Diploma in Nursing

Knowledge of nursing sensitive indicators is very critical to a successful nursing career (Sauls, 2013). These indicators create a framework, and has the most effects of nursing practice and patient care. The deployment of care is displayed by the caliber of nursing staff, the skill set and training of the staff. Events that are determined to be nursing sensitive have greatly altered nursing care (Montalvo, 2007). Many aspects displayed with Mr. J indicators could have aided the nurses in…

there can be competition among various professions, such as nursing. I am a nursing major planning to enter a nursing program to specialize in being a Nurse Practitioner. It is very competitive to enter a nursing program, the competition starts from the day one decides to enter college for nursing. The individual has to maintain a high GPA, pass the nursing entrance exam, exit exam, and license exam to become a registered nurse. For nursing, competition is the ability to have the skills to…

and Supervision. Many nurses would prefer to directly deliver all the care their patients need. However, today 's nursing shortage and cost-effective staffing models require RNs to accomplish safe and effective care by delegating some aspects of care to others. The secret to effective delegation is both as simple and as complex as the words the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) uses to define delegation: "Delegation is transferring to a competent individual the authority to…

Jeanne Mance: Nursing Values and Ethics Jeanne Mance is the founder of the Hotel Dieu in Montreal and also one of the great role models for nurses. She emphasizes a strong value and ethics on how to take care of the people. Her determination in taking care of the ill greatly inspires all the nurses to follow her path. She only devotes her life on the patient and the people that need her. It is the reason why Jeanne Mance is important to my program because her beliefs are the main lesson that we…

foundation of the nursing practice, and curing in which takes on a different level of medical attention. Incorporated throughout the theory is a postmodern approach, which pays attention to not only the holistic views but appreciates self-awareness, harmony, and operates through an open system (Alligood,…

Telenursing: Is It in My Future Sukhpreet Kaur Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-361: Information Systems in Healthcare November 2015 Telenursing: Is It in My Future How about telenursing? Could a position as a telenurse be the career change I have been seeking? These questions have been playing over and over in my head from the moment Tomika suggested that I should apply for the position; it seems to offer many benefits. She says that I would be able to monitor my patients, assess and…

a great idea of what occupational nurses do until doing this rotation. My golden nugget for today was that every position that a nurse can have is important, and it’s good to learn what each position entails. 1. Define occupational health nursing. Occupational Health Nurses (OHN) are registered nurses who independently observe and assess workers ' health status with respect to job tasks and hazards. Using their specialized experience and education, they recognize and prevent health…

Nursing is a profession that started in home, when care givers took care of the sick family members, women giving birth, or the care of babies after death of mother during delivery (Weatherford, 2010). In the beginning nursing was not considered as a profession and nurses followed orders of physicians, but modern nursing is continually evolving (Risjord, 2010). Modern nursing evolved from just following physicians’ orders to a complex and multi focused profession. The basic goal of nursing is…

established. This is evident as with the introduction of the nursing profession by Florence Nightingale. This pioneer for nurses thought that if the ill soldiers from the Crimean War didn’t have fresh air and water, healthy food and clean linen, their health status would not be improved. Now that is critical…

working for a police department doing forensic nursing, telecommuting, quality assurance or working for an insurance company. With all of these opportunities comes the need for further education. Many hospitals are pushing for nursing with an associate degree to obtain at least 80% of nurses obtain bachelor’s degree by 2020 (Brooks, 2011). Some hospitalizations even have a stipulation upon hire that nurses must enroll in a bachelor’s of nursing program within six months of hire, this is known…