Nurse education

that will turn people away are sickness, burnout, shirft work, long shift hours” (“utah.gov”). Like the shift hours may turn people away because they have to work at night or on the holidays. Nurses also may have to work longer shifts for other staff members that can’t make it in that day. “For we who nurse, our nursing is something which, unless we are making progress every year, every month, every week, we are going back. No system shall endure which does not march” (“goodreads”). In nursing…

experiences and establish insights that may inform future decisions specific to practice, education, and professional activities. I believe the APN role is open for development and this fits right along with my belief that life is what you make out of it.…

Ethical Dilemma: Impact of Nurse to Patient Ratios Jamie R. Dupuy University of Louisiana Lafayette  Ethical Dilemma: Impact of Nurse to Patient Ratios On the night shift in an ICU, a nurse finds herself working, the unit assigned to the Code Blue team with one other RN, no ancillary staff support, and six patients. As she is standing between two patient’s rooms, both of which have alarms sounding, a Code Blue is called on the floor. Which patient should she respond to first?…

Job title Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Reports to Pediatric Hemoglobinopathy Department in The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Job purpose An Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (ACPNP) responsible to provide optimal management to pediatric patients with sickle cell disease. This management involves ongoing assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and health education to address sickle cell anemia and its complication. The ACPNP is assigned to a multidisciplinary team that…

an advanced practice registered nurse and ultimately become a nurse educator imparting knowledge to others. Since the transition process from a registered nurse to family nurse practitioner is challenging, I will need to attain four critical goals that include, competing my undergraduate degree, undertaking certification examinations as registered nurse, work in community based clinic to advance my experiences, and complete my master’s degree to become a family nurse practitioner. 2. Discuss…

educational offerings for nurses. With the innovation of technology nursing practice has been improved. In 1909 the University of Minnesota started a three year diploma program within its medicine college. After World War II Dr.Mildred Montag in 1951 proposed a process of training nurses in community college because of nationwide shortage. The purpose of this program was to give immediate and safe practice for nurses. Within time nursing course became more advanced. Nurses obtained…

expert focuses on formal and informal research and education required to be able to practice efficiently the field. As an expert, the nurse participates in forwarding the nursing practice and expanding upon evidence-based theories (Zerwekh & Garneau, 2015). In being that nursing is an evidence-based practice, it is the nurse’s responsibility to ensure proper research is being conducted in order to provide essential care for the patient. Furthering education is also a major component of this role…

Belief assist the nurse in formulating an action plan that meets the needs of the individual making health behavior changes. The health belief model is a outline that helps to explain why people respond in a certain way to a diagnosis or illness. It is the most commonly used theory in health education and health promotion. • Many chronic disease can be prevented by simple lifestyle changes. For example stop tobacco use can prevent most of the cancers and heart disease. Nurses can help…

Nursing education and development of curriculum began in the external, higher education, and internal environment. Nursing educators must focus on sociopolitical and economic tendencies and initiate strategies to create curriculum to achieve similar global qualities. It is essential to comprehend the external issues such as; healthcare reform, global disasters and globalization, changing demographics, technology and the environment to globally promote the framework for nurses to acquire…

appreciate your points on provision 2 and 3 of the Code of Ethics set forth by the American Nurses Association. Provision 3 states that the nurse acts as an advocate for the patient, protecting their rights health and safety (ANA, 2015). From the onset of nursing school we learn that nurses are the patients advocate. It seems almost cliché after many years in the clinical setting and at times I think nurses advocate for patients in ways they are not even aware. Currently I work in the…