Nurse educator

issues. There is the issue of what makes a good nurse manager? Another issue is the governments regulatory bureaucracy with new and improved good ideas that increase problems without really fixing many issues. Retaining an experienced nurse is an issue of importance. Finally, properly staffing the unit in order to provide the right healthcare staff for the right patient population. To begin one must answer the question of what makes for a good nurse manager? In order to find a good object…

stereotypes, which distorts images of nurses in the media (Ten, Jansen & Roodbol, 2014, p.4). For instance, popular television shows, such as Grey’s Anatomy, House and ER, are where these…

and objectives makes it easier to see the progress I have made throughout the semester. It is my hope that I can use the NMNEC competencies as a guideline to measure my progress throughout my time in nursing school, and my level of proficiency as a nurse later in my…

ANA Code of Ethics Provisions 5-9 The Code of Ethics is the foundation to a nursing career. It can help the Registered Nurse (RN) to deal with ethical and unethical situations throughout patient care. Provisions 1-4 discussed some of the basic principles in patient care. Provisions 5-9 address the nurse’s duties under different circumstances. Provision 5 Provision 5 discusses the importance of not only the nurse’s duty to the patient, but the duty to themselves. It involves promoting health for…

Professional Behavior A Nurse is an individual that can be described in multiple ways depending on the person. This is because a nurse impacts people on various levels. One word that describes all nurses, is a professional. Nurses have the responsibility of being professional. They are patient advocates, counselors, and educators. The purpose of this paper is to describe how nurses use important skills to practice as a professional and explain different ways a nurse can easily violate…

worked as nurses for centuries. Men are said to be the first nurses, it is believed that during the black plague in the 1300’s, a group of men started the first hospitals to take care of the patients. The word nurse has a long and deep cultural association with women. Nursing is seen as this nurturing, soft, very caring kind of profession. Men choose nursing for the same reason as women to…

Research shows that a new graduate nurse may feel unprepared to carry out their new role (Kelly & Ahern, 2008). Graduating from a student nurse to a new graduate is not just a change in title, but a change in responsibility, expectations and accountability. A new graduate will need to undergo a series of steps to adjust and transition to their new position, this has always been considered a very challenging, stressful and overwhelming time in the nurse’s life (Morrow 2009.) The first…

Identification of Arrhythmias in Cardiac Patients The identification of cardiac arrhythmias is paramount in hospitalized patients. On a telemetry unit the various arrhythmias are closely monitored and recorded by monitor technicians. Cardiac nurses observe each patient carefully throughout the day and monitor the signs and symptoms that go hand in hand with each of the arrhythmias. On the various telemetry units of Good Samaritan Hospital, patients can often be in critical condition and need…

Position and Assumptions The role of the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) has two key dimensions in the healthcare arena. The first is knowledge management that includes generating evidence, gathering different types of knowledge, synthesizing knowledge, and interpreting and determining how to apply this knowledge. The second dimension is to promote the endorsement of knowledge by building the competencies of frontline nurses, engaging with nurses in problem solving and facilitating changes…

March 31, 2015 ACCLAIMED NURSE THEORIST SPEAKS AT NSU (Ft. Lauderdale, FL, March 31st, 2015) Madeleine Leininger, a proclaimed nurse theorist, writer, researcher, educator, will be the next speaker at Nova Southeastern University in honor of National Nurse Theorist week, April 2, 2015. Leininger will discuss the importance of cultural and care knowledge required in patient care to support compliance, healing and wellness. Leininger’s transcultural nursing model enhances the quality of…