...Code of Ethics Assignment; Part I The ANA Nurses Code of Ethics is a very important tool in the field of nursing that helps and allows nurses to be able to fulfill their ethical obligations in order to help improve healthcare. The ANA Nurses Code of Ethics was developed by the American Nurses Association to provide guidelines for nurses to carry out their ethical duties by practicing nursing in an effective, suitable, safe, and autonomy way. Provision six of the Code, addresses that nurses should use their values and moral reasoning and thinking to facilitate improvements of the health care environment. Improvements need to be done in the environments of the patients as well as the community clinics, hospitals, and any type of facility that practices nursing including the workplace of the nurse. Reading provision 6.1 which is titled “The influence of the environment on moral virtues and values.” (American Nurses Association, 2014). Taught me that the professional nurse shall do whatever it takes to establish, maintain, and improve health care. Provision 6 states that a nurse’s ability to fulfill their ethical obligations is a direct function of the environment that he/she is placed in. (American Nurses Association, 2014) If the nurse shows respect and care for the environment he/she can be a stepping stone to others in the environment and may model positive behavior toward the healthcare environment. The more initiative the nurse displays others may want to become more involved...
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...provides a guide for the nurses to understand the knowledge, skills Attitude and judgment that are required for practicing safely in the unit. To work in safe environment every nurse should know the unit specific guidelines and policies, scope of practice and also it’s equally important to know others scope of practice. Example if the nurse delegates any task to nurse assistant, one should know the scope of practice for the assistant, and whether it’s appropriate to delegate certain task. I would like to highlight this incident which recently occurred. My hospital is a teaching hospital and some student doctors are not within the guidelines. I found one of the student doctor doing thoracocentesis. Upon knowing, when I talked about timeout, it look he don’t even understand timeout should be performed with all the team and a nurse too. After my supervisor came to know we all discussed and found that student doctors are not supposed to perform any invasive procedure even there attending’s allow to perform . On our hospital website (intranet) nurses can search the doctor’s credentials and scope of practice by just applying name and all details is shown. There are certain easy ways to do when accepting any task, just to provide safe and appropriate scope of practice. Check the task and verify, clarify and talk to supervisors if not comfortable. Demonstrated and documented competencies are year round in the units. Make sure to participate and keep updated. I have seen at times it’s hard...
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...authority that governs the practice of nurses. The principle purpose of the Act is to protect the health and safety of members of the public by providing mechanisms to ensure health practitioners are competent and fit to practise their professions. The Council sets and monitors standards in the interests of the public and the profession. The Council’s primary concern is public safety. This Code outlines the standards of ethical conduct set by the Council under section 118(i) of the Act. This Code complements the legal obligations that nurses have under the Act, the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services Nursing Council of New Zealand, PO Box 9644, Wellington 6011 www.nursingcouncil.org.nz Published June 2012 The Code of Conduct for nurses has been revised and rewritten. This document replaces the previous Code of Conduct for nurses published by the Nursing Council of New Zealand between 1995 and 2011. © Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996 and the Health Information Privacy Code 1994. The Act and Code of Rights can be found at http://www.legislation.govt.nz The Code of Conduct for nurses is a set of standards defined by the Council describing the behaviour or conduct that nurses are expected to uphold. The Code of Conduct provides guidance on appropriate behaviour for all nurses and can be used by health consumers, nurses, employers, the Nursing Council and other bodies to evaluate the behaviour of nurses. Failure to uphold these standards of...
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...familiar with the role of nurses. How do the media positively or negatively influence the public’s image of nursing? What other avenues may better educate the general public on the role and scope of nursing as well as the changing health care system? The media is known to have immense influences on the public perception from body images to what kind of car people should buy. And the nursing image is not immune to these influences. What Hollywood transmits to the public about nurse’s works much like an advertising industry. Television has represented nurses in varying degrees and not all of them are flattering. We have been portrayed as handmaidens, angels to naughty nurses, crusty battle-axes, incompetent nurses, or drug addicted nurses. Television shows such as House, Nurse Jackie, Hawthorne, Gray’s Anatomy, and Scrubs frequently draw on nursing stereotypes that have the potential to damage the professional nursing image. Just as people are influenced by commercial or political ads, they will be influenced by these shows as well. These images of nursing on medical shows can affect roles in recruitment and retention for the profession. In a survey of student perceptions of nursing image on television, one student noted, “the public could be influenced by nursing on television and draw attention to the consequences of negative depictions of nursing because the public can develop a false view of the profession, where people may believe nurses are simply the doctor’s assistant”...
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...administered in a typical NHS hospital (Audit commission 2002). Drug administration forms a major part of the clinical nurses role. Medicines are prescribed by the doctor and dispensed by the pharmacist but responsibility for correct administration rests with the registered nurse (O'Shea 1999). Each registered nurse is accountable for his/her practice. This practice includes preparing, checking and administering medications, updating knowledge of medications, monitoring the effectiveness of treatment, reporting adverse drug reactions and teaching patients about the drugs that they receive (O'Shea 1999). The patient is expected to receive the correct medication at each drug round but several studies have shown that this is not always the case (Raju et al 1988, Ferner 1995). Medication errors do occur and are a persistent problem associated with nursing practice (O'Shea 1999). The aim of this paper is to answer the question: Why are nurses still continuing to make drug errors? In order to answer this question this paper shall examine the guidelines that nurses must adhere to when administering drugs, shall provide a definition of a drug errors, look at reasons why drug errors occur and approaches that are aimed at reducing drug errors on the ward. There are a number of pieces of legislation that relate to prescribing, supply, storage and administration. It is essential that nurses comply with them (NMC 2003). The 1968 Medicines Act was the first comprehensive legislation on medicines in...
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...ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND Comparison between Associate degree and Baccalaureate degree Candace Haggard GCU Comparison between Associate degree and Baccalaureate degree Nursing education traces its history from the humble beginnings incorporating “on the job” training to a modern era of PhD program at today’s research universities. Currently, there are three levels of education found in entry level nurses: diploma nurses, associate’s degree in nursing, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Often there is confusion as to why nursing students will put forth the extra effort to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. As the discussion unfolds, it will become apparent that the nurse trained at the associate degree level tends to practice at a technical level, whereas the nurse educated with a Bachelor of Science degree practices at a professional level. Nurses may have different competencies depending on whether they were educated through an Associate Degree in Nursing Program or a Bachelor of Science Program (Hood & Leddy, 2003). ADN graduates practice within the guidelines of eight core components and competencies identified by the National Council of Associate Degree Nursing Competencies Task Force. These core components are: professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration, and managing care. These core components help with clinical decision making, continuity of care, leadership,...
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...There are some Nurses who unfortunately remain ignorant about diversity, and there are other nurses who are aware of the ethical practices in this noble profession, which includes respect for autonomy, beneficence, nonmaleficence, justice and fidelity but who don't practice these concepts in their professional and personal lives. “Because society is rich with diverse religious, ethnic, and cultural groups, nurses are professionals who must be prepared to work with those whose beliefs and values may be different from their own. In order to be sensitive to others, it is first necessary to know and accept one's own values and beliefs.” This is one component of Fairfield school of Nursing Philosophy. I grew up with friends with different set of religious beliefs and ethics but we learned to appreciate each others beliefs and ethics. We had different beliefs but we saw ourselves as equals, created by one God. This has become part of me and has helped shaped my beliefs and values. Just like in Ghana and most societies in America, positive values like justice, honesty, tolerance, responsibility, hard work, generosity and kindness have always been encouraged. Individuals are expected to apply these values to both their professional and personal lives. As a student nurse, I am very proud of being able to practice these values from an early age. As America is becoming more diverse, given my background and the School of Nursing philosophy, these values and beliefs will help shape and...
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...October 12, 2011 Nursing Process and Clinical Decision Making Not all nurses have the same knowledge and experience therefore nurses need to understand clinical judgment, decision making, and the nursing process to administer the best nursing care regardless of personal skill level. Nurses make clinical decisions based on knowledge and experience. A variety of theories and conceptual frameworks have developed to explain the science of nursing and clinical judgment, one of the most notable is that of Patricia Benner. Benner’s theory presents that nurses operate in five stages of clinical judgment from novice to expert (Bias, Hayes, Kozier, & Erb, 2011). The novice is the student nurse who has very little or no knowledge whose main concern is with rules and guidelines to complete tasks. Next is the advanced beginner or the graduate nurse who understands the concepts of nursing but sees difficult situations as more difficult tasks to complete and more rules to learn and often feels overwhelmed frequently consulting with more experienced nurses. For example a new patient arrives to the unit the nurse has not completed the tasks for the patients she already has becomes overwhelmed with how to prioritize and meet each patient’s needs. At the competent stage the nurse no longer functions entirely within a set of rules. Organizational and technical skills have improved the nurse is adaptive able determine what is important and what is not, and is comfortable...
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...Iranian Journal of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences The Code of Ethics for Nurses F Zahedi, M Sanjari, [...], and M Vahid Dastgerdi Additional article information Abstract Nurses are ever-increasingly confronted with complex concerns in their practice. Codes of ethics are fundamental guidance for nursing as many other professions. Although there are authentic international codes of ethics for nurses, the national code would be the additional assistance provided for clinical nurses in their complex roles in care of patients, education, research and management of some parts of health care system in the country. A national code can provide nurses with culturally-adapted guidance and help them to make ethical decisions more closely to the Iranian-Islamic background. Given the general acknowledgement of the need, the National Code of Ethics for Nurses was compiled as a joint project (2009–2011). The Code was approved by the Health Policy Council of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education and communicated to all universities, healthcare centers, hospitals and research centers early in 2011. The focus of this article is on the course of action through which the Code was compiled, amended and approved. The main concepts of the code will be also presented here. No doubt, development of the codes should be considered as an ongoing process. This is an overall responsibility to keep the codes current, updated with the new progresses of science and emerging...
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...LAW | | 6 | SELECTED CATEGORIES OF LAW AFFECTING NURSES | | 7 | SELECTED LEGAL ASPECTS OF NURSING PRACTICE | | | COMPONENTS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LEGAL PROCESS | | 8 | LEGAL PROTECTIONS IN NURSING PRACTICE | | 9 | | | 10 | NURSING PRACTICE AND THE LAW | | 11 | LEGAL ISSUES IN PRACTICE | | 12 | NURSE–CLIENT RELATIONSHIP | | 13 | LEGAL ROLES OF NURSES | | | SUMMARY | | | CONCLUSION | | | RESEARCH ABSTRACT | | 14 | BIBLIOGRAPHY | | OBJECTIVES * To introduce legal considerations * To define law * To understand sources of law * To list out the types of law * To explain the selected legal aspects of nursing practice * To understand the components and characteristics of the legal process * To explain the regulation of nursing practice * To enumerate standards of nursing care * To describeselected legal aspects of nursing practice * To explainlegal protections in nursing practice * To describe nursing practice and the law * To describe legal issues in practice * To explain nurse–client relationship * To list out the guidelines for safe nursing practice * To formulatelegal roles of nurses * To explain the legal responsibility of nursing students INTRODUCTION Nursing practice is governed by many legal concepts. It is important for nurses to know the basics of legal concepts, because nurses are accountable for their professional judgments and...
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...Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses in Australia Introduction Professional conduct refers to the manner in which a person behaves while acting in a professional capacity. It is generally accepted that when performing their duties and conducting their affairs professionals will uphold exemplary standards of conduct, commonly taken to mean standards not generally expected of lay people or the 1 ‘ordinary person in the street’. The Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses in Australia is supported by the Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia. This Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses sets the minimum standards for practice a professional person is expected to uphold both within and outside of professional domains in order to ensure the ‘good standing’ of the nursing profession. These two companion Codes, together with other published practice standards (e.g. competency standards, decisionmaking frameworks, guidelines and position statements), provide a framework for legally and professionally accountable and responsible nursing practice in all clinical, 2 management, education and research domains. The support and assistance of Royal College of Nursing (unified with The College of Nursing on 1 July 2012 to become Australian College of Nursing) and the Australian Nursing Federation in developing this edition of the Code of Professional Conduct for Nurses in Australia is acknowledged. In considering this Code and the Code of Ethics for Nurses in Australia, it should be borne...
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...NUR 647E complete Class Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/nur-647e-complete-class/ NUR 647E Week 1 Discussion Questions Review the competencies for the nurse educator role of your choice (either hospital-based or academic; ANA or NLN) in the assigned readings. Select one competency and share it with your classmates. Be sure to address why you selected the one you did. Discuss how you have already met it or how you plan to meet it as you embark on your journey as a nurse educator. Support your response with literature. How do you see health care reform affecting the role of the nurse educator? Use the literature to support your response. Be specific to your selected area of interest. NUR 647E Week 2 Discussion Question Find an article on a societal factor that is affecting nursing/patient education curriculum. Summarize your article for your classmates in 1-2 paragraphs. Discuss why you chose the article and what we can learn from this trend – how would you use it to improve the quality of nursing/patient education? This article and those posted by your classmates may become the foundation of your paper due in Topic 2. Be sure to include the entire citation in APA format. The article you select cannot be from any of the course materials or supplemental readings. Please note: It is a violation of copyright law to post the entire text of the article to an online discussion board. So be sure to post only the citation information so that we can locate...
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...Mary E. Johnson, RN, PhD, Rebekah Shephard, MS, APRN, and Olimpia Paun, APRN, BC, PhD TOPIC. Increasingly, students from various professional backgrounds are enrolling in Psychiatric Mental Health (PMH) Nursing graduate programs, especially at the post-master’s level. Faculty must educate these students to provide increasingly complex care while socializing them as PMH advanced practitioners. PURPOSE. To present how one online program is addressing these issues by reasserting the centrality of the relationship and by assuring it has at least equal footing with the application of a burgeoning knowledge base of neurobiology of mental illness. SOURCES. Published literature from nursing and psychology. CONCLUSIONS. The PMH graduate faculty believes that they have developed strategies to meet this challenge and to help build a PMH workforce that will maintain the centrality of the relationship in PMH practice. Search terms: Nurse–patient relations, psychiatric nursing, empathy, therapeutic relationship, education, nursing, graduate Perspectives in Psychiatric Care Vol. 42, No. 4, November, 2006 Suzanne Perraud, RN, PhD, is Associate Professor/ Associate Chair, Rush University College of Nursing, Chicago, IL. Kathleen R. Delaney, RN, DNSc, is Associate Professor, Rush University College of Nursing, and Clinical Nurse Coordinator, Children’s Inpatient Unit, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Mary...
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...Reducing Childhood Obesity Obesity is an epidemic increasing at alarming rates across the country. Obesity is one of the most serious health conditions youth is faced with today. Obesity not only has emotional consequences, but also carries with it many life threatening health risks that affect the quality and quantity of life. Across our country approximately one in three children are overweight or obese (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2010). In Iowa alone, approximately 16% of children are overweight with another 14% classified as obese (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2010). Obesity unaddressed in childhood tends to increase when children enter adulthood (Singh, Twisk, & Van Mechelen, 2008). These statistics worsen when children reach adulthood. An estimated 65% of Iowa adults are overweight, with more than 28% of those ranking as obese (CDC, 2010). This paper will evaluate the concern of weight among school age children. Community health options available to the school-age children of Humboldt County and will provide a plan to reducing obesity rates among the youth. Assessment State statistical information does not include the estimated 8% of children who do not receive medical services in a physicians’ office (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2012). Physical assessments are an important measurement of a child’s health and well-being. Without these essential assessments children are not properly diagnosed and treated for a variety of...
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...Literature Review: Our thesis aims to evaluate work based learning approaches in developing acute skills for nurses in critical care wards. In this section of the literature review, we will discuss policies in the nursing profession, case studies and various approaches to work based acute skills learning programmes. For our purposes we conducted a literature search using popular medical databases and terms such as ‘acute skills’ ‘learning programmes’ and ‘critical care learning’. Our review highlights on the several important approaches to work based learning ranging from reflective practice to experiential learning and work based formal practical training to enhance professional skills. A learning programme for acute ward nurses responsible for caring of critically ill patients has been the central focus of nursing practice development. According to Coad et al (2002), a work-based learning approach has been found to empower ward staff with the necessary skills of nursing and the authors studied the efficacy of a five-day competency based high dependency skills course in enhancing professionalism and quality of care in nursing. The aims of comprehensive critical care are developing leadership potential and enhancing networking opportunities for nurses within critical care and acute ward areas. Critical care is the most challenging aspect of nursing care and acute skills in nursing are enhanced not just by work-based learning programs but also from first hand nursing and...
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