A Nursing Career Nursing Career As I began analyzing what does a career mean to me the first thing that comes to heart is a professional. Wikipedia dictionary (2013) describes “ Nursing as a profession within the health sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality-of-life”. The American Nurses Association (2012)‚ “states nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities
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opportunities in which healthcare professionals are able to help patients‚ and there are many opportunities for failure with patients. When an unexpected outcome occurs‚ it is prudent to explore the occurrence and the path which resulted in this outcome. This paper describes the use of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) in a scenario involving a patient death‚ and then utilizes Change Theory and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to demonstrate effective
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Philosophy of Nursing paper February‚ 10‚ 2014 As a nurse in a long term acute care hospital (LTAC). A person to me is an individual‚ families‚ and communities in all ages and backgrounds that are in need of nursing care. A person is a sick patient in the hospital in need of nursing care to promote healing and maintain health. The patients are surrounded by their environment‚ internal and external. Internal environment is their biophysiological self and their families
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disenfranchised? Consider this question with reference to recent events. Introduction: Terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce‚ especially for political purposes. The victims are usually chosen randomly or selectively from a population. Acts of terror are often performed by political‚ ethnic‚ or religious groups who feel they have no other recourse for their needs or demands. Because terrorist groups are often disenfranchised members of a dictatorial society in
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Nursing-Sensitive Indicators Efforts to define the quality of nursing practice began with Florence Nightingale‚ as she worked to improve hospital conditions and measure patient outcomes. (The Sentinel Watch‚ 2011) Nursing-sensitive indicators are measures used to evaluate the quality of nursing care patients are receiving and to improve the quality of care given. Healthcare workers should be identifying the root causes of outcomes‚ regardless of the outcome. Tracking of these outcomes‚ recognizing
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college. Although both LPNs and RNs have to take somewhat of an exit exam‚ after the exam the RN WILL be a licensed nurse. The LPN must pass the NCLEX-PN licensing exam but before taking the NCLEX-PN the LPN has to complete a state approved practical nursing program. After all exams have been taken‚ and passed‚ a RN is a licensed Registered nurse‚ and as a licensed Registered Nurse‚ they are able to work independently. They can educate patients and provide advice to the patient and their families. RN;s
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Ethics refers to the study of situations that require practical reasoning. Ethical dilemmas are encountered in many instances of the nursing career. Therefore‚ some reasons determine particular ethical behaviors. For example‚ what individual regards as an ethical behavior may be considerably different from another person’s perception of the situation who may be applying a different approach. This situation results in moral distress that arises in the circumstances where a person is unable to decide
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a measurable patient-centered practice problem that I will address in my capstone paper. According to Nursing World (2015)‚ suicide rates within the correction facilities is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United Stated prisons‚ exceeding natural deaths and AIDS. It is estimated that at least one suicide attempt occurs every three seconds with one actual death every four minutes (American Journal of Nursing‚ 2015). Inmates with a history of mental illness are at risk due to one’s inability
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Running head: Nursing Informatics The Use of Computerized Management Systems in Nursing The quality of patient care can be increased when utilizing a computerized management system. These systems facilitate coordination among multiple providers and healthcare institutes by providing easy and quick access to clients’ information. Patient’s data is placed together which can be monitored more efficiently instead of waiting to receive information by mail or fax
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Boyle‚ J.‚ 2016). In this paper I’m going to discuss several reasons why transcultural nursing is a necessary specialty according to Madeleine. I will then define what cultural diversity means to me and how its relationship relates to the field of nursing. To finish‚ I will explain how I provide culturally sensitive care to my patients. In our textbook‚ Madeleine describes eight reasons why transcultural nursing is needed. She begins to explain that transcultural nursing is important because there
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