The North Dakota Board of Nursing consists of regulations, guidelines, and expectancies to provide astonishing client care. The Board reviews the updates and information to successfully care for clients’ individual needs resulting in care that is expected and deserved. Regulatory agency “The boards protect the public by ensuring that standards of nursing practice are met and nurses are competent in their practice”. Mission “The mission of the North Dakota Board of Nursing is to assure North…
Why nursing is not about how much money you make, but about the difference you make! When you hear nurse, what is the first thing you think of? The first thing that comes to mind is the ability to help people. Just like any career, a nursing career comes with the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s not always like the shows on television and the cute scrubs…. Nursing is a popular career choice among individuals. Many people decided to go to school to become a nurse based on their salary. Being a…
Every state board of nursing has a predetermined list of competencies that are established in order to serve as a guide to ensure safe nursing care. . A competency is defined as “an expected level of performance that integrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and judgment” (American Nurses Association, 2008, p.3). There are three major areas of differences in the competencies in the Associate-Degreed (AND) nurse versus the Baccalaureate-degreed (BSN) nurse The areas are…
Nursing is a multifaceted profession that affords those that practice it the opportunity to be an invaluable influence on the ability of an individual to recover from an illness or injury. This opportunity, which can be incredibly rewarding, also comes with a tremendous amount of responsibility. It is with this responsibility in mind that I have laid out four topics that I feel are integral to the field of nursing and should be the point of focus for the continued improvement of the field as…
Improving Health care is a big topic today for politicians, health care teams, and hospitals. Health care is always making changes and improvements and caring for patients is now a multidisciplinary collaborative care. In the article “The Future of Nursing”, states that the U.S. has a chance to improve health care and lead to impairments and transform nursing where all patients receive affordable, seamless and quality care. In the year 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute…
mission is “Care is our business. Care that respects the individual. Care that promotes recovery, well being and independence. Care that seeks to meet all standards of quality“ (National Healthcare Corporation, 2016). According to Dr. Adams, the purpose for establishing NHC was to place older adults in a caring environment free from the daily tasks of cooking, cleaning and in home maintenance. Services Provided National Healthcare Corporation (NHC) specializes in Residential Living, Memory…
different types of degrees in nursing: Bachelors of Science in Nursing, Masters of Science in Nursing, Doctorate in Nursing, and a PhD in Nursing. The salary of a nurse depends on the highest degree earned and the outlook in employment appears promising. There are many benefits of becoming a nurse and not many nurses say that they…
year of high school my grandpa got really sick and I began to go help my grandma take care of him over my summer breaks through junior year . I felt like I was playing his nurse because I got to help give him shots , give him is medicine and also check his blood pressure. It was very basic things but I felt like I was helping out a lot. When my grandpa passed away at the beginning of my senior year I realized nursing was something I actually wanted to do. Being there helping him through his hard…
based on a case study that focuses on a registered nurse and the care that was given to one of her patients which will include patterns of knowing and bioethical principles, which should have informed the nurse about the possible actions she could have chosen for a possibly better outcome for the patient. Four elements of negligence that must be met in order for the nurse to be considered legally negligent. Along with the (NMBA) nursing and midwifery board of Australia 's codes and guidelines…
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 individuals may not make progress with the long days. But in a week or even a month have made some progress. However nursing provides many good aspects such as good pay, meeting new people, individuals may work long…