further my education‚ but to gain a solid foundation to provide quality patient care. As I start this journey to become a nurse practitioner‚ I look back to my first year as a brand new nurse in an emergency department. Aware of but naïve to the high demands of being an ER nurse‚ I am all the more grateful for the strong mentorship while I grew from a novice nurse to the nurse I am today. To this day‚ I love the work that I do and I respect the staff who make it all the more possible to make it through
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Nursing Shortages and Continuing Education The debate continues over the reason for the shortage of nurses‚ especially at the bachelor’s degree level‚ and what can be done to attract more associate degree nurses (ADN /RN) to continue their education into the baccalaureate degree (BSN) level. Although a shortage of all nurses across the spectrum is concerning‚ it is most acutely felt at the baccalaureate level where only 30 percent of the nursing workforce holds a BSN degree (source). Doctor Janine
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and how they can be put in to working practice. The key areas that have been selected are‚ firstly reflection and summarising at the end of a conversation‚ and giving the patient time to feedback on how they feel. Moreover‚ when it is the right time to interrupt a person or not and how this can be
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career that I love doing. I was in the navy for four years active and I loved it‚ but I didn’t feel fulfilled in life. Something was missing. So I made the decision to become a reservist and finish my degree and pursue my dream of becoming a Register Nurse. That dream is put on hold for now only because the school that I attended told me that even if I had all the necessary points needed‚ I still might not be accepted into the nursing program. I had a tough decision to make. Do I stay in this school
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Assessment June 14‚ 2008 Abstract In order to deliver nursing care to different cultures‚ nurses are expected to understand and provide culturally competent health care to diverse individuals. Culturally competent care is tailored to the specific needs of each client‚ while incorporating the individual’s beliefs and values (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2006‚ p. 90). By being culturally competent‚ nurses are able to help improve health outcomes by using cultural knowledge and specific skills in selecting
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considered a vulnerable population. * Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial. * What would you advocate for? * What risk are you taking as a community health nurse when advocating for the aforementioned problem? A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health-related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely
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Becoming a Nurse Essay Opportunities in Nursing My decision to pursue a career in nursing came from my personal and professional experiences. When I was 13 years of age‚ I took care of my elderly grandma who had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. I knew that the disease was incurable but I did all to help grandma cope with her daily problems. I learned a lot from that experience. From that time I have dreamed to become a highly qualified‚ experienced‚ and very competent nurse. I want to
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Perioperative Nurse The career I chose is perioperative nursing. Perioperative nurses are an important part of the surgical team. Typically‚ perioperative nurses work serve as either a scrub nurse‚ circulating nurse‚ or a RN first assistant. They care for the patient having surgery by assessing and planning the nursing care the patients receive before‚ during‚ and after surgery. Much of the ambulatory surgery is increasingly being performed in a physician’s office‚ this is the fastest growing part
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medical field doctors and nurses are two groups of people who share an almost indistinguishable goal‚ and that is to serve the patient to the best of their ability. Yet‚ although these two professions have a lot in common there is much that is different between them. This includes the differences in power‚ pay‚ status‚ class‚ and gender. In the United States the most common kind of nurse is known as a registered nurse or RN. The education process for this kind of nurse is graduation from any university
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(Purtillo pg.10) The Code of Ethics as mandated by The American Nurses Association is the outline for ethical practice and morals in nursing. Today‚ the morality of the health profession should be rooted in the policies‚ customs and practices of health care institutions. This does work most of the time‚ but there will be times that the moralities will conflict. A moral compass is the key component to ethical decision making and practice for nurses’ .Moral duty and virtue
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