Arizona State University (ASU) College of Nursing & Health Innovation’s (CON) undergraduate program has ten undergraduate program completion outcomes. ASU’s outcomes are brief but concise reflecting the Degree Qualifications Profile (DQP) recommendations, nursing courses and the mission statement. The language utilized in the outcomes appropriately describes student behaviors and describe learning outcomes not processes (UCONN, n.d.). According to Davenport, Spath, and Blauvelt (2009)
established. As an active citizen in the government, it is every citizen's responsibility to play a role and take action in their community. A responsible citizen will see it as their obligation to participate and be motivated to continuously
certain civic action. Social responsibility is “strongly linked to the values of professions in general and nursing in particular” and that “the underlying constructs of social responsibility, communication and teamwork are woven into the fabric of nursing 's history and its code of ethics”(Kelley,2008). Communication, social responsibility and teamwork, are an integral part of the nursing profession. These three attributes of the profession comes through citizenship. This essay will
The nurse has a responsibility to be aware not only of specific health needs of individual patients but also of broader health concerns such as world hunger, environmental pollution, lack of access to health care, violation of human rights, and inequitable distribution of nursing and health care resources. The availability and accessibility of high quality health services to all people require interdisciplinary
exposes you to the world around you and in some ways, restores faith in humanity. “Service--learning is a valuable educational pedagogy that enables students to apply classroom content to real-life situations. Further, service--learning increases civic responsibility, communication skills, awareness of health care disparities and social injustices, cultural proficiency, and personal growth.” (Murray, 2013) One of the many hats nurses wear is community advocate and or educator, it falls into the health teaching
A health fair can improve nursing practice by improving the health of those that attend. The experience will allow the use of empathy, caring, self-awareness, self-confidence, an advocate for health, a democratic civic responsibility, a global economic awareness, cultural competence and justice (Kurtz, n.d.). The health fair provides the participants with education on health promotion and prevention and resources to improve the quality of life. The change in the health care system with the Affordable
Ethics in Nursing and the Right to Refuse Palvalko describes the challenges of a professional nurse in eight dimensions. The fourth dimension states that “a profession has a code of ethics (Zerwekh, 2015, p.196)”. In this profession, nurses must make ethical decisions every day to protect the welfare of not only their patients but also themselves. There are nine provisions stated in the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses that are in place to protect nurses and patients. These
voluntarism and civic engagement, a role that can complement and replace the role of the government ensuring the well-being of society. Civic engagement involves “working to form a distinction at intervals the civic life of one’s community and developing the combination of information, skills, values and motivation to form that distinction. It suggests that promoting the quality of life throughout a community, through every political and non-political process” (Erlich, 2000). Civic engagement includes
Pace July 18, 2015 Volunteering at Nursing Home My project relates to the course objectives twelve and seven this is because it talks about inclusion, in which all types of diversity are respected, appreciated, and valued in America. As well as the vital role of the people in creating and maintaining a society through voluntarism and civic engagement, a role that can complement and replace the role of the government ensuring the well-being of society. Civic engagement involves “working to form
Reflection on Nursing Ethic Ethic in nursing form the basis between which sound and moral decisions are derived. They form the backbone of all the trust that is laid on nurses dealing with Moral Question. Acceptable cultures and actions are gauged by nursing ethics that are derived from nursing values. Nurses are supposed to ensure that they adhere to the highest standards as well as maintaining the trust they have from the public. All nurses are bound to exercise the highest standard of ethics though