‚ leaving nurses in a very difficult situation while trying to provide the best care possible to their patients. The low nurse-to-patients ratio can be remedied when public and private hospitals realize
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Irish Step Dancingc Irish step dancing is a style of dance based on the foundation of traditional Irish dance form. Irish step dancing‚ with its very charismatic beat and energy‚ is sure to captivate you. At the County Clare School of Irish Dance‚ I had the amazing opportunity to observe Irish step dancing being taught to a classroom of energetic students over a two day period. Nothing is more Irish than Irish step dancing. Irish step dancing is a brilliant celebration of the arts and a unique
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Nefetia Thompson Speech Communication SP- 211 424E Ms. Thompson General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about my career as a nurse. Main point 1: I chose labor and delivery nursing as my career because I want to do something that I genuinely enjoy doing daily. a. My daily activities would include providing care for women who are having pregnancy complications‚ laboring‚ or have recently delivered. Witnessing my cousin give birth was an extremely beautiful experience
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The Board of Registered Nursing defines the nurse practitioners as “registered nurses who are prepared by advanced education to provide primary care including medical procedures that may be required for a specialty area “(BRN‚ 2012). Additionally‚ nurse practitioners must ”possess additional preparation and skills in physical diagnosis‚ psycho-social assessment‚ and management of health illness needs in primary health care and who have been prepared in a program conforming to board standards” (BRN
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Nurse Ratched A former army nurse‚ Nurse Ratched represents the oppressive mechanization‚ dehumanization‚ and emasculation of modern society—in Bromden’s words‚ the Combine. Her nickname is “Big Nurse‚” which sounds like Big Brother‚ the name used in George Orwell’s novel 1984 to refer to an oppressive and all-knowing authority. Bromden describes Ratched as being like a machine‚ and her behavior fits this description: even her name is reminiscent of a mechanical tool‚ sounding like both “ratchet”
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dedication and commitment. Nurses need to act as caregivers‚ communicators and teachers for their patients in order for them to become healthier and feel better. The nurses in the movie; American Nurse directed by Carolyn Jones portrayed all of these traits‚ even though these nurses were so different. The nurses in the film included; Naomi Cross‚ a labor and delivery nurse‚ Jason Short a nurse in Eastern Kentucky‚ Tonia Faust a hospice nurse in a prison‚ Brian McMillion a military nurse
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Tyrik Alford CTE Advanced Studies Thomas Oxendine December 5‚ 2014 Becoming Successful Everyone has their own opinions about success‚ what it takes to actually reach your goals of becoming successful. There are steps to becoming successful at anything. First you must understand the meaning of success. Get familiar with what it really means to you and how bad you actually want to reach your goals. Then make sure nothing is standing in your way of success. Finally‚ go for it and do everything you
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