creating an increased demand for Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Assistants. With approximately 205‚000 nurse practitioners and 104‚000 physicians assistants‚ they are increasingly becoming the solution to the country’s physician shortage. They are helping to provide cost-effective patient care routinely provided by physicians. Though they are filling essentially the identical positions‚ there are differences between the two professions. Nurse practitioners can perform approximately 80 percent
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registered nurse. I was pleased with how quickly I was able to research my patients once we hit the floor‚ as this is only my second week using Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Cerner Millennium. While researching a patients’ orders‚ I found incongruent information regarding his diet. If I had not thoroughly researched my patient’s orders and questioned the night nurse about the patient’s diet status‚ the patient’s scheduled procedure could have easily been postponed as the oncoming nurse was unaware
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help and care for people. My mom is a nurse and has been for 20 years. She never pushed me towards nursing‚ I think she wanted me to figure out who I wanted to be. I think with her experience as a nurse I have learned through her what it takes to care for a person and the sacrifices she makes in order to be the best nurse possible. I think she worked hard to be where she is at now. I am grateful for her showing me what my calling is also. I want to be a nurse; I believe with my compassion and caring
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The definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association describes a framework that incorporates caring and health promotion. It is far reaching and intentionally inclusive to all fellow human beings. It has a goal to advocate and help decrease any element of suffering. Nursing is a professional body which strongly advocates the advancement of professional knowledge. Scholarly resources are used to anchor our credibly with research findings. The use of objective data develops
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profession that focuses on the care of pregnant women and the babies they give birth to. Obstetrics nurse deals with the care of women during pregnancy‚ childbirth and the time after the women’s pregnancy‚ as well as offer nursing care for women with health problems of or related to their reproductive system. Some obstetrics nurses may specialize in labor and delivery nurses. Obstetrics nurses may work in public health and preventive medicine administration. They can have private practices‚ work
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Introduction The American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN) has made an active commitment to promote the creation of healthy work environments that support excellence in patient care. There is a plethora of evidence supporting the notion that unhealthy work environments contribute to many other serious problems in healthcare such as medical errors‚ patient readmission‚ and nurse turnover. Therefore‚ the AACN has put forth six essential standards for the establishing and sustaining of healthy
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familiar phrase of overworked and under appreciated has rang through the nursing field. As health care reform and insurances make critical changes‚ nurses are forced to keep up. Nursing managers are in a bind to meet the new budget cuts and criteria set forth by these changes‚ which includes higher patient to nurse ratios. Low staffing can lead to nurse burnout‚ job dissatisfaction and poor staff retention (International Journal of Nursing Practice‚ 2014). This article will outline some issues at hand
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Competency of Associate and the Baccalaureate Degree Nurse A demand for nursing was seen in our nation at the conclusion of World War II. Upon the return of servicemen the United States entered the baby boom era‚ where 78 million children were born between 1946 and 1964. (Creasia & Friberg‚ 2011‚ p. 14) To meet this demand‚ in 1951 Mildren Montag proposed a new program to prepare nurse technicians in two year associate degree programs which allowed a quicker entry into the workforce. Also‚
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Critical Issue Paper: Proper Staffing related to Patient Safety Introduction The appropriate staffing of Registered Nurses is critical in the safety of hospital patients. Nursing shortages‚ along with major cuts in nursing budgets‚ have combined to result in fewer nurses at the bedside. This creates a safety hazard for patients‚ as well as a critical issue in the nursing profession. Nursing and patient outcomes are both highly affected by inadequate staffing. This paper will focus on the necessity
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was conducting a test with nurses in identifying if wearing slip resistant shoes prove to be more beneficial then other shoes when it comes to reducing slip and fall injuries on the job. A small p-value (typically ≤ 0.05) indicates convincing evidence and allow you to gain a greater sense of confidence against the null hypothesis (Gerstman‚ 2015). In this case‚ I would want a small p-value to prove that slip resistant shoes do hinder slip and falls. If I have more nurses wearing slip resistant shoes
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