An Age Old Legend Of Nursing

Regrettably, the existence of nursing depends on the medical inadequacy of others. Unfortunately, nursing exists because people get hurt, cannot care for themselves, or need assistance with daily activities. Carol Taylor (2011), author of Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care, writes, “Nursing care involves any number of activities, from carrying out complicated technical procedures to something as seemingly as holding a hand” (p. 5). Taylor explains it is the duty of a nurse not only to learn the pertinent skills but also to bond with and comfort others. Nurses have to do and become many things: They must be stern when necessary, compassionate when needed, open minded

Essentially, the term abuse is an issue facing the nursing profession today. Many unreported cases of encountered verbal and physical abuse have been found to be ample in acute and complex care settings. These cases are amongst professional individuals (nurse-nurse and nurse-physician abuse) and also among the patient abusing the nurses. Effectively, abuse is not only a Canadian issue. It has been reported internationally as well. Thus, many nurses today are lobbying for the decrease of abuse within health care settings in order to ameliorate the working conditions. Nursing abuse may lead to other issues which will be discussed in this study. This paper will address the nurse-nurse, nurse-physician and nurse-patient abuse. In addition,

“The first step in teaching nurses how to decrease bullying by others is to help them understand what to do and what not to do when confronted by a bully” (Rocker, 2008, Education, para. 13). Nurses need to be aware of how to recognize horizontal violence, and how to be able to stop it. Furthermore, Baltimore (2006) explained that nurses need to try and resist the temptation of participating in gossip which could ultimately result in people losing respect for nurses (p. 35). Nurses also need to be respectful and value differences among other nurses. Each nurse is unique and may have different ways of implementing his/her type of care. Therefore, it is crucial that nurses respect these differences (Rocker, 2008, Policy, para. 14). If nurses are able to be consciously aware of these small things, it can make a huge difference on how they treat other coworkers, and how others view them. Not only is it important for nurses to understand what horizontal violence is, but managers of hospitals need to be well educated of this as well. Brunt (2011) stated that managers have a key role in preventing and altering horizontal violence in the workforce. It is important that managers create an environment where staff members feel comfortable coming to the managers with concerns. Managers need to be educated about how to deal with the negativity of horizontal violence (p. 7). Managers can improve relationships, trust, and productivity and reduce tension by

In a profession where others' health and well-being are priority, there leaves room for neglect of those who are delegated to care for these people. As a professional nurse, there are many obstacles that arise and affect the care provided to a patient, as well as the livelihood of the nurse. The current deteriorating and unsafe staffing conditions in hospitals and other institutions prompts workplace advocacy as the universally appropriate concept for maintaining professional nursing practice.  Common

Throughout this clinical semester, I have worked with several different registered nurses (RNs) and have been able to develop mentoring relationships with many of the staff on the unit. During our time together, I interviewed several of my nurse mentors and elicited information regarding their nursing experiences and the culture of the environment in which they work. The following conversations provide a summarization of my nurse mentors’ responses to the selected interview questions.

Nurses spend most of their thirteen hour shifts being pulled in multiple directions. After days and days of this happening, a nurse can begin to feel worn down and stressed. There are many nurses that find it in them to stick with it, while others feel overwhelmed and burned out and end up quitting. Nurses already have a stressful job but when you add bullying into the mix, it just becomes unbearable for some (Brown, 2010).

Being a nurse is not just a profession, it is a privilege and an honor. With it being a profession where there is an opportunity to touch many patients’ lives, there must be regulations, laws, and codes that nurses must abide by. There are certain professional traits that a nurse must possess to make them not only a good nurse but a great nurse. There are various nursing theories that a nurse can base their practice upon and many historical figures of the past that guide the nurses of today and of the future.

"This example shaped me as a leader," she says, and her work with a professional career coach convinced her of the strength of her newfound career.

Bullying is a serious problem in the nursing profession, it decreases nurse productivity, creates adverse patient outcomes, and overall lack of job satisfaction. It can be seen anywhere in the nursing profession. Bullying includes emotional and physical abuse as well as, putting others down, intimidation, spreading rumors, etc. “Research findings suggest that bullying frequently occurs among RNs [6] to the extent that up to 40% of nurses report an intent to leave because of it [7]; this is significant especially for new nurses, in that new RNs reported being bullied at work which resulted in 30% of

The past decade accrediting and nursing professional bodies such as the Joint Commission and the American Nurses Association have been taking a closer look at the occurrence of incivility between coworkers in healthcare (Smith, Morin & Lake, 2018). In 2015 the American Nurses Association (ANA) came out with a position statement that addressed incivility within the nursing code of ethics. In this position statement the ANA (2015) proposes that nurses create a culture and environment of civility and kindness treating coworkers, colleagues, students with dignity and

Health care workers in Canada face a vast amount of harassment in the workplace, and the safety of these employees are not being improved. The neglect of employee rights in the workplace is an example of employees rights not being respected. Many nurses and personal support workers have been experiencing abuse, sexual assault, and harassment because the government and hospital fail to implement laws to provide them a safe work environment. These assaults are carried out by their patients, for example, registered practical nurse, Dianne Paulin, was pinned against a door with a chair and was repeatedly assaulted by a patient. In addition to the harassment, awareness of this issue is being discouraged and it is said that nobody is allowed to talk about the issue because of the fear of the hospitals retaliation. Employees feel as if they cannot speak up

If a nurse purposely does not relay information, the patient can develop a condition that could have been prevented (e.g. pressure ulcers, incontinence, nosocomial infections). Promoting and Implementing Civility in Nurses Promoting civility can be described as showing respect toward another person. However, the problem with bullying, is it cannot be reversed with one simple approach. Healthcare organizations need to be restructured to solve the problems that take place in their facilities (Granstra, 2015).

Nurses continually strive to bring holistic, efficient, and safe care to their patients. However, if the safety and well-being of the nurses are threatened or compromised, it is difficult for nurses to work effectively and efficiently. Therefore, the position of the American Nurses Association (ANA) advocate that every nursing professional have the right to work in a healthy work environment free of abusive behavior such as bullying, hostility, lateral abuse and violence, sexual harassment, intimidation, abuse of authority and position and reprisal for speaking out against abuses (American Nurses Association, 2012).

Nursing is an esteemed profession that has developed over many years. This paper will explore the factors that influenced the development of the nursing profession, the roles and responsibilities of nurses, the many different career opportunities available to nurses as well as the origins of my passion to pursue nursing.

Nursing students enter school with a nurturing attitude, desiring to help and support individuals through their medical journey, but instructors often deviate away from this image and refuse to approach this model. During this time, nursing students learn technical and medical skills, not behavioral skills. Throughout the first semester, nursing students enter a “labeled of recognition of incongruity stage”, and nursing students begin to drop out because the nursing school failed to match their image and thought (228). Like physicians, the nursing students enter the “psyching out the faculty stage”, focusing on material emphasized in their classes by their instructors, and eventually, they recognize the faculty’s attention to professionalism, which causes them to enter the “role simulation stage”(228). The nursing students begin socializing with patient and physicians in a professional manner, and over time, this increases their confidence. During the second half of their training, they enter the provisional internalization and stable internalization stages as they internalize themselves as professional, usually accepting by their graduation.