Nursing Specialty: Legal Nursing Central Methodist University Historical Trends in Nursing NU25 July 07‚ 2013 Nursing Specialty: Legal Nursing The world of healthcare is one of frequent changes. Those who have dedicated themselves to the nursing profession understand that healthcare is continuously evolving‚ as it is our responsibility to provide only the highest standard of care to our patients. Each nurse that is certified within a nursing specialty strengthens the entire healthcare
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Employment Trends: Nursing Shortages Introduction The United States is in the midst of a nursing shortage that is expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows. Compounding the problem is the fact that nursing colleges and universities across the country are struggling to expand enrollment levels to meet the rising demand for nursing care. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is concerned about the shortage of Registered Nurses (RNs) and is working
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CURRENT TREND AND ISSUES OF NURSING | Current Trend in Nursing Research What is research? Focused on uncovering new knowledge to help understand phenomena‚ answer questions‚ or address problems‚ Goal directed‚ A systematic process of inquiry. Research means “to search again or carefully examine” (Langford 2001). “A systematic study of problems in patient care.” Abdellah: “A systematic detailed attempt to discover or confirm facts that relate to a specific problem to improve the practice and profession
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of care plays an important role in assuring the standards of nursing performance. By providing specific performance requirements‚ standards of nursing performance can improve and provide quality of nursing care in health care settings (Scope & Standards‚ pg 33). Quality care is one of the most significant nursing standards of modern time. This particular standard must be implemented by nurse’s everyday. One of the main concerns in nursing practice today‚ is quality of care in the health care setting
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Current Issues of Nurses Today Submitted by: Lindsay G. Bunyi‚ RN PUBLICIZED ISSUES OF NURSES ● Number of Pinoy nurses seeking US jobs fell by 42% in 2011 from 9‚789 in 2010 to only 5‚630 in 2011. The US labor market for foreign nurses is getting overcrowded. ● Extended Hours Issues in Nursing: Exploring the Problems‚ Finding the Solutions By:Acacia Aguirre‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D. and Ann L. Curley‚ Ph. D.‚ R.N. The challenges of operating 24/7‚ focusing on scheduling‚ training‚ and staffing
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Ethical Issues for Nurses Alexis Bushay HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law Instructor: Jennine Kinsey August 18‚ 2012 Ethical Issues for Nurses Ethical issues have always affected the role of the professional nurse. Efforts to enact this standard may cause conflict in health care settings in which the traditional roles of the nurse are delineated within a bureaucratic structure. Nurses have more direct contact with patients than one can even imagine‚ which plays a huge role in protecting
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GNT 1 – 724.2.4-01-07 Contemporary Nursing Issues Mary Purvis Healthcare Issues In order to determine the safest and most appropriate discharge plan for this patient the case manager will work closely with the interdisciplinary team who is directly caring for the patient; together they will come up with the most effective‚ appropriate‚ and safest discharge plan. In this case study‚ there are several important healthcare issues the case manager needs to address with the team prior to
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coordinate the delivery of numerous patient services‚ and administer high costly healthcare programmes (Weld and Garmon Bibb 2009). Due to the rapid expansion in the scope of nursing care and knowledge‚ nursing staff face greater responsibilities and require increasingly more skills; such is the importance of nursing law and ethics. The pace of change of law in this area is considerable as the role of the nurse is becoming more diverse. The pressure to keep up to date not
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the Practice of Nursing but as nurses it is our responsibility and duty to keep up to date with changes being made that will effect our profession. The biggest concern nationwide seems to be the number of patients that a nurse can safely care for and while some states have regulations on that nurse-patient ratio many do not. Pennsylvania is going through a transitional period where two bills are being purposed and both can change the way we provide care. While safe staffing is an issue nationwide it
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Professional Issue in Nursing As a nurse‚ I make judgement that would affect patient’s health every day‚ I am aware that I have a great duty to ensure my patient’s safety to maintain the public trust (Chitty & Black‚ 2011). After learning this module‚ it helped me acquire adequate knowledge to better manage legal and ethical issues at work. For the sake of providing a high quality of care to my patients‚ I must be knowledgeable in both (Croke‚ 2003). Nowadays‚ the public is aware of legal issues and
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