NURSES’ ROLE TOWARDS THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS The United Nation’s member states Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for 2015 include reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates‚ infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Significant progress has been made and the member states particularly developing countries made substantial headway so far in attaining these goals. In the Philippines‚ one of the main reasons for the country’s relentless pursuit of ensuring access
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Ethical Leadership in Nursing Kevin L. Meek Western Governors University Professional Roles and Values NVT2 December 08‚ 2012 Ethical Leadership Ethical Leadership in Nursing As advances in healthcare continue to improve the ability to sustain life‚ as well as for individuals to live longer‚ bedside nurses are faced more and more with difficult situations related to advance directives‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)‚ as well as to ensure they are functioning
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The role of the child and young person’s nurse has continually evolved since the mid-19th century; it was from the Minister of Health’s publication of the Platt report that it was first recognised and formerly endorsed that children should have the right to be cared for by fully trained and qualified nurses. This was the first of many reports and policies which was specifically aimed at the welfare of children. Although the Platt report was aimed at lessening the psychological effects on children
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Positive Male Role Models: The Key to the Success of the African American Male March 11‚ 2007 For the majority of African American males‚ the path to success is a challenging one. Young African American males in today’s society face major challenges to their growth and security. The lack of opportunity and motivation stems from preceding obstacles set before the pathways of their ancestors. Therefore‚ the crisis faced by present day African American males is nothing
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Until the last century‚ genetic altering was‚ for the most part‚ out of the question. One of the first forms of genetic altering was in the 1930’s when some American states were sterilizing the less intelligent people by force. In the 1970’s‚ the first embryos were being produced outside the human body by a process called in vitro fertilization. This was able to give infertile couples the blessing of having their own children. By the 1990’s‚ mammals were successfully being cloned; something deemed
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of a Male’s Gaze According to the feminist literary theory “The Male Gaze”‚ literary texts have a tendency to portray the world and women from a masculine point of view. These texts present women in terms of stereotypes and as objects of male pleasure. This usually occurs through the way males in a novel describe‚ talk about‚ and view women. In “The Male Gaze‚” there is often one character‚ usually male‚ who is more extreme in his male gaze attitudes towards women than the other characters in the novel
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The Role of an Emergency Room Nurse The role of an emergency room nurse can be demanding and may require a nurse to use many different nursing skills at certain times to take care of a variety of patients. The main role is the nurse must be skilled in client assessment‚ priority setting‚ critical thinking‚ multitasking‚ and communication. The nurse must be knowledgeable and able to make some decisions independently. The nurse also needs to be able to prioritize so the pts who are at highest
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This essay will describe the role of a nurse and how the nursing role has become a profession. It will also outline the governing bodies which have set regulations and guidelines which has made created the professional nurse. Bla bla head is blank! Nursing is constantly evolving in order to meet new demands and also has to take into account the up to date information which is available. The purpose of nursing is to promote healing‚ health‚ preventing illness‚ disease and also to minimise distress
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The Role of the Family Nurse Practitioner Deborah Rodriguez-Bitler South University The Role of the Family Nurse Practitioner Introduction Historically‚ there have been many instances in American history where legislation and medicine allowed Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) to serve in expanded roles or definitions (Delgado‚ 2014). This was especially true in areas that were poor or underserved (Delgado‚ 2014). It is also possible to look back in history and see a direct relationship with times
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I S S U E S A N D IN N O V A T I O N S IN N U R S I N G P R A C T I C E Expanding the role of the stroke nurse: a pragmatic clinical trial Christopher Burton DPhil PGCertHE BN RGN Research Fellow‚ Department of Nursing‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK Bernard Gibbon PhD MSc DipN DipANS RMN RGN Head of Department‚ Department of Nursing‚ University of Central Lancashire‚ Preston‚ UK Accepted for publication 16 March 2005 Correspondence: Christopher Burton‚ Department
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