Florence Nightingale

Data collection will be conducted by two Advanced Practice Nurses on this writer’s team to maintain validity (Miles & Huberman, 1984). The two APN’s will review over one hundred patient questionnaire’s that were completed by fifty female and fifty male patients that benefit from case management services (Miles & Huberman, 1984). They autonomously reviewed the questionnaire’s, isolated relevant information specific to this study, and have isolate pertinent information a synopsis that explained contributor

The contemporary growing and deficiency of nurses is posed to an actual potential to the capacity of health care services, and offer quality and timely care. Shortage of nursing staff and turnover of professional nurses’ backs to the growing reduction in the amount of staff, patient beds vacant to provide services, increasing expenses, and concerns about the quality of care. A health care institute exceptionally trusts on nursing managers and leaders to converse this tendency. This article debates

I have been putting a lot of thought into my future career and I have researched a lot of potential fields that match my skills, interests and what I have a passion for. My main priority is to work in a job where I will be caring for people and children. I feel my vocation is nursing. I have decided that nursing is the career for me because I have a keen interest in caring for people and their needs. I would like to think I could make a difference to someone's life that is suffering pain or fighting

Responsibility, the term responsibility is defined as being accountable for a particular situation. The day I entered into the nursing program at Hinds Allied Health I knew it would come with a new and profound responsibility. I acknowledged the new changes, which came with some adjustment, and accepted them. The atmosphere and curriculum was very different from my original upbringing in other schools. Despite the change and fear I took on the responsibility of being a nursing student. Being

Maintaining the human needs of the staff members in the merger would entail keeping the employees informed about the organizational changes brought about by the merger. This would mean applying an effective communication strategy that keeps the employees well informed as members of the team. Mainly, during interdepartmental mergers, the nurse leader must build a communication plan throughout the merger process. In this case, the nurse leader clearly communicates details about the merger to every

Caring may be a simple word for some, but it has great meaning in my life, especially as a nurse. Caring is the art of nursing. As a registered nurse, caring defines my role and responsibilities to patients and helps guide my role as a nurse. Care is an old English word from the 1400s with the meaning of grief and sorrow (Dictionary, “n.d.”). The Collins English Dictionary (2012) states care “is a state of mind in which one is troubled” as a noun. As a verb, care means “to be concerned or solicitous”

1. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) we are currently experiencing a nursing shortage. It stated that this nursing shortage is currently different than the past shortages. The present nursing shortage is due to fewer nurses entering the workforce due to unacceptable conditions, and the ones that do enter the workforce are not prepared to provide patient care in a changing health care environment. One would think, if they graduated from a nursing program, and passed

Over the course of thirteen years, I dreamed of pursuing a career in nursing. This partially due to my mother, an OB nurse, who continued to perfect her career over the course of twenty-five years. As a nurse, an individual is given the privilege to not only deliver an infant into the world but also to hold the hand of an individual who is leaving the world. With people as my passion, nursing presented itself as the perfect career. I could impact the lives of the people around me while practicing

Effective leadership roles are crucial to an organization in meeting their mission and goals. Leaders have the ability to direct and guide staff and have visions to inspire others to reach their specific goals by improving quality care for patients. This paper will discuss an interview with a Nurse Manager at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Lexington, Kentucky on how her decisions impact the organization, colleagues, and the work environment.

Yes, I did encounter a problem early in my career when I was a licensed practical nurse (LPN). I had one-year experience as an LPN and was working on an oncology unit where functional nursing (task nursing) was utilized. Consequently, there was this charge nurse (CN) named Candy, whom I liked, because she was a short, friendly, plumped, energetic and beautiful long red hair. She seemed knowledgeable in her field and I had a lot of respect for her. Thereby, realizing her knowledge base, I often utilized