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    Professional Development of Nursing Profession Roseann Ungar Grand Canyon University NRS-430V March 13, 2016 The nursing profession is heading toward major changes that will have an impact to all practicing nurses and new students entering into nursing schools. The future of the nursing profession today is being influenced by four key messages given by the IOM committees to help reform the health care system. Nurses are to put into practice the full degree of their education

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    Why is Communication in the Nursing Profession Important? Meia BrownCM/107Kaplan University      Communication in the nursing professional is complicated process and the possibility of sending or receiving incorrect messages frequently exists. It is essential that we know the key components of the communication process, how to improve our skills, and the potential problems that exist with errors in communication. Good communication skills should be considered a basic requirement for any person

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    today, that nursing is a career for women rather than men. Our cohort is also a reflection of this image, with only two students of 24 being men. It is easy to see that nursing is a field dominated by women. As we have learned in our module 1 readings, professional nursing has its roots in a time of war, when men were injured during battle and female nurses were the ones to care for them. Perhaps this has contributed to the image of a "feminine nurse" and a strong gender gap within the nursing profession

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    beneficial interpersonal communications skills to excel in the nursing profession because they demonstrate a caring attitude and interest, aid performance development and clarify information .Active listening allows a nurse to convey a caring attitude and genuine interest to the patient to develop a therapeutic relationship Constructive feedback increases performance development by building collegiate relationships in the healthcare profession. Effective questioning, specifically open and closed questions

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    HLTEN401A WORK IN THE NURSING PROFESSION. ASSESSMENT AND SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS. Q1. In the earliest forms of nursing, men were the carers of the sick and dying. The hospitals were founded by the military, and little equipment existed to enable the wounded to recover. Throughout the 16th to early 19th Centuries, nursing was carried out by both men and women, in overcrowded wards, training for nurses was non-existent, and many nurses were of bad character. By the middle of the 19th Century

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    Nursing profession is the major group of staff in health care system. Nurses plays vital role to achieve goal of affordable care act, a new health care reform. Many obstacles may be on the road prevent nurses from being able to work effectively to implement new health care system. These obstacles need to be cleared first so that nurses are positioned well to lead change and advance health. This paper discusses on the main message of IOM report, initiatives and role of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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    The profession of Nursing takes a special kind of person. Nursing is a great profession, but it isn’t for everybody. When you become a nurse, you take on many different responsibilities and duties that must be completed, or there are consequences that follow. There are also different requirements that have to be met with nursing, and I feel like I meet those requirements on becoming a registered nurse. Whether you are on the clock or out in public, you always have to act like a professional. Nurses

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    In the nursing profession, you will often hear the cliché where people say they were born to be nurses. They always knew they wanted to be a nurse from the time they were young. Some people grew up around healthcare, had nurses in their family, or just knew in their bones they were meant to be a nurse. Well, I can say unequivocally that I am not one of those people. Upon graduating from college I still had no idea what I wanted to be when I “grow up.” I went into sales because the only thing

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    Healing Others with Love and Compassion Nursing has evolved over the years and it took many years for a nurse to be recognized as a profession. Since 1991, nursing is considered to be the most trusted profession in the United States. According to the American Nurses of Association (2005), "For the past 1 years, the public has voted nurses as the most honest and ethical profession in America." Not only has nursing become a trusted career, but the values and the way nurses care for their patients has

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    A Reflective Essay on Effective Communication Skills in the Nursing Profession. Name: Carmela Alitin Student Number: n9713271 Unit: PYB007 Communication for Health Professionals Tutor: Aleana Green Tutorial: Thursdays 11am-1pm, Z-607 Word Count: 1,380 A Reflective Essay on Effective Communication Skills in the Nursing Profession “Effective communication is integral in every profession, but in nursing, it could mean the difference between life and death,” (E.S Alitin, personal communication

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