individual nurses’ scope of practice can be influenced by education‚ experience‚ and population served. It is important that nurses make decisions regarding their scope of practice‚ to which they are professionally and legally responsible. (AZBN‚ 2013). When determining whether a new procedure falls within the RN’s scope of practice‚ it is important to research their State Board of Nursing‚ the American Nurses Association‚ and other organizations. The Arizona State Board of Nursing has a decision making
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reflection on how the module content and associated practice experience has contributed to the student’s development as a nurse. This essay is a discussion on how the module content and practice experience has contributed to personal development as a nurse. Therefore it will focus on firstly the concept of individualised care and its relevance to nursing assessment and care delivery‚ secondly the ethical and professional issues that impact nursing such as confidentiality‚ consent and dignity. The
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Foundations of Nursing Practice module and my first placement experience have assisted in my development as a nurse. The unit where I spent my four weeks is a day surgery centre. Using experiences from the placement I will discuss the concept of individualised care and its relevance to nursing assessments and care delivery. I will also look at the professional and ethical issues that impact on nursing today‚ primarily focusing on the aspect of dignity and obtaining patient consent from the Nursing and Midwifery
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The impaired nursing practice has been one of the critical issues in the nursing field. Due to the easy access to drugs of various types and strengths‚ often times highly addictive drugs‚ the impaired nurse is being a huge issue these days. There are many reasons that could lead to the impaired nurses‚ among them‚ working long hours in high stress environment could be the one. This paper will explore the impaired nursing practice‚ the purpose of choosing to discuss about the impaired nurse‚ current
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different moral theories where its importance in nursing practicing is illustrated in the knowledge and competency that prepares nurses in examining ethical and legal issues in relation to their responsibilities‚ rights and moral role as a nurse. Through the study of bioethics‚ the nurse is able to develop a better understanding of the decision-making process that are made and assists with the application of moral theories within nursing practice (Burkhardt & Nathaniel‚ 2013). With ethics also comes
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“Reflection is not just a thoughtful practice‚ but a learning experience”. (Jarvis 1992) This is a reflection on an incident that occurred during a shift on the labour ward. I have chosen Gibbs model of reflection (1988) to guide my reflective process. (Gibbs 1998) (Appendix I). Gibbs model (1998) goes through six important points to aid the reflective process‚ including description of incident‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and finally action plan. The advantage of Gibbs’s six-stage
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assessment with a learner‚ whilst critically evaluating my practice‚ using professional standards and current theory and literature to illustrate how I have developed as a mentor and educator in practice. For the purpose of this assignment‚ the key aspect I will be focusing on will be standard 4 – creating an environment for learning‚ from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) Standards to support learning and assessment in practice: mentors. Throughout this assignment‚ I will incorporate the
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Activity No. 1 Direction: 1. Type the document below. 2. Save your file and name it “Activity1” COMPUTER TERMS 1. CU (Control Unit) – it is the central nervous system of the computer and it determines what data to send to the ALU for processing. It is also called a SUPERVISOR. 2. MAINFRAME – the largest‚ fastest‚ and most expensive computers. The mightiest of the mainframe are so called SUPERCOMPUTERS. 3. PROCESSING – includes arithmetic operation and it can perform the
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Principals And Practices Of Nursing Toni Annette Roberts Western Governors University Principles and Practices of Nursing We will describe collaborating with other health care professionals in the management of health care‚ and what should be done according to this regulation. (Oklahoma Board of Nursing‚ 2011). We will describe confidentiality and discuss how it affects the Nurses professional decision making in this Case study. We will discuss the ethical implications of placing this
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Reflective Practice Portfolio Q1: Recall a situation in your clinical experiences in which an ethical decision was being made. If you have not been involved in this process yet‚ ask your preceptor to share an experience with you. Be sure only to discuss the situation as a case scenario without use of names of persons involved. Which ethical decision-making principles came into play? What impact did the ANA and/or ICN codes of ethics have on the decision that was made? Answer A 48 year old African-American
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