The ANA outlines the measures, actions, and methods that comprehensively describe nearly every aspect of the practice of nursing (White & O’Sullivan, 2012, p. 11). In addition, due to the potential harm of a person that can result from untrained or incompetent nursing, all states have enacted rules and regulations that govern licensure of nurses. A nurse’s scope of practice is limited by their license as defined by law and includes specific educational requirements, clinical experience, and specific demonstrated competencies.…
IBISWorld defines Management Consulting in the US, NAIC code 54161 as, “Management consultants advise businesses, nonprofits and public-sector agencies in the following areas: organizational design, human resources, corporate strategy, information technology strategy, marketing and sales, finances and logistics. This industry excludes establishments providing day-to-day administrative services and establishments that are concentrated in recruitment, training, public relations, market research, engineering design, computer systems design, and investment advice” (Blau, G., 2015). Management Consulting is a service industry that reviews business plans and projects then gives the company or customer a project management plan that will help improve…
he/she sees on a daily basis. In addition, an entrepreneur NP manages not just patient care but the hiring process, audits, as well as IT and billing matters. As Litton (2012) stated, being a care provider-business person gives him the opportunity to control the ins and outs of his private practice, to comprehend the difficulties…
Nurses are responsible for obtaining and maintaining specific knowledge and skills for different professional roles and responsibilities. The professional roles are: Caregiver, Educator, Advocate, Communicator and Manager. These roles are developed because of the need for greater levels of professional competency and expertise. They enable the nurse achieve the best possible patient care outcome in the least amount of time and resources. The developments resulted as a response to the ever-changing and increasing complexity in the healthcare systems which are due to new regulations, accreditation processes, professional standard, increased accountabilities and financial priorities.…
With the growing complexity of health care and diminishing availability of primary care physicians, many patients are seeing family nurse practitioners for their primary care needs. Therefore, the need for the nurse practitioners (NPs) becomes a must in the healthcare system. With the increased number of older adults, in merging of the new technologies into the healthcare system, the immerging of certain chronic and infectious diseases, all of these aspects have challenged us to re-examine the way health care system is operated and to make new changes. One of the changes that can make into the health care system is to let the PNs in playing their role in patient care management. The role of the nurse practitioners (NPs) in the healthcare industry…
Personal Injury Attorneys Discuss Defense Attempts to Reduce Settlement Value When you claim for compensation both the insurance agent and the defense lawyer will try and find loopholes in your case to reduce the amount of compensation that needs to be paid. By having a personal injury attorney he or she will identify the weaknesses of your case before it is submitted. How Insurance Adjusters View Injury Claims Right from the beginning once you submit a claim you will be working with an insurance agent and if you have a personal injury lawyer he…
Nurse Practice Act As a registered nurse, the most important responsibility to have is to the patient. The nurse is a trusted advocate, not only providing care, but also education and support that benefits the patient’s overall well-being. There is an obligation that registered nurses must maintain a safe and competent practice for every aspect of nursing and this is how the Nurse Practice Act becomes incorporated into the care. Many possibilities can arise in nursing and situations are never the same, thus, continuously creating new standards produced by laws. These standards are constantly changing due to the growth and demand of society and accomplishes protection for clients and the guidance of nurses in their practice (Russell, 2012,…
Transition in an organization is a positive indicator that it is adapting to a fast moving environment. White Cross is an example of an organization that embraces change, and makes sure that they do not lose their competitive edge among other facilities. However, implementing changes are not all the time easy and stress free. It has some factors that causes resistance to such transformation. White Cross Healthcare is the largest provider of primary care specializing in comprehensive accident and urgent medical services.…
Core Competencies Nursing is a challenging field of study that allows for similarities and differences across the various positions that one has the potential to hold. A non-clinical nurse administrator and a clinical nurse practitioner are both advanced positions within the field of nursing; however, they vary and require different core competencies for each individual professional role. As with any professional position, required education and several competencies are needed to successfully fill the role. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the core competencies of a non-clinical nurse administrator and a clinical nurse practitioner.…
ASSIGNMENT 1- Da Vita HUMAR RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SEMINAR HMRT-887 Reshma Shivdasani- 1053319 I. Discuss DaVita 's business strategy in light of internal and external factors that we have been discussing in class, and be sure to do a SWOT analysis. The attached industry report and your own research may provide relevant data. Vision of the company: Building the greatest dialysis company the world has ever seen.…
The nursing profession is fortunate enough to hold an immeasurable amount of the public’s trust during their most vulnerable moments, in the hope of receiving optimal client centred care. A recent survey discovered that nurses are second to firefighters in a list of most trusted occupations (CNA, 2007). Moreover, nurses have the privilege of being in a self-regulated and self-governed profession. This means that the Canadian government believes that Ontario’s nursing regulatory body, College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), is best qualified to appropriately define its own members’ norms of practice and boundaries (Schiller, 2014). It is incumbent upon nurses to continuously justify that they are deserving of this honour by delivering uncompromised…
The measure of standards is governed by an element of people’s point of view. (Lippincott et al, 2013) A nurse may consider a certain kind of service delivery as a perfect delivery. In contrast the patient may find the delivery rather below par and unacceptable In medical practice, a team of nurses associated with patient attendance should work together in setting standards of service delivery. One mode of eliminating individualistic standards among nurses is by creating a conceptual framework which governs the standards of service delivery. Quality service delivery statements and protocols can assist in alignment of standards.…
The Professional Nurse: Past. Present, and Future While pondering what comprises a professional nurse, a few things come to mind. A professional nurse should have empathy, first and foremost. The professional nurse should also be knowledgeable since the profession has no room for error. She or he should be able to communicate with patients as well as other health care professionals.…
Self-Regulation: An Integral Part of Professional Nursing Introduction Within the realm of occupational regulation there are many strategies that exist. Two of the most widely used approaches include state regulation, and self-regulation. The profession of nursing has its own professional regulating bodies that perform the latter.…
When I was younger I always had dreams of becoming a Chef or going into the culinary arts. When I asked my mom and dad what I had talked about doing with my life, they both told me about all the time I would spend in the kitchen with them making things from Pb&J to baked Haddock and Crème Brule. Today I find it amusing that my perspective on my future career has so drastically changed from a cook to a lawyer. Just the other day I was interviewing my parents on the topic of this Career project. I decided to ask them what they thought would be a suitable career for me before I told them.…