Nurse as a change agent “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Mahatma Ghandi Overview The theoretical foundations of change theory are robust: several theories now exist‚ many coming from the disciplines of sociology‚ psychology‚ education‚ and organizational management. Kurt Lewin (1890 – 1947) has been acknowledged as the “father of social change theories” and presents a simple yet powerful model to begin the study of change theory and processes. He is also lauded as the
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Licensed practical nurses (LPN’s) fill an important role in modern healthcare practices. Their primary job duty is to provide routine care‚ observe patients’ health‚ assist doctors and registered nurses‚ and communicate instructions to patients regarding medication‚ home-based care‚ and preventative lifestyle changes. Licensed Practical Nurses duties generally include providing routine care‚ observing patients’ health‚ assisting doctors and registered nurses‚ and communicating with patients and their
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People refusing to eat meat affirm a truth that many others find fanatical: that eating meat is wrong. And while this opinion may consign us to the status of overly emotional dilettantes‚ I have not come to my conclusion based on my emotions but rather the emotions and feelings of animals‚ otherwise known as sentience. Photo Courtesy Farm Sanctuary (www.farmsanctuary.org) All living‚ breathing beings are sentient. While the degree of intelligence varies by species‚ each is imbued with the ability
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Event Event Information Event Title/Name: Night of Guiltless Pleasure‚ A Party for a Cause Date & Time of Program: September 27‚ 2013‚ 6pm Venue: Malolos Sports and Convention Center Hosting Organization: Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication major in Broadcasting‚ Advertising Class Block 4-A (Creativo-Event that Matters) Contact Details: Milky Kathylene Y. Dapon- Event Head Organizer
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Henrietta Lacks has become a well-known name in the science field today‚ but it wasn’t always like that. Before she was only known as HeLa‚ the first cells that could be cultured and “reproduced indefinitely‚” the first line of immortal human cells (Epstein). Her cells have helped millions and have been used for countless experiments and tests‚ yet she herself wasn’t fully acknowledged until Rebecca Skloot wrote the book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and her family was not informed that their
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the ethics of deer hunting are simply common sense; Keep-It-Simple-Stupid. basically knowing the difference between right and wrong‚ and having good sportsmanship. another thing to take into great consideration is safety; always think the big “what if…”. it is better to be safe‚ than sorry; in other words‚ if one thinks they may need it(for the hunting trip)‚ pack it. just might be that it is needed. this means being smart on what gear is taken out to the woods‚ or wherever it may be on is going;
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Capote was an interesting movie to watch‚ as I did not know anything about Truman Capote besides recognizing his name. The lack of ethics contained within the story-line were fairly easy to spot. The research itself took on a different appearance though‚ as the information being collected was for a novel‚ not a research paper. The overwhelming issue that stuck out to me‚ in regard to ethics in research‚ was the lack of informed consent for the information obtained from Perry Smith. Participants
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Since I was a child‚ I have always dreamed of becoming a nurse. When I was 18‚ I became a Certified Nursing Assistant‚ and though I have had several other jobs since then‚ I always found myself getting back into nursing. In my early thirties‚ in addition to having my two children I became a Certified EKG technician as well as a Certified Phlebotomist. I then pursued a job in a community hospital that I have now worked at for the past 5 years. In addition to working as a Phlebotomist‚ I work on
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experienced in response to chronic job stressors’ (Maslach 2004‚ p 93). It is the primary cause of poor quality of care (Ivancevich et. al 2014). If I was in charge of socializing the newly hired nurses at a local hospital‚ the following steps are the ones I will take to ensure that the newly hired nurses understand the hospital’s organization culture: I will ensure that the hospital recruit using realistic job previews following the hospital core values. I will make sure that the company only
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Nurse staffing refers to the ratio of nurses to patients in a particular unit. The current global nursing shortage is simply wide spread and dangerous lace of skilled nurses who are needed to care for individual patients and the population as a while. A study on the nursing shortage by Linda Aiken of the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing‚ fund that an estimated 20‚000 people die each year‚ because they have checked into a hospital with overworked nurses. (The American Nurses Association
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