regardless of success or failure. Accountability and responsibility are not synonymous but related‚ accountability incorporate with the concept of responsibility which means to account for what has been done. Delhmer’s 2006a‚ p. 46). Accountability for an outcome usually concentrated on ‘who’ and responsibility is the ability to ‘respond’. The concept of accountability is to be fully responsible of what happened instead of blaming others‚ and the readiness to learn from that incident. Another aspect of
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by the Institute of Medicine‚ EBP is the integration of the best research‚ clinical expertise‚ and patient values when making decisions about patient care. This article discusses three commonly performed acute-care nursing practices that are not based on evidence: • instilling normal saline solution (NSS) into the patient’s endotracheal tube before suctioning • turning critically ill patients manually every 2 hours • relying on the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) alone for routine neurologic
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effectively with patients is important in establishing a therapeutic relationship that will contribute to their care needs‚ both physically and emotionally (Stein-Parbury‚ 2009‚ p. 9). This essay is about the communication skills used by Nurse Gwen during a consultation with Mrs Smith in scenario two. Throughout the essay‚ it will identify three types of communication skills used by Nurse Gwen‚ empathetic listening‚ open-ended questions and body language. This essay will also explore how Nurse Gwen used
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Patient Centered Outcomes Nursing 300: Foundations of Professional Nursing By: Jayme Shulman‚ RN 0ctober 28‚ 2012 America’s health care system has become very complex with a rise in health costs‚ patients with complex medical issues‚ and Medicare cuts. Nurses must find a way to juggle the health care industry while maintaining positive patient outcomes. Patients will either have good or bad outcomes during or after their care based on the decisions of the nurse and the interdisciplinary
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The role of a nurse An bord altranais (2000) believes that‚ The code of professional conduct aims to equipped the nursing profession the highest standard of care possible to service users and to be their advocate .Nurses are more accountable for their actions and decision making due to modern medicine and society. It is important for the nurses to promote the image of people with intellectual disabilities that they are not second class citizens and they deserve to have equal rights to treatment
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leaders are crucial to any nursing organization. They motivate‚ empower‚ influence‚ and communicate the organization’s vision to create change within the organization. Respectable nursing depends on noble nursing leaders. This paper will highlight Florence Nightingale nursing leadership and describe her leadership characteristics. It will further depict the democratic style Florence Nightingale utilized throughout her career. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse‚ she was a researcher‚ educator
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during the last few decades. By coming up with its own thermostat featuring a unique and cool design‚ a user-friendly interface‚ a motion sensor‚ smart learning ability and long-term energy saving function‚ Nest manages to create a surprisingly huge impact on its customers and users‚ the society as a whole and raise moral‚ ethical and legal issues that cannot be ignored as its business continue to expand. Influence on customers’ life According to online feedbacks from Nest’s customers‚ benefit
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Abstract Nurse staffing has always been an issue in the hospital setting. Different units with different patient acuities are staffed accordingly usually based on the patient census. While nurses who are in direct contact care with patients feel that a decreased patient load will lead to greater benefit for the patient‚ others who are usually in managerial positions are not persuaded that such a correlation exists. As of this time‚ no such research has been done with an intentional change in staffing
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Introduction This essay will be discussing the current issue of conflict between nurses’ demand of increase on their pay and government’s comparatively lower related nurse pay policy. Background information will presented first‚ followed by an analysis on the strike and reasons why this strike happens. In the end‚ there will be theoretical evaluation about industrial relations focusing on absenteeism and industry productivity. Background information The contemporary human society is composed
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Running head: NURSE STAFFING Nurse Staffing: Does One Size Fit All? Iva Roach Abstract Two major forms of staffing guidelines will be discussed‚ nurse-to-patient ratio and staffing by acuity. This paper will discuss the history of each staffing form. It will point out the benefits and negative features of both practices‚ describe how hospitals deal with staffing and discuss the states that have laws requiring certain guidelines be followed. Nurse Staffing: Does One Size Fit All? What
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