about ways to assist the new graduate nurse with transition-into practice issues. Preparing student nurses for the role transition from student to nurse who can responsibly provide high-quality and safe patient care is a difficult job. Nursing students usually don’t have the opportunity to take a full patient assignment before transitioning into practice; therefore‚ the job of transferring clinical knowledge to student nurses is often the responsibility of a nurse preceptor. A new graduate preceptorship
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In the Television series that I chose‚ Nurse Jackie quietly established itself as one of the outstanding programs on television. Edie Falco’s portrayal of a nurse Jackie with a moral code. It was clear from the first episode that the center could not hold in Jackie’s life. Nobody can effectively juggle a two-income marriage‚ children‚ a workplace romance and a drug addiction without the whole house of cards coming down‚ and we first met Jackie Peyton right at the point where the base began to wobble
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The public is affected everyday by the media. Media is everywhere in our daily activities and is a massive influence‚ whether people realize it or not. Generally everyone enjoys what the media has to offer‚ until violence incidents happen as a result. Violence in the media has been a controversial topic for many years‚ and many have come to the same assumption. Violence in the media causes violence in the real world. There is overwhelming proof that the media affects viewers by encouraging violent
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others as a nurse. Some of her career achievements include serving as a nurse during the Crimean War in the mid 19th century‚ sanitary reform in Britain and laying the foundation for the first nursing school at a hospital in London where she worked until her death at the age of ninety. The Florence Nightingale Pledge for Nurses Nightingale has left behind her an enduring legacy of passion and commitment to nursing. As a token of recognition for her service‚ a pledge taken by all new nurses has been
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The Case of the Disgruntled Nurses Introduction: At the board of directors’ meeting‚ board president received a letter from staff council of Oneida Home Health Agency (OHHA)‚ highlighting various staff concerns and suggestions. Rachel Nelson‚ who had been hired as the executive director of OHHA‚ was shocked and angered to see the letter‚ since this was a clear violation of organizational hierarchy and brought her management skills into question. Rachel had replaced Chuck about two years ago‚ who
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communities. The nurse need to be aware of the boundaries when providing therapeutic cares which is consumer centred to clients. When a therapeutic relationship is moved to establish into a friendship or social relationship then the professional boundaries are transgression. The relationship can turn into non-therapeutic and potentially harmful to both the nurse and client (Ruth‚Katie&Debra‚ 2009). A boundary creates a sense of legitimate control in a relationship‚ where the nurse is responsible
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Nurses’ Work Hours I have been a staff nurse in the emergency room for fourteen years. I have worked a variety of 8‚ 10‚ 12‚ and even 16 hour shifts. I currently am working 8 and 12-hour shifts on nights. Previously‚ I also worked some 12-hour day shifts. I personally have been struggling with working the 12-hour shifts. My commute to work is 1 hour one way and I have fallen asleep several times driving home from work. The last four hours of my shift I experience great
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of the ideas nurse midwives initiated. Nurse midwives incorporated the idea of keeping babies in the same room as the mother after delivery rather than placing the babies in the nursery. Certified Nurse Midwives were advocates for mothers to breastfeed their babies instead of formula feeding which was being taught to the mothers by hospitals during specific time periods (Rooks‚ 2014). Certified nurse midwives significantly impact the nursing profession. These advanced practice nurses can utilize the
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responsibility and challenges. Hey‚ I’m up for any challenge that’s thrown at me! The career choice that fits my personality is a Nurse Administrator. “What is a Nurse Administrator?” A Nurse Administrator is in charge of the nursing staff in a healthcare facility. They are licensed registered nurses‚ who have a lot of education and experience in the nursing field. A Nurse Administrator makes work schedules‚ gives feedback on their staff’s performances‚ make rules‚ and attend meetings. They usually
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Nurse Patient Relationship Nurse-patient relationship According Cutliffe and McKenna (2005)‚ research‚ theoretical and educational literature on interpersonal relations between nurses and patients has proliferated since the 1960s. This has generated a range of divergent accounts of what the nurse-patient relationship (NPR) ought to be‚ how this should be achieved‚ and how the NPR is constituted in practice. I have chosen the concept of nurse-patient relationship because this relationship
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