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In identifying what my specialty and professional setting I intend to work in as a nurse practitioner (NP), I have decided to focus on family medicine. I prefer to work in an office. I have chosen this specialty and this setting because I feel that it would offer the best...
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In terms of nursing, cultural diversity entails two different aspects: race and age. In the United States, people are living much longer on average compared to previous decades. Not only has the population expanded, but also people are living longer, which places a much greater burden on the health care...
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Strategies for Effective Inter-Professional Teamwork and Collaboration Teamwork is a necessity in nursing and the overall provision of quality healthcare services. Nurses have to collaborate effectively to realize success in their profession. Collaboration requires the intervention of technology that is also associated with a higher rate of efficiency. Achieving effectiveness...
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My nursing setting is critical care and it therefore heavily relies on standard nursing terminologies considering the level of complexity associated with the equipment and processes conducted within critical care units at clinics. The standardized terminology within the critical care practice that would most likely be adopted is “Daily GPD’s”....
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Pressure ulcers is one of the biggest threats in healthcare units across the world today. This is because of the high incidence and prevalence rates (Clarke, Whytock, Bradley, Van der Wal, Handsfield & Gundly, 2005). The high number of patients with pressure ulcers in the society today has led to...
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Abstract An ethical problem persists in the healthcare delivery system, which is directly related to the diversity of nursing bodies. Current leaders in this industry must adapt to the influx of immigrants as well as globalization, if healthcare is to maintain solvency and improve in overall quality. A model is...
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Response One The shortage of nurses is one of the factors that has led to a decrease in the quality of the health care services offered to the consumers. This is because the nurses that are available are not enough to offer sufficient services to meet the continuously increasing needs...
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What personal, cultural, and spiritual values contribute to your worldview and philosophy of nursing? How do these values shape or influence your nursing practice? Just as encountering illness and suffering often triggers hunger for spirituality, the latter is one part of my personal knowledge that I use to base my...
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Introduction Civility in nursing is a new health care industry ethical concept for practicing medical practitioners. To this effect, studies conducted on the rationale of adoption of civility concepts have established that it enhances health care services. In particular, the nurses’ patients’ service quality is affected. Nurses relate and interact...
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The objective of this study is to examine the evidence that supports the role the nurse practitioner plays in the care of children with chronic respiratory disorders. For this purpose, this study examines literature in this area of study both in the form of study findings and expert advice. The...
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In my interview with a pharmacist, I learned some of the complexities of the field and the responsibilities associated with this important role. Pharmacists face numerous challenges and pose many questions in their roles that are related to filling prescriptions and taking orders, some of which require further clarification. It...
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Ethics comprise a system of moral principles felt by an individual; they are the rules of conduct that are recognized in regards to the right and wrong aspects of the human condition and human behavior (Dictionary.com, 2013). It must be said that ethical issues are one of the primary concerns...
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Health care is very dynamic in the world today. This is because it experiences massive transformations with time. Therefore, it requires high levels of flexibility from the healthcare service providers and administrators. Thus, to acquire the high levels of standards required to facilitate acquisition of competence, professional and educational development...
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Evidence-based nursing practice is a subset of a larger medical evidence-based practice, and is defined by Mosby's Medical Dictionary (2008) as "the practice of nursing in which the nurse makes clinical decisions on the best available current research evidence, his or her own clinical expertise, and the needs and preferences...
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There are some universal truths that have continued to preserve through times and as Malcolm X clearly understood, education is the key to success and a bright future. In fact, if every single one of us didn’t believe this, we would not have chosen to pursue our nursing education at...
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Abstract Professional nurses must possess the knowledge and resources that are required to perform their roles and responsibilities in a successful manner. Patterns of knowing must be addressed and supported by different forms of knowledge that include scientific-based information and practical experiences that are associated with direct and daily involvement...
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Behaviors: In this example, the client faces an uphill battle in her efforts to recover from the surgical experience that she has encountered. After a radical mastectomy, the client expressed fear, frustration, and annoyance when she was approached regarding her own self-care. Performing self-care behaviors is very difficult for the...
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Advanced information technology has radically shaped the world we live in today and its impact on medicine is no different. It has already proven to be effective in many healthcare settings, and HIT has the potential to impact every part of our healthcare today (see e.g. (Adler-Milstein, Bates, & Jha,...
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Objective The objective of this study is to conduct a nursing assessment on a patient who is 68 years of age and admitted for hip replacement. The patient has been in increasingly severe pain for the last three years and this has altered her usual activities. The patient is very...
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The groundwork for the IOM report “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” was established in 2008 when the Institute of Medicine (IOM) was approached by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation with a partnership proposal. The two-year partnership led to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Initiative on the Future of...
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From the time I was a young child, I have always wanted to be a registered nurse. The thought of saving lives and helping people heal is one of the greatest acts of service that a person can offer to another human being. When I watched “ER” and “Grey’s Anatomy,”...
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The middle-range theory selected for this discussion is Imogene King's theory of goal attainment. In the mid-1960s King asserted that nursing needed 'to focus on and organize existing knowledge' in the field as well as expanding the existing knowledge base for practice (Frey, Sieloff, & Norris, 2002, p. 108). In...
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Nurse Practitioners are advanced nursing experts who perform various activities in the health care industry. These specialists have the expertise to undertake primary service delivery and administration in the facilities. The Nurse Practitioners have a critical role to play in the management of the disorders of the gastrointestinal tract. Some...
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Part 1: The impact of the IOM reports on nursing education There are different things that the IOM report addressed. Some of them include the challenges that the nurses face. There are different challenges that nurses face in their line of work. Some of the challenges are legal challenges, which...
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Information has become a critical component in the current healthcare system as it facilitates decision making and formulation of effective modes of care. However, its collection has posed varied risks especially if it is obtained by parties with malicious intent. Everyone, including nurses, has the role of ensuring that their...
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