leadership and mentorship‚ whilst in practice‚ in the adult field of nursing. The importance of these skills is highlighted by the professional bodies that govern the nursing profession‚ The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Standards for competence (2004) states that nurses must provide leadership to develop quality services to enhance patients wellbeing and experiences within healthcare settings‚ while The Royal College of Nursing [RCN] states that a fundamental role of the nurse is to provide both
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E-PORTFOLIO Hevi Amin BSN Student E Portfolio 1. Professional Development a. Mission Statement i. Nursing gives me the opportunity to provide compassionate‚ innovative‚ and expert nursing care by partnering with the patient‚ families‚ and health care staff. My mission is to proudly provide the best care nonjudgmentally to those in need‚ regardless of their race‚ beliefs‚ financial status or being disabled. ii. My caree iii. iv. r goals are to work as a labor and delivery nurse. After a few
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The nursing role is rapidly evolving as nurses are tasked with an even wider range of health care responsibilities. In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and care centers around the US‚ nurses are rising to meet these challenges. Today’s nurses are not just caring for the sick; they are changing our very notion of modern medicine and health care delivery. A nurse’s role is about being a more effective member of the health care team and navigating clinical systems. No matter the work environment‚ all nurses are
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Introduction The cost of health care in Trinidad and Tobago in steadily increasing according to the Budget Highlights 2011/2012‚ $4.7 billion dollars is to be projected for Health Care. As a Registered Nurse working in the health care institutions of Trinidad and Tobago‚ as discussed in Ellis and Hartley 2010‚ you are expected to understand the issues surrounding cost and become an active participant in managing health care resources. This health care resource comprises buildings‚ equipment‚ supplies
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Nursing Recruitment and Retention To be a good nurse‚ you have to be a physically strong and emotionally stable person‚ and you have to be able to think on your feet. Though nursing is not an easy profession‚ it is very rewarding. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the nursing shortage and nursing retention and recruitment strategies for facilities. The nursing shortage crisis is caused by nurse burnout‚ an aging Registered Nurse (RN) population‚ not enough nurses graduating due to a shortage
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of care for nursing homes. This legislation also changed the expectations and the quality of care that patients should receive in long term care facilities. This Nursing Home Reform Act passed by congress specifically stated “that each residents have the right to be free from any physical or chemical restraints imposed for purposes of discipline or convenience and not required to treat the resident’s medical symptoms”. While there may be some benefits to using restraints in nursing homes‚ however
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I had learned so much from this class that I will take with me into my nursing career. During this course‚ I was able to think critically and tried understand what is like to be old. I am happy to say that my results were outstanding and I think the information that I had acquired from doing the internet explore on many different topics will be useful to me in the future. I work in a nursing home and I love helping people with their activities of daily living. Many people that I helped have a great
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Nursing is a second career for me. It is one I have approached gradually‚ over a long period of time. I might have chosen it as a first career if I had been a better student when I entered college‚ or had people in my life who were involved in healthcare careers when I was growing up. As it was‚ I had a longstanding interest in health and the human body‚ but nursing seemed very foreign‚ and the idea of touching strangers made me uncomfortable. So when I came to UNC as a freshman in 1982‚ I declared
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Nursing Job Descriptions The many faces of the professional nurse The title of Nurse has many applications in modern medicine. Each specific type of nurse has a different set of responsibilities: Registered nurses (RNs)‚ Nurse Practitioners‚ head nurses or nurse supervisors‚ Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)‚ nursing home nurses‚ Home Health Nurses‚ and nursing aides. While there are many shared tasks‚ these nursing professions require special skills and different levels of patient interactions
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P5: Describe how budgets can be used to set targets to monitor and control an organisation To: Managing Director of Supper Fix From: Date: 28/11/13 This report is to discuss the ways in which targets can be set to monitor and control the organisation. Financial resources in a business can be obtained internally such as the profits from last year’s sales‚ or externally such as a bank loan‚ having management is these areas can ensure the objectives in an organisation are accomplished
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