It does not matter how strong you are as a person, if you do not ask for help when you need it, or learn to take proper care of yourself, then you will be more susceptible to workplace stress than any of your co-workers. You will find some degree of workplace stress in any occupation you think of, but having this stress when you are a nurse can be a little more severe because of the kind of work you do and because so many are counting on you to … [Read more...]
Considering The Occupational Safety And Health
Placing yourself at danger is already a risk that you have to take when you are an LPN but there are quite a few occupational safety and health rules in place that will help you stay as risk-free as it is possible during your working day. When you follow these tips, you decrease your risk of contracting diseases from your patients and you also decrease the risk of spreading diseases to other patients. How To Keep Disease Free One of the many … [Read more...]
Looking At A VA Nursing Career
Although active members of the military need medical health care, it is often the veterans who need these health services even more. As a nurse, you will already know that nursing is not just a broad term for health care. There are many areas of specialties and many ways in which to advance your career within the ranks and VA nursing career you will find it is no different. Many benefits are attached to being employed by the VA as well for nurses … [Read more...]
The American Assembly For Men In Nursing
It is increasingly clear that men have a very real and important role to play in the field of nursing, a role that has somewhat been overlooked over the years. The American Assembly for Men in Nursing is a professional organization that exists to create a structured environment in which these men can come together and voice their opinions regarding the nursing industry. Generally speaking participation is encouraged from all nurses in order to … [Read more...]
The American Academy Of Ambulatory Care Nursing
The American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing, or the AAACN as it is more commonly known, is a regulating association specifically interested in the specialty of ambulatory care nursing. Ambulatory care nursing is characterized by rapid, focused assessments of patients, long-term nurse/patient/family relationships and teaching and translating prescriptions for care into doable activities for patients and their caregivers. There are a great many … [Read more...]
End Of Life Care In The United States
An end of life care program is a program which is put in place when a patient is seriously ill with a medical condition that will end in their death. This is also known as palliative care, and can take place in a nursing home, a hospice or in the comfort of the patient's home. An end of life care program sees to not only the medical care of patients in the final days or hours of life, but covers the broader prospect of treating all those with a … [Read more...]
The Scourge Of Healthcare Fraud In The U.S.
Healthcare fraud includes medical fraud, drug fraud, and health insurance fraud, and it is rampant in the United States. Healthcare fraud costs America in the region of $80 billion annually and with the annual national care spend being in excess of $2.7 trillion, and expenses continuing to outpace inflation, that figure is rising. The FBI is the primary agency that investigates and exposes healthcare fraud, as it has jurisdiction over both … [Read more...]
The Importance Of The Nurse-Client Relationship
According to research done by Press Ganey Associates Inc., the nurse-client relationship is very important, as it sets the tone of the care experience. Nurses spend the most time with a patient; therefore it is imperative that they have a good relationship. This is important not only for the welfare of the patient, but also for the peace of mind of the family and the reputation of the hospital or medical institution. The moral basis of the … [Read more...]
What Are Nursing Classification Systems?
Nursing classification systems are basically the articulation of nursing care, using a standardized language that can be easily understood by all nursing staff as well as by other providers. The University of Iowa's College of Nursing has been a leader in the development of standardized languages to describe the work that nurses do, for the past decade. The Center for Nursing Classification utilizes various methods to develop the nursing … [Read more...]
What Is Science Nursing?
Science nursing, or nursing science is rather difficult to define, as there is not really a single definition for science nursing. Part of the science of nursing is that nurses must apply a combination of problem solving, explanations, the theories that they learned during their observations, nursing interventions, their nursing care plan and learning plans, and their practice evaluations. Science nursing is made up of systematized knowledge … [Read more...]