Moral and ethical conduct, integrity, accountability, and the theory of the effects of the environment on healing are fundamental to nursing professionals. The Board of Nursing and other professional organizations have always been essential to keeping these practices in place. However, The Board of Nursing and professional organizations have differences. These differences include the number of members, implementing regulations, issuing nursing licenses and providing support for nurses nationwide. The Idaho Board of nursing is a regulatory agency composed of 12 members which ensures public safety and nursing professionalism. The Board of Nursing helps protect the public by assuring that nurses are competent to practice. It regulates by having
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Compassion is concern for the suffering of others. The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems. (American Nurses Association, 2011) I feel great compassion for all patients. Each one of them for a different reason. For example, I provide care for pediatric patients, and I am saddened that they are suffering. When I care for someone suffering from drug or alcohol abuse, I empathize with them because they suffer from one of the least understood diseases. Unfortunately, there is no “magic pill” that will cure them. They must have the will to cure themselves of such disease. Geriatric patients are by far my favorite age group to care for. It stimulates the most compassion out of me. It saddens me to see people who are mostly abandoned by their families. They are in such need of human and physical touch. The elderly were once great dancers, football players and someone’s heart throb. If only we take five minutes out of our busy day and dedicate it to them by listening to a story or holding a …show more content…
The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse 's obligation to provide optimum patient care. (American Nurses Association, 2011) In my career, I have been accountable for many things as a primary care nurse I was accountable for my patients’ care and ensuring my CNA’s performed their duties with care and compassion. I ensured each one of my patients had the very best hospital experience. As a charge nurse I was accountable for the appropriate staffing of the department. I reviewed all doctors’ orders, helped nurses complete doctors’ orders and complete their tasks in a timely manner. As a supervisor, I am accountable for the staffing of all departments, the separate budgets, and operational
Compassion is concern for the suffering of others. The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems. (American Nurses Association, 2011) I feel great compassion for all patients. Each one of them for a different reason. For example, I provide care for pediatric patients, and I am saddened that they are suffering. When I care for someone suffering from drug or alcohol abuse, I empathize with them because they suffer from one of the least understood diseases. Unfortunately, there is no “magic pill” that will cure them. They must have the will to cure themselves of such disease. Geriatric patients are by far my favorite age group to care for. It stimulates the most compassion out of me. It saddens me to see people who are mostly abandoned by their families. They are in such need of human and physical touch. The elderly were once great dancers, football players and someone’s heart throb. If only we take five minutes out of our busy day and dedicate it to them by listening to a story or holding a …show more content…
The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse 's obligation to provide optimum patient care. (American Nurses Association, 2011) In my career, I have been accountable for many things as a primary care nurse I was accountable for my patients’ care and ensuring my CNA’s performed their duties with care and compassion. I ensured each one of my patients had the very best hospital experience. As a charge nurse I was accountable for the appropriate staffing of the department. I reviewed all doctors’ orders, helped nurses complete doctors’ orders and complete their tasks in a timely manner. As a supervisor, I am accountable for the staffing of all departments, the separate budgets, and operational