Chamberlain College of Nursing 506 Policy Priority Issue Lisa Borbon Chamberlain Healthcare Policy NR506 Professor Frazier July 27‚ 2013 Policy Priority Issue Those who utilize the Medicaid system range from low income families to the over 65 age group. Within this population is also those who are disabled due to physical or mental problems. This is among the sickliest of our American population. A paper based on a study in Oregon stated that “Medicaid significantly increased
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Nursing advocacy at policy level is sometimes viewed as invisible‚ because many nurses are not aware of the power they possess to affect change in the health care system (Pelc‚ 2009). To become an active participant in policy advocacy‚ political nurse leaders need to encourage all nurses ‚ regardless of educational level‚ to integrate politics into their practice (Spear‚ 2006). Nurses are advocates at the bedside‚ ‚ but they need to advocate more broadly and become involved in political policy decision
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Global Nursing Issues What Can Nurses Do? Lack of healthcare workers is causing healthcare crisis in developing countries. Nurses can choose to either volunteer on mission trips to underdeveloped countries‚ or can raise funds by joining organizations that sponsor volunteer efforts to underdeveloped countries. Description of Two Challenges Related to Providing Adequate Healthcare in Underdeveloped Countries One of the major challenges is poverty. According
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the Practice of Nursing but as nurses it is our responsibility and duty to keep up to date with changes being made that will effect our profession. The biggest concern nationwide seems to be the number of patients that a nurse can safely care for and while some states have regulations on that nurse-patient ratio many do not. Pennsylvania is going through a transitional period where two bills are being purposed and both can change the way we provide care. While safe staffing is an issue nationwide it
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different careers. As for nursing‚ critical thinking plays a very important part in your work. Problem solving and decision making are two of the most essential common thinking processes used in nursing. So it’s very important to identify facts and evidence from opinions keeping a open mind while being a creative problem solver. For example‚ I use to work at this nursing home and we were having issues with not knowing if residents were having bowel movements. My director of nursing was trying to come
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Ethical Issues for Nurses Alexis Bushay HCA 322 Health Care Ethics & Medical Law Instructor: Jennine Kinsey August 18‚ 2012 Ethical Issues for Nurses Ethical issues have always affected the role of the professional nurse. Efforts to enact this standard may cause conflict in health care settings in which the traditional roles of the nurse are delineated within a bureaucratic structure. Nurses have more direct contact with patients than one can even imagine‚ which plays a huge role in protecting
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of care plays an important role in assuring the standards of nursing performance. By providing specific performance requirements‚ standards of nursing performance can improve and provide quality of nursing care in health care settings (Scope & Standards‚ pg 33). Quality care is one of the most significant nursing standards of modern time. This particular standard must be implemented by nurse’s everyday. One of the main concerns in nursing practice today‚ is quality of care in the health care setting
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Professional Issue in Nursing As a nurse‚ I make judgement that would affect patient’s health every day‚ I am aware that I have a great duty to ensure my patient’s safety to maintain the public trust (Chitty & Black‚ 2011). After learning this module‚ it helped me acquire adequate knowledge to better manage legal and ethical issues at work. For the sake of providing a high quality of care to my patients‚ I must be knowledgeable in both (Croke‚ 2003). Nowadays‚ the public is aware of legal issues and
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coordinate the delivery of numerous patient services‚ and administer high costly healthcare programmes (Weld and Garmon Bibb 2009). Due to the rapid expansion in the scope of nursing care and knowledge‚ nursing staff face greater responsibilities and require increasingly more skills; such is the importance of nursing law and ethics. The pace of change of law in this area is considerable as the role of the nurse is becoming more diverse. The pressure to keep up to date not
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choosing to do what is right. People use ethics to guide in decision making throughout life. This foundation helps to direct us which path to take socially‚ educationally‚ and professionally. In nursing‚ ethics encompasses relationships with self‚ patients‚ and colleagues. Ethics is a part of the foundation of nursing. It defines how nurses provide care‚ empathy‚ and respect to others at all times‚ no matter the circumstances. As a profession‚ nurses frequently face
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