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    Name three historical nursing leaders and explain how their contributions impacted community/public health nursing. When it comes to nursing, there have been and are a number of individuals that have made a difference in nursing and have made a positive impact on nursing itself. Some of these impacts are still around and used today. There were a number of nurses who made a positive impact and made a difference in the lives of others and have saved lives as well. Without these nurses, hospitals and

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    Ethics, community service orientation, communication and publication, theory and development and utilization of research, autonomy and self-regulation and participation in professional organizations (Black, 2014a, p. 58). Another step that must be taken to identify professional nursing practice is to define nursing. According to the International Council of Nurses (ICN): Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages, families, groups, and communities, sick or

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    Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Models Introduction Nurses role began to expand more and more in the 21st century. Nurses are expected to play an important role in the continuum of care coordination. Registered Nurses serve as an intermediary between other professionals for effective and improved health care delivery system centered on good quality patient care. To better achieve this, nurses are expected to educate themselves professionally in order to be able to manage

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    Transitioning Newly Registered Nurses Directly into Community Home Health Care Roles The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) (2009b) predicts a shortfall of nursing staff equivalent to 60, 000 full-time positions by 2022. In 2011, there was a deficit of 22, 000 registered in Canada, as reported by J. Shamian, past-president of the CNA (Winston, 2011). A healthcare human resource problem, such as the supply of professionally trained registered nurses requires long-term resolution strategies. The CNA

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    of partnership and symbolises the work of the nursing profession. It also inspires and encourages future nursing students of all ages, cultures, ethnicities and religions to work in partnership with colleagues, throughout their journey as student nurses and careers as registered nurses to achieve optimal health and wellbeing for all individuals and whānau in their care. The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate an understanding of the Nursing Council’s function and to develop knowledge and

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    Describe the definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing? Nursing Theorist Select Months Select Categories * Adventist Health System (3) * Adventist University (2) * All Bahasa Indonesia (12) * All Downloads (1) * Best Nurses Profile (1) * Best Online Learning (7) * Campus News (1) * Continuing Education (5) * Current Issues in Nursing (10) * Employment and

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    CONCEPT 2: THE CHALLENGES IN NURSING EDUCATION This concept is taken from Block 7, Module 1 which is entitled as “Trends in Nursing Education”. Nursing is an integral part of health care system which encompasses promotion of health, prevention of illness and care of physically ill, mentally ill and disabled people of all ages in all health care and other community (International Council of Nurses, 2002). Nursing education is a professional education that brings in the desired changes in a student

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    the movement towards transcultural nursing care began in the 1960s when Leininger visited Canada to promote the study of transcultural nursing, it is still a work in progress as there are not a great number of nurses prepared by formal education to promote and develop transcultural nursing care (Leininger & McFarland, 2014). Canada’s current health care system is “publicly financed, but privately run” and based on the five founding principles that mandate the health care must be universal, portable

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    with a pledge to serving the global community, The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Nursing is at the forefront of nursing education. First, I chose The University of Illinois at Chicago because they are consistently ranked among the top graduate nursing programs in the nation and in the world, which is crucial to me because I believe in striving for excellence and challenging myself. Moreover, The University of Illinois at Chicago’s graduate nursing program is aimed at producing well-rounded

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    Nursing has evolved throughout the years. However, the patient remains being the focal point of the nursing profession and also in the metaparadigm concepts of: nursing, health, person and environment. These four concepts enhance the holistic person-centered care of the patient with the overall goal “on the patient and the individual’s particular health care needs. The goal of patient-centered health care is to empower patients to become active participants in their care. This requires [nurses] and

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