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to flex staff according to patient care needs and continuous fluctuations in patient census. The challenge was to find a tool which accurately reflected patient acuity based on a defined patient population and apply that tool to determine a safe nurse to patient ratio. CHOC Children’s Hospital in Orange California utilizes a PCS. CHOC Children’s has utilized this tool since the…

strongly against her becoming a nurse; she was very…

and other improper ethical conducts (2013). As per Conyard (2015) the registered nurse (RN) was found guilty of engaging in conduct significantly below the standard reasonably expected of a practitioner of an equivalent level. Specifically, the RN failed to recognise a deteriorating patient, failed to provide adequate care, failed to communicate, and failed…

grow up. I can remember being asked that many times when I was a young child. I would always give the same answer, to be a nurse. I can not remember the one defining moment, in my life, when I made that decision. My Grandmother was the biggest influence in choosing this career. She would always express how proud it would make her, if I pursued a college education and became a nurse. She lived vicariously through me, and I was perfectly fine with that. 
 I began nursing school at the young age…

There is a lady named Kerrie who did not sleep very well because she is faced with a quarterly financial review and planning session with the Chief Executive Officer and the other general managers at her job called Access. Kerrie and the other managers want to meet the 15 % reduction of the budget and she strongly feels like reaching the goal can be achieved. Kerrie was presented with her results of her strengths and weaknesses report and she found out that she is lacking in the leadership area…

The American Nurses Association code of Ethics was created as a guide to help nurses provide quality care while ensuring that all patients are protected and treated equally. Provision four of the ANA has four key points that emphasize the nurse’s responsibility and obligation to his or her patient. The first statement touches on the nurse’s authority, accountability and responsibility for the decisions being made. The second statement emphasizes the nurse’s responsibility to make decisions and…

the past five weeks, I have encountered many different diseases, people, environments, and professions in nursing that gave me a broader idea of what community nursing truly is. I got to experience four weeks first hand with two different visiting nurses in the Fairfield and Danbury area and one week with the Health Department going on health inspections at two different places. With this, I give you my reflection of what my experience has been so far in this semester. My first week with the…

process that is carefully used to examine one’s thinking and thinking of others It is a mean by which underlying assumptions and variable are identify so as to draw conclusion and mark meaningful decisions In developing skill of critical thinking as a nurse we need to use rethextion languages and intuition Reflective ; revisiting a situation to dis cover meaning or purpose actually in nursing Is thinking about a particular situation that occur on a particular patient how it goes and honestly do…

disability nurses aim to help people with learning disabilities in their day to day activities. They make sure that the person has the right treatment, therapy, skills and support help them in their daily lives. The changes in education and training led to developments within computer-assisted learning, therapies and recreation focused training programmes. (Sheerin and McConkey, 2008) states that after the introduction of intellectual disability nurse education in 1959, the registered nurse in…

When I arrived to the clinic Idalia was already waiting outside the clinic door. She said “Good morning” and smiled. I said good morning back. I asked her to let me turn the alarm off before I let her inside. After I turned the alarm off I told her to please come in. I turned all the clinic lights on and she followed me to my office. She sat down in the chair she usually sits in next the cabinets. She grabbed her arms and appeared to be shivering. I asked her if she would like me to turn the…