Nursing by country

After graduating high school in my home country, it was time for me to get out of my comfort zone and decide my career path. I still remember the day when we were having dinner and my dad asked me, “What do you think about nursing as a career?” I believe that’s when I began to consider becoming a nurse. Soon after that, I found myself joining nursing school for my diploma level in nursing, but I must admit that I was yet to like the profession. To my surprise, the exposure to patient care helped…

Implementation of IOM Report on Future of Nursing On December 13, 2013, Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted an evidence-based research, in collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), on the "Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health". This report made a major impact on the 'Future of Nursing' in the health industry. In this report, IOM identified nursing as the major health care profession which can be utilized for the cost effective, high quality health care…

roles and positions. Depending the country, scope of practice may vary, and even within specialties scope of practice may vary. For instance, emergency room or trauma may have more autonomy than a more structured unit. One country may have nurses have full autonomy and can write orders, while others strictly follow provider orders. Nursing regulations vary greatly from country to country and even within specialty to specialty. Below is insight into the different nursing roles comparing oncology…

spiritual being. The thought and giving of oneself to a higher power is utilized not only in holistic nursing, but in addiction recovery as well. The group Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) uses the mindset of higher power in the second step of the twelve step process. “Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity” (Twelve Steps, 1981, p. 25). The thought…

Most of the motivational or inspirational speeches or success stories often speak about finding a sense of purpose, exploring the horizon, and finding a way to give back. Speakers would say things like “Learn to bring the greatness within” or “Go and make a difference” or “Be an inspiration to somebody else.” Hearing these words makes me strongly believe that people exist because they all serve a purpose to mankind. Their objectives of living is to find their worth and learn to share the…

Republic of Ireland summary Leadership in nursing plays a crucial part in the provision of good patient care. However, the terms ‘nursing leadership’ and ‘nursing management’ are often confused. This article discusses the difficulties in defining ‘clinical leadership’, outlines its development in the Republic of Ireland, and identifies issues that must be addressed if clinical nurse leaders are to be effective. Keywords Clinical leadership, reform, nursing roles It Is widely recognised that…

the nursing discipline and, because this is a broad topic to discuss, my sources are mainly focused on issues in the industry and nursing from international perspectives. These pieces of research create a vague understanding of the practice of nursing and provide information about multiple issues from both the past and the present. In S. Williams’s (2010) article Global nursing: International outlook published in Nursing Management, a meeting organized by the International Council of Nursing…

Nursing shortage is not something new and it is now becoming more and more serious issue worldwide (Omar, Marhana, Halim & Johari, 2012). Researchers had identified that main factor contributing to the shortage is because nurses are leaving to developed countries for higher salary and compensations. According to Auerbach, Buerhaus & Straiger (2007), in order to stabilize nursing workforce the healthcare organization need to have a proper recruitment and retention program. There is no doubt that…

largely due to the fact that the nursing diagnosis drives interventions and patient outcomes. In addition driving interventions and outcomes, nursing diagnosis also provides a standard nomenclature that can be integrated for use in the Electronic Health Record (Sayles N. , Health Information Management Technology: An Applied Approach, 2013). The system consists of two interrelated terminologies which are the CCC of Nursing diagnosis and outcomes and the CCC of Nursing interventions and Actions.…

descriptions of various clinical judgements that are incorporated in nursing diagnosis (assessment), together with the interventions and outcomes that are related to nursing care documentation. Such standardized nursing language has been an issue of wide debate with some proposing that it should be restricted to certain specialty areas, while others strongly believe that standardized nursing language (SNL) should be implemented across all nursing practice. This post provides a brief explanation…