Nurse education

rotations is patient safety. The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education has created ten Core Competencies for the nurse of the future. “In the model, nursing knowledge has been placed at the core to represent how nursing knowledge in its totality reflects the overarching art and science of the nursing profession and discipline” (Massachusettes Department of Higher Education, 2010). Knowledge acquired during nursing education will help the ability to be able to practice each one of these…

advised health professional is a nurse. He/she will not only carefully care for that bruise on your left hand, but will cater for your every need. According to Crosta( 2015), “Nurses work almost everywhere; on cruise ships, in the military, in hospitals, camps, schools, retirement homes…” (para. 7), and the list goes on. We are proud to say, that nurses, and not doctors, are the heartbeat of the health care system of any country. Consequently, from this alarming truth, nurses are the ones who…

history of the nurse midwife can be dated back to many centuries. Florence Nightingale, probably the most well known nursing pioneer, was responsible for opening the "Nightingale Training School for Nurses" in 1860 (Selanders & Crane, 2012). In 1893, a facility called the "Henry Street Settlement" was founded by another great nursing pioneer, Lillian Wald, an establishment that was geared toward helping the poor in the lower east side of Manhattan (Britannica, 2013). Mary Breckenridge, a nurse…

Mary Hitchcock. Jane was a very bright young women who pursued her education at Mount Holyoke Seminary and Cornell University where she was considered a “special student” (American Association for the History of Nursing, 2007). Jane completed her nursing education at New York Hospital Training School for Nurses and graduated in 1891. Jane chose to begin her nursing career back in her hometown of Massachusetts where she was the head nurse of Newton Hospital for three years from 1891 to 1893…

Annotated Bibliography Bittner, N. P., & O'connor, M. (2012). Focus on retention: identifying barriers to nurse faculty satisfaction. Nursing Education Perspectives (National League For Nursing), 33(4), 251-254. In the text, Bittner and O’connor discuss the strategies to increase the lack of nurses. The factors of education, job satisfaction, and the rate of retirement are some key factors in this situation. Throughout the article the authors include how the increase of students have…

Pate Whitehead Foundation Scholarship Award, which is a grant for the education of deserving female students with financial needs for education. During that period, she worked as a receptionist in a satellite office adjacent to Southside Regional Medical Center. In 2003, she was presented with the American Legion Forty and Eight Nursing Scholarship Award to further her nurse training education. During that time she received Nurse of…

Hospital School of Nursing in Akron, Ohio which is now Akron General. Once gaining her RN diploma she moved to California, over time Dr. Neuman continued to gain knowledge and experience through working in a hospital as a nurse and head nurse, a school nurse, an industrial nurse, and as an instructor. As a double major in psychology and public health at the University of California at Los Angeles Dr. Neuman received her BSN. Soon after Dr. Neuman received her master's degree in mental health,…

between education, career path choices and opportunities. Understanding this interaction gives one the opportunity to function at their fullest potential. Career Overview My interviewee has no pre-licensure work history. She never worked while in high school. She transitioned right from high school to college to the healthcare workforce. Her career following licensure has been vast (10 different organizations) and all in the state of Michigan. See below (oldest to present): • St.…

The aim of this paper is to discuss the theory of Virginia Henderson, how her theory can be applied to nursing in relation to the nurse-patient relationship. Her concept is great fort this particular area, because it incorporates the nursing of well individuals. Virginia Henderson was born in November 30, 1897 in Kansas city, Missouri and died in March 19, 1996. Out of8 children in the family, she was the 5th one. She was the daughter of Lucy and Daniel Henderson. She received her diploma in…

and the decision making process of a healthcare system is based on the organizational structure. Organizational structure is represented as a diagram that defines the leadership chain of command and responsibilities of members of the organization. Nurse leaders must be aware of their organizational structure in order to be successful. Major components of organizational structures will be addressed in more depth later in this discussion. Magnetism and how it affects functionality of an…