Nursing as quoted by the American Nurses Association‚ “Nursing is the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities; prevention of illness and injury; alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses; and advocacy in health care for individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations. Nursing has all types of fields that you can go venture off into. I wanted to look at registered nurses compared to licensed nurses. I wanted to list the differences
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Professional Nurses Experience Violence In The Workplace July 11‚ 2012 Ideally‚ the workplace should be free of violent threats or actions and staff should feel safe while at work. Workplace violence has been defined by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) as an act of aggression directed towards persons at work or on duty and ranges from offensive or threatening language to homicide. Workplace violence has gained
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was born and raised in Charleston‚ South Carolina. No siblings‚ but I had the best parents ever. I was their princess and they had these great dreams for me to be a nurse. They even named me after it‚ Althea means ‘with healing power’. However‚ these were not my dreams. I wanted to e a professional dancer.” “So why aren’t you professional now?” Nick followed‚ reading the disappointment in my voice. “Who cares what your parents want‚ it’s your life‚ do what makes you happy!” I began shaking my head a
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Talking with an actual nurse was very comforting to me. I interviewed Margie Grier‚ a nurse at St. Luke’s Woman’s Clinic in Boise. Her experience in the field and knowledgeable perspective were enlightening. She made it clear that I don’t have to figure it all out at once. “There’s so much pressure on people
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One can explore a variety of specialties in the field of nursing. Amongst them are four significant roles of advanced practice that perform and provide a great amount of care to the population beyond the status of Registered Nurse (RN). The four Advanced Practice Registered Nurses are Nurse Practitioners (NP)‚ Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS)‚ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA)‚ and Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM). “Advanced practice RNs represent about 8 percent of the nursing workforce
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drastically different depending on whom you speak to. Many would define health as " a person’s absence of disease‚ others would describe good health based on the status of mind‚ body & social well-being" (GCU Lecture‚ module 2‚ 2012). According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language‚ health is defined as "The overall condition of an organism at a given time". An individual’s overall health affects the nation‚ this is where stakeholders come into value. According to Keele‚ Buckner
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Running Head: AONE 1 American Association of Nurse Executives Cindy Murphy St. Petersburg College
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Nurses are the leading advocate for improving our country’s nursing education and health to enhance the health care for the elderly and ill. Nurses primary focus is caring for the patients. Observing the illness in which they are enduring‚ assessing their functional status‚ reporting their condition‚ promoting health and disease prevention‚ teaching‚ care strategies‚ assisting them and their family in their care‚ and developing plans to enhance their health are also duties of the nurse. Nurses have
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There are many different factors that guide the nursing profession from the law‚ the American nurses association (ANA)‚ to one’s own personal values. A nurse must be able to practice within the regulations that the state has set forth and follow the standards of care‚ scope of practice and code of ethics that the ANA has established. A nurse should also have his/her own principles and philosophy of nursing to help guide why he/she is in the nursing profession. 1) Nursing: Scope and Standards
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WHAT IS NURSING? AN EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF THE PROFESSIONAL NURSE. INTRODUCTION Nursing is a profession‚ the depth and breadth of which is to meet different heath care needs of the population (American Nurses Association(ANA)‚ 2010). This demand to clarify what professionalism or profession mean in the health care field. The term ‘professionalism’ has autonomy and self-regulation as the characteristics central to it. It signifies that a profession has authority to establish standards of conduct
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