attention to quality of life‚ inner healing experiences‚ subjective meaning‚ and caring practices‚ which affect patient outcomes and system successes alike. This work places human-to-human-caring as central to professional nursing responsibilities‚ the role and moral foundation for the profession. Preserving human dignity through human caring and ultimately the measures by which patients evaluate their often-cure dominated experiences” (Watson‚ 2005‚ p. 51). Long quotations in APA are formatted differently
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Nursing is one of the most stressful careers in healthcare. Long hours of direct patient care take its toll emotionally and physically. While the profession is rewarding for most‚ the constant stress can become a catalyst for all kinds of self damaging behaviors. The American Nurses’ Association estimates between ten and twenty percent of nurses will abuse drugs within the workplace at some point during his/her career (ANA‚ 2002). This percentage is similar to that of substance abusers within
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Having empathy with the patient can increase the comfort and trust in the provider-patient relationship and can also psychologically be better for the patients. Participants in this study were students from different universities. They watched a DVD simulation-based empathy workshop and then self reported their sympathy through a survey. The background section of this article goes over the differences between “emphatetic medical care” and just general care. In emphatetic medical care‚ the caregiver
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Differences in ADN Nurses and BSN Nurses Dorothy Love RNC Grand Canyon University: NUS/430V January 7‚ 2011 This paper will explore the differences in competencies for nurses prepared at the associates and baccalaureate degree levels. Both allow the graduate to enter into the field of nursing as a Registered Nurse. There are distinct differences in the educational preparation and resulting competencies. Identifying differences of the ADN and BSN prepared nurse requires looking at
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struggle with; being a good role model for my patients and living as a normal‚ not perfect human being. While researching articles for this post‚ I found one 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
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New York Times’ Perri Klass published a popular press article entitled To Smoosh Peas Is to Learn bringing the issue into the public sphere. This critique will focus on the strengths and weaknesses of the original scientific study and the popular press piece report in The New York Times. This critique will also offer practical implications of such research in the real world. Initially‚ the scientific report has many strengths especially in the design of the experiment. The operational definitions
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Becoming a Nurse Will you be the one individual that can look beyond the stress‚ liability and the unexpected turns of events of being a nurse‚ and seemingly realize that it is a remarkably rewarding career? Frequently‚ people wonder why individuals would choose nursing for their occupation‚ with so much stress and human suffering. A nurse must be a very caring person‚ one that can accept responsibility‚ supervise individuals‚ and be able to react in a very fast pace. A nursing career has multiple
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has had the greatest influence in the career choices in my life. I used to go with him at work and see him take care of his patients. His dedication and compassion for the people he treated were motivating and made me realize that I wanted to work in the medical field as well. When my father was later on hospitalized and had a brain tumor surgery‚ I noticed that it was the nurses that played a major role in his recovery‚ and to be remembered by us afterwards for the attention and care they gave him
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Master ’s Prepared Nurse Interview Ariel Avila Grand Canyon University NUR-502 Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Roles and Practice Marina Reade December 23‚ 2014 Master ’s Prepared Nurse Interview Overview of the Master’s Prepared Nurse’s Career I first met my respondent as the new Clinical Educator of the Emergency Department (ED) during our monthly staff meeting. She spoke in front of the room during our mandatory staff meeting claiming that she obtained her master’s degree when she was in
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criticized for being a biased view of healthcare providers‚ not the patients (1)‚ and cost-effectiveness analyses of quality of life only look at the clinical outcomes through an economic lens. During the past two decades‚ the United States healthcare industry has been progressively shifting toward a more “consumer-directed industry” ‚ focusing on translating patients experience into scoring systems through designated questionnaires (2). Patient satisfaction surveys are increasingly incorporated into clinical
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