Current Issues of Nurses Today Submitted by: Lindsay G. Bunyi‚ RN PUBLICIZED ISSUES OF NURSES ● Number of Pinoy nurses seeking US jobs fell by 42% in 2011 from 9‚789 in 2010 to only 5‚630 in 2011. The US labor market for foreign nurses is getting overcrowded. ● Extended Hours Issues in Nursing: Exploring the Problems‚ Finding the Solutions By:Acacia Aguirre‚ M.D.‚ Ph.D. and Ann L. Curley‚ Ph. D.‚ R.N. The challenges of operating 24/7‚ focusing on scheduling‚ training‚ and staffing
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the Practice of Nursing but as nurses it is our responsibility and duty to keep up to date with changes being made that will effect our profession. The biggest concern nationwide seems to be the number of patients that a nurse can safely care for and while some states have regulations on that nurse-patient ratio many do not. Pennsylvania is going through a transitional period where two bills are being purposed and both can change the way we provide care. While safe staffing is an issue nationwide it
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of care plays an important role in assuring the standards of nursing performance. By providing specific performance requirements‚ standards of nursing performance can improve and provide quality of nursing care in health care settings (Scope & Standards‚ pg 33). Quality care is one of the most significant nursing standards of modern time. This particular standard must be implemented by nurse’s everyday. One of the main concerns in nursing practice today‚ is quality of care in the health care setting
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choosing to do what is right. People use ethics to guide in decision making throughout life. This foundation helps to direct us which path to take socially‚ educationally‚ and professionally. In nursing‚ ethics encompasses relationships with self‚ patients‚ and colleagues. Ethics is a part of the foundation of nursing. It defines how nurses provide care‚ empathy‚ and respect to others at all times‚ no matter the circumstances. As a profession‚ nurses frequently face
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| | Professional Issues - LegislationCandidates can bring to the assessment event any notes‚ textbooks‚ handouts or other material according to centre rules. 1 As Network Manager you are asked to check out the e-mail traffic of a member of staff. What are the key points of legislation that you should consider before taking action? As a network manager‚ when asked to check email traffic of a member of staff‚ the key points of legislation top consider are the Data Protection Act (1998) is designed
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focus on ethical and moral issues and note situations that appears to be dilemmas with the help of professional and ethical competence (Tschudin‚ 2002). Moreover unprofessional ethical practice may result to litigations if care was deemed not to be professionally sound. LEGAL ISSUES In conjunction to professional and ethical issues‚ legal issues is an emerging contemporary issues in nursing. Several studies and literatures have been written in relation to legal issues in the academic field‚ addressing
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Global Nursing Issues What Can Nurses Do? Lack of healthcare workers is causing healthcare crisis in developing countries. Nurses can choose to either volunteer on mission trips to underdeveloped countries‚ or can raise funds by joining organizations that sponsor volunteer efforts to underdeveloped countries. Description of Two Challenges Related to Providing Adequate Healthcare in Underdeveloped Countries One of the major challenges is poverty. According
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GNT 1 – 724.2.4-01-07 Contemporary Nursing Issues Mary Purvis Healthcare Issues In order to determine the safest and most appropriate discharge plan for this patient the case manager will work closely with the interdisciplinary team who is directly caring for the patient; together they will come up with the most effective‚ appropriate‚ and safest discharge plan. In this case study‚ there are several important healthcare issues the case manager needs to address with the team prior to
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Act 1987 is designed to protect consumers and give them rights when buying goods and services‚ eg manufacturers are legally obliged to put certain information on products‚ such as health and safety messages on cigarettes. The act covers a range of issues including fraud‚ unfair business practice‚ product liability and many other consumer and business activities. As well as being bound by
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430V 11/16/2013 Professional Development of the Nursing Professionals Introduction Today’s healthcare system is going through different transformations and changes for many reasons because of the growing demands of medical professionals. The Institute of medicine worked with other agencies and came up with a report to face the demands and needs of the present healthcare system. The IOM report provides abundant opportunities for nurses to advance in education‚ improve nursing practice‚ and progress
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