on Advanced Practice Nursing ABSTRACT: The need for continuing education in nursing has been accentuated in response to rapidly changing health care environment. Expanding knowledge by pursuing higher education allows nurses to enlarge one’s practice. Furthermore‚ higher education in nursing has been shown that a nurse’s level of education can become a critical factor to the patient-centered quality of care. This essay describes increased demand for higher education in nursing and emphasizes
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Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Mercy Prakash Grand Canyon University: NRS 430V 2/17/2013 Professional Development of Nursing Professionals Nursing as a profession is the largest component of the healthcare workforce in America. There are 3 million Registered Nurses in the country‚ and the Healthcare settings have been changing since the “2010 Affordable Care Act” (ACA). Nurses are the most influential in this fundamental transformation. However‚ a number of obstacles prevent
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Collaborative Nursing Practice Collaborative Care In order to improve the quality of patient care and ensure that the goals of care are being achieved‚ many settings are using the collaborative care delivery model. The collaborative “approach involves teams of health professionals working together to provide more coordinated and comprehensive care to clients‚” (Kearney 2008). An interprofessional team can consist of nurses‚ physicians‚ care technologists nutritionists‚ counselors
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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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In 1946 the World Health Organisation (WHO) defined health as “a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. This definition integrates the main concepts of health and identifies that health can be viewed differently by individuals and groups (Bowden‚ 2006). Health and well-being are the result of a combination of physical‚ social‚ intellectual and emotional factors (Dunkley‚ 2000a). The concept of health promotion has emerged with
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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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Essay 2: Evaluating a health promotion website Word count: 2‚027 Introduction Health Information Technology (HIT) has been introduced into the National Health Service (NHS) in order to improve the quality‚ efficiency‚ safety and cost effectiveness of the delivery of health care. The application of computerized information technology in health care settings has so far played a vital role in improving the accessibility of information and has replaced more labour intensive and unproductive methods
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Nursing in Michigan and Practice Standards As Registered Nurses in the United States of America‚ we have all experienced passing board exams and having to apply for licensure applicable to each of our individual states. The board exams now known as NCLEX or National Council Licensure Examination are universal across the country. However‚ individual licensing requirements for a renewal or reapplication process differ from state to state. Some states such as Texas have additional testing requirements
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event. A traumatic event is a life-threatening event such as military combat‚ natural disasters‚ terrorist incidents‚ serious accidents‚ or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood. (National Center for PTSD) The fight or flight response is what we know happens when one is afraid. Your body is releasing adrenaline‚ raising you heart rate and releasing glucose to muscles allowing you to respond quickly. Once you are out of the fearful situation you release a hormone known as cortical allowing
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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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