several different areas of the medical arena. With the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the need for nurses went on the rise and is at a steady rise. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report of 2010 discusses the need for nurses in different areas of healthcare and education. This paper will talk about the impact of the IOM Report on education in nursing, on the practice of nursing in primary care, and on nurse leadership. The Institute of Medicine 2010 (IOM) Report reveals the 2010 Affordable Care Act
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Nurse Leaders ~ PAST ~ Lavinia Lloyd Dock (1858-1956) Lavinia Lloyd Dock is a nursing pioneer who was committed to fighting for equality for women. Lavinia Lloyd Dock was a nurse, feminist, pioneer in nursing education, and an author. She was born into a rich family on February 26, 1858 in Harrisburg, PA. Her parents wanted their children to study, which was unusual for women at that time. Lavinia was inspired to pursue nursing after reading a magazine article. Lavinia graduated from
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RN, BSN City, State Zip phone, email SUMMARY Hard-working, goal-oriented, compassionate skilled professional nurse with 1 year experience on a fast-paced, 34-bed telemetry unit seeking a position that will utilize outstanding assessment skills, excellent communication skills, and provide exceptional patient care. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Hospital Name, City, State Staff Nurse – Heart Failure Unit * Provided direct patient care to patients requiring continuous telemetry monitoring including
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four years to complete. I believe the most appealing advantage of the ADN program is time it takes to complete. Nurses can get there RN in two years thus enabling them to get a job quicker. It is also the less expensive way to go. The cost of college has raised so much over the last few years. After receiving your ADN and have the ability to get a job then it may be better for some nurses to continue their education at a later time. The disadvantage of an ADN may be the competition for jobs. The
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Falling in adults 65 and older is a complex problem confronting public health, the health care system and families. Statistics alone do not begin to measure the pain, suffering and loss of independence that are experienced by older adults who fall, but a number of trends highlight the magnitude of the problem: o Falling accounts for 80-95% of hip fractures in older adults. o The rate of fatal falls increases dramatically with age. o Falls are the leading cause of injury deaths for older adults
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Fall Prevention Falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries for persons over 65 years old. Falls can be linked to several factors such as several medical, cognitive and functional factors. There are several factors as well as situations that can increase fall risk such as unsteady gait, vision and cognitive impairment, incontinence and environment (Huey-Ming, 2011). In 2005, a sum of 15,802 individual over 65 years of age reportedly were injured from falling and died. In 2006, 1
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IOM’s Future of Nursing and how it is 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
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improvement Effective handoff communication among nurses is an important necessity for safe patient care. As described by Carroll et al “Communication quality is a key requirement of effective interdependent work processes in complex work settings such as hospital-based healthcare” (2011 p. 586). Handoff communication is the transferring of vital, relevant patient information to the next caregiver. Is occurs not only between nurses, but also physicians, and ancillary staff as well.
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Vision for the Future of Nursing Speech Dear peers, colleagues, fellow professional nurses, Slide 1: We are here today to discuss the future of nursing, a vision of nursing have you? Here we meet on the heels of a thirty plus year push toward professional legitimacy. Hinging on the precipice of integration of nursing research and utilization of evidence based practice at the bedside. Yet our voice is still clouded by the past. To be the successful force of change which our predecessors knew
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intensive care unit. Through my countless visits, I began to grow comfortable at the hospital. Moreover, I found myself in constant admiration of the nurses that worked there. The nurses I met were incredibly intelligent, industrious, and always helping co-workers, patients, and visitors. In my third year of college, I realized that these nurses were everything that I had envisioned for myself. Then I came to a frightening conclusion: I no longer wanted to study finance, the major I had been pursuing
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