FEATURE ARTICLE Building Comfort With Ambiguity in Nursing Practice Kalli Stilos, RN, MScN, CHCPN(C), Shari L. Moura, RN, MN, CONC(C), CHCPN(C), and Frances Flint, RN, MN Current nursing literature recognizes the need to honor the concept of ambiguity. Nurses experience uncertainty with handling or honoring complexity and ambiguity when confronted with times of struggle. Traditional models of care fall short as patients and families define their expectations of the healthcare system. Nurses
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eaking in general terms is referred to a “style of project management in which everyone on the project team is held responsible for the quality and success of the project. Team based approach recognizes that for the team to become successful, all the members cannot work alone in isolation. Each member must always know and work well with team members and must appreciate their member’s strength and skills” (Rouse, M. 2011). In a hospital, “Team based, is when physicians, nurses, social workers, pharmacists
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Environmental Health The environment has a symbiotic relationship to the health of individuals, families and communities. The environment must be healthy in order for achievement of optimal health (Stanhope and Lancaster, 2014). Nurses have a responsibility to understand the health environmental risks, including how and what, should be included in assessment, planning and implementing interventions to reduce or eliminate the environmental risk. In addition, nurses must be able to communicate
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that allows you to work with new families and newborn babies. Being a labor and delivery nurse is a well-paying job with excellent benefits and rewarding job satisfaction. It requires several years of education and training, but it provides you with expertise in an area that won’t fluctuate with changes in the economy. EDUCATION There are a number of different paths through which to gain a nursing education. You can obtain a bachelor’s of science degree in nursing, an associate’s degree or a diploma
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Culture and Diversity in Nursing Amanda M. Jones Trinity Valley Community College Associate Degree Nursing Level II January 16, 2015 Culture and Diversity in Nursing Cultural Assessment With there being such a plethora of cultures in the world, there are so many different beliefs and practices involving health and wellness, that almost everyone has a different definition of health, and different views on disease and illness in general. My definition of health involves many different aspects
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Tresham College studying health and social care level 3. The entry requirement where the following A minimum of 4 GCSEs at C or above including English, maths and science OR an Intermediate Diploma (Level 2) in Health and Social Care at merit grade or above with a good reference OR a relevant Level 2 vocational qualification. I managed to get on this course as I done level 2 health and social care and gained a merit on this course. Mental health nursing Mental health nursing is often complex, demanding
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Running head: CARING THEORY Caring Theory University of Phoenix Caring Theory Caring is the central component of the nursing profession. Jean Watson believed that the essence of nursing is caring for a person (Alderson, Huynh, & Thompson, 2008). Watson’s caring theory has a philosophical, moral and spiritual source that addresses a person’s health with a holistic approach focusing on the mind, body, and soul. According to Watson (2009), “nurses and practitioners who are literate with
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Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence in a Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing Facility Susan Mateo NUR/531 Tracey Lane Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence in a Long Term Care / Skilled Nursing Facility Of the many challenges facing the nursing profession, cultural competence is an area of great need across all settings from educators, to students, bedside nurses, nurse managers, and nursing leadership. Cultural competence for a given entity, be it an educational institution
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Health Care Professionals Identify and describe three reasons there may be a physician shortage rather than a surplus in the United States. Although previously America had a surplus in Physicians and medical professionals it is no longer the case now. The first reason for this shortage is that Congress, in its attempt to address the issue of surplus, commissioned the Council on Graduate Medical Education (CGME), which reported that by the year 2000 the expected staffing ratio of one physician
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CORINNE BRONKEMA WESTERN GOVERNOR’S UNIVERSITY PROFESSIONAL ROLES & VALUES PROJECT My personal nursing mission statement is changing and developing as my career advances, however, one core piece will remain constant. I will strive to provide the best, safest, most ethical and compassionate nursing care that I can for all patients and family members with whom I come in contact. I began my post-high school academic career as an accounting major. I enjoyed the challenge
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