the impending nursing shortage is to recruit RN’s and LPN’s. There are currently three individuals from the area in the RN program and have expressed a desire to return to the community. If the health region could be successful in recruiting these three nursing students it would do a great deal to reduce the shortage. The health service manager knows the individuals and should be in contact with them to recruit them to the area before they find other positions in other communities. The…
Interview with a Nursing Information Expert Interviewer Form March 2018 Your Name: Neetu Dhanda Date: 4/6/2018 Your Instructor’s Name: Prof. Julia Mason-Jubb Directions: You must use this form for this assignment. Use the Submit tab on the assignment page to upload it when it is completed. You may use the form to capture information as you conduct your interview, or fill it in later. The form is expandable and will enlarge the textbox to accommodate your answers. Do not rely only on this form…
Culturally Congruent Care Culturally congruent care is defined as the customized care provided to individuals, families or community based on their unique cultural beliefs, values, practices and pattern of living in order to deliver satisfying health care and wellness services. Leininger’s theory fully and clearly focuses on how close the interrelationships of culture and care…
a caregiver myself. After graduating from high school, I enrolled in classes at an area community college, where I embarked on my journey to pursue a degree in nursing. But, as often happens in life, my plans were sidelined; I met a man, got married and began a family. Shortly after the birth of my second child, my husband and I divorced, which made it very difficult to continue along my path toward a nursing…
Philosophy of Nursing In order to serve patients most effectively, one must look introspectively and determine what one believes about nursing. This author chose nursing as a profession because nursing is her calling and she has made it her life’s work. For this author, nursing is a culmination of compassion, service, knowledge, teamwork, integrity, and perseverance. While it is true that one may receive the title “Registered Nurse” by going to school and passing an exam, this author believes…
sufficiency may be judged” (Short, 1964, p. 201). In order for a person to be considered competent he/she must possess the “required knowledge, skills, and abilities to function in a given field” (Howsam & Houstan, 1972, p. 3). The profession of nursing has been continuously evolving and changing, and the advancements in modes of study have further accelerated the process of changes and development. After doing in-depth research this paper will be focus on three differences in competencies…
Introduction Born in 1939 in Los Angeles California, Sister Callista Roy has risen to become one of the most well-known nursing theorists of the modern world. With her vast knowledge of nursing, Sister Callista Roy developed the adaptation model of nursing, which has continuously evolved to become an important part of the nursing profession. The Roy adaptation model of nursing views the person as a group of systems that work together and relate constantly with internal and external environments…
Nursing is one of the professions that are rapidly evolving within the medical field. Over the past 50 years, the practice has changed beyond recognition with changes in health care, shifting the entire practice of medication and nursing. Technology has ultimately assisted in the changes and advancement of nursing with increased modifications in how patients are maintained and how medications are tracked and ordered. Technology has changed the equipment and the sources of medications. Technology…
According to the article “What is Pre-Nursing,” Mary McMahon defines pre-nursing as “an educational track which is designed to prepare someone for enrollment in a nursing program” (McMahon). It also prepares students who are looking to transfer into nursing school or to help transfer into a four year college to obtain a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). When choosing to major in Pre-nursing, you are deciding to embark on a journey to help others. Nurses help increase patient health, prevent…
Nursing has always been more than a career for me. As a young child, I expressed an innate emotional understanding of empathy and found great satisfaction in caring for others. Although, it was not until my father’s diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, did I fully begin to understand my true passion for nursing. Witnessing the collaboration between a multifaceted team of providers, and the quality nursing care that he received was astounding.…