Math and Nursing February 9‚ 2013 Math and Nursing * My field of study in nursing. Nurses play a vital role in helping doctors care for patients in a variety of settings. In the field of nursing‚ mathematics is a crucial part of care giving. * Nurses have to use a variety of math concepts on their job everyday. Nurses must have a great knowledge of math to ensure that patients get the correct amount of medication‚ food and proper care
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Nursing is a very broad term which describes care given to those who are sick or injured. There are so many aspects of nursing care so I decided to right characteristics would make a good nurse. The first one I’m going to talk about is communication skills. Communication is vital in nursing‚ if you don’t communicate properly with a patient then you will not get the correct patient/nurse relationship and the patient won’t feel like they can trust you. If you can’t communicate properly then there
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simply seek out second careers in jobs that offer increase job security. The term “baby boomers” implies individual’s age‚ Generation X Generations Y. Since nursing is a field that has maintained stability throughout economic hardship. substantials stable many people have been drawn to the profession Therefore making the nursing profession diverse not only on the basis of ethnicity and gender but also based on age. The term generational diviersity came about in This issue is important
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Ethics in Nursing Overview According to Aiken (2004) “Ethics is the discipline that deals with rightness and wrongness of actions”. The goal is similar to that of the legal system except that in most cases there is no system of enforcement or ethical penalties. “General ethics is the consideration of the morality of human acts in general”. (Fitzpatrick 2002) In nursing‚ ethical issues arise daily. There are issues such as death‚ dying‚ birth‚ abortion‚ genetics‚ quality of
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Question 1 Learning Organization according to Samson & Daft (2009‚ pg. 36)‚ can be achieved by creating an organizational climate that values experimentation and risk taking‚ applies current technology‚ tolerates mistakes and failure‚ and rewards non-traditional thinking and the sharing of knowledge. Discussing the extent of TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) being a learning organization‚ two characteristics most popularized by Peter Senge in his book The Fifth Discipline that can be highlighted
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pioneer of nursing as well as the first nursing researcher. During the Crimean War in 1854‚ Nightingale and 38 nurses traveled to the military hospital Scutari‚ in Turkey‚ to care for the wounded soldiers. The conditions they found were horrible. Soldiers were lying in filth‚ there was little medications and fewer supplies. There was no ventilation and an open sewer ran beneath the hospital. Morbidity and mortality rates were a staggering 43%.(Fee & Garofalo‚ 2010). Significance to nursing. Nightingale’s
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paper using the above chapters in your textbook as the reference (see the Nursing Student Writing Guidelines Checklist for paper requirements [25% of paper grade]) answering the following questions: a. Review the Models of Transition (Bridges; Spencer & Adams). Using examples from your life‚ how and where do you see yourself reflected in the two Models of Transition? (HEADING IN PAPER: My Models of Transition in Nursing) b. Review Role Theory/Role Stress & Strain. Provide examples
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Euthanasia is a term that originated from the Greek language: eu meaning "good" and thanatos meaning "death". Generally‚ euthanasia implies the intentional termination of life that is initiated by a person who wishes to commit suicide. However‚ euthanasia has many meanings and as a result‚ has several terms that define and differentiate various types of euthanasia. For instance‚ passive euthanasia is altering a form of support thereby hastening the death of a person‚ i.e. removing life support
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I have interviewed three nurses regarding nursing theories and their applications in real life. In my interview‚ they all came up with the same opinion about the theories. According to them – and I might have to agree – the theories aren’t that much useful to the practical duties as nurses. Though‚ Ernesto admits that these theories are the basis of what nurses do everyday. Eleanor says that when you are in an emergency situation or if immediate action is required‚ you will almost forget to think
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The nursing assessment of the acutely ill adult is of significant importance and needs to be carried out using a systematic approach and a range of skills acquired by the nurse. It is vital that a nurse performing assessments on acutely ill patients is adequately equipped to recognise a deteriorating patient and act accordingly (NICE‚ 2007). During the nurse’s assessment‚ it is critical to consider all aspects of the patient’s condition and general health and maintain dignity of the patient throughout
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