What characteristics make nursing a profession and why? One definition of a professional is‚ according to Merriam-Webster.com‚ “4 a: a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation” (retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profession). The initial movement towards establishment of professional standards for nursing care began with Florence Nightingale and the application of scientific method. Prior to the work done by Nightingale‚
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5. Weaknesses of Russell’s Argument Thus Far 5.1 The Argument from Conflicting Appearances Russell’s argument in chapter one of Problems‚ as seen below‚ takes the form of a quite simple explanation: “It is evident from what we have found‚ that there is no colour which pre-eminently appears to be the colour of the table‚ or even of any one particular part of the table – it appears to be of different colours from different points of view‚ and there is no reason for regarding some of these as more really
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Research: Its Significance to Nursing Practice I guess the greatest reason (I could think) why we are studying Research today is that someday as a Nursing Practitioner we are not only going to stare at the walls of our hospitals and scratch the bottom of our multi-colored (red‚ blue‚ black and green) pen in our heads whenever there are significant problems happening around our future working environment‚ those problems that are causing bad effects to our profession and to the kind of care we will
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The Nursing Shortage: The Need for Nurse Educators “The American Nurses Association (ANA) states 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 response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations‚” (ANA‚ 2012). However‚ what happens when there are not enough nurses to care for humanity? For many years now there has been
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NOEL G. BUTAD‚ the Capricorn Man (December 22 to January 20) A knowledge of the characteristics of NOEL G. BUTAD will help you forge better bonds with‚ both on a personal as well as professional level. Understanding Noel’s behavior is hardly a rocket science. In fact‚ it is “easy”‚ provided you go through the traits that are mentioned in this article with keen comprehension‚ and once you get to know him well‚ you are bound to enjoy the relationship you share! Read on to know his personality traits
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to further analyze the characteristics of emerging markets‚ I am going to focus on the broad economic aspect of EM‚ which refers to some developing countries like Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ China. (BRICs). I would like to separate this article into three different parts. In the first part‚ I discuss the implications of emerging markets and why people choose to invest in them. The second part is the central theme of the article. In this part‚ I focus on the main characteristics of EM. After examining
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Problem Description Imagine not having a nurse come into look after you‚ after you have had surgery. No one to check your vitals‚ give you replacements on your IV‚ no one to ask you how you are feeling‚ and no one to come in on time to give you your medications. The nationwide nursing shortages are increasing and creating not only a problem for the health care system but also for patients and their well being. Nurses are an ideal part of the healthcare system providing serious care to clients ranging
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What are the merits and demerits of science? how science is useful to us? what are it’s diaadvantages.?that’s my question. 3 years ago Report Abuse by Proto Member since: September 10‚ 2006 Total points: 40043 (Level 7) Badge Image: Add to My Contacts Block User Best Answer - Chosen by Voters Since is the systematic collection of information about the universe through the observation of natural phenomena. So it’s really just a disciplined accumulation of knowledge
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Democracy Democracy is considered to be the best form of government these days. Most of the countries in the world have adopted it. The following arguments have been given in favour of Democracy: (i) Safeguards the interests of the people: Chief merit of democracy lies in that it safeguards the interests of the people. Real power lies in the hands of the people who exercise it by the representatives elected by them and who are responsible to them. It is said that social‚ economic and political interests
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Advantages of Credit Rating Different benefits accrue from use of rated instruments to different class of investors or the company. These are explained as under: A. Benefits to Investors 1. Safety of investments. Credit rating gives an idea in advance to the investors about the degree of financial strength of the issuer company. Based on rating he decides about the investment. Highly rated issues gives an assurance to the investors of safety of Investments and minimizes his risk. 2. Recognition
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