The Shortage of Nurses: Nursing and a Nurse is one of the most important components of the health care hierarchy in that they see to the moment to moment care needs of patients after the doctor has performed his diagnosis and or services. Their responsibilities broach a wide spectrum of services with one of the most important being the administration of acute care. This type of care is one rung below critical care‚ however it is just as important in the recovery of a patient. The shortage of nurses
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diagnosed with colon cancer a few years back and his disease‚ in conjunction with chemotherapy‚ has taken away his capacity to care for himself. He was also recently diagnosed with Parkinson¡¯s disease. The name of the Nursing home that I chose to evaluate is the Lakeview Nursing and Rehabilitation Center located in Lincoln Park‚ IL. My visit was on the 21st of November at 1:30 p.m. An employee of the home that offered any assistance that she could was Colleen Egen‚ R.N. (773) 348-4055. This
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Nursing according to Merriam-Webster nursing is “the job of taking care of people who are sick‚ injured‚ or old.” But nursing to me means way more‚ to me it is the foundation of the medical field. As the nurses poke needles‚ remove blood‚ and patch up patients‚ they do all the labor in a hospital that no one really wants to do. I believe that the cure for many illnesses is not just in the medicine‚ but in the care a nurse gives to a patient in their home and in the hospital. I hope that I can make
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Houston NU100 * The definition of the nursing practice is the practice of professional nursing and the practice of practical nursing. * The scope of the practice includes caring for‚ maintaining health‚ and preventing illness or injury of persons in exchange for compensation. It also involves administering medicines and treatments. * The RN’s responsibility in the nursing process is gathering organized data‚ observation‚ appropriate nursing judgment and evaluation of human responses
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Running head: Does Nursing Qualify as a Profession? Does Nursing Qualify as a Profession? Abstract Nursing will be compared to common characteristics of a profession to determine if nursing qualifies as a profession. Does Nursing Qualify as a Profession? "There are six characteristics commonly used to asses whether a job is considered a profession: education of the practitioner‚ having a code of ethics‚ receiving compensation commensurate with the work‚ being organized to promote a needed
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The progress in the development of theoretical nursing is definable in terms of seven stages. Each of this stage has helped nurses come close to identifying the domain of nursing‚ to defining its mission‚ and defining its theoretical base. The development of the discipline of nursing is tied to its theoretical development. Without its development‚ the practice of nursing would remain to where Florence Nightingale left it – in the stage of practice. a. Stage of Practice‚ Apprenticeship and Service
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The Nursing Process The nursing process has five key steps in it. There is an acronym to remember these by steps by; it is ADPIE. Assess Diagnose‚ Plan‚ Implement‚ and Evaluate. The assessment step is exactly as it states; a nursing assessment. The nurse assesses the patient and gathers information to make a diagnosis. The next step is diagnosing; in which means forming a nursing diagnosis based on subjective and objective data; and on the patient history. Once a nursing diagnosis is formed;
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Module Title Introduction to Nursing Module Code NURS07022 Cohort September 2013 Assignment Title Introduction to nursing workbook Assignment Date 03/12/13 Word Count Words 1587 Part 1 Learning outcome 1 With reference to credible and relevant evidence‚ discuss your accountability as
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Socialization in Nursing October 1‚ 2013 Socialization in Nursing It is defined on businessdictionary.com that socialization occurs through a combination of both self-imposed and externally imposed rules and expectations of others which is how individuals learn rules and expectations of knowledge‚ language and social skills. In layman terms‚ this means that nurses learn from one another as well as what they see and hear other nurses do and say. Through socialization
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ASSESSMENT Assessment is a core activity of nursing practice. It includes gathering information about the health status of a patient/client‚ analyzing/inspecting and interpreting the data and deciding how to use the information in the patient’s plan of care‚ and evaluating the quality of the plan of care. It also includes assessing community‚ or population and using the information in planning and delivering care. ***How has your practice in nursing enabled you to apply the principles of Physical/Health
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