Free Essays on Nurse

  1. Nurse Call System Market

    Published By: Zion Research Nurse Call System Market by Equipment Type (Nurse Call Buttons, Nurse Call Intercoms, Nurse Call Mobile Systems, and Nurse Call Integrated Communication Systems) by Communication Technology (Wired Communication Equipment and Wireless Communication Equipment) for Hospitals...

  2. Roles of a Registered Nurse

    Registered nurses work to promote health, prevent disease and help patients cope with illness. They are advocates and health educators for patients, families and communities. When providing direct patient care, they observe, assess and record patient symptoms, reactions and progress. Nurses collaborate...

  3. The Role of the Nurse in Rehabilitation

    "Rehabilitation is an aspect of every nurses practice and as such warrants close consideration", Mallik et al (1998), p645. According to the above quote, every nurse adopts the role of rehabilitator and for the purpose of this essay I intend to critically analyse the nurses role within the area of rehabilitation...

  4. Nurses Verse Being a Medical Assistsant

    Although Medical Assistants and Nurses have a lot in common, nurses get a better salary. They have way more opportunities then medical assistants. There’s always a high demand of employment for nurses, and nurses can pursue further education to advance in another field or specialty unlike medical assistants...

  5. The Nurses Work

    Nurses work under the supervision of a physician and care for patients. The largest group of nurses work in hospitals where they may be assigned to general operating room, obstetrical ward, or delivering room duty. They may also work in caring for sick shildren, or be assigned to any number of other...

  6. Mandatory Overtime for Nurses

    Mandatory Overtime for Nurses: Pushed to the Limit 22 October 2008 English Composition II- Flannigan keep even the bravest of patients away from hospital settings until the very last moment possible. Shirley Heck, 61, was left paralyzed after a visit for pneumonia at the Wesley Medical Center. When...

  7. Nurses Responsibility for Informed Consent

    responsibility to obtain consent from patients for medical procedures. However, nurses are often asked to witness the patient’s signature on the consent form. After the nurse has witnessed the patient sign the consent form, the nurse signs the document as well. The nurse’s signature as a witness indicates...

  8. stress for nurses

    providers are unaware of how much stress can affect the workplace and the performance of a nurse. Some employers might not even know that their staff is over stressed. There are so many stressors that a nurse deals with on every day basis. Some people can handle stress better than others. There is ways...

  9. Nurse Shortages

    Shortage of Nurses Which trends described in this chapter are contributing to the nursing shortage? The immigration of nursing workers from other countries (expatriates) allowing hospitals to keep lower pay for nurses is making it difficult for hospitals to hire new nurses. The tough work...

  10. Why Nurse/Physican Relationships Need Improvment

    Why nurse/physician relationships need improvement. The relationship between doctors and nurses has never been straightforward. The differences of power, perspective, education, pay, status, class and perhaps above all gender have led to tribal warfare as often as peaceful coexistence. Two groups...

  11. Stress in Nurses

    People who admire nurses often say they would want to be a nurse, but others say it is a job that they think they could not handle. Being a nurse takes a lot of courage to do the things they do. With the strength and the ability to provide care towards others is important. Gender isn’t an...

  12. clinical nurse specialist

     Leadership Qualities and the Graduate Nurse Angela Quilty South University Leadership Qualities and the Graduate Quiz Results and Impact on Current Beliefs Based on the quiz results, I was not surprised to learn that my leadership style is participative. I believe a good...

  13. The Role of the Nurse in the Community

    As professionals, Nurses are expected to develop a moral compass by which they navigate ethical dilemmas that arise in professional practice. The role of the nurse in the community is to provide the people with care, compassion and information to help them through difficult decisions that not only...

  14. Differences Between the ADN and the BSN Nurse

    Differences Between the ADN and the BSN Nurse Grand Canyon University NRS-430V November 24, 2013  Differences Between the ADN and the BSN Nurse Throughout time nurses have been a very important part of our culture and lifestyle. Where it was once a male, poverty stricken profession nursing has come...

  15. Substance Abuse Among Nurses

    abuse among nurses The prevalence of substance abuse among nurses is rising and continues to rise. The American Nurses' Association estimates that six to eight percent of nurses use alcohol or other drugs to the extent that they impair their professional performance (American Nurses Association, 2002)...

  16. my role as pediatric nurse

    My Role as a Pediatric Nurse, the Challenges and the Rewards Variation of roles is seen from a Pediatric Nurse as time goes by. With these, a pediatric nurse should be flexible enough to adapt to these changes. The role of a Pediatric Nurse may be different from one institution to another, but the...

  17. Literature Review on Male Nurse

    According to American Society of Registered Nurses (2008), the statistics of male nurses represent just a small fraction of the nursing workforce in the United States. The popular notion that nursing is not for men and admission capacity constraints of Nursing Schools seem to be a major obstacles towards...

  18. Nurse Call Systems Market: Increasing Demand for Better Healthcare from the Global Geriatric Population Favors Growth

    Transparency Market Research Nurse Call Systems Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020 Published Date 5-Feb-2015 97 Page Report Buy Now Request Sample Press Release Transparency Market Research State Tower, 90, State Street, Suite...

  19. critical thinking working of nurse

    near the end of his course. Stewart was set the task of evaluating different sorts of evidence within  nursing and making a case regarding how the nurse might proceed. At the end of the essay we offer  notes that explain the critical thinking and writing features of Stewart’s work.    N.B. Remember...

  20. NR512 Meaningful Use for Nurses

     Meaningful Use for Nurses: Implications and Recommendations Dianne Rinehardt Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-512: Nursing Informatics February 2016 Meaningful Use for Nurses: Implications and Recommendations The 21st century is experiencing a major paradigm shift due to the technological...

  21. I Want to Be a Nurse

    schools, factories, and were only limited by your level of education; I found that nursing could be whatever I wanted to make of it. People need nurses in all aspects of life. If I were to ever feel “expended out” in one area, I could educate myself and expand into another field of nursing. If I...

  22. Culture of Nursing: a Factor in Nurses¢ Health and Safety

    Culture of nursing: A factor in nurses¢ health and safety Lee Ann Hoff, PhD RN1, Ainat Koren, PhD RN2, Barbara Mawn, PhD RN2, Karen Devereaux Melillo, PhD APRN BC2, Carole Pearce, PhD RN2, Kathleen Sperrazza, RN1, and The PHASE in Healthcare Research Team3. (1) PHASE in Health Care Research Team, University...

  23. Registered Nurse

    Personality says a lot about a person, also extremely important to have certain styles when it comes to being a nurse. For one, you need to have the concern for others; being understanding toward your patient is extremely helpful. You need to be a dependable person; people are relying on you to be responsible...

  24. Nurse and Professor: Heartless Soul Mates

    characters from the books have striking similarities – Nurse Ratched and Professor Dolores Jane Umbridge. Despite there being some minor differences as well, their grand parallels are far more apparent. Nurse Ratched, gravely known as the “Big Nurse” on the ward in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, is...

  25. nurse

    Can A Nurse Be Worked To Death? Elizabeth Jasper, 38, was killed when her car veered off the road, jumped an embankment and struck a tree. She may have fallen asleep while driving. Jasper had been a RN in the bone marrow transplant unit at the Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati for 13 years. Jasper’s family...

  26. Registered Nurse

    represented on her team are as follows, the CNL (clinical Nursing Informatacist) from IT this person is chosen due to their specialty in software and how nurses interact with it. Also from the IT department will be the Director of Informatics. They are chosen due to their knowledge base of the informatics resources...

  27. self-reflection as a nurse

    Self-Reflection as a Nurse The self- mandala represents the values of truthfulness, respect and trust. As a nursing student I would be reflecting upon these three values, how they influence my perception and actions and how will they affect my professional career as a nurse. The first value to...

  28. A Dream of Becoming a Nurse

    I’m a 39 year old man that has had a dream of becoming a nurse since I’ve been in high school. A scholarship would be a wonderful opportunity to start my career with some well needed experience working in a field that I’ve come to love with the short time that I’ve done my clinical for school. I started...

  29. Clinical Informatics Nurse

    Clinical Informatics Nurse Job Summary: • The Clinical Informatics Nurse serves in an infrastructure role across the organization; • coordinates paper medical record form approval process for all healthcare providers functioning under the medical center license; • ensures forms are standardized...

  30. The Philosophy of a Professional Nurse

    My philosophy as a professional nurse is: 1) For my customer: I will think patient’s physiologic and psychological needs and do my best to provide care to meet their needs. Provide patient centered care and assist patients to attain their maximal state of wellness on the health-illness continuum, including...

  31. Philosphy from a Home Health Care Nurse Perspective

    emotional surrounding at any given time. In the clinical setting I feel the nurse can control the surroundings. There is also a crucial aspect of the environment; this would be the emotional setting. If the patient, caregiver and nurse are not emotionally intact then this can create a very non therapeutic...

  32. My Hopes of Becoming a Nurse

    offices, schools, factories, and were only limited by your level of education; I found that nursing could be whatever I wanted to make of it. People need nurses in all aspects of life. If I were to ever feel “expended out” in one area, I could educate myself and expand into another field of nursing. If I needed...

  33. Becoming a Nurse

    Becoming A Nurse Nursing is a living, breathing career. It is real, it is here and it matters. We cannot pretend that nursing is something it is not. That would be wrong. What we can do is let potential recruits know what nursing is about and the diversity of care and opportunities that exist...

  34. Registered Nursse

    During this research for registered nurses I learned about the training, education, and how you receive a nursing license. Now I’m willing to teach you what I have learned. Registered nurses specialties of works are treating patients, educating patients and the public about the various medical conditions...

  35. Ethics

    Babies A caring and gentle nurse is one thing many people search for in this field. From the way a nurse takes care of their patient, to their ability to handle every situation professionally. It also takes a special human being to take on the title of a nurse. Especially a nurse who chooses every day to...

  36. Adah Bell Samuel

    sense of responsibility to improve relationships between persons of all races. A graduate of Lincoln School for Nurses in New York, Thoms served 18 years there as assistant superintendent of nurses. She became acting director at a time when blacks rarely held high-level positions. Thoms was among the first...

  37. nursing papers

    mission of the Texas Board of Nursing is to protect and promote the welfare of the people of Texas by ensuring that each person holding a license as a nurse in the State of Texas is competent to practice safely. The Board fulfills its mission through the regulation of the practice of nursing and the approval...

  38. Economic Tools and Concepts

    supply curves as an economic tool in the shortage of nurses These curves are quite relevant when identifying equilibrium from where the numbers of health care providers who are available to cater for all who are seeking their services. The number of nurses has gone down considerably in the past few years...

  39. Nursing Professional Development: Roles and Accountabilities

    Email this processing.... Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses....we must be learning all of our lives -- Florence Nightingale How do organizations recruit and retain the best students and nurses available in the midst of a profound nursing shortage? How do they bring an advanced...

  40. A Study of Staff Turnover at Private Hospital (Organizational Behavior)

    that medical officers, particularly nurses, face in their daily work which caused them to make the decision of leaving their jobs. We found certain possible causes of the problem and did further research through verbal interview with a full-time and experienced nurse. The possible causes include heavy...

  41. nursing

    without large numbers of nurses is impossible to envision. The report also states that by the year 2020 80 percent of nurses will have a baccalaureate degree in the science of nursing. Based on the information provided in these reports this is a necessary asset for nurses to have in order to advance...

  42. Business

    registration was complete and authorization form signed. Pre-operative nurse The mother was then given the length it would take of surgical procedure and physical evaluation to complete by pre-operative nurse. Tina’s mum the nurse that she had to leave to take care of some business for his son and would...

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    profession with more than 3.1 million registered nurses practicing nationwide. Despite its large size, many more nurses are needed into the foreseeable future to meet the growing demand for nursing care. As you plan or consider a career as a registered nurse, you should know these facts: The U.S. Bureau...

  44. The Back Door

    registered nurse first assistant training. The “back door” I choose had left me with limited options and I returned to a staff nurse position in the same operating room. Today, sixteen years later, I seek the “front door” to my anticipated position as a first assistant at a great hospital where nurses are...

  45. Nursing 505

    to train nurses to transform day to day nursing practice using the concept of being open-minded when providing patient care. Our personal thoughts and beliefs can often interfere with the quality of compassion and care we provide. According to the text in critical thinking tactics for nurses, open-minded...

  46. The RN to BSN program

    program at University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as defined by CCNE and AACN using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within the context...

  47. ADN vs BSN

    education has a substantial influence on the nurse clinician’s comprehension and abilities. Nurses with a Bachelor in Science degree (BSN) are more prepared than that of nurses with an associate degree (ADN) to meet the demands that are placed on nurses in today’s workforce. According to research,...

  48. CANADIAN EXPERIENCE OF ESTABLISHING THE MASTER DEGREE DEPARTMENT IN NURSING

    first mention of nurses in Canada has its origins in 1617 in Quebec. But the nurses were little similar to nurses, we see them now. Steps towards modern nursing has been made in 1919 and marked the establishment of the University of British Columbia's first-ever training program for nurses. Four decades...

  49. Mastered Prepared

    Master’s Prepared Nurse Interview Introduction The purpose of this interview is to acquire awareness of the interplay among nursing education, career paths, and prospects available in this field after the completion of master’s studies. This interview will shed some light on the master’s prepared nursing...

  50. Stratigic planning and nursing process

    process have many similarities, however strategic planning has the potential to affect how nurses perform in profound ways. As the integration of technology and informatics, takes hold in healthcare settings nurses can help use their knowledge of the nursing process to develop a strategic plan to best incorporate...

  51. Operating Room

    area to Pacu. I observed nurse during interview process. She was explaining the procedure , took vitals and also checked patients chart to make sure everything is in order. She also gave patient prescribed sedative to relieve the anxiety. When operating room was ready nurse anesthesiologist came to transfer...

  52. Therapeutic Relationship

    Application of caring and critical thinking in nursing practices help nurses to expand their experiences and create a new ways, ideas in their nursing practice (carper, 1978). Nurses students are required to use critical thinking to reflect and integrate into practice all that have learned during practicum...

  53. Professionalism

    A professional nurse is one who puts the needs and importance of patient care above all others. The professional should exert a positive public image considering the public is where services are directed to. A professional appearance is important for making first impressions on patients and other coworkers...

  54. Principles of Health Care Administration

    United States has more nurses and physicians than ever before, upcoming retirements and a dysfunctional workplace are creating clinical shortages that will become more brutal than the industry can tolerate (Woods, D. 2009). According to research; partially of all nurses working in the present day...

  55. Caring Is Essence of Nursing

    and spiritual need. Dr. Hassmiller states that nurses are the front-line caregivers which give unique and invaluable perspective on patient care. Nursing is both art and science (Benner, Wrubel, 1989). Nurses have various roles in healthcare policy. Nurses promote, coordinate care and improve quality and...

  56. ASH HCA 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Managing Multidisciplinary Professionals

    be abrasive at times. Nurse Patterson asks the charge nurse who is not as familiar with the patient to call the doctor. The charge nurse calls Dr. White. He insists that he knows what is best for the patient and insists that the medication will be given as written. The charge nurse calls you, the administrator...

  57. Collaborative Practice

    began when the patient entered the emergency room. EMS had to collaborate with the ER nurses giving report, the ER nurses collaborated with the ER physician and respiratory therapy collaborated with both the ER nurses and physician. The patient was intubated and brought to the ICU. The ER physician collaborated...

  58. Med Surg

    med/surge nurse may work under the direction of a doctor and carry out the doctor’s orders, it is the nurses responsibility to provide the medical care. The nurse is responsible for distributing medications and providing the outpatient instructions. The doctor signs the orders but the nurse is the one...

  59. Research Proposal

    Introduction and statement of problem Polit and Beck (2004) express that most nurses would agree that the establishment of research in nursing began with Florence Nightingale, her most widely recognised contribution in making changes to nursing care and more generally in public health, involved the...

  60. Hahaha

    Practice Quiz Answers Unit 3 Question 1 A parent tells the pediatric nurse practitioner, “I’ve never told anyone this information about my son.” This is an example of: A) Identifying problems and goals B) Building trust C) Clarifying roles D) Revealing Correct Answer: B Explanation: This response...