Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs) provide care in a variety of multicultural setting. In healthcare today‚ Adult- Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioners (AGPCNP) must be aware of the various ethnic background and needs of their patients. AGPCNP are highly value in today’s society and a vital part of the interdisciplinary team. Due to the importance of the health of the patient‚ education‚ accreditation‚ certification‚ and licensure of an AGPCNP needs to be effectively aligned in order to warrant
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Introduction The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has made an active commitment to promote the creation of healthy work environments that support excellence in patient care. There is a plethora of evidence supporting the notion that unhealthy work environments contribute to many other serious problems in healthcare such as medical errors‚ patient readmission‚ and nurse turnover. Therefore‚ the AACN has put forth six essential standards for the establishing and sustaining of healthy
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Whistle blowing is informing on illegal and unethical practices in the workplace. It is becoming increasingly common as employees speak out about their ethical concerns at work. It can have disastrous consequences for the individual‚ as well as threatening the survival of the organization that is being complained about. In this issue‚ philosopher Sissela Bok asserts that although blowing the whistle is often justified‚ it does involve dissent‚ accusations‚ and a breach of loyalty to the employer
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Advanced Practice Nurses play an important role in leading health care change. This role is instrumental to the improvement of both patient safety and quality of outcomes. The American Association of the Colleges of Nursing [AACN‚ 2006]‚ developed core competencies for all advanced practice nurses called the DNP Essentials (AACN‚ DNP Essentials‚ 2006). The DNP Essential Two (AACN‚ DNP Essential II‚ 2006) clearly states‚ “advanced practice includes an organizational and systems leadership component
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to identify what nurses do or what they are. American Nurses Association defines 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 response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations” (ANA‚ 2016). Throughout the years‚ the role of nursing has evolved into much more complex profession. Advance Practice Nurse (APN) has taken the
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fraud‚ WorldCom did not have a whistle-blower hotline process in place. Instead‚ Cynthia took on significant risks when she stepped over Scott Sullivan’s head and notified the audit committee chairman of her findings. Discuss the key criteria for the operation of an effective corporate whistle-blower hotline. Be sure to highlight potential pitfalls that should be avoided and reference professional codes‚ legislation and academic literature as appropriate. A whistle-blower is an organisation member
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moral position on the matter Whistle-blowing is the release of information by a member or former member of an organization that is evident of illegal conduct in or by the organization. Morality on the other hand can be defined as the concern with the distinction between right or wrong conduct. There are basically four categories of whistle-blowing in the organization. Whistle blowing can be internal‚ external‚ personal or impersonal. Internal whistle-blowing is where the matter is reported
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features of a critical approach to social work as well as the main features of indirect social work practice. From the beginning social work has endured a critical orientation. It has also encompassed a struggle with the tension presented within the focus on the individual and its concern regarding the socio-economic and political forces embedded in society. Within the analysis of critical social work practice‚ some have questioned wether or not there is a need to articulate the ‘critical’ concept
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Running Head: BEST PRACTICES IN CRITICAL THINKING AND DECISION MAKING. Best Practices in Critical Thinking and decision Making paper Communication skills for graduate study/COM505 2 December‚ 2009 Best Practice in critical thinking and decision making paper. I would have to admit that critical thinking skill did play a big part within my decision in returning back to school in perusing the graduate program that I am presently doing. Today we are finding more and more
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From the early 1960s to present day‚ advanced practice nurses continue to rise to meet the needs of our communities and abroad. As the number of nurse practitioner-advanced practice nurses (NP-APNs) on a steady incline‚ the various barriers in defining their roles in the US as well as internationally has limited their ability to function at their full potential. As discussed in An International Survey on Advanced Practice Nursing Education‚ Practice‚ and Regulation (Pulcini‚ Jelic‚ Gul & Loke‚ 2009)
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