Reflection Paper Donna Ishay Grand Canyon University Trends and Issues in Today ’s Healthcare NRS-440V Professor Linda Gobin July 20‚ 2015 Reflection Paper Recommendation 4: Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020. According to the IOM report‚ they wanted to increase the number of nurses with a baccalaureate degree by 80% (American Nurses Association‚ IOM report‚ 2010). I knew for myself this would mean for me to go back to school and get a higher level of degree
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Combining Nursing Leadership with Advocacy Grand Canyon University Trends and Issues in Health Care NRS-440V June Helbig July 18‚ 2013 Combining Nursing Leadership with Advocacy According to Dictionary.com‚ a strength is the quality or state of being strong‚ a mental power‚ force‚ or vigor; a weakness is the lack of strength‚ an inadequate quality. We all have and carry our own strengths and weaknesses of qualities. As I’ve learned in class this week‚ every nurse can be a leader. It was
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Nursing leaders are crucial to any nursing organization. They motivate‚ empower‚ influence‚ and communicate the organization’s vision to create change within the organization. Respectable nursing depends on noble nursing leaders. This paper will highlight Florence Nightingale nursing leadership and describe her leadership characteristics. It will further depict the democratic style Florence Nightingale utilized throughout her career. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse‚ she was a researcher
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that talked about an oncology patient who was very upset about being treated by a nurse who smelled strongly of cigarettes and had nicotine stained nails. Meanwhile‚ the nurses are educating the patients and encouraging them not to smoke. Hypocritical‚ yes‚ but according to many nurses‚ “nurses had to have the right to choose how to live their lives without being turned into ‘health gods’ “ ("How happy and‚" 2008) Nurses are looked at as perfect role models who should be the picture of health. But we
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The nurses primary roles of promoting health‚ preventing illness‚ restoring health and alleviating suffering places the nurse in a position to always remain an advocate for their patient. A scenario has been created in which a terminally ill patient has asked the doctor about alternative healthcare treatment options. The doctor in this case dismisses them as "quack" practices. What role does the nurse play in this situation? “When the patient’s wishes are in conflict with others‚ the nurse seeks
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a specific educational base‚ nursing is an art and a science‚ and natural laws just to name a few. Florence believed that the law of health was keeping the person and population healthy. What I admire the most about Florence is her strength in advocacy and her focus on leadership and education. Florence was quoted saying “Were there none who were discontented with what they have‚ the world would never reach anything better” (Nightingale‚ 2001-2012). Florence was a strong advocate for egalitarian
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the recommendation of daily nurse leader rounding as discussed. A specific‚ measurable‚ attainable‚ realistic‚ and time-bound (SMART) goal for this area would be to conduct daily nurse leader rounds on 90% of eligible patients on the unit by March 15th. This would be considered realistic and attainable if I take the primary action to develop Outlook calendar segmentation to protect time daily for this activity and the secondary step of training additional nursing leaders on the unit to contribute to
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Nursing Leader Interview The nurse manager of the cardiac rehabilitation unit has been a formal nurse leader for the past five years. The conversation began with a discussion about her personal leadership style and how it evolved from a knee jerk style to her current democratic style. Being a nurse leader requires adaptation and flexibility. Administration‚ Medicare‚ and certifying organizations require changes to be made frequently to improve patient care. These changes are often tied to service
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Nurse Leader Interview Tonya Reed NUR/587 – Leadership and Management in Nursing and Health Care January 12‚ 2015 Lita Tsai Nurse Leader Interview Leadership is the inspiration for desired response and getting work done through others (Tomey‚ 2009). The person‚ I have chosen to take part in helping me to do the interview‚ is T.E. She is a 30 year old African America. T.E. was born in Kingston‚ Jamaica on January 18‚ 1984 and lived there until she was ten years old. She grew up in poverty in an underserved
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Nurse Leader Perceptions and Experiences with Workload Acuity Tools: Survey of United States Health Systems Kanetia Stepney HSM 5003.30 Management of Health Service Organizations Spring 2015 Texas Woman’s University School of Management Professor Patricia Driscoll‚ JD‚ RN March 31‚ 2015 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Types of Acuity Level Determination 4 Literature Review 5 Methodology 6 Results 7 Discussion and Recommendations 9 Appendix A: Survey Tool 11 Appendix B: Survey Invitation Message
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