the nurse in order to be able to do so (Edwards‚ 2009). This essay will discuss the professional duty of a student nurse with regards to the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) statement “You must respect people’s right to confidentiality”. The professional‚ ethical‚ and legal aspects of confidentiality will be discussed in detail‚ with a focus on nursing adults. Confidentiality in healthcare
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explore the nurse’s professional responsibility for safeguarding vulnerable patients. It will identify vulnerabilities specific to Blanche‚ a ninety year old lady with medical and physical problems (appendix 1). Other issues such as patient rights‚ autonomy and accountability will be discussed. It will consider the nurses professional behaviour and interventions to support Blanche. The Department of Health (DH‚ 2000a‚ p.8) define a vulnerable adult as a person over eighteen who is or may be
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Abstract Nursing is one of the oldest careers in history. It has grown tremendously since the beginning of the profession and strives forward in hopes to attain more advancement in the medical field. Along the years‚ there have been several controversies regarding nursing as a profession. In this paper we will discuss what nursing professionalism is and why we as nurses need to remain a professional icon in the occupation. This paper will also summarize two nursing articles regarding nursing professionalism
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Pursuing A Nursing Career Pursuing A Nursing Career Nursing Industry: A world of Opportunity Nursing Industry: A world of Opportunity Flexible schedule – convenient shifts to fit your schedule Challenge - everyday a new challenge; no boredom. . Accomplishment – Become an outstanding person Pride - Helping people on a day to day basis Wisdom/Knowledge – Become familiar with the human anatomy and the medical world. Flexible schedule – convenient shifts
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering
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Dorothy Orem Orem’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory description of category of theory is a set of broad concepts‚ definitions‚ relationships developed and assumptions or propositions created from nursing models or from other disciplines and projects of purposes that are required for care of by individual patient‚ family and community (Current Nursing‚2013). Orem ’s approach to the nursing process provides a method to determine the self-care deficits and then
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What is nursing? What exactly does it mean to nurse a patient‚ and how has this definition changed over the past centuries? What does the discipline of nursing consist of? In this essay‚ I aim to attempt to answer these questions‚ along with the help of a myriad of nursing researchers whose studies have helped to broaden my perspective on what exactly it is that I now do for a living. I will be discussing the different types of nursing knowledge that assists us as nurses to care for patients and
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope
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control their own lives‚ both within and outside the home; and their ability to influence the direction of social change to create a more just social and economic order‚ nationally and internationally (United nations definition). Women’s autonomy is associated with better health seeking behavior‚ which in turn‚ is expected to lead to improved maternal and child health outcomes (Basu 1992). Over half a million women from the developing world die each year of causes related to pregnancy and
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registered nurse Introduction National competency standards for registered nurses were first adopted by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) in the early 1990s. The ANMC was a peak national and midwifery organisation established in 1992 to develop a national approach to nursing and midwifery regulation. The ANMC worked in conjunction with the state and territory nursing and midwifery authorities (NMRAs) to produce national standards – an integral component of the regulatory framework
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