most certainly the case when discussing the hiring of a licensed nurse. Nurses have an incredibly important and valuable role in providing care for individuals in their time of greatest need. Nurses are counted on to be on the front line and be knowledgeable‚ accurate‚ and comforting. For most patients in an acute setting it is the nurse that functions as the main communicator and as such serves as the face of the organization. It is for these reasons that choosing the right nurse is critical to
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Legal Encounter #1 In scenario number one Pat was discharged for 30 days of severance pay without any written notice of unsatisfactory performance or a corrective action plan. This scenario shows that a contract can exist between Pat and New Corp based on their implied policies or procedures that are like the ones mentioned in the employee handbook that Pat received when hired. This reason gives Pat a reason to sue due to breach of contract. The handbook states that the employee will be notified
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Mr. X is a caseworker at the County Human Services Department. One of his clients‚ Mr. Y‚ is a young man who presents with many issues. He has been in foster care and is about to age out of the program to live on his own. Mr. X will be assisting him with this transition. In an effort to connect with his young client‚ Mr. X accepts Mr. Y’s invitation of friendship on social media. In addition‚ he provides his agency email address to Mr. Y when he asks if there is not another way to make an appointment
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QUALIFICATIONS Registered Nurse with extensive experience in the healthcare field. Goals direct. Exceptional leadership ability and good professional judgment. Strong patient advocacy. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Nov 2007 - Dec 2014 Absolute Home Health‚ Miami‚ Florida Director‚ Alternative Administrator‚ Office Manager‚ Licensed Practical Nurse‚ Case Manager: Overall control and command of all aspects of work of the Agency. Hiring of all personnel for the Agency’s staff and firing of staff as applicable
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Discussion Forum 3 Bhumi Patel Liberty University One of the three legal issues Mr. Barney is facing includes the investment of mountain home that he owns with three of his friends as joint tenants with right of survivorship. A law states that “The interests of the grantees holding property in joint tenancy with right of survivorship shall be deemed to be equal unless otherwise specified in the conveyance” (North Carolina g.s. § 41-2). This explains that when someone is under a joint tenancy
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Descriptions * Community Health Nurse * Health and Social Care * NHSScotland * Nursing and Midwifery * Review of Nursing in the Community * Job Descriptions * Staff Nurse * Health Care Support Worker * Advance Practitioner * Community Health Nurse Community Health Nurse 1. JOB IDENTIFICATION | Job Title: Community Health Nurse (CHN)Responsible to (insert job title):
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a) Sally has the option to illegibly document nursing notes to reflect duties and responsibilities towards the patient that she did not performed to preserved her job. b) Sally should consider the ethical and legal principles of autonomy and beneficence as she decides whether to revise her notes as requested. The principle of autonomy implies Sally has the right to decide what is best for her own interest. The principle of beneficence implies Sally is under the obligation of doing good‚ demonstrating
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increasing evidence of the behaviour of nurses has a vital contribution on compliance and adherence to service user and the public (Logan et al 2008). To sustained the PSI may depend on the hierarchical stakeholders for support through training‚ coping and adopting strategy that change is needed (NHS ΙΙΙ 2008). The nurses role is directly involved in enhancing education and providing support investigating needs and maintaining patient dignity (NMC 2015).
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A recent survey concluded that only 10% of nurse supervisors believed their newly graduated nurses were fully prepared to practice safely and effectively (Twibell & Pierre‚ 2012). This low percentage may be attributed to the new graduate turnover rate‚ which is around 30% the first year of practice and as high as 57% the second year (Twibell & Pierre‚ 2012). Although hospitals have reduced current nurse turnover‚ there is an estimation of a 260‚000-nurse shortage by the year of 2025 due to Baby Boomer
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Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) explained thoroughly the job description of a neonatal nurse. For example‚ the website explained how neonatal nurses patients are infants that are either born healthy or “…infants born with a variety of problems ranging from prematurity‚ birth defects‚ infection‚ cardiac malformations‚ and surgical problems”(What Is Neonatal”). I used to think being a neonatal nurse was not as emotional as other nursing jobs such as an emergency room nurse because the patients are
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