criticized for being a biased view of healthcare providers‚ not the patients (1)‚ and cost-effectiveness analyses of quality of life only look at the clinical outcomes through an economic lens. During the past two decades‚ the United States healthcare industry has been progressively shifting toward a more “consumer-directed industry” ‚ focusing on translating patients experience into scoring systems through designated questionnaires (2). Patient satisfaction surveys are increasingly incorporated into clinical
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Barry T. Hirsch and Edward J. Schumacher wrote an article called “Underpaid or Overpaid? Wage Analysis for Nurses Using Job and Worker Attributes‚” that represents the wages of nurses in hospital‚ whether is increase or decrease. As shown in the data collect by Hirsch and Schumacher: As seen in table 1‚ the average hourly wage for RNs during 2005 through June 2008 is $29.45‚ 7.4% more than the $27.43 average for the college control group. The distributions‚ restricting the sample to those with wages
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Becoming a nurse is more than just performing patient assessments‚ passing medications‚ and charting. When entering the nursing profession one feels a sense of pride‚ an ethical obligation‚ and a desire to uphold a certain image nurses want to display. To its members‚ guide nursing behaviors‚ are instrumental in clinical decision making‚ and influence how nurses think about themselves” (Creasia & Friberg‚ 2011‚ p. 49)”. The profession’s values give direction and meaninAs a new graduate nurses are overwhelm
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Registered Nurses otherwise known as RN’s or a patient’s guardian angel‚ can work in a vast variety of fields ranging from Oncology who specialize in cancer patients to Pediatrics who work with children. This paper will be covering the training required to become one of these professionals‚ the many opportunities available to them and the risks and outlooks faced by the Everyday RN. Still in their hectic lives it is important to remember “Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.” – H
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Watchful Care: A History of America’s Nurse Anesthetists by Marianne Bankert‚ it seems evident that the progression of the Nurse Anesthesia profession is borne by individuals who deemed Evidence-Based Practice a necessity. A search of a formal definition of Evidence-Based Practice turned out to be a futile endeavor‚ as the concept has evolved with time. Nevertheless‚ three basic tenets are considered paramount from it; “best available research evidence‚ patient values (or preferences) and clinical
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struggle with; being a good role model for my patients and living as a normal‚ not perfect human being. While researching articles for this post‚ I found one that talked about an oncology patient who was very upset about being treated by a nurse who smelled strongly of cigarettes and had nicotine stained nails. Meanwhile‚ the nurses are educating the patients and encouraging them not to smoke. Hypocritical‚ yes‚ but according to many nurses‚ “nurses had to have the right to choose how to live their
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The purpose of this essay is to describe a situation from practice related to communication between nurse and patient. The Department of Health (2003) defines communication as ‘a process that involves a meaningful exchange between at least two people to convey facts‚ needs‚ opinions‚ thoughts‚ feelings and other information through both verbal and non-verbal means.’ Communication occurs when a person (the source) sends a message via a particular medium (the channel) so it is received by a recipient
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outcomes for the patients. For instance‚ if RN is not up-to-date with the reformed health laws and policies by legislation‚ then the RN can easily go against the health laws and this would affect their job. So‚ the nurse has to act according to the new health laws instead of the old health laws. It can be detrimental‚ not only for that specific health professional as well as to the whole nursing framework (Willis‚ Reynolds & Keleher‚ 2012). The nursing research empowers the nurses so that they can
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Image of Nursing If the only work a nurse does actually coincided with the image of a "being that comes to you in your darkest hour" or as a guardian angel‚ then patients would never make it out of the hospital. This article made some very good points as to where the image of nursing has been and where it is going. Sure nurses are caregivers‚ people who have possibly felt a draw towards the profession. But to be that caregiver takes a lot more then possessing the desire to help people. You
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values. This tells us the importance of combination of clinical judgment and the best evidence‚ which is centered on patient care. It is a practice which is based on research evidence;
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