The role of a children’s nurse The Royal College of Nursing (2003‚ p.3)defines nursing as“the use of clinical judgment in the provision of care to enable people to improve‚ maintain‚ or recover health”. Nursing is a profession which is quite rewarding as it includes providing a range of care to patients and their families. There are four different pre-registration branches of nursing which allows them to work in different areaswith many different people. In this essay‚ it will primarily focus
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Role Transition to BSN A well-educated nurse is a major benefit for their patients and the healthcare facility that employs them. The importance of a baccalaureate of nursing degree comes with a greater knowledge and understanding of patient care‚ leadership‚ teamwork‚ technology and evidence-based practice which all contributes to better patient outcomes (Trossman‚ 2012). A baccalaureate of nursing degree also prepares the nurse for more opportunities‚ quality of care‚ and abilities in overall
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Ethical Leadership in Nursing Kevin L. Meek Western Governors University Professional Roles and Values NVT2 December 08‚ 2012 Ethical Leadership Ethical Leadership in Nursing As advances in healthcare continue to improve the ability to sustain life‚ as well as for individuals to live longer‚ bedside nurses are faced more and more with difficult situations related to advance directives‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)‚ as well as to ensure they are functioning
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settings. Nurses of today have stressful work loads‚ combined with low wages and low social status. Two groups of nurses were chosen in this study‚ one nursed children and the other elderly. Does taking care of elderly cause more mental stress than taking care of children‚ since old people may need more social contact with the busy nurses and since elderly have a higher risk of dying compared to children. On the other hand experiencing the death of a child could be overwhelming. Nurses have
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“ The term professional nurse‚ as used in this document‚ refers to that individual prepared with a minimum of a baccalaureate in nursing but is also inclusive of one who enters professional practice with a master’s degree in nursing or a nursing doctorate.” (2008‚ p. 2) The three main roles of the professional nurse talked about in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing are being a provider of direct and indirect care to individuals‚ families‚ groups‚ communities‚ and populations. Secondly
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Role Strain on Nurses Years of research on fatigue and role strain on nurses have made little progress on reducing the stresses of nurses at work. While ANA (2001) from the code of ethics charge nurses to provide a safe and competent patient care‚ nurses‚ as studied‚ are the sickest people in the world. Research have asserted that the unhealthy working environment impacts the nurses’ health‚ their quality of work life‚ and the health outcomes of the patients. In the study of Horrigan et al. (2013)
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This essay is based on the role transition of a student nurse to a newly qualified nurse (NQN) and the roles and responsibilities a NQN is faced with in that transition period. In this essay the author will begin by giving a summary of the roles of an NQN and briefly discuss the changeover from student to NQN. The author will then explore Patient Group Directions (PRD’s) and Accountability as the two role choices. These two roles when then be critically analysed by using available literature
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Nurse Practitioner and Nurse Educator Role in Health Care Changes Teaching is an integral part in the practice of nursing. Every Nurse Educators (NE) plays a fundamental part on the enhancement of the nursing workforce by serving as role models in the improvement on management‚ implementation and evidence-based practice of an effective patient care. Whether they work in schools or clinical environments‚ NE equips and guides future patient care providers into future leaders of the nursing profession
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The Role of the Family Nurse Practitioner Deborah Rodriguez-Bitler South University The Role of the Family Nurse Practitioner Introduction Historically‚ there have been many instances in American history where legislation and medicine allowed Advanced Practice Nurses (APN) to serve in expanded roles or definitions (Delgado‚ 2014). This was especially true in areas that were poor or underserved (Delgado‚ 2014). It is also possible to look back in history and see a direct relationship with times
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The role of the child and young person’s nurse has continually evolved since the mid-19th century; it was from the Minister of Health’s publication of the Platt report that it was first recognised and formerly endorsed that children should have the right to be cared for by fully trained and qualified nurses. This was the first of many reports and policies which was specifically aimed at the welfare of children. Although the Platt report was aimed at lessening the psychological effects on children
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