8 March 2010 Statement of Purpose (PUBLIC HEALTH) Since early childhood‚ I always believed I would choose a career in the medical field. When I was five years old‚ I was asked: “What do you want to be when you grow up”? I always responded by saying: “I want to become a dentist”. I began to pursue my lifelong goal of becoming a dentist or doctor after enrolling at the University of Georgia majoring in biology. I interviewed and shadowed many doctors‚ all of whom specialized in different areas
Premium Medicine Health care Epidemiology
Factors and Health Promotion Pamphlet: Accident Prevention and Safety Promotion for Parents and Caregivers of Infants 1 Unsatisfactory 0.00% 2 Less Than Satisfactory 75.00% 3 Satisfactory 79.00% 4 Good 89.00% 5 Excellent 100.00% 75.0 %Content 15.0 % Explanation of Potential Effect Explanation of how the selected environmental factor can potentially affect the health or safety of infants is not given. Explanation of how the selected environmental factor can potentially affect the health or safety
Premium Environment Evidence-based medicine Invention
public health field. If it was not for the assistance of the pioneer nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing by her
Premium Nursing Nurse Florence Nightingale
of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice In this paper we will discuss the integration of evidence based practice into professional nursing practice. Scott & McSherry (2008) define evidence based practice as the combination of individual‚ clinical‚ or professional expertise with the best available external evidence to produce practice that is most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a patient. Despite literature surrounding what evidence based nursing is and isn’t‚ nurses
Premium Nursing Health care Nurse
Statement of Purpose |A patient whom I was caring for was in the final stages of dying requested a final task from me. The patient requested me to spiritually guide him in prayer as he knew | |that his time on earth was short. I was not prepared for this duty nor had skills that had educated me on how to pray with a culturally diversed patient. I was | |terrified but knew from my spiritual belief system how to pray for a human that was dying. I prayed with my patient and watched as
Premium Spirituality Prayer Education
code of ethics ensures that nurses do what is right by committing to respect‚ advocate‚ and improve the quality while making the right decisions based on the ethical provisions given by the Code (Schroeter p. 87). The code of ethics binds nurses into nonnegotiable principles that are the base on the fundamental values‚ commitments‚ boundaries of duty‚ loyalty and duties that the nurse extends beyond just patient encounters (Schroeter p. 87). The codes purpose is to support and outline the ethical
Premium Ethics Business ethics Nursing
| Home | Editors | Current Issue | Archives | Instructions for Authors | Disclaimer | Share with others | What Makes a Quality Therapeutic Relationship in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing: A Review of the Research Literature Read printer friendly Subscribe in a reader Share with others Related Articles * A Phenomenographic Approach To Examine The Different Ways HIV Patients Understand The Experience Of Counselling * A Brief Report on the Characteristics of Young Male Adults Experiencing
Premium Nursing Psychiatry Mental health
like never told before‚ of how it came to be. Due to the ambiguous nature of the exact founding and development of the game‚ the author gives other historical versions that would influence the game we know today‚ and key players that made Monopoly what it is. The audience for such a book as The Monopolists is most likely either people interested in board games‚ interested in history‚ or both. Due to
Premium The Reader Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet
changes and complexity in healthcare‚ nurses are pursuing higher education and specialized training. This specialized training has produced what we now call advance practice nurses. Advance practice nurses can function independently or in partnership with other physicians. These nurses play a vital role in healthcare. There are four types of advance practice nurses; clinical nurse specialist‚ nurse anesthetist‚ nurse midwives‚ and nurse practitioners. The role of the nurse practitioner has
Premium Nursing Medicine Health care
Collaborative Practice in Health Care Collaborative practice in health care occurs when a member of the health care team consults with another member to provide patient care. Collaboration most often occurs between doctors and nurses. "Collaboration is defined as a relationship of interdependence; the ability to work together involves trust and respect not only of each other but of the work and perspectives each contributes to the care of the patient" (Phipps and Schaag‚ 1995‚ p. 19). Effective
Premium Health care Collaboration Health care provider