Personal Nursing Philosophy and Essential Values According to the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, a professional nurse must uphold a value-based behavior. When these values are demonstrated, they assist in the development of a therapeutic relationship between nurse and patient, leading to high quality patient care. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) outlines the values that epitomize the caring, professional nurse. The following values…
understands the difficulties of becoming a nurse- leaving her family in the Philippines to be in this country of greater opportunities to pursue a career as a nurse. There were some days when my mother came home from work looking drained and tired, but she was always willing to share heart-warming and amazing stories about her patients at the dinner table. With my father being a custodian, my mother had to make sacrifices for the benefit of my family, such as adding on extra night shifts or…
Family Health Assessment The development of appropriate health care plans for a person and his/her family sometimes require the use of family health assessment, which is an important component in the nursing process. Family health assessment is significant in the nursing or health care process because it helps in upholding family health. One of the most commonly used methods for family health assessment is a functional health pattern assessment that was introduced by Gordon. This model…
Family members are included whose who signed consent. Further inclusion criteria for the patient participant will be length of stay between five to seven days. Family members are involved in patient’s care can be included. All the nurses who provides direct patient care. Location: This study will be conducted on a 30-bed inpatient…
Communication skills in the nursing profession are important as they relate to patient safety, treatment plans and theraupeutic relationships. This essay will look at the skills of listening, feedback and questioning and examine there importance within the nursing workplace. Listening, feedback and questioning are skills of interpersonal communication which when used effectively can positively influence patient outcomes and workplace relationships. By examining their effects on patient outcomes…
1. Please list any course work or experience gained through your degree that is relevant to your internship goals* As a nursing major, I have been able to take a variety of courses pertaining to the scientific aspects of healthcare. These courses include Nursing Fundamentals; Integration of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology; Medical-Surgical Nursing I; Health Assessment; and many more. The content I have learned and utilized in these courses has prepared me for the scientific intricacies of a…
Issues Paper: Ethics of Culturally Competent Care Latrease Magwood Bloomfield College Nursing 215 Dr.Moore and Dr.Tuella Ethics of Culturally Competent Care In the article, “Dead Wrong!” The Ethics of Culturally Competent Care” by Jacqueline Ortiz and Donna Casey, the authors discussed a case about a young woman from Haiti who was diagnosed with HIV with a co-morbidity diagnosis for worsening case of renal function and pneumocystis pneumonia. Within the article, the authors discussed the…
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…
Registered Nurse Within every hospital is caring people who do whatever they can to help the people that are in need.Although there are doctors and surgeons there are also registered nurses who take care of the patients inside the hospital and also after they leave the hospital as well.Being a nurse is a very popular job and the growth population has been continuously growing over the years.While working, nurses stand,stretch,and walk throughout the day on the job.Since nurses are forced…
ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING It is imperative that a nursing home Administrator understands the concept of accounting and budgeting. The Administrator must have a thorough understanding of the financial process. While the decision-making processes of nursing home administrators tend to revolve around the needs of senior residents, they must also balance the needs of personnel to be equally effective. Nursing home administrators also take charge of the financial aspects of their facilities by…