Planning your visit: Meeting a State Representative to Promote Advance Nurse Practitioner’s Role Chamberlain School of Nursing NR:506 Health Care Policy February 10‚ 2013 Affordable healthcare can enable Americans to live longer‚ lead more healthy lives and improve their economic potential (Hope Street‚ 2008). Changes in the healthcare system have been slow in comparison to the areas of industry in the twenty first century. With the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2012
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burnout in nursing through current research studies worldwide. Introduction As nurses strive to provide quality patient care in modern time‚ different and complex challenges emerges which may cause varying levels of burnout. Body I. Nurses sustain resilience at the height of burnout in workplace. A. Nursing burnout is related to job dissatisfaction and stressors in the workplace. B. Burnout could adversely affect nurses’ personal and professional health. C. Nurses would benefit from burnout
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Vulnerable Population in Current Events Vanessa Torres NUR 400 January 14‚ 2013 Maria Mendez Vulnerable Population in Current Events Vulnerability comes in different shapes and forms. It applies to different settings and also populations. Vulnerability has two categories; individualize that means a person is vulnerable within a context. The other is a group‚ because of susceptibility
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the issues surrounding nurses ’ accountability in relation to the scenario discussed‚ and to Adult nursing. From the group sessions and further reading I have broaden my understanding of what being an accountable practitioner involves. Nurses are highly responsible for their own actions and care they provide. Consequently they are professionally accountable to the Nursing and Midwifery Council‚ (NMC) as well as their employer‚ public‚ patient‚ families and to themselves. Nurses have to justify why specific
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The issue of new graduate nurse retention remains a challenge in many healthcare facilities. More than 50% of new graduate nurses leave their first employment in less than a year (North‚ Johnson‚ Knotts & Whelan 2006). Because new recruits are often faced with a variety of stressors in their beginning practice it is clear that a structured mentoring program could be of immense value. Such a program would provide technical and emotional support to nurses and so ease their transition into the
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Same sex marriage is marriage between two people of the same gender. Same sex marriage has only been a public matter since the 1900’s when two University of Missouri men applied for a marriage license and the clerk declined them because they were the same sex. “In 1971 two students from the University of Minnesota filled out an application for a marriage license and were denied by the clerk because the couple consisted of two members of the same sex”. Since 2001‚ states and 10 countries including
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Nursing as quoted by the American Nurses Association‚ “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses; and advocacy in health care for individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations. Nursing has all types of fields that you can go venture off into. I wanted to look at registered nurses compared to licensed nurses. I wanted to list the differences
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�PAGE � �PAGE �5� Current and Non-Current Assets Current and Non-Current Assets Laura Gabbard University of Phoenix ACC 400 Accounting for Decision Making Peter Ioveno April 13‚ 2008 Current and Non-Current Assets Current assets are items on a balance sheet. According to Investorwords‚ current assets equal "…the sum of cash and cash equivalents‚ accounts receivable‚ inventory‚ marketable securities‚ prepaid expenses‚ and other assets that could be converted to cash in less than one year
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girl. I became a Certified Nurse Assistant at the age of sixteen‚ and became a License Practical Nurse at the age of twenty. I am a very compassionate person and truly love being a nurse. I do not have the flexibility and job availability as a Licensed Practical Nurse that I will have as a Registered Nurse. My goal is to obtain a position as a maternal newborn nurse. With increased education comes increased responsibility. As a Licensed Practical Nurse in my current roles I use basic assessment skills
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and effective patient care has been to mandate nurse staffing ratios. In 1999 California became the first state to mandate minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals. California is not the only state to enact minimum nurse staffing ratios for hospitals‚ over the past four years at least eighteen other states have considered legislation regarding nurse staffing in hospitals. Policymakers are forced to consider alternatives to nurses ratios due to nurse shortages. Whether minimum staffing ratios will
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