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    careers to nursing and it has become one of the top degree programs at colleges and universities nationwide. Here's a quick guide on what the nursing profession entails. Job Prospects and Earnings In May 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that the median annual wage of Registered Nurses (RN) was $64,690 per year, while the same for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) was $40,380 per year. Obviously, the earnings potential in the nursing profession is quite

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    experience described in this reflection was the most shocking and disappointing. This reflection is written on the basis of ethical values of maintaining commitments to clients and maintaining commitments to the nursing profession. The ethical value of maintaining commitments to clients is further explained by CNO (2009) as “,Nurses, as self-regulated professionals, implicitly promise to provide safe, effective and ethical care. Because of their

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    Image of Nursing The image of nursing is portrayed in several ways with all different types of media. One of the longest-running and most popular medical drama television shows, Grey’s Anatomy, appears to offer an accurate interpretation of the profession of nursing. However, the fictional show, created by Shonda Rimes, actually degrades nursing along unrealistic practices and representations. The show gives an impression to the viewers that doctors do it all, the physicians control nurses, and

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    This reflection indentifies what I have learnt about confidentiality and privacy, patient’s right to know about their health condition health and empathic response in Nursing Profession. Nursing as a caring profession needs communicating receptively, empathy, trust and respect to establish and maintain a strong therapeutic relationship with the patient and the family. I will make reference to a significant experience I had as a student nurse during my clinical practice in the obstetric and gynaecology

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    Introduction to Nursing Nursing as a profession, what does that mean? Better yet what does it mean to me? I find myself at the mercy of a long drawn out discussion of the evolution of nursing, is it a science or is it an art? I ask myself, why am I doing this to myself? Am I prepared to care for someone else’s life? Health? Medical needs? Do I have a philosophy? Do I even know what a theory of nursing is? This is probably one of the hardest journeys I have ever been on in my life so what does my

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    Nursing is one of the oldest professions in the world, dating back to the beginning of time, where much wasn’t known about the human body, diseases and medications. Years later, nursing is still one of the most popular and necessary professions in the world. By definition, nursing is “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities”, e.g. (American Nursing Association, 2017). Nurses are a vital portion of a health care facility, as they perform many numerous tasks. Some tasks

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    Nursing is a profession that is based on the principles of caring and ethics. For years nursing has been continuously ranked as the most trusted profession (Riffkin, 2014). Nurses advocate for patients even if it means standing up to doctors and hospital administrators. Shockingly, for a job rooted in compassion, horizontal violence is a devastatingly common occurrence in the nursing profession. Horizontal violence, or workplace bullying, is defined as repeated incidences of aggressive behaviour

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    I am passionate about joining the nursing profession because of the skills I will learn that will be useful throughout my life. Throughout my life, I have been in awe of the work nurses do. The doctors get all the credit, but the nurses constantly work behind the scenes working directly with the patients. I want to expand my knowledge in the medical field and understand how science and medicine interact with humans. Even though the medical field is complex and difficult to comprehend, I am willing

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    During the course of my introduction to nursing class, I developed an even greater knowledge about what it means to be a nurse and the characteristics of the nursing profession. This has helped me grow a deeper bond with the career field that I have chosen. My overall impression of the role of a nurse is that nurses are very busy individuals. Nurses have so many duties they must accomplish in order to be successful. I feel as though nurses are the ones to help carry out the orders of a physician

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    Introduction On January 19th, 2009, Ian Andrews was given a seven-month suspension from the nursing profession. A year prior, Andrews was working as a full-time practical nurse at a mental health and addictions hospital located in Ontario. The client affected by Andrews ' actions was an elderly individual, who was diagnosed with autism and presented occasional periods of rage and fury. The client’s care plan involved managing periods of aggressiveness through staff support and the use of restraints

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