...This essay will highlight the mission statement of the Australian Catholic University (ACU) and focus on the ethical challenges that Midwives face on a daily basis. It will also emphasise the strategies that can be implemented by Midwives when challenged with ethical issues that may arise. Midwifery is a professional discipline that combines science, art, as well as strong ethical values (Ozcan & Akpinar & Ergin 2012) Individuals are not born with a set of values. The values are formed by interactions with environment, family, culture and through education. (Miles & Francis, 2010) The ACU’s Mission statement gives insight into the values that are imperative to model the aspects of a fair and equitable environment. ACU has a proven history of intellectual tradition which has a strong focus on higher education where academic integrity and a spiritual perspective are encapsulated. As well as a solid commitment toward quality teaching, research and service within the community. ACU also seeks to contribute in a universal scene through fundamental concerns of justice, equity and dignity for all human beings, whilst upholding the values of the common good. Midwifery as a profession values respect for privacy, client autonomy, justice and avoiding harm and working toward the common good for the community (ACU, 2010). Midwives have many roles as they care for women prenatally, during labour and postnatally, as they provide physical, educational and psychosocial needs of...
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...The future of the discipline of nursing depends on social and political factors as well as research and theory development. The use of theories by clinical nurses with varying levels of clinical expertise is rapidly increasing. In the past, the nursing profession has relied on the authority of educators, sociologists, psychologists, physiologists and anthropologists to provide answers to nursing problems. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze a clinical-related practical concern that will impact the nursing professional environment. The United States is lagging behind other nations of the world in fully integrating midwifery into its health care system. “While midwives deliver only 6% of the approximately 220,000 babies in the United States each year, midwives in other countries attend up to 80% of their countries births.” (Bowers, 2000). In our ever-changing fast paced health care system, many woman feel that they receive little personnel attention during pregnancy and childbirth from their healthcare provider. Despite the high quality of care that midwives provide to expectant mothers, American women have few opportunities to use the service of midwives. Barriers to Midwifery care in the United States include physician opposition, public perception as substandard care, state and federal regulations, lacking of training programs, lack of acceptance among third-party payers and our political and economic environment However, midwifery has gained a foothold...
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...Roles and Responsibilities of a Midwife Midwives provide advice, information, care and support for women and their babies during pregnancy, labour and the early postnatal period. They help women make their own decisions about the care and service they receive, they also make them feel comfortable and reassured through their pregnancy. They provide care for new-born children, they give health education and parenting support immediately after birth, until their care is moved to a health visitor. Midwives are responsible for the health of the mother and child and only if there are medical complications does the responsibility move to another health and social care worker. Responsibilities A midwife has many responsibilities including the care of mother and baby, adhering to hospital policy and maintaining an awareness of issues such as health and safety, other duties include: * Diagnosing, monitoring and examining women throughout their pregnancy. * Developing, assessing and evaluating individual programmes of care. * Providing full antenatal care, including screening tests in hospital, community and the home. * Identifying high risk pregnancies and making referrals to doctors and other medical specialists. * Arranging and providing parenting and health education. * Providing counselling and advice before and after screening and tests. * Offering support and advice following events such as miscarriage, termination, stillbirth, neonatal abnormality...
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...small dinners, to spread the word but they are also planning to meet with groups of wealthy people outside of America, such as China and India. Some of the generous donating people have decided to stay anonymous, while others were simply not interested in joining. Even though they agreed, those who did agree, to pay half of their fortunes none of them will be told when or how to give their money. Text 1 is written by Jon Swartz in form of an article where he explains the idea behind The Giving Pledge. It is written in a way where the project is set in a positive perspective, and he has a couple of statements from the founders themselves, but also some of those who give half of their fortune to charity. In text 2 we get a more personal view of this project because it is written by Warren Buffet, who is one of the founders of The Giving Pledge. He gives us a personal explanation about why he chose to start such a project and what his really intentions is. Mr. Buffet is very proud of his achievement and to know that he would be the reason why some people in need would be happy because of The Giving Pledge. The last text is pretty critical about this whole rich people donation half of their fortune. Peter Wilby, the author of text 3, suggest...
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...Love thy neighbor as thyself (James , 1998 ) My personal ethics statement includes my values and ideals important to me as an academic and in everyday life. My ethics are personal beliefs and morals that reflect and define the person I am. The decisions and choices I make every day should be consistent with integrity and respect toward others. These ethics will ensure my happiness and peace if I keep and hold these values. I believe the value of equality for people regardless of race, religion, and handicaps ensure that all people can be treated fairly. Treating people with respect and dignity while holding myself accountable to these principles will ensure that I treat others as I want to be treated. This essay will explore how my personal values and ethical morals come into play in the decision-making process in my nursing career. Being raised in a loving Lutheran Christian household in Stockholm, Sweden I can remember as far back as being a little four-year-old girl skipping to church on Sunday mornings with my maternal grandmother Ingrid, to the day of my serious conformation ceremony as a gangly 14-year-old teenager. Many ideals were formed growing up around my beloved grandparents and they are still present in my everyday life be it personal or professional. I strive to be honest, live with integrity, be non judgmental and respect my fellow man. To quote my grandmother “ Always try to do the best you can or don’t do it at all”. My choice of career was greatly influenced...
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...you plan to practice in? Indiana 2. What information and documents are required in order to apply / obtain prescriptive authority in your state as an APN? (Be specific) ALL APPLICANTS must mail a completed application along with the items listed below to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency. You must hold an active, valid registered nurse license in Indiana or another state to be eligible for prescriptive authority. The application requires you to indicate the category of Advanced Practice Nursing under which are applying for Prescriptive Authority: You must choose one of the following: Clinical Nurse Specialist; Nurse Practitioner; or Certified Nurse Midwife. Please note that if you are applying for prescriptive authority as a Certified Nurse Midwife, you still need a current Limited Nurse Midwife license in addition to your current RN license in order to practice nurse midwifery in the State of Indiana. I. REQUIREMENTS A. Mail completed, signed and dated application along with the items listed below to the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency. B. Include a photograph, approximately 2 ½ x 3 ½ inches, head and shoulders view, black and white or color, of...
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...Professional Essay Name: Institution: Date: The submission date of an assessment is a significant assessment benchmark that can be used as a performance measure in the assessment of university courses. As a performance qualifier, a submission date is perhaps the best standard to quantify and guide the appropriation of performance levels to Higher Education courses and modules. In this sense, the submission date helps the markers to allocate credits to students’ work by determining the key inquiries of performance qualifier standards, that is, what should be done how well is it done and within what period of time. A student’s ability to work within the submission date is part of the objectives of university course assessments that is used to measure and make judgment on graduate qualities as demonstrated by the particular student (University of Ulster, 2012). The submission date gives a student a defined time period for research and compiling of the information for the assessment in question. This is instrumental in a student’s self-assessment of their progress as well as in appraising their abilities in relation to their course of study. The ability to work within the deadline provided by the submission date is an important determinant of whether a student is suited for the demands of their course of study (Harvey, 2012). As such, this aids both the student and the university in making progress decisions concerning the student such as which grade the student is to be...
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...nurse practitioner role, expressed “with the exploding knowledge base in health care, technologies and informatics, new proposed paradigms- to say nothing of population needs, demands and desires for curative, restorative and preventative health care-that additional preparation has become imperative.” Being in the field I work together with many different roles in nursing and hearing the response “I am just a nurse,” infuriates me. It is important for the nursing profession to stand together and inspire and support each other in order to provide the ultimate care for our patients. Knowledge is power and we as a profession have many opportunities to make positive changes in our healthcare system. To summarize an astute professor A.M. Bova (personal communication, October 21, 2015) we need to get involved and know what is going on, we are...
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...PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECTS FOR DISSERTATION MS. S.SILBIA DEVI 1ST YEAR MSC NURSING OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY NURSING YEAR 2007-2009 PADMASHREE COLLEGE OF NURSING GURUKRUPA LAYOUT, NAGARBHAVI, BANGALORE, 560072 RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES BANGALORE, KARNATAKA PROFORMA FOR REGISTRATION OF SUBJECTS FOR DISSERTATION 1. | NAME OF THE CANDIDATE AND ADDRESS | MS. S.SILBIA DEVIIst YEAR M.Sc. NURSINGPADMASHREE COLLEGE OF NURSINGGURUKRUPA LAYOUTNAGARABHABIBANGALORE-560072 | 2. | NAME OF THE INSTITUTE | Padmashree college of NursingBangalore. | 3. | COURSE OF THE STUDY AND SUBJECT | I year M.Sc nursingObstetrics and Gynecology of Nursing | 4. | DATE OF ADMISSION | 20th April – 2007 | 5. | TITLE OF THE STUDY | A study to assess the Effectiveness Of Self Instructional Module on knowledge of primigravida mothers regarding postnatal care during the early postpartum period in selected maternity hospitals, Bangalore. | 6. BRIEF RESUME OF THE INTENDED WORK 6.1 INTRODUCTION The wealth of the nation is its healthy population. The mother contribution in creating a healthy population is beyond explanation, so mother should be kept physically, emotionally and socially healthy. The processes of pregnancy and birth challenge the woman’s psychological and physiologic coping mechanisms. It is during the puerperium period that the woman must return to the non pregnant state. The pueperium is a period...
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...With regards to this assignment the aims are to analyse patterns of health within the adult population regarding health disease and exclusion, whilst also having the ability to assess the health needs and the impacts they have on individuals and their communities. The assignment targets to analyse and investigate public health perspectives, ideologies, with the use of current legislation and policies. Public health aims to help people avoid becoming ill with strategies to help stay healthy, this is defined by the Department of Health (2012) which states a variety of policy areas of concern, these include immunisations, alcohol, drug users, sexual health, pregnancy, smoking, alcohol and a child’s health (DOH, 2012). The health issue chosen for this assignment will be smoking in pregnancy and the implications smoking can have with regards to health issues and the problems faced globally, nationally and within a chosen demographical area. In order to clarify what is meant by the term ‘health’ an understanding must be achieved and although according to the World Health Organisation (1986) health being ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity’. Although this is a highly thought of definition according to Macaulay & Herbert (2011) the (WHO, 1986) definition of health is no longer appropriate and should be changed towards ‘the ability to adapt and self-manage in the face of social, physical, and emotional challenges’...
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...PREVENTION OF OBESITY IN CHILDHOOD Introduction What is health The World Health Organisation (WHO 1986)defines health as a state of complete physical ,mental and social well being and not just the absence of disease and infirmity. Forster (2002) confirms that health is generally seen in terms of people being ill or well but indicates that this is a simplistic view, as being well or ill are not entirely separate notions but in fact overlap to some degree. Forster(2002) while concurring with the definition of health as provided by the WHO (1986) adds that this definition provides a positive view of health and suggest that health fluctuates over time along a continuum, good and poor health appearing at opposite poles of the continuum. Ewles and Simnett(2003) also suggest that health is determined by many factors such as Physical health, body function, Societal health living accomodation ,employment status , Spiritual health, religious beliefs and moral values or behaviours, Social health being able to sustain relationships and make friends, Emotional health the ability to cope with depression, stress and anxiety. Therefore an individuals health position along this continuum is variable but no distinct demarcation line between health and ill health exists. With regards to the definition given it is argued that health professionals interventions should focus on helping the clients ,individuals, families and communities to gain health related knowledge, attitudes and practice associated...
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...www.med.monash.edu www.med.monash.edu NUR1010 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY PRACTICE Concepts of health, illness & human development OBJECTIVES • • • • • • Begin to develop their understanding of what nursing and midwifery involves. Discuss the concept of health. Discuss the concepts of human development. Describe factors that influence health across the lifespan. Begin to develop an understanding of the concepts surrounding person centeredness. Discuss the role of the nurse in infection control and prevention 1 2 www.med.monash.edu www.med.monash.edu 2009 Number Nursing Statistics Clinician Clinical management & Adm. Clinical nursing Average age (years) Average hours worked per week Definition of Nursing Nursing: encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups and communities, sick or well and in all settings. Nursing includes the promotion of health, prevention of illness and the care of ill, disabled and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management and education are also key nursing roles International Council of Nurses 2002 250,786 29,971 220,815 44.1 47.3 43.7 33.2 39.2 32.4 Non-clinician Lecturing, education and or supervision of new nurses Research Other 25,965 9,570 2,325 14,070 46.4 45.0 45.1 47.6 33.9 36.7 34.2 54 Total 276,751 44.3 ...
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...Confidentiality in Nursing Introduction: This essay will give a brief definition regarding the principles of nursing practice, state why there are important to nursing practice. It will then explore confidentiality as a principle E of nursing practice, report why confidentiality is extremely important within nursing practice and will discuss the patient’s rights in relation to law. Relevant reference of published literature will be put forward in this essay to support the author statement. Main body: RCN (2010) states that the Principles of nursing practice “describe what everyone can expect from nursing practice, whether they are colleagues, patients, the families or carers of patients”. There are eight Principles of nursing practice such as; Principle A: “focuses on dignity, equality, diversity and humanity” Principle B: “focuses on ethical integrity, legal integrity, accountability and responsibility”. Principle C: “focuses on the safety of all people (patients, visitors and staff), the environment, organisational health and safety, management of risk, and clinical safety”. Principle D: “encompasses themes of advocacy, empowerment, patient-centred care, and patient involvement in their care”. Principle E: “focuses on communication, handling feedback, record keeping, reporting and monitoring”. Principle F: “focuses on evidence-based practice, technical skills, education, training and clinical reasoning”. Principle G: “encompasses themes of care...
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...prepares you to become a productive individual in the future. A productive individual is one who is able to make a living for himself out of his own efforts, that is, without depending on others for his food, clothing, or shelter. Upon finishing school, you will want to join the ranks of productive citizens of the Philippines. You will be earning your own money to meet your personal needs. You can buy your own personal property. However, you must be prepared to face the fact that it will not be easy to go out there and get a job. So many others are out of work. Developing yourself for entrepreneurship will be one of your greatest projects in life. Your personality and character will help you immensely on the road to success, regardless of where you may be. A good thing about entrepreneurship is that it can cover a whole range of careers. For examples, different persons engaged in different occupations can practice their vocation entrepreneurially. One can be a doctor, a dentist, a lawyer, a dressmaker, a baker, a radio technician, or a midwife and be an entrepreneur in any one of these fields whether you go on to college or technical school or not at all does not matter. What matters is that you, as a person, will be capable of looking for and responding to opportunities for...
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...What is nursing? ‘What is nursing? It has been called an art, a science, a profession, a vocation, a heaven-born gift, a laboriously acquired task’ (The Nursing Record 1889 p.131). This definition is one of many ways to describe nursing. It was written over one hundred years ago which shows that even at this earlier period, nursing was recognised as a hardworking, privileged and intelligent career. Nursing is a very comprehensive subject where a lot of topics could be discussed. The areas that will be focussed on are the history of nursing, encompassing nursing education, the Nursing and Midwifery Council, the nursing process and the portrayal of the nursing profession. Nursing began in the medieval times and Sundstorm (1998) explains that a nurse was likely to be a woman in extreme poverty. Nurses were perceived to be one of the lowest members of society as they were often branded as a drunk or prostitute. It took almost three centuries later before nursing started to be recognised as a more admirable profession. Florence Nightingale was a woman that started the change of nursing to become a scientific and researched practice. Despite her parents being against the idea of her career path, she ignored them and went on to become a legacy as she helped create the first program for nurses as well as pioneering infection control and health promotion. During her time as a nurse in the 1854 Crimean war, she managed to prevent deaths by 41%.This was because of her idea of...
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