PG Dip Advanced Nurse Practitioner Programme Level M Disease Processes and Therapeutic Interventions Reflective Essay This assignment focuses on a case study taken from the authors own clinical practice. The legal and professional responsibilities related to therapeutic interventions will be critically explored and the underlying pathophysiology and pharmacology related to the case study discussed. Critical appraisal and reflection will be used to discuss
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can be attributed to system failures. One particular issue and is often ignored is nursing staffing. Adequate nurse
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Competency of Associate and the Baccalaureate Degree Nurse A demand for nursing was seen in our nation at the conclusion of World War II. Upon the return of servicemen the United States entered the baby boom era‚ where 78 million children were born between 1946 and 1964. (Creasia & Friberg‚ 2011‚ p. 14) To meet this demand‚ in 1951 Mildren Montag proposed a new program to prepare nurse technicians in two year associate degree programs which allowed a quicker entry into the workforce. Also‚
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The American Nurses Association 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” (American Nurses Association‚ 2013‚ p. 1). Their definition of nursing does not specify if there is a difference in who is providing the care. Associate-degree nurses (ADN) and baccalaureate-degree
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a. Nursing students have a scope of practice specified in the Nurse Practice Act (NPA) of the State of Nevada. We are required to provide treatment to our patient based these scope practice. Practicing any activity out of our scope is a violation of law. Some of our scope of practice includes “nursing student … shall identify himself or herself by his or her appropriate title‚” “a nursing student may‚ as an apprentice nurse‚ perform those tasks which the nursing student has successfully demonstrated
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Mentoring student nurses in theatre The Operating theatre is an alien environment for students and may be deemed hostile and uninviting. The role of mentors in such a specialised environment is to encourage interaction rather than passivity and utilise every learning opportunity that exists. Students should be encouraged to reflect on those experiences in a structured manner‚ to assist in their development of meaningful reflection‚ which is a valuable tool for throughout their career (Quinn 2000)
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purpose of this essay is to use reflection on an aspect of my learning that I have come across so far as a student nurse‚ and how I plan to use this knowledge when I start my placements. This will give me a good base on which to build my interpersonal skills. After having a brief introduction on various religions‚ it brought to my attention the diversity in multi cultural societies and how‚ as a nurse I need a good understanding of treatment and communication barriers that I will come across. The
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The Nurse : Melanie Weigeshoff 1- Before: The job of nursing used to be more time consuming and tiring which caused many nurse to quiet early . the nursing job was full of papers work alongside with many responsibilities and duties. For that Melanie weigeshoff have many responsibilities ‚ duties and tasks consist of being a nursing assistant and having to take medication orders ‚ lab test results ‚ doctors` instructions for patient care to record it on paper‚ also she have to be always on
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to identify what nurses do or what they are. American Nurses Association 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” (ANA‚ 2016). Throughout the years‚ the role of nursing has evolved into much more complex profession. Advance Practice Nurse (APN) has taken the
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There are a few risk factor that contribute to Hemorrhagic Stroke that Steve’s is having. The primary risk factor would be long history of hypertension. Based on the case scenario given‚ it was not stated that he wasn’t taking any medication for his hypertension. Hence we can derived that his blood pressure was not properly controlled. This situation is worsen due to his daily alcohol consumption habit which is above the moderate drinking level for his age. The normal moderate drinking for man
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