...wound and wound appearance was some of the specific elements addressed. After completing an assessment of a patient’s wound, the nurses identified nursing diagnoses, thereby deciding what kind of dressing change the patient required. Once the problems were identified, the nurse decided how to perform the dressing change and what equipment to use in the planning phase of nursing process. Finally, the nurse performed the dressing change, educated their patients on how to take care of the wound. Evaluation was also incorporated at the end by...
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...Statement Here at the facility we promote quality safe care of all our patients through our well trained staff to treat each individual physically, mentally, and spiritually. Part A A board of nursing (BON) is the enforcement of licensure, education standards, and laws and regulations to ensure patient care and safety and usually occur at the state level. Professional nursing associations (PNA) can be at a state or national level and is an organization to bring nurses together to promote quality care and measures through observation, experience, education and research. Both the BON and PNA affect my career as a nurse. Every two years I am required to pay the BON for my re-licensure through the state I am certified to work in. At this time I am also subject to an audit that shows I have been following and meeting the basic requirements for continued licensure. This is done through working a minimal set of hours each year in the field and obtaining continuing education credits. One PNA I am a part of is the Minnesota Nurses Association. MNA is a union that is a support tool for its members, creates equal rights for employees, and provides research for improved quality of care and work environment. This organization has provided me with a friendly, work safe environment with good benefits so that I am able to provide the best quality of care to my patients on a daily basis. Part B Provision 3: The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient. The provision listed above I chose...
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...importance of role modeling the applied behaviors and skills through preceptor experiences to aid the new nurse is discussed. The importance of the socialization process and its impact on staff recruitment and retention is touched on. The author also shares her experience upon entry to the nursing profession and how it helped her socialization. According to Creasia and Friberg, socialization is the process of becoming- acquiring knowledge and skills and internalizing attitudes and values specific to a given social group. (Creasia & Friberg, 2011) The term socialization used here refers to the process through which novice practitioners are merged into the profession to become professional practitioners (Mooney, 2007). Socialization into nursing is recognized as more than just acquiring the skills and knowledge necessary to performs a role, but as also including understanding the values and norms that are fundamental to the essence of the profession. (Price, 2009) The process of socialization into nursing should occur through role modeling and reinforcement of applied behaviors and skills. Research shows that in order to progress successfully into a professional nurse the early parts of socialization to that role is significant. The socialization into nursing can be a very intense stressful experience. Upon reviewing the reports generated on this topic, most reveal nurses referencing negative experiences and memories of their beginning into the profession. Notably, several...
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...Educational Preparation The competencies between nurses prepared at the associate-degree level (ADN) versus the baccalaureate-degree level have become a very important topic within the healthcare field. This paper will explain a nurse prepared at the baccalaureate-degree level (BSN) brings a higher level of competency to clinical settings. Acute care employers now prefer nurses that has achieve their BSN over the ADN with the goal of achieving Magnet status. It was challenging to write a paper that point out ADN’s educational deficits objectively. However, there is a clear difference between the two, that’s why I’m here today. After reading the content within the interactive nursing timeline of historical events and other articles related to the growing profession of nursing, there was a direct connection between higher academia and proficiency within the profession. The associate degree nursing program is fairly new compared the bachelorette nursing programs. Our history in America has demonstrated that great conflict usually drives for innovative solutions. If we take a look at modern nursing today, we know that major shifts in nursing have happen near or within times that our country was at war. For instance, the development of the associate degree in nursing programs arrived around the WWII era when America had to develop an appropriate answer for the shortage of registered nurses in the field. According to the Adelphi website Dr. Mildred Montag introduced a possible...
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...institutional value, and reduce health care costs. An actively involved patient and family are more likely to give high ratings on patient satisfaction survey with high regards to the patient care provided. Therefore, an institution’s values become standards of patient care that must be led by excellence, aim, and success in obtaining goals. On the other hand, nurse satisfaction is as much as important as the patient and family satisfaction. A highly satisfied nursing staff may not easily get burned out to high stresses and enhance nursing staff retention. A retrospective analysis before the implementation of bedside reporting showed that nurses stayed a total of 1,421 hours, or 100 hours per month (range = 67-137 hours), past their clock-out times between the months of October 2006 and April 2007 (Tidwell, Edwards, Snider, Lindsey, Reed, Scroggins, & Brigance, 2011). Tidwell et al., (2011), and colleagues concluded that nurses were less likely to work overtime once the bedside reporting was implemented and this in return, reduced an institution’s cost tremendously. After the implementation of the bedside reporting, nurses worked 923.5 hours that saved US$12000 for a year (Tidwell et al., 2011). A bed side...
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...Why I Want To Be A Nurse What played the biggest role in my decision on becoming a nurse is how my mother cared for my grandfather, until he passed away. My grandfather was diagnosed with testicular cancer in his later years in life. During his final 4 years of his life, he couldn’t walk anymore. He couldn’t eat anymore, or even go to the bathroom alone anymore. He wanted to be in his home; in his bed so I got to watch my family members take care of him. Especially my mother and my grandmother who would always be by his side. This showed me how compassionate they were and I wanted to be the same way. I would help my grandfather out as best as I could, he told me that I would become a great nurse one day. That made me decide that going into nursing in the health field would benefit me greatly. I would do what I like to do. Since that day which was 5 years ago from today I have always wanted to go into the career of becoming a nurse. I have always researched about it and get excited whenever I go to the doctor because I know ill get to see and talk to the nurses. I know caring for others and trying my best to make the patients and their families lives better is what I would come home and feeling proud about, even just by knowing I tried to make a difference and cared. Even my brothers and my friends I want to help out whenever they get hurt! The nursing field also fascinates me very much because it is always a challenge. It challenges all...
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...profession in which there are core values and competencies that guide and dictate what nurses do. The core values of nursing are social justice, human dignity, altruism, autonomy, and integrity. The core competencies include critical thinking, communication, and assessment. Nursing is the nurturing and centered care of a patient. It is imperative that patients are the center of care and their surroundings are adequate for healing and health. I believe nursing is the foundation for patient centered care and providing dignity among all patients. Human dignity is the core value that correlates best with my philosophy of nursing. Core Value: Human Dignity Nurses play a significant role in maintaining a patient’s dignity and providing their best knowledgeable care. Providing dignity has always meant a lot to me. Most often, patients are being taken care of when they are vulnerable which makes human dignity an important priority. To extend this thought,...
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...understand a lot about Nursing. Nursing to me is far more than a job or even a profession. It is like a second nature. It is a journey we embark on with passion and dedication. We bravely dedicate our live to continuously taking care of people. As Porter 2014 stated “once a nurse, always a nurse! Nursing is a calling”. We touch and change people’s life every day. whether the help we provide is appreciated or remains unnoticed, we still feel happy and proud to always said “I’m a nurse”. I am the Nurse or wants to be the Nurse that at the end of my shift gains satisfaction when the patients and community I provided care are pleased. Knowing that nursing is a lifelong learning profession, I want to be the Nurse that is very knowledgeable in every single critical practice area. It will allow me to challenge every situation presented to me. I also know that, to become a professional in nursing management, it is necessary to never give up, to be quick about solving any problem or overcoming any barrier. I strongly believe that my academic and career goals are the essential goals I should achieve in the nearest future....
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...outcomes. Advocacy is an obligation of all health care professionals because people come seeking care from diverse environments and not everyone has equal access to appropriate and necessary care, resources and opportunities. Advocacy is both the obligation and the opportunity to assist them in meeting their basic needs. The American Nurses Association defines the practice of 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.”. The ANA also addresses the importance of patient advocacy in their Code of Ethics (Provision 3): “The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient.”....
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...empower the nursing body which includes both nurses and nursing students to fully participate in the digital period of health care. A Delphi study was done to indicate the need for a list of informatics...
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... Leaders must have a vision for their organization that looks to the future of healthcare and not just deal with the present. Having a vision requires knowledge of the present and where their healthcare organization stands in terms of success. They must also know and be committed to the mission, goals and objectives of their organization. Interviewing a nursing leader in a long term health care facility provided this student with many new views of healthcare management and the challenges she’s presented with daily. The leader this student interviewed is a director of nurses at a longterm care facility with 100 beds, 28 of which are Medicare certified. She has a staff of 18 nurses and 32 certified nursing assistants. Her name is Patti and she has been in her position at various facilities for over 20 years and at the current facility for eight years .She is very knowledgeable about Medicare, Medicaid and case management. She has worked many sub-acute units as well as stepping in now to help with staff shortages. When an employee comes to her with a problem or complaint, the first thing she will ask is, “What do you think the solution is”? Her description of a leader is any person with integrity, honesty, and the ability to treat everyone with respect and dignity. She feels her leadership style is a democratic, participative leadership style. She says she frequently turns to her nursing staff for input into making decisions that concern the workplace environment...
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...Although masters prepared nurses must be knowledgeable in today’s health care environment, it is essential to comprehend the significance of collaborative teamwork, evidence based practice, graduate level communication with professionalism, computer literacy and the necessity of life-long learning. II. Reasons Interdisciplinary and Collaborative Teamwork is Essential to Nursing Today A. Safe healthcare environments i. Reduction of errors made in delivery of care ii. Collaboration of more knowledge B. Produces safe healthcare providers iii. Encourages further learning iv. Assists in the prevention of mistakes III. Reasons for Evidence Based Practice C. Enhanced patient/quality care v. Reduction in variation of nursing care vi. Utilization of proven research for change vii. Change from tradition based to science based model D. Empowering nurses viii. Expanding nursing skills/critical thinking ix. Improvement in job satisfaction IV. Ways QSEN Promotes Nursing Professionalism E. Initiative x. To integrate quality and safety competencies into nursing education. F. Goal xi. Nursing professionals are provided with the knowledge and tools needed to deliver safe, effect, and patient-centered care. G. Focus xii. Improvement in high quality, safe nursing care delivery from all nurses. H. Phase I ...
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...related to the nurse staffing, the intent of the Future of Nursing’s Campaign for Action, the reasoning for state-based action coalitions and initiatives of the coalition. The Work of the Committee In 2008, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) propelled a two-year plan reacting to the desires of Registered Nurses in reconsidering and reintroducing the career of nurses. The IOM nominated the RWJF Initiative with the determination to generate a report that would make suggestions to put the needs of Registered Nurses into motion and shape the profession (IOM, 2010). The above institution reflected on the role of health care professional’s employment setting, and stage’s of edification in its determination to assess the opportunities that are available for nursing professionals. Registered Nurses ought do their job to the maximum scope of their edification and teaching. Advanced trained Registered Nurses should also have a chance to work to the fullest extent of their edification and teaching by implementing and finalizing evaluations, completing admissions paper work and delivering the important certifications for home health care requirements (IOM, 2010). Nurses should attain advanced levels of edification and instruction with an upgraded educational structure that will offer continuous educational advancement. With the increase in today’s life expectancy, the needs of patients are complicated. Registered Nurses need to complete...
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...even at the national level. In the events of an natural disaster, nurses played key role in planning before it can happen, and assessment when the disaster actually happens (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate or highlights some key role the nurse may played in the emergency preparedness and response to hurricane disaster in within a community during or the before the actual disaster. THE ROLE OF THE NURSE' DURING HURRICANE DISASTER Hurricanes are a large tropical storms that comes with heavy rains. Hurricanes contains winds that may be in excess of 74 miles per hour and large areas of rainfall, creating flooding. In addition, hurricanes have the potential to create large and dangerous tornadoes (http://www.severeweather.com/hurricanes). The ocean-water temperature has to be above 79-degree for hurricane to developed. Therefore, hurricanes happened in late summer and early fall. Meteorologist used the term tropical storms when the winds are under 74 miles per hour and hurricanes when it rises above 74 miles hour. A hurricanes can last up to 2-weeks causes damages and in most causes it may be deadly. Florida and Texas rank the highest states in the United States and both states have seen more damages as the result of the hurricanes disaster. As a nurse living in the state of Texas and in the city of Houston, near the gulf coast, it very important to be knowledgeable about hurricanes and its effect on the community and the state as...
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...Prevention of Medication Errors in Nursing Practice Breton Sloop NU 332 Foundations of Nursing November 11, 2015 Teresa Faust Mary is a critical care nurse at a busy urban hospital, who is trying to catch up on her morning medication administrations. Her patient had required several procedures that morning, due to an alteration in his condition, and now Mary is behind schedule. The patient is intubated, so she decides to crush the pills, and administer them through his nasogastric tube. The patient’s medication is already late, but in her dash to give the medication as quickly as possible, she fails to notice the “Do Not Crush” warning on the electronic medication administration record (MAR). She then crushes an extended-release calcium...
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