Nurse Practice Act Extra Credit Definition of Nurse Practice Act(s) Nursing practice acts in each state are laws that define the responsibilities of the nurse. The acts are intended to protect patients from harm as a result of unsafe or incompetent practice‚ or unqualified nurses. They contain general statements of appropriate professional nursing actions. The nurse must incorporate the nursing practice act with his or her educational background‚ previous work experience‚ institutional policies
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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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are the qualifications required to be employed as a nurse anesthetist? What are practice settings they work on? What opportunities does this career offer? Ever since I became interested in the field of nursing‚ I researched the qualifications in order to be a nurse anesthetist. “A registered nurse (RN) preparation with Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist certification is required; Master of Science in Nursing is preferred. To enter a nurse anesthetist program‚ one must possess an active RN license
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Amarillo‚ Gelle Kalayaan Gatdula Communication and Social Change Department of Communication MA – Com I “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry‚ naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted‚ unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” – Mother Theresa I drove for miles and miles only for the reason that my job is to save people‚ people who are in need of my helping hands despite my tired body from
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got home and wondered if maybe he’d called the cell-phone. At this point‚ I don’t know if I’m even going to bother trying again. Apparently my offer of services isn’t worth enough for him to call me when he said he was going to‚ which makes me wonder why I should bother helping out. The second was the president of a company for which we did some web design work. He was impressed with our work‚ and asked if we might want to put in a bid for some future work. The problem is that the person we had
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is clear to how the role of the certified registered nurse anesthetist works with the attending‚ the circulator‚ the scrub and other team members. The research of this role has clarified some of the misconceptions of the role and provided more detailed information to those interested. There were information that was unfamiliar and unclear before the start of the research paper and now‚ it is clear to how valuable the certified registered nurse anesthetist is in the operating room. The research of
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Preparation There is an ongoing debate about nurses trained at the Associates Degree level versus the baccalaureate degree level. In this paper‚ I will discuss some of the important differences between the two levels of education and try to determine if one is really better than the other. First of all‚ when considering the difference between the two types of degrees‚ it is important to recognize that at either level‚ a nurse must be able to pass the same NCLEX examination in order
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Oncology Nurse Have you ever had a nurse help you that is even better than the Call of Duty? Pediatric oncology nurses are there to help the ones that are fighting cancer and help them get treatment to fight it. Most patients are under 18‚ although some could be up to 21. The patients that pediatric oncology nurses work with are usually fighting some form of cancer or in remission. By being a nurse for kids‚ you have to be prepared to interact with the patient’s parents or guardian. With being a nurse
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The career was chosen is a R.N.‚ or registered nurse. A registered nurse has many different occupational specialties. Some of them are general duty nurses‚ occupational health nurses‚ office nurses‚ and private duty nurses‚ plus a few more. Registered nurses have the opportunity to work in many places such as hospitals‚ institutions‚ and medical offices. The jobs entail providing nursing service for patients in hospitals institutions‚ offices‚ and nursing care for on-duty workers if needed
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Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to explore the professional responsibilities of the nurse and their role in safeguarding vulnerable patients‚ all of which are based around a fictitious scenario. The scenario is centred on a patient named Margaret and is going to be used to identify any vulnerability issues Margaret may have. Margaret could be identified as been vulnerable‚ as she is an 89 year old lady who is suffering from a heart condition. Margaret is currently living with her
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