A career in nursing allows an individual to seek out many opportunities and identify an area or specialty that they feel corresponds with their personality‚ culture‚ lifestyle and work ethic. The potential occupations for a nurse are limitless. In this discussion‚ the phrase gerontological nurse will be identified and what gerontological nursing means to myself will be described. I will go on to explain my view on why so few students prefer gerontological nursing as a specialty. Finally‚ suggestions
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discussion of the important assumptions and concepts of the theories. Florence Nightingale is the most recognized name in the field of nursing. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Biography of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in
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Nursing metaparadigm The American Nursing Association defined 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 responses‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and population(2013 American Nurses Association) I perceive nursing as an act used to guard‚ further the progress‚ and keep health at a fully perfect level. This is achieved by
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Do standardised nursing languages/taxonomies provide evidence of nursings distinctive contribution to patient care? Yes‚ the use of a standardized nursing language for documentation of nursing care is vital both to the nursing profession and to the bedside/direct care nurse {Rutherford 2008}. In a health care environment where nurses are providing more care to more patients‚ Dr. Herdman says a standardized nursing language “provides clarity in communication among all professionals caring for that
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Nursing practice has been transformed from a basic healing and caring concept to a multiple facets of systematic health care collections in an imperative need of rapid changing society over the last century. In order to ensure safe practice of nursing‚ regulation and supervision by legislations serves its purpose. Nurses could obtain nursing regulation information through numerous sources. “National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is an independent‚ not-for-profit organization through
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My Complete Nursing Philosophy When I consider my what my personal philosophy of nursing is‚ I reflect upon all I have learned thus far about what a holistic approach to healthcare entails‚ as well as several professional nursing values which I consider to be priorities when providing nursing care to my clients. With an emphasis on the mind‚ body and spirit working together as a whole rather than separate parts‚ the holistic approach to nursing provides the framework for my nursing philosophy that
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Nursing Shortage: Leaders or Managers? By Tonya D. Martin NRS 451v Grand Canyon University The nursing profession is experiencing an overwhelmingly grim shortage of clinical nurses. It is predicted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that the demand for nurses is going to increase approximately 60% between the years 2008 and 2018. Of those who graduate from nursing school‚ 50% leave the profession within their first two years of practice (Ferrell‚ et al‚ 2011). The problem
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Philosophy of Professional Nursing Each person may have an individual perspective about nursing. For professional nurses‚ interactions within their careers lead to the development of different philosophies and theories of nursing. As they build experience‚ knowledge may reshape these theories based on different situations they have encountered. The responsibility of a nurse is not limited to simply attending to patients at the bedside. Nurses not only provide comfort care‚ but must educate‚ communicate
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Nursing is a profession focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities to attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Professionalism‚ and Patient and Family Centered Care are important concepts in professional nursing. This paper will identify the roles and functions of the professional nurse in the health care delivery system. Also‚ how these concepts incorporate in future nursing practice and contribute to positive outcome. Professionalism in nursing is an
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Scarcity of Resources: Nursing Shortage Scarce Resources According to Hanson and Stenvig (2008)‚ nursing educators attributes on the phases of clinical experience process and also form the foundation for the praxis of clinical experience. Clinical education can improve by the clinical educators by developing strategies in teaching and tool evaluation that can build positive and good attributes and phases of the clinical experience. The question is‚ how are we going to improve nursing education if there
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