The Education of Nursing Grand Canyon University: NRS-430V Healthcare is an ever evolving machine‚ zealously seeking to cure those sickness and diseases that plague the human race. It is a machine with many essential parts that‚ without them‚ could not adequately function to fulfill its ultimate purpose. The field of nursing is one of those essential parts‚ and while its identity and importance in the healthcare field are ever becoming singularly more evident‚ entry into
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Paradigms in Nursing Christian Bernard T. Uy Athabasca University Abstract All nurses strive to provide the highest quality standard of care to all patients. Each one bases their practice to what theory they think and believe is right and most appropriate. This paper explained the definition of the three major paradigms and how they had contributed in everyday nursing practice by providing clinical experiences. Keywords: empirical methods‚ interpretive methods‚ critical methods‚ nursing science
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In every nurse ’s career‚ the nurse is faced with many legal or ethical dilemmas. Nurses are accountable and responsible for their own morals‚ decisions and behaviors. Nurses are accountable for judgments made and actions taken in the course of nursing practice‚ irrespective of healthcare organizations policies or providers ’ directives‚ which may not always be in the best interest of the patient. It is a nurses’ obligation to decide what is in the best interest of the patient. Using the Josephson
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Professionalism What is professionalism? The nursing profession began with a genuine desire to serve and care for others‚ combined with compassion‚ commitment and professionalism. Professionalism‚ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary‚ is “the conduct‚ aims‚ or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.” Professionalism is the competence or skill expected of a professional. A professional is a person who engages in a specific occupation or activity. A professional
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The nursing metaparadigm is a group of statements that identifies phenomena and incorporates philosophical assumptions that guide the development of nursing theory (Fawcett‚ 1984). Nursing scholars have historically agreed that the central concepts of the nursing metaparadigm include person‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Recently‚ the inclusion of a fifth concept‚ social justice‚ has been discussed in the literature as part of the metaparadigm. This paper will outline the meaning of these five
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Running Head: SANTOS A Reflection Paper on Various Nursing Roles NU420 Trends in Nursing College of Nursing and Health Sciences A Reflection Paper on Various Nursing Roles Introduction As an individual reaches the stage where they come to a decision about what they want to be in life‚ they must look deep inside themselves. They have to reflect on what is important to them and what makes them happy. In addition‚ one must take into consideration the resources that are available to help the
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Running head: NURSING TRANSFORMATION Nursing Transformation Author: unknown Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V May 29‚ 2011 Nursing Transformation As the health care system trends toward a new approach to delivering care‚ the nursing profession must become engaged in the transformation. According to the 2010 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report on nursing future‚ this revolution will have great impact on the nurse’s practice‚ education‚ and leadership
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Philosophy of nursing occurs in four domains: person‚ health/illness‚ environment‚ and nurse. This writer intends to explore and explain philosophy in nursing in all four of these areas. The earliest theorist‚ Florence Nightingale‚ identified the main concerns of nurses to be the person‚ the environment‚ and the relationship between them (Williams&Wilkins‚ 2008). The idea of the nurses’ main concern to be on the person and the environment and the relationship between the two has shaped this students
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is increased‚ quality of care will also be increased. Nursing involvement in the development of CMS is extremely important. The ratio of nurses to any other hospital staff using the system is much greater‚ thus nursing should have the biggest influence on planning and use. Nursing staff is well aware of any faults with paper records as many hours are spent on clinical documentation and not on patient care (Rein‚ 2011‚ para. 3). Nursing staff is also on the ‘frontline’ listening to the complaints
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Nursing Home Administrator HCS/320 December 6‚ 2012 Kirby-Bass Nursing Home Administrator Great communication in any type of health care facility is crucial. It is the level of communication that determines the outcome for the patients of the practice. Whether that outcome is good or bad‚ it is in the facilities hands. As a nursing home administrator‚ it is their job to ensure every policy and rule is regulated to its full potential. They also have the responsibility of informing any and
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