weak points of programme operations and discrepancies. Basis for program accountability is formed and program effectiveness is determined. 3.1 Personal Context: Personally, I feel that the importance of monitoring and evaluation cannot be over emphasized. Every public health intervention or health education intervention
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Running head: MY PROFESSIONAL MORAL COMPASS My Professional Moral Compass Pamela Chesnut Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS 437V July 26, 2012 My Professional Moral Compass A professional moral compass is something everyone has and lives by. It helps assist in making decisions and is based on morals or virtues. My personal moral compass is directed by various inspirations, passions, and values that I try to live by. Compassion, loyalty
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WEEK ONE: LEADING, MANAGING & FOLLOWING (Chapter 1, p. 3-21) 1. Relate leadership and other motivational theories to behaviors that serve as important functions of professional nursing. a. Leadership theories i. Trait theories: 1. 2. Innate leadership skills: being born with a certain set of physical and emotional characteristics for inspiring others to reach a common goal ii. Style theories: 3. 4. How leaders
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University Nightingale Executive Summary Nightingale Community Hospital is a 180 bed hospital that provides acute care and a range of services to their community. Nightingale has four core values that consist of safety, community, teamwork, and accountability. Communication is a key concept in achieving and defining those values. According to the National Patient Safety Goal Data in regards to communication for Nightingale Community Hospital there is not consistency and goals are not being met for
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behaviors required of professionals in relationship to individual clients and to society as a whole” (p. 2). A professional is expected to display competent and skillful behaviors in relationship with their area of concentration. Nurses are required to bear a tremendous amount of responsibilities and are expected to uphold all values of the nursing profession. A serious nursing shortage is causing multiple issues in the nation’s health care system. Many experienced nurses are leaving the field
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belief of inter-professional practice, the roles and responsibilities of healthcare team members and the importance of inter professional communication in health care. Firstly, inter-professional practice has been discussed along with its significance for quality health outcomes. This is followed by the roles and responsibilities of a healthcare team member, which in this essay is a nurse. Lastly, the utilization of inter-professional communication has been described. Inter-professional practice in
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critical evaluation of key requirements for professional mentorship in practice. The author will demonstrate an understanding of the key theories underpinning facilitating learning that integrates students’ practical and academic experiences; identify, and show an understanding of the key positive and negative features of the authors learning environment and suggest improvements; and finally the author will critically analyse their professional accountability as a mentor and how that applies to practice
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been stated, many times, in different articles, that the RN delegation skills are not checked off like the other clinical skills are the help in delegating appropriately. "Delegation is a complex process in professional practice requiring sophisticated clinical judgment and final accountability for patients' care (National Council of State Boards of Nursing [NCSBN], 2005). With the different complexities and variability’s the RN needs to do, a thorough assessment of each situation to figure out the
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As professional Registered Nurses (RN’s) maintaining patient confidentiality is very important. Confidentiality is defined as “the right of an individual patient to have personal, identifiable medical information kept private.” (http://www.ceus-nursing.com/courses/material_detail). This information should only be shared with the physician, nurse and other members of the health care team. The imperative of confidentiality can be traced back to the Hippocratic Oath not to reveal secrets, and to the
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The American Code of Ethics for Nurses (ANA) with interpretive statements acts as a guide for professional conduct by outlining the ethical values of the profession. The Code provides the profession with a statement of responsibility to the public and serves as a basis for individual nursing decisions in clinical situations when ethical dilemmas arise. The code integrates universal, ethical principles which serve as the foundation for ethical actions. Nurses face ethical dilemmas on a daily basis
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