Adjustments to scheduling could be beneficial for nurses that are aging and having difficulty working longer hours has a role in retention and on the other end of the spectrum is new nurses and helping them adjust to their new position
The U.S. nursing shortage had been a serious issue for quite sometime now and continues to escalate. As the nursing workforce continues to age, nurses leave the profession faster than they can be replaced and the crisis continues to grow. Nurses are leaving for different reasons. What is being done to solve the nursing shortage here in the United States? Nursing recruitment and retention is one of many solutions that can alleviate this problem. "Nurses are privileged to belong to a profession…
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facility, and its employees. Nursing is a patient driven profession based on interpersonal relationships, while nursing leadership styles are influenced by humanism. The overall attitude, behavior, direction, and mission of a health care organization start with leadership in the creation of direction and purpose of the facility. The purpose of this paper is to differentiate between leadership and management and describe the differences in approach to issues in nursing from leaders and managers.…
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NRS- 451V Nursing Leadership and Management Date March 6, 2015 The storages and the turn -over of nurses is phenomenon that is affecting the nursing profession today in areas like providing adequate and quality care to patients, This storages and turnover is occurring due to the higher demand for the employment of nurses that is exceeding the number of nurses available or the number wanting to be employed at time. (Huber, 2010).The American Association of The Colleges of Nursing report in…
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Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), along with others, advocates for greater diversity within the nursing workforce to mirror the cultural make-up of the population in order to ensure the best possible patient outcomes (AACN, 2015; Phillips & Malone, 2014). It has also been recognized that minority populations within the United States have long been marginalized and do not always have equal access to culturally appropriate healthcare (Jackson & Garcia, 2014). As new nursing students, it is important…
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middle range theory and was published in 1984.The model which applies the Dreyfus model outlines five stages of nursing, novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient and expert(Benner1984). The central concepts of Benner’s model are those of competence, skill acquisition, experience, clinical knowledge and practical knowledge. (McEwen &Wills 2014).She also identifies seven domains of nursing practice: Helping role, Teaching or coaching function, Diagnostic client monitoring function, Effective…
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Applying Nursing Theory to Guide Leadership Nurse leaders are faced with issues or problems on a daily basis that are often expected and sometimes unexpected. It “comes with the territory” so to speak. If there were no issues to solve or hurdles to overcome the necessity of designating a leader would not seem quite as important. Nurse leaders can tackle issues that occur in their work environment using nursing theory to guide them. Nursing theory provides a framework that nurse leaders can…
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Executive Summary: Streamline the Nursing Admission Process Stephanie Bakker, RN Grand Canyon University: NRS-451V Billie Gabbard, Instructor January 27, 2013 Executive Summary: Streamline the Nursing Admission Process The health care industry continues to be challenged by daily patient turnover due to the number of admissions, transfers, and discharges (Spader, 2008). The increase in number of admissions, in turn, puts a high demand on nurses in keeping up with the pace resulting in…
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Foundation (RWJF) comprised a report that would made recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing. This was in response to a need to assess and transform the nursing profession. Nurses have an important role in transforming our current health care system (IOM, 2010). The IOM nursing reports have several recommendations that will propel us into the future of nursing. There are eight total recommendations and it is important for all advanced practice nurses to focus on the recommendations…
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addition to hypertension, renal involvement may cause proteinuria. c. Eclampsia is an increased condition of severe preeclampsia that exhibits complication of seizures. 2. “What is the pathophysiology that leads to these conditions?” a. The theory of the pathophysiology of preeclampsia is the sensitivity of some patients to angiotensin II. This adverse effect increases the peripheral…
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in water (D5W) Nursing Considerations: Hypertonic Fluids Have a higher tonicity or solute concentration, causing an unequal pressure gradient between the inside and outside of the cells Have an osmolarity of 375 mOsm/L or higher The osmotic pressure gradient draws water out of the intracellular space, increasing extracellular fluid volume. Because of this property, hypertonic solutions are used as volume expanders. Types of Hypertonic Solutions: D51/2NS, D5NS 3% or 5% NS Nursing Considerations:…
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