2011 Intro to Nursing History of the Nursing Nursing has played a big role in our past‚ present and will be in the future. Do we even know what nursing really is? Many people have interpreted it as “white uniforms‚ nursing cap‚ needles and bedpans” (Pg. 32). A nurse is defined as someone that tends to the patient needs but also shows commitment‚ caring‚ and dedication. “During the early Christian era men and woman spread the philosophy of Christianity while providing nursing care to the ill”
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Asim B. Malik Professor Bryan Polk RL ST 124 9 December 2010 Original Sin – Truth or Ideology The narrative of the first man and woman‚ Adam and Eve‚ is one that is well known among humanity. Simply put‚ it is the story of the origin of mankind; their creation‚ their temptation‚ and their initial sin‚ leading both‚ man and woman‚ and their progeny thereafter‚ to be banished from the Garden of Eden by the Creator Himself. Why us‚ their progeny? Are we to pay for their sin as well? Or are we also
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Peplau’s Intrapersonal relationship plays an important role as being a nurse. Her theory sets the foundation on how to approach the patient when first encountering him or her. She specifically identified four phases in interpersonal relationships: (1) orientation‚ (2) identification‚ (3) exploitation‚ and (4) resolution. Each of these phases’ overlaps‚ interrelates‚ and varies in duration as the process evolves toward a solution. (George‚ 2011) Peplau later wrote that the nurse-patient relationship
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EVOLUTION OF NURSING CURRICULUM (Global) Curriculum * Refers to a course of study at a school‚ university; the subjects making up a course * Derived from the Latin word currere which means to run FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE Institute of Protestant Deaconesses – Florence Nightingale trained to be a nurse. Two years later she was appointed resident lady superintendent of a hospital for invalid women in Harley Street‚ London. * 1860 - By the help of wealthy friends‚ Nightingale used the money
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Historical Development of Nursing The American Nurses Association (ANA) defines nursing as “…the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations” (American Nurses Association‚ 2003‚ p. 6). Nursing is considered an art‚ a practice‚ and a science. The relationship between theory‚ research‚ and practice
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The definition of nursing excellence can be defined in many ways. What is common amongst all of the definitions of nursing excellence is that providing the patient with high quality compassionate care seems to be the common thread. Florence Nightingale (considered by many to be the first nursing theorist) initiated the elevation of the nursing profession by educating those in charge of caring for patients and teaching them to use the environment to assist in patient recovery. From that point on
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I can walk through the halls of my school and get shot dirty looks‚ pushed‚ shoved‚ and cussed at. You would think that I had done something personally to them‚ but it’s only one thing. The fact I am a lesbian. Unfortunately‚ this is the reality for me‚ and thousands of other teens across the United States. The only reason why they are isolated‚ beaten‚ and rejected as a whole‚ is because Sally likes Jane‚ and Jessie just wants to be Jessica. The bullying of lesbian‚ gay‚ bisexual‚ and transgender
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In Ode to a Nightingale Keats introduces the reader to his discontent with the void of feeling he is experiencing. In the first line Keats says how his‚ “heart aches” which the reader would interpret as pain; however the second half of the first line he describes‚ “A drowsy numbness”. This tells me that Keats is uncomfortable with the “numbness” he experiences. In the second line Keats says‚ “as though of hemlock I had drunk”. Norton foot notes tell us that hemlock is a poison that acts
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Running Head: A PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 1 A Philosophy of Nursing Megan Cole‚ RN Georgia Southern University NURS 3139 Fall 2012 A PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 2 A Philosophy of Nursing The American Nurse’s Association’s Nursing’s Social Policy Statement (2003) defines nursing as the “protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
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The original position is a central feature of John Rawls’s social contract account of justice‚ “justice as fairness‚” set forth in A Theory of Justice (TJ). It is designed to be a fair and impartial point of view that is to be adopted in our reasoning about fundamental principles of justice. In taking up this point of view‚ we are to imagine ourselves in the position of free and equal persons who jointly agree upon and commit themselves to principles of social and political justice. The main distinguishing
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