Culture affects people’s perception of health and illness. In this post‚ I will define cultural diversity. As well as identify some benefits of a diverse workforce and barriers to diversity in the nursing profession. Furthermore‚ I will describe how my own diverse cultural background affects the nursing care I provide. Cultural diversity is when differences in race‚ ethnicity‚ language‚ nationality‚ and religion are represented within a community (Andrews & Boyle‚ 2016). It refers to demographic differences
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goals of the organization and continue to pursue organization goals despite obstacles and setbacks. When co-worker observe your motivation they are likely to align themselves with the goals of the organization. The nursing shortage is predicted to become worse while the demand for nursing services is expected to increase with the aging of the baby boomer. According a study the front-line nurse managers could benefits from interventions to increase their emotional intelligence (Ohlson & Anderson‚ 2015)
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What is Nursing The metaparadigm of nursing makes nursing unique field of practice from any other profession. By understanding what each of the four concepts mean and how they relate to nursing‚ it can help promote good quality of care. In return‚ by providing quality care to the patient can have an increase quality of life. The four concepts of the nursing metaparadigm described by Kearney-Nunnery (2016) are nursing‚ human beings‚ environment‚ and health. Nursing is defined in Kearney-Nunnery
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Nursing as a Profession and the Professionalism Standards Erika Troutman‚ RN Nursing 408 Conceptual Bases in Nursing Linda Jacobson‚ MSN‚ RN‚ PHN‚ COI‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI ‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI ‚ R.N.‚ MSN‚ PHN‚ COI January 31‚ 2013 Abstract This paper will discuss the many aspects of my nursing career and what led me to the area in which I choose to work now‚ and also the standards of nursing as a profession. Ideas that professionalism amongst the nursing community can affect much more
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Nursing as a Profession The Purpose of this paper is to discuss whether nursing is a profession based on Pavalko’s eight dimensions describing a profession. Firstly‚ we must understand the definition of a profession before one can accurately judge the validation of the nursing profession. According to Webster dictionary‚ the definition of a profession is “a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long academic preparation” (Webster dictionary‚ 2008). The nursing profession is one that
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Vosko Professional Paper There is a broad education gap among nurses‚ ranging from the diploma of nursing program‚ all the way to Bachelor of Science in Nursing. This gap has created numerous viewpoints on the role and definition of the professional nurse. Nurses face the challenge of overcoming these different views and definitions among the healthcare team daily; however‚ nurses share a common goal with all members of the health care team. This common goal‚ achieved through collaboration‚ is
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As I am being my career as a nursing student it is my responsibility to understand begin practicing the thought process of critical thinking. The critical thinking obtains multiple aspects that contain many important actions that nurses have to complete when they come into contact with a healthcare consumer. The process of critical thinking is not always easily obtainable but sometimes it needs to be practiced multiple times so that the process occurs without having to really try to critically
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Empiricism‚ Positivism‚ Historicism‚ and Relativism to the nature of scientific truth. Moreover‚ to discuss the significance of truth for nursing as a profession and as a science. The various paradigms are characterized by ontological‚ epistemological and methodological differences in their approaches to conceptualizing and conducting research‚ and in their contribution towards disciplinary knowledge construction. Weaver‚ and Olson.(2006). Table 1 illustrate theses differences between these philosophical
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It is important that nursing ethical decision should be based on ethical principles. Nurse’s ethical decisions should be beneficial with less harm for a patient. The core task for practicing nurses when confronted with ethical dilemmas is to maintain moral integrity‚ defined as living up to personal and professional ethical beliefs by acting honestly‚ being trustworthy‚ and consistently supporting and doing what is right (Davis‚ Schrader‚ & Belcheir‚ 2012) The nursing goal in dealing with the
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Paradigms in Nursing Christian Bernard T. Uy Athabasca University Abstract All nurses strive to provide the highest quality standard of care to all patients. Each one bases their practice to what theory they think and believe is right and most appropriate. This paper explained the definition of the three major paradigms and how they had contributed in everyday nursing practice by providing clinical experiences. Keywords: empirical methods‚ interpretive methods‚ critical methods‚ nursing science
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