GENDER BIAS AMONG NURSES Gender bias is common in nursing. It is my own experience of facing gender bias in my own institution. When I was working as an Instructor in my institution‚ there was opportunity to for me to get promotion but was denied and it was given to a female colleague. As I was working there for last three years with an out standing performance for all those years in my opinion and that of many others‚ it was my right to promoted to that post. But the head of my institute had promoted
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Is Nursing a Profession? What is a profession? According to one definition a profession is an occupation that is based on a complex set of skills and knowledge that is used in the service of others. This definition also says that the members of this occupation abide by a code of ethics and commit themselves to competence‚ integrity‚ morality and many other qualities that promote public good (Cruess‚ Johnston‚ & Cruess‚ 2004‚ p. 74). According to this very definition‚ nursing is a professional
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Horizontal Violence The clinical issue of interest to me and one that I would like to focus on his Horizontal violence. This topic is of interest to me because in my profession as a nurse supervisor‚ I have encountered and had to resolve many instances of horizontal violence in the work environment. In this paper‚ I will provide a rational as to why Horizontal Violence (HV) is a relevant workplace issue and provide the research to support this rational. Horizontal violence has been defined as “hostile
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Career in Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care
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Nursing: My Dream Profession Nursing as I know is an important component of the health care delivery system that requires a whole lot of energy and time to put in patient welfare. Although‚ nursing is a profession that is rewarding and challenging‚ I have always admired becoming a nurse someday in the future. As a child‚ I had my father as a role model. My father was a nurse in Cameroon‚ central Africa. When he retired‚ he settled back in the rural area where I and the rest of my family lived with
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Exploring the Future of the Nursing Profession The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) partnered up in attempt to improve the future of nursing and to meet the increasing demands being placed on the American health care system. Previous U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala‚ chaired the committee and produced a report in 2010‚ The Future of Nursing: Leading Change‚ Advancing Health‚ which makes recommendations in the areas of training‚ education
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health care. Every aspect of health care‚ including health care professions‚ have begun to evolve as a result of the laws passed in 2010. The nursing profession is one of the largest divisions in the healthcare workforce and requires large transformations in order to meet the goals that the United States has set forth. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted a report in 2010 which laid out recommendations for health care professions in order to make the goals attainable. Transforming education
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Media is an important channel for health care system to create awareness of health issue and about nursing professions to the society. In older days peoples listened to radio and read newspaper for the meaningful purposes like weather forecast and news around the world. In present generation media generates public awareness through telecommunication Satellites TV‚ Internet and movies etc. I agreed that the media depicted positives and negatives influence regarding nurses’ images to the public and
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Importance of English in Nursing Profession. In general‚ the most popular language is English. In this computer age‚ English is the only language that anyone can understand. It is clear that the English language has become more dominant around the world. There is no doubt that‚ the English is language of communication between the people with different cultures. Considering the importance of English‚ It is a proper language that is easily understandable and it is absolutely necessary for all those
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Judgement is a vital trait to have in a nursing profession. It involves both intellectual and professional maturity from the nurse. Judgement alone requires the ability from the nurse to pay attention to the clients surroundings‚ taking into account all the events that have occurred and making an appropriate judgement based on these reasons. It can be defined as “having an idea‚ a clear opinion following a period of reflexion whereas the term clinical indicates that it is related to the patient”
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