BSN Nurses Create a Safer Patient Environment In recent years a movement has been emerging in more and more hospitals and health care facilities to hire nurses with BSN degrees. In addition‚ many health care employers are requiring‚ or at least urging‚ their current staff to earn higher degrees. This movement gained momentum following a study released by the Institute of Medicine in October 2010 recommending “increasing the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80% and doubling
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Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness Effective Nurse-Patient Communication during Uncertainty in Illness The Healthy People 2020 initiative includes goals to increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare providers listened to them carefully to 65% and increase the number of patients who report that their healthcare provider explained things so they could understand them to 66% (United States Department of Health and Human Services‚ 2010)
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UEES | Krashen´s Theory | Theory of Second Language Acquisition | | Gisella Coka | 13/01/2012 | "Language acquisition does not require extensive use of conscious grammatical rules‚ and does not require tedious drill." Stephen Krashen | This paper is going to talk about Krashen’s theory of second language acquisition‚ which has had a large impact in all areas of second language research and teaching since the 1980s. There are 5 keys hypotheses about second language acquisition in
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For each of the above theories‚ please prepare the following; 1. Brief biography of the theorist (person who created the theory) 2. A brief discussion of the important assumptions and concepts of the theories. Florence Nightingale is the most recognized name in the field of nursing. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of
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Ethics: Therapeutic Patient Relationship Training Session By: Michael R Rigda Ohio University 2014 Table of Contents Ethics: Therapeutic Patient Relationships Overview Since the 1970s‚ ethics has been incorporated into virtually every aspect of the health care system. Because of such a small time window‚ the study of ethics in a medical perspective continues to change and improve for the benefit of the patient. Studies of doctor-patient relationships indicate the need
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Heavy Patient to Nurse Ratios Decreasing Job Satisfaction and Increasing Turnover The effects of inadequate bedside nurse staffing levels on job satisfaction and turnover rates is of major concern in healthcare facilities nationwide. In this paper‚ I will summarize evidenced-based nursing research which shows that heavy patient assignments and high patient to nurse ratios are contributing to staff burnout and dissatisfaction in the workplace and results in increased turnover rates of the registered
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Journals Full Length Research Paper Nurses’ knowledge‚ perceptions‚ and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS: Effects of a health education intervention on two nursing groups in Cairo University‚ Egypt Eman Taher and Rehab Abdelhai* Department of Public Health‚ Faculty of Medicine‚ Cairo University‚ Egypt. Accepted 3 April‚ 2011 Information education and communication (IEC) programs are the most effective available approaches for combating the HIV pandemic especially among nurses. The aim of this study is to assess
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Maslow’s Theory: A Human’s Hierarchy of Needs Jason T. Heilman Grantham University Maslow’s Theory: A Human’s Hierarchy of Needs Every person is driven by different factors. Some enjoy a challenge; others are motivated by money while others simply want human interaction. Many researchers designed studies to determine what drives an individual to perform and they developed their own theories on how managers can get the highest levels of productivity from their employees while
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themselves‚ such as washing‚ dressing‚ feeding and so on (Castledine‚ 2009). There are also professions linked to it; social work and members of the healthcare profession‚ such as doctors‚ nurses‚ care assistants and psychologists all fall under the term‚ caring profession. This essay will outline the relationship between nurses and caring. Caring can be separated into two areas; caring for someone and caring about someone. Caring for someone refers to caring for their physical needs‚ medical treatment and
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Transformation of Jeff Henderson In life‚ a “Fall” means that someone loses his position or becomes unsuccessful depending on economy‚ family discord‚ or crime. You cannot rise if you do not fall first. In the autobiography Cooked‚ Jeff Henderson undergoes his own “Fall” into the abyss of insanity and a redemption born from necessity. The rising/falling motif of the life lessons can be explained by narcissism‚ solipsism‚ denial and rationalization. Cooked by Jeff Henderson is a memoir of crime
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