Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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BED POSITIONS AND USES PRONE The prone position is a position of the body lying face down. It is opposed to the supine position which is face up. Using terms defined in the anatomical position‚ the ventral side is down (which is towards the abdomen)‚ and the dorsal side is up (which is towards the back or posterior of the body). Prone refers to that pattern for the forearm‚ where the palm of the hand is directly behind the head‚ or at the sides and the radius and ulna are crossed. The main physiological
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JONAH BERGER* * Alixandra Barasch (abarasch@wharton.upenn.edu) is a doctoral student and Jonah Berger (jberger@wharton.upenn.edu) is the James G. Campbell Jr. Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School‚ University of Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19104. The authors thank Ezgi Akpinar‚ Amit Bhattacharjee‚ Cindy Chan‚ Zoey Chen and Deborah Small for helpful comments on earlier versions of the manuscript. 2 CONTRIBUTION STATEMENT How does the communication audience impact what people
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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Philosophy of Nursing Leddy and Pepper (2003) defined philosophy of nursing as the intellectual and affective outcomes of the professional nurses ’ efforts to understand the ultimate relationship among humans‚ environment‚ and health; to approach nursing as a scientific discipline; to integrate a sense of values into practice; to appreciate esthetic elements that contribute to health and well-being; and to articulate a personal belief system about human beings‚ environment‚ health and nursing.
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Hi Katherina‚ Human error in nursing is usually unavoidable‚ unpredictable and unintentional. Further‚ some risks include language barriers‚ neglecting to follow the policy‚ in a hurry to complete the task. As a supervisor‚ I encountered a nurse who gave a patient the wrong medications. The error occurred when the patient answered to the wrong name‚ and the nurse failed to check the patient’s identification bracelet. Other errors can include carelessness on the behalf of the staff as well as not
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A career in nursing can be the most rewarding occupation most people can think of. It truly takes a unique person with a strong sense of discipline‚ diligence‚ responsibility‚ and a love for mankind to take on such a role. While nursing for most is very rewarding‚ it is also an occupation that can very easily overwhelm employees and requires most of the time more so then none‚ a great tolerance to stress. For some when the stress becomes overwhelming‚ it may lead to addiction‚ especially in the
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Nursing Assessment Joann Campbell Palm Beach State College August 26‚ 2012 Nursing assessment is one of the main stages of the nursing process. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ “nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient’s physical‚ psychological‚ sociological‚ and spiritual status”. As professional nurse’s‚ we are responsible to use skills to complete assessments on every patient that we care for. Collecting this information allows
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My Complete Nursing Philosophy When I consider my what my personal philosophy of nursing is‚ I reflect upon all I have learned thus far about what a holistic approach to healthcare entails‚ as well as several professional nursing values which I consider to be priorities when providing nursing care to my clients. With an emphasis on the mind‚ body and spirit working together as a whole rather than separate parts‚ the holistic approach to nursing provides the framework for my nursing philosophy that
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Nurse Researcher Demystifying nursing research terminology. Part 1 Cite this article as: Welford C‚ Murphy K‚ Casey D (2011) Demystifying nursing research terminology. Part 1. Nurse Researcher. 18‚ 4‚ 38-43. Received February 12 2010; accepted October 29 2010 Correspondence to Claire Welford Email: claire.welford@ nuigalway.ie Claire Welford RGN‚ Dip NS‚ BNS Hons‚ MSc‚ PGC TLHE is HRB nursing research fellow Abstract Aim This article aims to provide clear explanations of the research
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