This essay is going describe the skills that student nurses need to demonstrate to show that they have a clear understanding of good nursing practice. This essay will focus on four inter-related skills that complement each other in achieving goals (Barker 2007). The goal that these nursing skills seek to achieve is good nursing practice as according to Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC 2008) mission of protecting the health and welfare of the public. NMC is the National Regulatory body that
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According to the Consensus model for APRN’s Regulation: Licensure‚ Accreditation‚ Certification & Education (2008)‚ nurse practitioners are autonomous members of the healthcare team‚ providing care to individuals across the life span. They are educated to diagnose and treat undifferentiated symptoms‚ as well as‚ manage established diagnoses. They are able to obtain detailed histories‚ provide initial and ongoing care while ordering durable equipment medications‚ labs‚ imaging studies while interpreting
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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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The nursing field is a dynamic‚ ever changing world. It is constantly changing and there is always room for improvement. Every day brings in new experiences and learning opportunities when working the floor as a nurse. You are challenged in every possible way‚ mentally‚ physically‚ and emotionally. That is why I have chosen to expand my career in the nursing field. As a nurse you enhance the health and wellness of others‚ and that is such a privilege. Patients place their trust in nurses to deliver
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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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Mentoring is a relationship between two individuals‚ one is well educated as well as experienced and the other is seeking for guidance. Mentoring takes place at any point of a person’s life‚ not only during nursing school but can also take place within an individual’s career. Patience is a major key when it comes to dealing with various patients‚ colleagues and especially students who are aiming towards becoming a nurse as well. Patience allows a mentor to have the ability to share their knowledge
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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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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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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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of caring The role of caring as a registered nurse is an ever changing role. We as nurses must find the time to wear several different hats throughout the day even sometimes multiple hats at one time are needed to care for the patient at hand. Nursing theorist Jean Watson defines caring as a humanitarian science‚ and offers ten behaviors that demonstrate that. They are‚ in descending order: attentive listening‚ comfort‚ honesty‚ patience‚ responsibility‚ providing information so that the patient
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