Essay About American Nursing

Burkhardt, M. & Nathaniel, A. (2008). Ethics & issues: In contemporary nursing, (3rd ed.) Clifton Park, NJ: Delmar

A discussion regarding the health care reform or even health care in general can be somewhat controversial. The definition of health is drastically different depending on whom you speak to. Many would define health as " a person's absence of disease, others would describe good health based on the status of mind, body & social well-being" (GCU Lecture, module 2, 2012). According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, health is defined as "The overall condition of an organism at a given time". An individual's overall health affects the nation, this is where stakeholders come into value. According to Keele, Buckner & Bushnell a stakeholder is either an individual or an organization that either invest time and

You may not like how the Presidential election turned out, but the victory of the Democrats was won partly by focusing on going after the Hispanic vote. The Hispanic population who voted for President Obama put him over the top to win. Hispanics identified with Obama. Somehow, he made a connection with this culture. Nursing can use that lesson to improve cultural sensitivity and provide respectful care of our numerous cultures. Every American makes up this country regardless of heritage. This country was built from immigrants from all over the

The Vietnam War was the longest war ever fought by U.S. military forces. U.S. personnel were engaged from 1961 until 1973. Approximately 10,000 U.S. military women served in Vietnam during the war. Most were members of the Army, Navy, and Air Force Nurse Corps. All of the Army nurses were volunteers who attended a six-week basic training class, and then were assigned to one-year stunts in Vietnam hospitals and mobile army surgical hospital (MASH) units. Most of these nurses were fresh out of nursing school, some with less than six months of clinical experience. These nurses were not prepared for the physical and emotional wounds that they would have to heal.

Thank you for sharing your story. I can totally understand how you feel about working here in America, especially in the healthcare industry. I agree with you that knowledge and skills will get us farther in nursing but we have to double our effort when it comes to communication. I, too, have to ensure that my message is understood correctly because of my Filipino accent. It is indeed a hurdle. Mullins (2009) emphasized that it isn’t about how many adversities we face, but how we face the adversities. Do we let them break us or we break them? Often times, Americans tend to have prejudice or negative preconceived notions about the immigrants because of their individualistic culture. I think that Americans judge immigrants based on their own

Some immigration laws prevent qualified nurses from countries like Philippines, Nigeria, United Kingdom to practice in the United State. While strict immigration laws hinder these qualified nurses from working in the US, the declining in the numbers of practicing nurses due to higher retirement rate, difficulty of the job itself, work overload, frequent shift changes, low wages, financial implications of furthering education programs and nurses’ burnout on the job reduces the workforce available to care for the aging population. Even though, there are hindrances in employing foreign nurses the profession will remain very lucrative, relevant and essential.

Current literature continues to reiterate the indicators of a major shortage of registered nurses (RNs) in the United States. The total RN population has been increasing since 1980, which means that we have more RNs in this country than ever before (Nursing Shortage). Even though the RN population is increasing, it is growing at a much slower rate then when compared to the rate of growth of the U.S. population (Nursing Shortage). We are seeing less skilled nurses “at a time of an increasingly aging population with complex care

Growing up in the United States, I’ve realized that many Filipinos specialize in the medical field. Why are Filipino nurses migrating to the United States? America is known for its vast amount of opportunities. According to my past experiences, my family came to America for the higher wages in the medical field and to start a new life. There were not enough jobs for nurses in their homeland. Filipino nurses migrated to escape the hardships in the Philippines. They came to seek education and career opportunities in America that the Philippines lack.

This author’s personal philosophy in practice is to provide holistic care to my patients and their families. This author feels that encompassing the whole family or the patients support framework in the plan of care is the best approach to returning the patient to their optimum state of health. It is important to this author to evaluate the all of the aspects of the patient’s lives that they will share. It is important to evaluate the patient’s learning style,

Many people believe that Nursing started with Florence Nightingale, however nursing itself dates back to the beginnings of motherhood when nurses were traditionally female. In fact, nursing and medicine have been closely intertwined throughout the ages. The history of nursing has its origins in the care of infants and children, so all mothers were in fact nurses. Gradually an evolution started developing into dedicated caregivers who practiced the art. In fact, nursing has been called the oldest of arts and the youngest of professions.

Nursing theories are the support of nursing practice today. They are significant to nursing practice, education and scientific research because they help to determine, what is already known, and what additional knowledge and skills are needed. Nurses are usually first exposed to nursing theories during nursing education and further exposure comes from hands on training. The gained knowledge, about nursing theories, through education and training enhances better outcomes for patients and caregivers, allows application of professional boundaries, and assists in decision making. In this paper I will attempt to analyze, in general, the importance of nursing theory to the nursing profession; discuss middle-range theory, furthermore Benner’s

Nursing is a profession that blends the rich traditions of the past with the ever changing realities of today's health care industry. Nursing is not simply an assortment of special skills and the nurse is not simply a person proficient in performing these specific tasks. Nursing is a profession. I believe this statement to be true because of several factors. The Title 19 Code for Nurses is titled "Standards for Professional Nursing Practice". The status of nursing as a profession reflects the values that society places on the work of nurses and how central nursing is to the good of society. "By being a professional we imply that the person is conscientious in actions, knowledgeable in the subject and

The topic of this paper is to identify historical events in nursing. This topic grasps my attention because I am on the track to become a nurse, and feel I need to know about the history of nursing. The purpose of this paper is to inform the reader about historical highlights in nursing.

Due to the sudden demand in nurses that began around 2002, a lot of nursing graduates now couldn’t find a job or are working in call centers. Just last 2012, there are more than 200,000 jobless registered Philippine nurses and an additional 80,000 expected nursing graduates (McGeown, 2012). This causes a chaos in the job market and promotes greater

An abrupt increase of nurses and midwives are apparent due to the demands overseas for these health professionals (Health Service Delivery Profile, 2012; Romualdez, et al., 2011). The migration of these health workers has caused a decline in the number of available workers and disproportion between professionals and the population. Actual count regarding active health workers remains vague, for these data are not regularly collected and/or are estimates as demonstrated by the Pharmaceutical and Health Care Association of the Philippines in 2008 (Romualdez, et al., 2011).