Three Ways to be a Caring Nurse Kayla Rae Lewis Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 101: Transition into Nursing Fall A, 2015 Not one person in the entire world is completely the same as another. Not genetically, not mentally or emotionally. Is it fair to say that one person’s actions will always be different from another’s? How about with health professionals; such as doctors, nurses, etc.? Would you say that all of these people follow the same protocol when taking care
Professional Nurse Is nursing a profession? Nursing has made advances through the years to classify itself as a profession. Looking at the different organizations that have helped this process, one stands out above the rest. The ANA (American Nursing Association) has given the nursing a professional identity and voice. The following essay will look at the ANA’s aims, activities, how the organization supports the EBP (evidence based practice), and the concepts of professional nursing. ANA (American Nursing
Working in the labor and delivery unit, we as nurses are frequently faced with ethical dilemmas in our nursing practice. Recently, a pregnant woman presented to our hospital from out of town. She was in labor and had no intention of taking the newborn home upon discharge. One of our physicians knew of a couple who had wanted to adopt for years. After obtaining consent from the laboring patient as well as the adoptive parents, he provided the laboring patient with the phone number of the couple’s
profession of nursing, nurses are frequently confronted with ethical dilemmas. In the area of pediatrics a nurse should mentally prepare herself for numerous potential scenarios. One such scenario includes the parents of a child refusing blood transfusions that are necessary to save the child’s life. This paper will examine the ethical dilemma in pediatric nursing of a parent’s refusal of blood products for their child; apply relevant principles from the ANA Code of Ethics, and analyze possible
by maintaining proper informed consent, discussing the risks and the benefits continuously as they are encountered to prevent harm, and to prevent harm (ANA, 2010). Seven ethical principles have been developed from the incorporation of the Nuremberg Code, the Helsinki Declaration and the Belmont Report. Due to issues with ethical misconduct it is important for research procedures to have the ongoing review process of the IRB (NCJJ, 2014). 1) One example of ethical violation for the protection of
Combining Nurse Leader with Advocacy Nurse managers are professionals who uphold vital roles in hospitals and primarily tasked in maintaining the smooth and efficient operation of inpatient staff as well as the success of the health care institution. Additionally, nurse managers provide the leadership required in influencing the work attitudes and environment of the nurses engaged in patient care. A positive reinforcement led by the nurse manager would not only enhance the staff’s continual commitment
Studies have shown that nurses and physicians have several concerns about family presence during resuscitation. This could allow closure for the family knowing that everything was done in attempt to save their loved one. It mandates that each staff member performs at their highest
advanced nursing practice. These standards of professional performance are the following: ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. There are no competency tenets that are specifically for APRNs regarding the standard of ethics, education, and professional practice evaluation. All tenets of ethical practice, education
aggression.” (American Nurses Association, 2015; Dellasega, 2009). The effects of lateral violence in the workplace often have negative outcomes. These outcomes not only adversely impact registered nurses, but also patients, and other health care employees. Lateral violence and bullying disrupts the clinical setting, as well as cause retention on the work quality of staff. It is very unsafe for patients to be cared for in a setting with significant amounts of lateral violence and nurse bullying because