The American Nurses Association (ANA) has made a profound impact on the nursing profession—education‚ practice‚ and health policies. It defines nursing as “the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations” (What is Nursing?). Nurses are the backbone to patient care and serve as the medium
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A CRITICAL ANALYSIS TO SELF SCHEDULING FOR HOSPITAL NURSES a. Applicable General Topic: - Nursing Management b. Title of article: - Self-scheduling For Hospital Nurses: An Attempt And Its Difficulties c. Authors name: - Lotte Bailyn PhD‚ Robin Collins BSN and Yang Song BSc d. Name of the Journal: - Nursing Management e. Date of journal: - January 2007 f. Volume: - 15 g. Number: - 1 h. Pages (72-77) i. Publisher of journal: - BLACKWELL PUBLISHING Synopsis and Summary The article that
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Ethical Dilemmas & Impact of Nurse-Patient Ratios I was an ICU nurse for 18 years and I decided to leave bedside nursing in 1999 when I found myself standing in the doorway between two patient’s rooms‚ which both had alarms going off. I was being forced to care for three critical patients that night. I left nursing because as I stood in that doorway I realized that in choosing which room I was going to enter‚ the patient in the other room might very well have died (Massachusetts Nursing Association
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Most people outside the medical field are not sure exactly what a nurse anesthetist does‚ some have never even heard of it. Nurse anesthetists have a long and storied history spanning over 150 years‚ and today perform an important and increasing role in patient care. This form of nursing is one of the oldest nursing specialties in the United States. The first administration of anesthesia was reported as early as 1861 during the American Civil War. Anesthesia was first introduced in 1846 and before
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New Mexico is a welcoming state for Advance Practice Nurse Practitioners. In the city of Albuquerque there are three major providers of healthcare: University of New Mexico‚ Presbyterian‚ and Albuquerque Health Partners. In a broad search for job postings with each of these organizations‚ there are multiple opportunities for a Family Nurse Practitioner. These opportunities are in clinics‚ in-patient setting‚ specialty settings such an oncology and gastroenterology. Each of these organizations has
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How Nursing Leadership Affects Staff Nurses’ Job Satisfaction Rhonda Rychlik Queens University How Nursing Leadership Affects Staff Nurses’ Job Satisfaction The constant and rapidly changing health care environment dramatically affects nursing practice today. Health care leaders are faced with the problem of achieving their strategic goals while balancing finances‚ productivity‚ quality outcomes and employee and patient satisfaction. The health care environment is competitive and
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Additionally‚ the nurses’ working environment has a variety of factors which may have an impact on job satisfaction and their intent to leave their current position. The factors which can potentially affect a nurses’ retention include a relationship with and support of one’s supervisor‚ the condition of the work environment‚ relationships with peers‚ organizational support and practices‚ physical and psychological responses to work‚ reward mechanisms and external factors (Han‚ Trinkoff‚ & Gurses
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Of A Registered Nurse During this lifetime everyone has to build or start a career from something of their interest.The most recent jobs vary from‚ police officers‚ doctors‚ lawyers‚ firefighters ‚ & etc. Plus due to the fact once you get in the career field you want to pursue you have to stay focused and maintain a good progression towards your career. Out of all the career fields i could pursue i wouldn’t look any further than a RN‚ which in other words is a registered nurse. In order for me
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to do my research paper over RN’s also known as registered nurses. Some of the reasons I would choose to be an RN for my career is because they are always needed everywhere‚ they make a pretty decent amount of money‚ and there are many branches of being a registered nurse so you have so much to choose from so you can do something you love for a living. The specific field of nursing I would like to go into is obstetrician‚ or OBGYN nurse. They care for women from puberty to menopause‚ they also help
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profession that focuses on the care of pregnant women and the babies they give birth to. Obstetrics nurse deals with the care of women during pregnancy‚ childbirth and the time after the women’s pregnancy‚ as well as offer nursing care for women with health problems of or related to their reproductive system. Some obstetrics nurses may specialize in labor and delivery nurses. Obstetrics nurses may work in public health and preventive medicine administration. They can have private practices‚ work
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