Nurse Mentor: How to Find a Good Mentor A nurse mentor could be anyone who can help you learn your duties and grow in your position as a nurse‚ including a teacher‚ advisor or trusted friend. Mentors often provide more than daily guidance in nursing and often help you make important career decisions. The following strategies are the most common means of find a good mentor; Participation in a formal mentoring program Talking to teachers Finding a mentor online. Observe nurses at work Speak to key
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Shiftwork: Its Detrimental Effects Every new nurse graduate looks forward to the day where they graduate and only have to work three 12 hour shifts a week. Most graduates are unaware of shiftwork and the detrimental effects it can have on their health. Shiftwork means working any shifts that fall outside of the norm nine to five schedule. In terms of the healthcare sector‚ it has two main categories of shift durations that allows for continuous care of patients. These two systems can further be
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Becoming a Nurse Essay Opportunities in Nursing My decision to pursue a career in nursing came from my personal and professional experiences. When I was 13 years of age‚ I took care of my elderly grandma who had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. I knew that the disease was incurable but I did all to help grandma cope with her daily problems. I learned a lot from that experience. From that time I have dreamed to become a highly qualified‚ experienced‚ and very competent nurse. I want to
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portray nurses in a subservient manner. The majority of medical-centered shows revolve around the actions of doctors. The invisibility of nurses sends the wrong message to viewers. Often times‚ nurses only serve as a backdrop for the setting the mood of a real hospital. This results in the public viewing nurses as unnecessary and lowly educated people who are constantly under the rule of physicians. If nurses are consistently put under this stereotype‚ the public will no longer see nurses as a necessary
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Assessment June 14‚ 2008 Abstract In order to deliver nursing care to different cultures‚ nurses are expected to understand and provide culturally competent health care to diverse individuals. Culturally competent care is tailored to the specific needs of each client‚ while incorporating the individual’s beliefs and values (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2006‚ p. 90). By being culturally competent‚ nurses are able to help improve health outcomes by using cultural knowledge and specific skills in selecting
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Nurse Practice Act Samantha Kelly NSG/320 November 21‚ 2011 Jen Millar University of Phoenix Nurse Practice Act The Nursing Practice Act (NPA) is the body of California law that mandates the Board to set out the scope of practice and responsibilities for RNs. The Practice Act is located in the California Business and Professions Code starting with Section 2700. Regulations that specify the implementation of the law appear in the California Code of Regulations ("Board
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Introduction To become a registered nurse‚ you go through grueling training and studying. It takes time‚ effort‚ dedication‚ a couple breakdowns‚ and calling. It would be assumed that an individual going through all of this struggle and work to get those two influential letters behind their name would never think to turn away from the profession once finally achieving the role that such commitment was given to. Unfortunately‚ no one can prepare an eager R.N. graduate for the journey they are about
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IMAGE Of NURSES IN THE MEDIA The image of nursing as portrayed by the media swings like a pendulum in between negative and positive attributes. However‚ most times‚ the portrayal is more on the negative side. Most nurses will readily agree to the fact that the way the media paints the profession is way beyond what they believe in or practice. Indeed‚ it falls short of fair and truthful image. In as much as all other media- newspaper‚ TV ‚Radio‚ Internet services e.t.c are to an extent guilty
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Role Strain on Nurses Years of research on fatigue and role strain on nurses have made little progress on reducing the stresses of nurses at work. While ANA (2001) from the code of ethics charge nurses to provide a safe and competent patient care‚ nurses‚ as studied‚ are the sickest people in the world. Research have asserted that the unhealthy working environment impacts the nurses’ health‚ their quality of work life‚ and the health outcomes of the patients. In the study of Horrigan et al. (2013)
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Violence Against Nurses Intro to Nursing (14SPNURS361246) January 19‚ 2014 Violence Against Nurses Violence is a growing problem in the field of nursing‚ as the mental instability that might preempt violent attacks is very often related to the cause that brought the attackers to the facility in the first place or can even serve as a reaction to the perceived institutionalization of the facility. This can encompass behavior or mood destabilization of various medication side-effects
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