Rachel Palamore Therapeutic Rec Legal and Liability Issues of the Therapeutic Recreation Profession Being a therapeutic recreational professional‚ there are a number of issues you may have be aware of. To ensure the safety of the professional and the patient‚ one must be aware of the legal and liable issues associated with this profession. In this paper‚ I will discuss the issues of sexual harassment‚ Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990‚ supervising individuals with disabilities‚ negligence
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Nursing Shortage: Leaders or Managers? By Tonya D. Martin NRS 451v Grand Canyon University The nursing profession is experiencing an overwhelmingly grim shortage of clinical nurses. It is predicted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that the demand for nurses is going to increase approximately 60% between the years 2008 and 2018. Of those who graduate from nursing school‚ 50% leave the profession within their first two years of practice (Ferrell‚ et al‚ 2011). The problem
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of the nursing profession is connected to historical influences throughout the ages‚ beginning in antiquity. THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDYING NURSING HISTORY 1. Helping to understand the societal forces and issues facing the profession 2. Gaining an appreciation of the role the profession played in the healthcare system 3. Describing the influence of societal trends on the development of nursing as a profession 4. Identifying the contributions of selected leaders in the nursing profession Nursing
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Definition of Nursing Leslie Burgess Submitted to Sarah P. Combs PhD‚ MPH‚ RN in partial fulfillment of NR444 Professional Role Development Regis University February 1‚ 2012 Nurses have been described as “lacking professional commitment and motivation‚ low in risk taking and change-making‚ having a ‘blue-collar mentality‚’ being cautious and conservative‚ and suffering from lack of cohesiveness and collegiality” (as cited in Chandler‚ 1986‚ p.1). With this definition of what a nurse has
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The company I chose for the mission statement written assignment is Barnes & Noble. In identifying the mission statement from www.missionstatement.com‚ I also reached out to Barnes & Noble and asked them for their mission statement‚ which was a one sentence summery of the mission. The mission statement character comparisons on the Barnes & Noble websites about us page‚ summaries the mass number of products they sell and delivery. They sell more then just books‚ as they sell eBooks‚ magazines
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What is Professionalism? Professionalism is a calling which requires specialized knowledge and often long and extensive academics. Professional Nursing is "the process in which substantial specialized knowledge derived from the biological‚ physical‚ and behavioral sciences is applied to: the care‚ diagnosis‚ treatment‚ counsel and health teaching of persons who are experiencing changes in their normal health processes or who require assistance in the maintenance of health or the prevention or management
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Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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The Nursing Shortage: Why Today’s Shortage is Unique Introduction: The nursing profession has experienced shortages many times in the past. This pattern was cyclical‚ with periods of high vacancy rates followed by layoffs and an oversupply of registered nurses. Today‚ we are experiencing another drought for nursing‚ but due to many factors‚ this shortage is different from anything the profession has witnessed in previous years. There are many that feel this shortage is severe and prolonged
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Professionalism What is professionalism? The nursing profession began with a genuine desire to serve and care for others‚ combined with compassion‚ commitment and professionalism. Professionalism‚ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary‚ is “the conduct‚ aims‚ or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.” Professionalism is the competence or skill expected of a professional. A professional is a person who engages in a specific occupation or activity. A professional
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing_ethicsThe nature of nursing means that nursing ethics tends to examine the ethics of caring rather than ’curing’ by exploring the relationship between the nurse and the person in care.[1]Early work to define ethics in nursing focused more on the virtues that would make a good nurse‚ rather than looking at what conduct is necessary to respect the person in the nurse’s care. However‚ recently‚ the ethics of nursing has also shifted more towards the nurse’s obligation
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