years of education required; 2 years for associate degree (ADN) and 4 years for baccalaureate degree (BSN). “ADN nurses are educated to provide nursing care to persons with similar health alterations in structured settings, whereas BSN nurses are educated to engage in independent thinking and to provide nursing care to persons with complex and differing health alterations within variety of settings, including the community” (Hood, 2010, p. 18). Even though
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Phoenix Faye Wilson August 2, 2012 Nursing is a book in itself, and while in the health care field, it is in high demand. In the recent years this is one of the hardest working fields but with plenty of job satisfaction. In 2008-2009 brochures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, nursing provide the largest percentage of healthcare employment, which is expected to rise considerably in the next decade. This seems to be the steps moving forward in nursing, as the need for training nurses’ jobs
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Singapore Nursing Board Standards for Nursing Practice defines that Nurses/midwives have the professional responsibility and accountability to uphold Standard of care and to contribute to their dissemination, interpretation and development despite medical advances, social and demographic changes and an increasingly complex healthcare delivery system that challenge the ability of nurses to provide safe quality of care. Should nurses fail to uphold certain standards and by doing so cause harm or
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Negligence Latasha Adegboruwa University of Phoenix Health Law and ethics HCS/478 Lynda White April 18, 2011 Negligence “Registered nurses have more professional accountability than at any other time in the history of nursing. As a result, nurses must confront the fact that they now owe a higher duty of care to their patients, and by extension, are more exposed to civil claims for negligence than ever before”(Weld and Bibb, 2009, p 2). “Negligence is described as failure to use such
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Degree in Nursing Babrin Guisha Grand Canyon University: NRS 430 October 7, 2012 From the beginning, nursing has been the way of caring for sick individual, who are unable to care for themselves. The concept has not changed till today, but event surrounding it has changed tremendously in regards to civilization, modernization and technological advancement. This knowledge of nursing profession evolved around education, community health nursing, and research
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between a regulatory agency, such as a board of nursing, and a professional nursing organization do not differ much, from any other hospital, but are nevertheless important to me and is a strong influence in the way I practice nursing. The differences between a regulatory agency such as the Board of Nursing and a Professional Nursing Organization is that the BON regulates, writes laws, approves licensure and governs nurses at all levels of nursing and at all levels of care. Its ultimate goal is
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Theory in Practice This is a case of a 34-year old woman called June who is suffering from severe anorexia. She agrees to be placed on a feeding tube in order to save her life. On the evening before the tube is placed, June becomes disoriented and physical and totally refuses to have the feeding tube placed. The ethical dilemma sets in when the parents insist that the tube must be inserted despite her refusal, while the ex-husband wishes to uphold June’s final decision which most certainly
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Professional Nursing Accountability: Our Ethical Responsibility Ralaya L. Allen R.N. Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics 08/27/11 Professional Nursing Accountability: Our Ethical Responsibility In healthcare, accountability can be regarded as a responsibility as well as a legal obligation. Patients have the right to be treated by well educated professional personnel such as doctors, nurses, and ancillary staff. Without accountability, there would not be consequences for unfavorable
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Rachel Miley Nursing Roles 1 Nursing Practice Act July 2015 Nursing practice is to do or perform habitually or customarily, make a habit of. (Mosby) But it is also the performance that requires specialized education, knowledge, and judgment of a trained person. This trained individual can be a licensed practical nurse, a registered nurse, a bachelor’s degree nurse, a master’s degree nurse, or a nurse practitioner. But all nurses must be able to observe, assess, and act on what your findings
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competencies. 2-Nursing Degrees such, Bachelor in Science of Nursing (BSN), Master of Science of Nursing (MSN), Doctor in Philosophy (PhD), or Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), also American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) organization that promote and encourage nursing excellence offering Certifications for all different nursing specialties. Also clinical researches bring latest information and how nurses are conducting the process of nursing practice, implementing mostly
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