Introduction Cultural competence in nursing refers to our ability to relate to patients within the context of their own cultural values (DeNisco & Barker‚ 2013). According to Purnell (2005)‚ one aspect of cultural competence is “demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the client’s culture‚ health-related needs and meaning of health and illness‚” (p. 8). Furthermore‚ cultural sensitivity means the nurse will avoid imposing one’s own beliefs or cultural norms of health or illness onto the patient
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Doris Adu Maximizing Opportunities and Maintaining Excitement in Nursing Professional Development Kent State University Abstract Staff nurses have great responsibilities in caring for patients. Often‚ these nurses experience heavy workload. Heavy patient load and stress contributes to burnout. Why is burnout important to discuss in relation to nurses? Burnout affects the performance of the nurse and the quality of care he or she provides to the patient. Therefore‚ it is imperative that staff nurses
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Advanced Nursing Practice. The four that I will address are the Nurse Anesthetist‚ the Clinical Nurse Specialist‚ the Nurse Practitioner and the Nurse Mid-wife. Advanced Practice Nurses are Registered Nurses with specialty training at the master ’s-degree level‚ in primary care settings‚ such as the Nurse Practitioners and Nurse Midwives and acute care of inpatients‚ such as the Clinical Nurse Specialists and in operating rooms‚ such as Nurse Anesthetists. This has opened a door in the nursing field
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Nursing Theory Wendy Benson Chamberlain College of Nursing Theoretical Basis of Advanced Nursing NR501 July 20‚ 2013 Nursing Theory Nursing theories are the basic concepts that define nursing practice and provide the explanation to why nurses do what they do. Nurses are exposed to theories everyday in their practice. Did I give much thought to nursing theories prior to becoming a student? No‚ I did not. Of course I utilized them in my everyday nursing practice‚ but never put much thought
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Nursing is an art and a skill that involves caring for people who are disadvantaged by virtue of being in poor physical‚ mental‚ social‚ or even spiritual health. The aim of nursing is to promote health through a variety of different interventions‚ but mainly involves the use of medical interventions in contrast to holistic interventions. Nursing also has a history of operating within the biomedical model‚ which focuses mainly on the illness and not the individual (Oberle & Bouchal‚ 2009). Because
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I had learned so much from this class that I will take with me into my nursing career. During this course‚ I was able to think critically and tried understand what is like to be old. I am happy to say that my results were outstanding and I think the information that I had acquired from doing the internet explore on many different topics will be useful to me in the future. I work in a nursing home and I love helping people with their activities of daily living. Many people that I helped have a great
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Nursing Job Descriptions The many faces of the professional nurse The title of Nurse has many applications in modern medicine. Each specific type of nurse has a different set of responsibilities: Registered nurses (RNs)‚ Nurse Practitioners‚ head nurses or nurse supervisors‚ Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)‚ nursing home nurses‚ Home Health Nurses‚ and nursing aides. While there are many shared tasks‚ these nursing professions require special skills and different levels of patient interactions
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Report on Legal Aspects of Nursing Institute Of Management and Technology Prepared By: Kamran Khan Roll No. Smba 13025 Sec-A TERMINOLOGIES Abuse Crimes Fraud Violence
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This assignment will show the writers understanding and knowledge of the nursing process. In order to do this a specific patient has been chosen‚ focussing on one goal of care highlighted through the use of the assessment of a nursing model. To maintain confidentiality and protect autonomy‚ the patients name has been changed and any details through which a reader could identify the patient or the care location have also been changed. This complies with the NMC professional code of conduct (2002)
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Potential Community Health HESI Topic Areas These are some additional areas you may want to considering being familiar with: Ancathosis nigricans A skin condition characterized by dark‚ thick‚ velvety skin in body folds and creases. Most often‚ acanthosis nigricans affects your armpits‚ groin and neck. There’s no specific treatment for acanthosis nigricans — but treating any underlying conditions‚ such as diabetes and obesity‚ may cause the changes in your skin changes to fade Characteristics
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