Nurse education

Nursing practice focuses on several specialized areas and thus, the Japanese nurses are also in need to possess more general competencies other than the specialized skills. In this regard, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (1998) and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2002) commended that the assessment must be kept as an essential component in the professional nursing education. Also, currently, Japan has fewer doctors per patient, and the…

take on many forms and can have an array of signs and symptoms. Incivility is also known as lateral violence; the old adage of “nurses eat their young” is a prime example of incivility existing for quite some time. Most, if not all, nurses have either experience lateral violence or witnessed it at one point in their career. It is both surprising and disappointing that nurses treat each other this way, the same profession who vows to care for complete strangers without judgment. As an…

Orem was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1914. Orem attended Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Washington, D.C., where she later received her diploma in 1934. She continued her nursing education at Catholic University of America earning her B.S. in Nursing Education in 1939, and a M.S. in Nursing Education in 1945. In 1958, Orem was one of the foremost nursing theorists, and began developing her theory for improvement of quality nursing care in hospitals which became published as, The…

3. ICN CODE OF ETHICS FOR NURSES This concept was taken from module 4 "ethical codes”, sub topic 1"international nursing council". The ICN code of nurses was first adopted in the year 1953 by the international council of nurses. Since 1953 this code have been revised severally and the last revision was in the year 2000. This code is available in Spanish, German and French language for easy understanding by nurses from other areas. Nurses have four fundamental responsibilities which are; to…

Institute of Medicine: Report Brief As the future of health care and nursing continue to change, nurses will be called on to adapt to the needs of not only their patient 's and technology but the demands that government changes create. One major change that the United States government made was the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to ObamaCare Facts (n.d.), a total of 15.25 million individuals are now insured due to the ACA as of April, 2014. This has created the potential…

unit. It truly has been an awesome educational experience. My preceptor, the managers of the NICU, and the NICU nurse educator have all been helpful. The NICU nurse manager gave me her contact information, in case I have any questions. In addition, I have the NICU nurse educator’s email address, and she gave me a flash drive that has NICU educational material on it. The manager and nurse educator asked if I was applying and I said yes. The manager and educator told me they are excited that I am…

I interviewed a nurse whose name is Rosetta Smoots and she has been in the field for over twenty years. She helped me to understand that being a nurse will not always be easy emotionally for me and that I will have a lot of bad days. She wanted to get into nursing for the same reason I do, to help people. This talk also helped me to understand that nursing school is very competitive, and that I will need to work harder than I ever have to be successful. She said as long as this is what I truly…

career as a teacher or lawyer. As a nurse you are responsible for an individual’s life and your actions not only impact that individual but also their friends and family. There is always a slight learning curve when graduating from school and going into the workforce, but in nursing that curve needs to be made as small as possible. Being in charge of someone’s life does not allow for any margin of error to exist because you are a “new” nurse. A nursing education needs to prepare you for the…

Interview with a Nurse Leader Kristi Cook Northern Illinois University Interview with a Nurse Leader I chose to interview J.C. because she has been a leader to me through multiple stages in my nursing education as well as my nursing career. While in nursing school J.C. was one of my favorite clinical instructors. She exuded pride and joy for the job that she did every day, and her enthusiasm was contagious. I now have the pleasure of having J.C. as my nurse manager at the cancer center that…

1997. She began attending boarding school in 1917 when she was 8 years of age. While attending boarding school, she developed an interest in Public Health. Where there was an outbreak of tuberculosis and she assisted with the nurses in tending the sick. Mrs. Wauneka’s education ended when she completed the 11th grade, then returned to attain her Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health from University of Arizona. In 1952, she was the second female who was appointed to serve as Chairman of the Tribal…