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Support reauthorization and funding of Title VIII nursing workforce development programs The Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act was just reintroduced in early June. The Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act is a program that has been going for five decades. Tittle VIII programs help nurse education from entry-level through graduate study, and provide the largest source of federal funding supporting institutions that help educate nurses for practice in rural and…

Nursing Since 1854, nursing has been recognized as a profession. It could be said that nursing is as old as mankind since people have always needed nursing care when ill or wounded. The word nurse is derived from the Anglo-French nurice and the Latin nutrica, both of which mean nourish(nursingtheory.org). This is exactly what nurses have always done. Nursing has a very extensive history. With many misconceptions of what the field is, as well as how it started. In 1854 Florence Nightingale…

Evolution of nursing from a socio-economic stand point “In the context of health care, the idea of care has two principal meanings: (1) taking care of the sick person, which emphasizes the delivery of technical care, and (2) caring for or caring about the sick person, which suggests a virtue of devotion or concern for the other as a person. At times these two aspects of care have been united; at other times, they have been in conflict.” (Reich, 2014, Vol. 2, pp. 489-495). This point emphasizes…

may not have a different faith, ethnicity, gender, or worldview than one has. The nurse also has a professional responsibility to participate as a member of the practical nursing profession by volunteer work, instructing others, and staying current on ethical and legal requirements of the nursing profession. Ethics and Nursing “Ethics is the study of conduct and character” (Sommer et al., 2013, p.17). A nurse is responsible to ensure that each patient being…

Flipped Classes for Nursing Students For many individuals an education is everything. Even more of those individuals want a degree that will forever provide for themselves and their family. Nursing is one of the most sought after careers. This is because there will always be someone sick to take care of and a job will be somewhere at any given time. To get to that ending point standing on the stage with degree in hand is a long road with many obstacles. While in nursing school you will need to…

Transition to Nursing Practice. Challenges for New Graduate Do you think Brandy’s experience is typical of most new nurses? There is no doubt that Brandy’s experience is typical for most new nurses and perfectly fits to the shock or rejections phase. The lack of experience of the new graduates nurses make them to face a lot of challenges and stressing situations. Their classes usually did not prepare them to deal with the new situations and they have no choice than to figure out how to deal…

and responsibilities of a nursing program I will commit to the demands and responsibilities of the nursing school by studying hard, and health. As we all know, nursing school is difficult and a big responsibility. However, it can be managed if one is genuinely interested. So, that being said, how will I commit to the requirements and responsibilities of a nursing program? First of all, I will prepare my family for the changes we will face I tell them I will go to school to be a nurse for the…

the nurse anesthetist during a few surgeries and he highly recommended Michigan State’s nursing program as well as the Master’s program in Nurse Anesthesia because their graduates had a 92% first – time pass rate on the NCLEX-RN examination. As a young girl, I had already had my heart set on attending Michigan State for school after seeing many family members attend and this sparked my interest in MSU’s nursing…

Career and College Research Paper What 's better than getting the chance to help save someone 's life? Being a nurse in any type of nursing takes skills. There are many types of nurses: nurses that deliver babies to nurses that work just on a hospital floor. The type of nursing I want for my career is Behavioral Health Medicine which is a mental health nurse. That stands for acute which means sudden onset of signs and symptoms. The reason for me picking this career is the inspiron of my mother…

Nursing had experienced abundant transformation in the last 20 years. The advancement of the profession, and progression from care worker to knowledge worker has shown the survival and value of nurses. It has also given a preview of the future of nursing. Finding nursing’s path in a world of innovation and technology has been complex. Looking to the past, there has been a shift from nurse’s responsibility lying mostly in patient care tasks and concentrating on doctor orders, to the focus being…