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Men in the Nursing Profession, 2005.
An opinion paper which states that one way to solve the nursing crisis is to encourage men to join the profession.
1,020 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper explains that the aging population has caused a crisis in the healthcare profession and that society needs more nurses. After reviewing the current state of the nursing in the United States, the writer argues that one way to increase the population of nurses is to increase the number of men in the profession.
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"Nursing is a vocation as well as a profession, and it would be tragic if men who felt the 'calling' eschewed entering nursing as a profession because it was perceived as a female-only employment. Also, as nurses often present the human face of the medical profession to patients, and that face should resemble the patient not simply in race or ethnicity, but also of gender. Consider the psychological as well as physical state of a young boy who was unable to save his sister in a car crash they were both involved in, even after his father said he was in charge of her 'like a little man'-would not a male nurse be more ideally equipped to deal with the ensuing confusion faced by this young, male child?"
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Profiles and Portfolios in the Nursing Profession, 2008.
A discussion of the evaluation and need for implementing the use of portfolios in the nursing profession.
1,036 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 25.95
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The paper discusses the subject of portfolios for the nursing profession and states that the portfolio is an evolving document that needs to be continuously updated to reflect changes in the individual nurse herself and changes evolving in the nursing profession. The paper concludes that based on past experience in the UK, the use of portfolios in the nursing profession is an excellent method of both professional and personal evaluation. The paper states that many educators are required to use professional portfolios and the results have been positive, leading one to conclude that similar results would occur if implemented in the nursing profession.
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"For example, Annette Jinks spend years conducting national surveys and interviews throughout the United Kingdom in order to explore the intricate relationship between student-centered teaching and learning and patient-centered nursing care. The central question asked was whether student nurses are taught using the principles of student-centered learning theories will replicate the behaviors they have learned when they begin delivering nursing care services. Based on this study, Jinks recommends that when teaching nursing, the teaching nurse should use methods of hands on learning, similar to those used in a student-centered curriculum. In order guarantee that the classroom concepts are being transferred to the field-experience, Jinks recommends the use of portfolios, both for the nursing student and for the nursing teacher. By using a portfolio, the student will be forced to show how they are utilizing the classroom theories and skills when dealing with patients, thus making a deeper connection and leading to better nursing practice. Likewise, the nursing teacher will be able to ensure that all the theories they teach have a direct application to the nursing practice of their students."
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The Nursing Profession, 2004.
An overview of the history of the nursing profession and a discussion of where this profession is heading.
1,601 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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The nursing profession is one of the oldest in history. However, many sociologists have argued that nursing should not be classified as a profession. This discussion provides an in-depth examination of the status of nursing as a profession. It compares the public image of nurses in relation to their professional status. It begins by providing a comprehensive definition of what it means to be a nurse, followed by a definition of what is means to be a professional.
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"Nursing is one of the world's oldest known "professions" that has been continuously and slowly evolving over time. It has its roots based in the cultural and religious practices of bygone eras and is viewed by most as being based on the caring, compassionate and moral nature of females within its society. However, history shows that this is not entirely accurate, that prior to Florence Nightingale, mid-nineteenth century, there was a definite lack of care, that nurses where often callous and cruel, displaying little respect to the rights and dignity of their patients. (Bradshaw, A. 1997, Chapter 2)."
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WWII and the Nursing Profession, 2004.
An examination of the effect that WWII and Pearl Harbor had on the nursing profession.
3,474 words (approx. 13.9 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 68.95
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The attack on Pearl Harbor and the United States? involvement in World War II changed the face of women in society, and the nursing profession, in particular, forever. This paper explains that women were recognized as having just as vital a role to play in their nation?s defense as the men, and as a result, nursing was taken quite seriously as a profession. It shows how standards were implemented with regards to expectation and training, and nurses were trained to be pseudo-doctors, performing many of the same tasks as did the male doctors with whom they worked. It concludes that, as a result, society had a more enhanced perception of nursing as a valued profession because of these women?s actions during the aftermath of Pearl Harbor and during the war.
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"The events of Pearl Harbor and other events during the course of World War II played a large role in helping to change the country?s perception of nurses. These dedicated women were now taken more seriously and, as a result, the environment in which nurses learned and worked changed. At the time Pearl Harbor was attacked, the United States was facing a serious shortage of nurses. President Franklin Roosevelt issued a call for more nurses, and the military, in an effort to help fulfill the country?s need, responded by offering programs designed to induce women to join the military and become nurses. One of the most successful programs, although not a military program per se, was the United States Cadet Nurse Corps. From here, women often went on to join the military as nurses and served with great distinction."
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Nursing Profession in Australia, 2004.
A discussion of medical dominance over the profession of nursing and how the profession of nursing is challenging medical dominance in Australia.
1,548 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 35.95
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This paper provides an informative research on medical dominance over the profession of nursing in Australia. It presents information from articles and research on medical dominance in nursing, as well as the advantages and disadvantages it brings. In contrast, the challenges brought by nursing to medical dominance are also discussed in this paper. In the term "medical dominance", ?medical?, in this paper, particularly refers to doctors. The issue of medical dominance in nursing generally suggests the question, ?What sets apart doctors and nurses?? Along the process of providing information in our research, this paper answers this question.
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"This reflects that while doctors and other types of health care profession both function for the purpose of providing health care services, Faraizi suggests that the term ?medical professionals? is generally associated to doctors, and that other form of health care profession is still of ?semi-professional? status. One element suggested to be the cause of doctors? dominance in the professional field of medicine is ?the degree of specialized knowledge they have and the ultimate degree of power and control that can be exercised through the application of this knowledge.? (Faraizi, Professionalism and Health Care)."
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The Nursing Profession, 2004.
An analysis of the nursing profession, with a focus on nurses in Minnesota.
848 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 21.95
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This paper discusses the shortage of nurses and the implication of this shortage on patient injuries or deaths in the hospital. The paper provides statistics of the nursing profession in Minnesota and describes a nurse's responsibilities from a legal perspective. These legal responsibilities are diagnosing illness and disease, providing non-pharmacological treatment (non-medicinal treatment) including psychotherapy, promoting wellness, and preventing illness and disease.
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"These grim statistics highlight the need for members of the nursing profession today to live up to their responsibilities in an increasingly stressful environment. What are those responsibilities from a legal standpoint? According to Minnesota Statute 2003 148.171 a clinical nurse specialist practitioner is defined as one who is authorized in the provision of patient care in a particular specialty or subspecialty of advanced practice registered nursing within the context of collaborative management. A nurse?s responsibilities thus includes, according to the law, (1) diagnosing illness and disease; (2) providing non-pharmacological treatment (non medicinal treatment) including psychotherapy; (3) promoting wellness; and (4) preventing illness and disease."
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Whistle-Blowing in the Nursing Profession, 2002.
Discussion of the moral aspects of whistle blowing in the nursing profession.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 24.95
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The following is a research paper exploring the moral issues of whistle blowing or telling the truth in the nursing profession. The paper uses resources, primarily from the World Wide Web to discuss the implications of not divulging when a mistake has been made or when a patient's health is at risk.
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Image of the Nursing Profession, 2006.
This paper discusses the nursing profession in the eyes of the public.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, £ 31.95
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In this essay, the writer discusses that the nursing profession is undergoing transitions both within and without that profoundly impact on their public images as givers of care to those in need. The writer points out that their image at present contrasts drastically with their image in the past due to the different times the public faces. The writer further notes that being consumers as well as being aware of the latest advances in health care, it seems that the nurse professional is in some aspects an anachronism.
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"The public's image of the nursing profession has perceptibly changed since Florence Nightingale established the profession more than a century ago. This was no doubt a very complex process which involved major historical, political and socio-cultural events as well as changes in the health care provision system and within the nursing profession itself. The nursing profession is presented most of all with the dilemma of imbalances in personnel allocation on a global scale. In developed countries like the US and the UK, nursing as a career is slowly losing potential students to more lucrative careers offering a better quality of life along with substantial rewards."
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The Nursing Profession, 2005.
A brief history of the nursing profession.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 16.95
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This paper looks briefly at the history of nursing, nursing pioneers, the standards and codes set by the ANA, the NSM model of nursing and the image of nursing.
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"Modern nursing began in Europe with the Protestant Deaconess Movement, which was based in mother houses where the sick and infirm were cared for. Nursing The first secular nursing school was established in Kaiserwerth Germany and was visited in by Florence Nightingale, a woman from a well-to-do British family who decided to devote her life to nursing. She volunteered to serve in the Crimean War where she transformed the poorly ventilated vermin-infested barracks hospital into a clean well-managed infirmary and reduced the death toll..."
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Managed Care and Changes in the Nursing Profession, 2002.
An overview of managed care in the U.S. and discussion of its impact on the nursing profession.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 5 sources, £ 18.95
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This paper gives a brief history of managed care in the US, and discusses how the practice and the profession of nursing has changed with the growth of HMOs, PPOs, and other managed care organizations. Generally, this has meant a greater involvement with insurance liability, increased patient access (for the employed population), and increased nurse involvement in decision making. The paper also discusses differences between nurse and physician "culture" that have been brought to the fore in the managed care environment.
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Mentoring in the Nursing Profession, 2004.
An examination of the advantages of mentoring within the nursing profession.
3,571 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 20 sources, MLA, £ 70.95
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The mentoring process bridges the gap between formal, theoretical knowledge and practical, real life experience. This paper explains how the mentoring relationship helps the learner apply knowledge by creating emotional connectedness to his or her career and by having a person who is as committed to his or her success as the learner. It states that, while knowledge is gained in the classroom, the nurse must be able to apply the knowledge in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment, in which the nurse?s decisions can make a significant positive or negative impact on the patient?s well-being. By establishing a mentoring relationship, the experience of successful nurses can be transferred to the novice, thus enriching the entire profession.
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"The concept of career mentoring has been quietly making its way back into the professional marketplace as a means to ensure the success of up and coming executives, and professionals in positions which require a high degree of skill training, and emotional adjustments to their careers. Mentoring has long been knows for it?s positive benefits, but in the competitive based, and highly individualized American marketplace, mentoring had been slowly abandoned as a means of producing qualified candidates. The American culture is based on competition as the means of attaining success. As a result of our colure, the natural selection process, of possibly the law of attrition has been used to cultivate trained professionals. Throughout the last half of the 20th century, the terms ?dog eat dog? and ?survival of the fittest? have described the nature of the American career path in many, if not most professional fields."
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Whistle-Blowing in the Nursing Profession, 2006.
This brief, yet concise, paper examines the moral and ethical side of the nursing profession.
993 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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The writer of this paper stresses that nurses have a moral and ethical obligation to disclose potentially serious medical mistakes to their patients. The patient has the right to know if an error has occurred and how that error could affect their medical care. While nurses are in fear of losing their jobs, they are obligated morally to put their personal job security aside and speak up with they see that there is a potential problem with a patient's healthcare. Morally, nurses should also speak out when they see a potential administrative problem. This paper contains relevant statistics regarding errors in medical care to patients.
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"Nurses are obviously afraid to tell when they are the cause of or witness a mistake. They fear for their jobs and they fear lawsuits. However, there is a moral obligation to tell. The Bible tells us that the "truth will set you free." Nurses will undoubtedly have some feelings of guilt if they don't tell the truth. It is possible to feel burdened with the knowledge that someone has been seriously injured or have even died due to a mistake that is the fault of the nurse in question or another. In addition to moral issues, it's important for nurses to reveal mistakes so that the medical industry and politicians know the conditions in which nurses work. They must fully get a picture of the dangers of having over-worked medical professionals and hospitals that are seriously short staffed."
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The Nursing Profession, 2004.
An analysis of the trend of nurses as entrepreneurs and consultants.
1,620 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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This paper contends that nursing, as a profession, has on occasion searched for its niche: Is it a service job, a skilled-labor job, a professional calling, or something else? Considering the changes in work life made manifest by the information revolution and globalization, the paper discusses how the nursing profession should be defined in the future. The paper examines whether there are any current trends that might be predictive.
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"The shift toward nursing entrepreneurship has been underway for a decade. For example, by 1995, Travelers Insurance had already begun by automating two-thirds of its clerical work, with the remaining service workers not clerks but professional nurses. The nurses supervised accounts, used medical databases to "determine whether a second or third opinion is needed in any given case, question costs or procedures that appear unreasonable, and coordinate between clients and medical staff" (Halal 1996, p. 13+). In short, the nurses-arguably professionals and scientists in The Futurist's definition-had become 'intrepreneurs,' or internal consultants. "
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The Nursing Profession, 2002.
An overview of the issues concerning professional nursing practice.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper is on "The Nursing Profession". It explains State existing or potential legal implications, the issue related to professional nursing practice and a defined position .The paper discusses the literature review which investigates a pro or con stance related to an issue impacting professional nursing practice. It also includes state existing or potential ethical implications and describes the ethical concepts or theories that affect this issue as it is related to nursing practice. It concludes with summarizing how this knowledge impacts professional nursing practice growth of the profession via enhanced practice, research, leadership, teaching and or theory development.
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