American Nurses Association

Nursing Shortage and Nurses Turnover Deimys D Vigil NRS 451V Nursing Shortage and Nurses Turnover Nursing shortage is an ongoing issue which seems to be affecting every medical facility. However, it has been an issue for many years, and although we continue to hear “it is getting better” from many sources, there is still a huge problem in this field and continues to be one. Nurses are often found in hard situations such as having to work long hours under conditions that cause stress and can also…

Many people would have many different answers to this simple question. Growing up, I always saw a nurse as someone who just helped the doctor by giving medication, treating and healing wounds, and doing all the so called dirty work. After going through the nursing program, I realize that there is so much more to the profession than what people give nurses credit for. The American Nurses Association states that "Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities,…

shortage, which is projected to grow in the near future based on nurses retiring (Center for American Nurses, 2015) According to the American Nurses Association (2015), lateral violence is one of the main reasons nurses leave or plan to leave the profession; negative effects, such as (a) decreased job satisfaction, (b) reduced organizational commitment, (c) decreased personal health, and (d) added direct and indirect costs to nurses. A nurse’s intrinsic sense of self-esteem, and self-assurance…

movie shows the important roles nurses play within the healthcare system as they are closely involved in patientcare and see if any of the patients’ rights are being violated. The American Nurse Association(ANA) believe that “respect for the inherent, dignity, worth, unique attributes and human rights of all individual is a fundamental principle” (American Nurses Association, 2015, p.1) Nurses establish relationship of trust and provide nursing services according to need, setting aside bias or…

into the health care workforce. The largest generation in American history was the baby boomer…

career are limitless. Nursing is a rewarding job both personally and professionally. The American Nurses Association Defines nursing as the protection promotion and optimization of health and abilities. In this paper we will discuss nursing as a profession and what kind of roles do nurses work in, nursing as a profession. (Fundamentals of Nursing / Potter $ Perry). Professional Responsibilities. 1. As a nurse you will have a variety of skill and responsibilities to perform (Fundamentals of…

diseases. This has created multiple settings in healthcare where nurses can practice, and become part of the healthcare team mainly in acute, long-term, primary care and public health settings. According to the Institute of Medicine (2011), one of the primary goals of nursing education is to meet the diverse patient needs as well as function as a leader. The demand for nurses…

have been made through legislature to correct the disparities in mental health care, the field and its patients continue to be plagued by inadequate access and resources as well as an unrelenting stigma. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), nearly a quarter of American adults experience a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. The ANA also states that individuals who struggle with a mental disorder have poorer health outcomes and multiple co-morbidities. These two factors…

As a new nurse working in the Emergency Department (ER) at a large teaching hospital I often had the opportunity to work triaging patients. Over the course of a couple of months one patient in particular came to the ER for pain related reasons multiple times and always left against medical advice. Finally, one day when the ER was slow I had a chance to triage this patient again, but this time was different. We sat and talked about all of the times he had been seen and left and I asked him…

Healthcare is an ever-changing system that requires adaptability to the most up-to-date patient care advancements and improvements. Informatics specialized nurses are dedicated to the advancement and improvement of nursing, information, computer and cognitive sciences that are vital to the enhancement of patient health. Informatics specialized nurses collect, manage and disseminate essential nursing “data, information, knowledge and wisdom” to provide superior and lucrative nursing care…