...the education and practice (Bednorz, Schim, & Doorenbos 2010, p. 254). According to "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015) "Diversity awareness refers to an active, ongoing conscious process in which we recognize similarities and differences within and between various cultural groups" (p. 10). There are several reasons why nurses should examine the impact of diversity in the nursing profession. For the nurse to provide safe, adequate healthcare delivery it requires cultural awareness, knowledge, and skills. "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015) reports the importance of diversity awareness is imperative due to federal regulations on discrimination, competitive healthcare, population diversity and increasing health disparities (p. 7). "Culturally Competent Nursing Care and Promoting Diversity in Our Nursing Workplace," (2015) explains that a culturally competent clinical nurse brings a positive impact to the work environment while understanding that diversity exist. Culturally competent nurse understands that others have different views different from his/her own, but is tolerance and makes an effort to know information about different cultures (p. 8). All of these actions will assure the patient he/she will...
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...advancing up to top positions and dissects the notion of horizontal segregation. The glass escalator theory is one that assumes males in female dominated professions are pushed up the ladder to administrative and supervisory positions much easier and faster than women. Throughout the article, they explain the methods used to gather the data, both quantitative and qualitative and provide a plethora of information such as level of education, employment setting, number of years worked, personal interviews etc. They also break down the data and refute claims that although widely believed, may be false. It is somewhat ironic that the topic of this week’s thought-piece paper is on the sexual segregation of nursing. Just about a week ago I was sitting in the orthodontists office and I looked over at the staff photos on the wall. Dr. Pobanz was in the middle with about 10 ladies on each side of him. That made me go back and think, and I came to the realization that I have never seen a male besides the doctor working in a dentist or orthodontist office. Although it is not exactly a nursing position, it is a similar occupation and I would imagine has similar statistics concerning sex segregation. In my mind, it is just expected that most all nurses are female. It seems that back a few decades ago males were unheard of in the nursing field, but today they are becoming more common. It is interesting that this occupation is so stereotypical female that studies of this magnitude are...
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...shooter – or indeed, shooters – relative to the victim. But the fact is that other forces might have conspired in the murder. (Poison may have been used; bullets may have been fired only as an afterthought; perhaps they were fired by the victim himself, before he died . . .) Yarn can tell us the story only in certain circumstances. As a researcher and a writer, Matthew Gribble analyzes his crime scene with diligence and care. The crisis: The shortage of nurses in America. The question: How and why did this shortage become a persistent problem? Matthew affixes strings of yarn to a number of gunshots: the increasing average age of the workforce, long hours, work that is often menial or clerical, and finally, relatively low salaries. But these strands lead to new questions, wider causes which have nothing to do with social yarn. These new questions have to do with rhetoric and the enduring association of nursing with “women’s work” and “femininity.” Matthew has the audacity to ask how the rhetoric of femininity actually functions. How and why are we compelled to accept images and tropes as ‘normal’ or ‘natural’ when they are anything but normal and natural? Is it possible that the rhetoric of nursing is responsible for the shortage? Or perhaps it is the rhetoric of femininity and masculinity as such? But how did such a crime take place, right under our noses, when so many of us never noticed that an injustice ever took place? This essay is brilliant and provocative because it will not stop...
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...have been discriminated, denied the right to vote, earn lower wages, and have had to struggle a lot more than men. A lot of this comes from how males are seen as macho and can do more than women. These challenges for women in the US are also role that I have seen in my Hispanic culture. The primary role of man under the Hispanic culture is emphasized as “machismo” which means that a man is the great provider of the family. Men should work and strive hard to protect their families and provide them with all their needs. Men in Hispanic culture are noted to be fearless and strong. On the other hand, the roles of women is referred to as “Marianismo”. Their primary role is to be loving and caring mothers. I feel that those views are like the US. That is why I chose senate bill 60 for our project to take to the capital. Senate bill 60 was...
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...communication between nurses and clients by using my recent experiences and observations as a volunteer in Queen Mary Hospital. First of all, effective communication works as a treatment for clients in need. In my experience, a male client was admitted with the complaint of urine retention and lower abdominal pain. The doctor advised him to have catheterization to remove urine, but he refused. I asked the client why he refused to have catheterization in a calm voice, sat next to him and held his hand. Then he expressed his feeling that he did not want to be exposed in front of female nurses. I found that effective communication techniques and therapeutic interpersonal development not only helped me to encourage patient to express his feelings and worries, but also benefited the client by relieving his pain and making him comfortable in clinical environment. For example, touch can give the client the feeling of reassurance, understanding and caring. Secondly, communication barriers can affect the relationships between nurses and clients. In my experience, a young client was admitted whose hemoglobin level was low and the doctor advised her to have blood transfusion but she refused. Then a male nurse tried to convince her that why the blood transfusion was important for her recovery. She was anxious and did not like that information. Also, she interpreted it as the nurse was forcing her to have blood transfusion and felt humiliated by opposite gender nurse. I held the client’s...
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...in the refrigerator nor electric, this should have been a sign that there was something wrong, especially if there is a 19 year old male that does not look fit! If the children had eating disorders then the foster parents should have brought this to the attention of the proper authorities. The bruises that the nurse found on Bruce’s body should have been reported by the nurse, but since they were not then the case workers had no idea what was going on. Even with the neighbors, since they did not report anything either, there was no wrong-doings on record. The thing that puzzles me is why the children themselves did not report any of the abuse to their case-workers. From the information presented in the case study, determine whether the nine members of the Division of Youth and Family Services staff should have been fired. Why or why not? There is no doubt that they should have been fired, it is there job to protect the interest and to ensure the well-being of all children under their custody. It is their job to check in on the adoptive household to make sure that the children are being properly taken care of and to check that there is food in the refrigerator, adequate living condition for seven children and that there is water and electric operational within the house-hold at all times! Was justice served in this case? Why or why not? Yes, justice was served! All nine staff members were fired for not reporting any of the abuse and for not doing the job that...
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...paper is to review literature on the issues of diversity in the workplace. We can ask ourselves why is diversity in the workplace so important? Some arguments suggest that it may benefit to an organization and company success. This topic has been researched and discussed for many years before us and is still current in health care and in general. As I was preparing for this week learning adventure, I can say that, besides our chapters in textbooks, I read so many different articles, but for this paper I have chosen the article written by Maier- Lorentz Transcultural nursing: Its importance in nursing practice. I found this article easy to understand and fallow through and I agree with many things listed and discussed by the author. We can define diversity in many different ways many years ago diversity was defined mainly by gender, race, or color. In today’s world, we can also add on sexual orientation, military experience, education, work experience, marital status and many more. With a diverse workforce health care can compete with the higher achieving global organization. This article is discussing important of diversity in the nursing profession. As we can see from the article increasing culturally diverse workforce creates positive outcome for the hospital or organization, and also helps in delivering better care for patients and families (Maier-Lorentz, 2008). That is why this issue has been incorporated through nursing schools in their curriculums as well as boards...
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...and there are always opportunities to advance in the nursing profession. With nurses playing a major role in designing the new healthcare system in the United States, now there is an even greater need for a positive public image of nursing. However, nursing's contributions to healthcare may be transparent or even ignored by the public and the media. The media has an immense effect on the perceptions of society. Therefore, any misrepresentation of the nursing profession by the media may negatively affect nursing's public image. As nurses, we have a responsibility to the entire nursing profession to protect our image, and take action to ensure that the public is not mislead by the media. Over time, there have been many images of nurses purported by the media. Nurses play roles in movies, television series, plays, books, and in reality they may be seen on the news or in newspapers. Some suggest that these media portrayals are solely to blame for the public's misconceptions or stereotypes regarding nursing. In actuality, the public image of nursing has evolved as the nursing profession has evolved, even before media influence was a factor. In the late 1800's through early 1900's, nursing was viewed as more of a religious calling than a profession. Then, from 1920-1949, nursing was regarded as a skilled discipline (Kelly, 2010). One study, done by Kalisch and Kalisch in 1982, examined film images of nurses from silent films to the 1980s. They found the image of nursing in these films...
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...Deshawn Battle English 101 G Professor Haptas March 31, 2016 A Night at Work. The sound of chimes repeatedly sounding off from patients call lights. Nurses in blue scrubs rushing while patient care techs dressed navy blue uniform right beside the nurses like sidekicks. The House Director announces in a smooth calm voice over the intercom, “Code Blue- Room 344.” It’s never easy working in a hospital, especially being part of the nursing team. You have to know vital things, that may save or kill a patient. You have to be quick on your toes about everything, from how to avoid a patient from causing harm to you or themselves, to if a physician asks something about a specific patient you have to be prepared to answer it promptly and correctly. For instance, if a physician asks, “How many liters of o2 is room 344 on?” You have to be able to answer the physician within a split second. As I walked into work today, I knew it was going to be one of the worst days I would have. I could feel this funny tingling in my bones. My right hand’s index finger twitched sporadically, which often happens when I sensed something was not right. We start the beginning of every shift with a prayer from the nurses, before we continue back to the nursing station. The lights are dimmer than they are in the front the computer with the computers side by side, making an oval like shape. We exchange reports on important information on 12 patients, there are 24 in total on the unit...
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...Epidemiology: HIV Tomekia L. Dinham, RN Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427v Dr. A. Cline-Owens, RN, Ph.D. December 14, 2015 Epidemiology: HIV Epidemiology is the science of studying the history, causes and treatment of diseases and infections. Epidemiological information is used by nurses to identify high risk populations with preventable health conditions (Maurer & Smith, 2013). Human Immunodeficiency Virus, also referred to as HIV, is a preventable sexually transmitted disease that requires persistent monitoring by healthcare professionals. Community health nurses play a pivotal role in supporting efforts against HIV by understanding and exploring the epidemiology of HIV through collecting, reporting and analyzing data related to the determinants of health. Simply put, HIV is a virus that attacks a person’s immune system. It specifically affects CD4 cells which are also called T cells. These cells are what the body uses for an immune response. HIV destroys the T cells that fight infection leaving the patient susceptible to immune system compromise. This results in the patient being open to opportunistic infections that lead to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. AIDS, as it is commonly referred as, is a progression of HIV after the CD4 count falls to 200 or less (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). HIV is transmitted by bodily fluids such as blood, semen, breastmilk, and vaginal secretions. Anal sex carries...
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...field. If you google up the images for „doctor“ or „surgeon“, mainly pictures of men show up. A lot of television shows and movies show the men as doctors and the women as nurses. I wanted to know why that steroetype existed. After some research, I found out, that dating back to the 1800’s, it was actually men who were the earliest nurses. There were not a lot of men in the field before the 1950’s when men begun to enter the field. After some time the stereotype started appearing. A study from the University of Montreal found out that there may be a real difference between care provided between female and male doctors. Female doctors are more likely to follow guidelines and they score higher on care and quality. Other research found out that female doctors show greater empathy towards their patients and tend to be better listeners. However, the researchers also found that among male doctors the productivity was greater that among female doctors, with up to 1000 more procedures being done by male doctors than female doctors each year. But this can lead to procedures that are unfinished and done too carelessly. Which, in turn, can lead to patients leaving unsatisfied and retuning for antoher procedure. In conclusion the stereotype is incorrect and women make better doctors than men because they care more about individual patients rather than cycling through...
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...report, they are many areas in nursing that needs to be tackled but the most crucial ones are nursing education, nursing practice and nursing leadership. The IOM report puts an emphasis on nursing education. Education is an important segment in the nursing profession. The more educated nurses the best patient outcome. According to the report, “Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the AARP in collaboration with groups of nurses and other health care professionals, patients, and employers in 50 states and the district of Columbia have been campaigning in the recommendation of 80 percent of the nursing workforce to have BSN degree by 2020”, (IOM,2010).I am seeing this happening now because most employers have taken the IOM report seriously and there are mostly hiring BSN holders than associate degree or diploma holders unless the nurses shows that they are enrolled in the BSN program. Most hospitals are encouraging nurses with associate degree or diplomas to go back to school by offering full or partial tuition reimbursement. It is getting tougher now, but this the best for our profession, to improve and give quality, exemplary care to the public. Many researchers have found that nurses with BSN have better and stronger clinical skills in identifying changes in the condition of the patients. This really improves the outcome of the patients and they is reduction in the mortality rate. According to the IOM report, ”transforming the health care system to meet...
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...killings in Denbigh Hospital. They will be submitted to the Welsh high courts for consideration. ------------------------------------------------- DR CRADDOCK’S PATHOLOGY REPORT: DEATH OF GARANWYN ADAMS (CASE DPS_0765) GENDER: Male. ESTIMATED DATE OF DEATH: 18/7/1951 – 20/7/1951. POSSIBLE CAUSES OF DEATH: Severe head trauma, punctured left lung, major blood loss from ruptured pulmonary vein, several gashes in lower torso noted, indicating a knife attack or another form of sharp object used. OTHER INJURIES: large amounts of bruising found in anal cavity– indicator of a violent rape attack, some parts of body found in a rapidly decomposed state where some of the skin had been stripped from the body (flesh exposure to oxygen). (Note: Many similarities in state of victims and same places of death as cases DPS_0756 - DPS_0764). ------------------------------------------------- All trace evidence matches with the pre-mentioned cases – all DNA & semen traces found match. ------------------------------------------------- (EXTRA) Was looking through the tissue and semen samples found from cases DPS 0756-0765, found a possible DNA match with a pre-convicted criminal - Anfri Anwyl? Once convicted on suspicion of an aggravated assault on another male, but was never charged with it. ------------------------------------------------- Will alert police to this issue A.S.A.P. ------------------------------------------------- 12PM – 24/7/1951 – Denbigh Police Station – Report...
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...the United States, the nation has shifted to a conviction where various ethnic, racial, and religious groups thrive in a single society. As a result, the importance of culturally competent care and understanding cultural differences is crucial for the nursing profession. This manuscript focuses on the Mexican-American culture. This particular culture was selected because Mexican-Americans represent the largest and fastest-growing minority population in the United States (Eggenberger, S.K., Grassley, J. & Restrepo E., 2006). Furthermore, Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language in the United States. The prevalence of the Mexican-American population suggests the need for nurses to become more accustomed with Mexican-American culture and values. The purpose of this document is to promote nurses’ awareness of culturally constructed concepts of the Mexican-American culture in order to provide culturally competent care for this particular group. Summary of Article Between 1970 and 1980, the Mexican-American population nearly doubled, and then between 1980 and 2000, the number of individuals in this group residing in the United States nearly doubled again (Eggenberger, S., Grassley, J. & Restrepo, E., 2006). This data demonstrates the considerable increase in the Mexican-American population which...
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...way of life, or passed on down from generation to generation. Through identification and protection, we gain understanding of one’s place in the world (Council of Europe, 2005) America is a home of diverse cultures. (Richer & Anis, 2007)Providing culturally competent care one has to have understanding of the difference in cultures, respecting those differences, and operating within their beliefs. ((El-Amouri, 2011)A Heritage Assessment Tool helps distinguish between identified and inherited traditions. When looking at ones heritage, it is important to understand how the individual’s traditional methods helped maintain, protect, and restore health. These concepts encompass an individual’s physical, mental, and spiritual beliefs. Nurses interact with different people from different parts of the world with various cultures and traditions....
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