policies by legislation‚ then the RN can easily go against the health laws and this would affect their job. So‚ the nurse has to act according to the new health laws instead of the old health laws. It can be detrimental‚ not only for that specific health professional as well as to the whole nursing framework (Willis‚ Reynolds & Keleher‚ 2012). The nursing research empowers the nurses so that they can continuously know any modifications in the laws which disturbing or interrupting their practice. Therefore
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Charge nurse page 1. Running head: Charge nurse competencies A qualitative study of charge nurse competences Charge nurse p 2. A qualitative study of charge nurse competencies This is a research critique of a qualitative study concerning the charge nurse role in medical-surgical and intensive care units. The purpose of this article is
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The role of a nurse An bord altranais (2000) believes that‚ The code of professional conduct aims to equipped the nursing profession the highest standard of care possible to service users and to be their advocate .Nurses are more accountable for their actions and decision making due to modern medicine and society. It is important for the nurses to promote the image of people with intellectual disabilities that they are not second class citizens and they deserve to have equal rights to treatment
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Introduction There is an increasing emphasis of the importance of the role of nurses as educators and therefore is important to have an understanding of how to implement a teaching plan in clinical practice. Education of patients and family is the professional responsibility of the nurse. The nurse should aim for the patient to achieve independence in the management of their own health. This assignment will compromise of a proposed teaching plan regarding self-administration of sub-cutaneous insulin
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The Effects of Nurse Staffing on Patient Safety Evidence and Methodology • Our goal is clearly defined---- To assess whether nurse staffing effects patient safety in the form of inpatient hospital mortality and patient safety • Our studies are observational and taken from random samples adjusted for risk and hospital characteristics----Data was obtained from nurse surveys and risk-adjusted 30-day inpatient mortality and failure to rescue. Pt discharge data was obtained from the state agencies.
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are considered insanity. In modern usage insanity is most commonly encountered as an informal unscientific term denoting mental instability‚ or in the narrow legal context of the insanity defense. In the derivation of the word insanity lies its definition. In English‚ the word sane derives from the Latin adjective sanus meaning healthy. The word insanity was first used in the 1550s. Naturally the word insane means unhealthy. From Latin insanus meaning mad‚ insane‚ then comes the root of in meaning
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“Moving to a nurse workforce in which a higher proportion of staff nurses have at least a baccalaureate-level education would result in substantially fewer adverse outcomes for patients” (Friese‚ Lake‚ Aiken‚ Silber & Sochalski‚ 2008). Of the three most popular ways to become a registered nurse‚ a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree has been recognized as the best training for nurses in the current complex healthcare system. A baccalaureate prepared nurse possesses additional skills in critical
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Abstract Nurse staffing has always been an issue in the hospital setting. Different units with different patient acuities are staffed accordingly usually based on the patient census. While nurses who are in direct contact care with patients feel that a decreased patient load will lead to greater benefit for the patient‚ others who are usually in managerial positions are not persuaded that such a correlation exists. As of this time‚ no such research has been done with an intentional change in staffing
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What does it mean to be an educated person? According to Merriam- Webster’s Dictionary definition‚ to be educated is someone who has learned how to acquire‚ analyze‚ synthesize‚ evaluate‚ understand‚ and communicate knowledge and information. I believe that being well-educated means‚ you need to have a degree in a specific field and also be able to excel and easily adapt to a different field with substantial amount of knowledge to it. For some people‚ being educated means you need to have a college
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The main purpose of this article is knowing what Transcultural Nursing and Culturally Competent Care are in society. It will also clarify what these two terms are for those nurse and health professions that are not clear on what it is. Transcultural Nursing is a study‚ research‚ and practice‚ focused on culturally based care beliefs‚ values‚ and practices of individuals or groups of similar or different cultures. Along with it being “directed toward holistic‚ congruent (appropriate)‚ and beneficial
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