Certification is an important affirmation of the level of proficiency of a registered nurse in a given area of nursing specialty. Multiple studies indicate that nurses that have been certified in specialty areas enjoyed higher rates of patient satisfaction while they also had fewer errors in their nursing practice as well. Many healthcare facilities‚ nursing organizations and agencies recommend certification for those who have a longer nursing practice history so that they enjoy better progression
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• Generational attitudes of rural mental health nurses by Andrew Crowther and Michael Kemp Significant changes has impacted mental health nursing workforce dramatically in New South Wales. For the most part‚ managers need to develop strategies to address the generational attitudes of mental health nurses. Moreover‚ Crowther and Kemp (2009) expressed that nurses of Generation X are used to face his or her own issues personally; in contrast to Baby Boomers who are often need group support to function
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What is shared governance? It is an organization type that facilitates empowerment of nurses in the decision making process of patient care. As cited by Weiss and Tappen (2015)‚ “Having some control over one’s work and the ability to influence decisions are essential to empowerment (Manojlovich & Laschinger‚ 2002)” (Weiss & Tappen‚ 2015) With shared governance nurses have more opportunity to improve their patient care because their voices and concerns are heard. In the article titled “Encouraging
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Mentoring is a relationship between two individuals‚ one is well educated as well as experienced and the other is seeking for guidance. Mentoring takes place at any point of a person’s life‚ not only during nursing school but can also take place within an individual’s career. Patience is a major key when it comes to dealing with various patients‚ colleagues and especially students who are aiming towards becoming a nurse as well. Patience allows a mentor to have the ability to share their knowledge
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A BCMA-eMAR system can only work effectively only when everything is done the way it should be done. For medication error to be effectively reduced while using BCMA-eMAR systems‚ it must be used correctly at the point-of-care of the patient (Gann‚ 2015). Many nurses try to work around the system such as making copies of the bar-code and storing them in the medication cart for ease of scanning‚ proceeding to give medication to patients because the barcodes would not scan‚ getting out the medication
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As a new nursing student‚ I have realized my greatest challenge lies within my internal dialogue. I frequently wonder if I have the strength and ability to be a successful nurse. Nursing is an incredibly rewarding profession but requires a great amount of resilience and self-care in order to sustain a healthy life. This includes being able to maintain a higher level of positive thinking. During my first quarter‚ I have already experienced self-doubting thoughts about my academic abilities that often
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Nursing as a profession has changed over the years. Being a nurse in the 1900s as compared to nursing as it is today is enlightening to say the least. Education was next to nothing and acquired in a hospital operating room. The working environment and the duties of the nurse were much different; they performed duties that nurses today have never attempted. Nursing began to change during WWII for the better and now has advanced into a profession. The role of nursing in the early 1900s was performed
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J O U R N A L F O R N U R S E S I N S T A F F D E V E L O P M E N T Volume 24‚ Number 3‚ 105–110 Copyright A 2008 Wolters Kluwer Health l Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Newly graduated nurses’ role conception .. and role discrepancy changes that occurred .. .. Strategies for Easing the during a 6-week newly graduated nurse .. hospital orientation program were explored. .. Newly graduated nurses’ perceptions of .. Role Transformation of ideal and actual nursing behaviors within .
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NURSING INFORMATION EXPERT Nursing is a profession within the health care sector that focuses on protecting and promoting health care. It involves prevention of illness‚ injury and treatment of human diseases. The nursing profession requires that information of patients should be kept and recorded in a manner that can allow for proper review of patients. Some of the tasks that a nursing information expert is charged with include communicating and coordinating care with all other clinical disciplines
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Nurse Staffing Ratios Grand Canyon University Roles and Responsibilities in Leadership NRS-451V April 26‚ 2015 Nurse Staffing Ratios There have been series of changes in the way healthcare professionals carry out their clinical practices in recent years. Some of these changes are because evidenced-based practices based on scientific research is now being used‚ in clinical practices. These innovations have affected both the patient and the nurse who provides the care. According to Welton‚ (2007)
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