Essays on Professional Practice

ISP Instructions

Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-490, the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your mentor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish. Application-based learning assignments are listed in the course syllabus with a Practice Portfolio Statement requirement element noted within the assignment itself. ...

Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper

Article Summary

In this article, Maura Sellars examines the role of the teacher as a change agent through reflective practice. The author argues that it is the teachers and not education authorities, curriculum developers, or policy makers who are the most effective, durable, and powerful agents of educational change. She also contends that the reliability and proficiency of change in education practice depend largely on the capacity of teachers to develop self-knowledge and reflective practice. According to the Sellars (2012), historically, these aspects of teacher development have not been emphasized in the process of preparing and promoting effective teachers. ...

Leading & Managing Organisational Change: A Reflection

I. Value of Subject Experience on Capacity to Lead & Manage The current business practice involves numerous complexities in organizational development and change areas. If anything, evolving practices, a more dynamic workforce and, of course, ever changing ICT implementations which enable collaboration and communication – all contribute and inform how organizational development and change are understood, adopted, maintained and sustained. Accordingly, proper knowledge of and practical experience in optimum organizational development and change strategies, policies and practices are most critical not only to survive in current business practice but also to sustain a healthy, if not innovative, organizational makeup. For current ...

1. I chose this course because it provides the opportunity to review the status of the social work, severity of the problems, which social workers will have to decide in future. Social work presents a complex process that has a long history of becoming constantly changing in the cultural and historical perspective. The nature and form of this education is extremely varied, reflecting the specificity of social work as a profession. In addition, this course focuses on the formation of a reinforced motivation to work independently in the different administrative structures of the social sphere. 2. Scope of the ...

The Maryland Nurse Practice Act states that a registered nurse graduate demonstrates accountability for maintaining professional practice standards in relation to holistic care across diverse settings, legal and ethical behaviors, and lifelong learning in accordance with the Maryland Practice Act (Maryland Board of Nursing, 2017). The Act sets the stage for what may be considered to be critical to the advancement of nursing as it highlights ethical and aesthetic issues as well as client needs in maintaining accountability and professional practice standards. In terms of client needs, the nurse’s perception of the patient and the needs of a ...

Societies have their base on human interaction. For many years, human evolution has depended on communication for fulfilling needs and setting new challenges. The migration of tribes, the first forms of commerce, the birth of civilizations were all possible thanks to communication. One may see the evident impact of communication on the evolution of the world, which has obviously changed from the pre-historic times to the present. Even though communication has not always led to positive outcomes, humans have proven that only good and effective communication leads to success. The transformation of tribes into empires depended greatly on who ...

Introduction

The nursing profession is one of the chief cornerstones of health care delivery worldwide. The role that nurses play in delivering heath care to populations cannot be overemphasized, which makes the profession such an integral part of the medical sector. One of the basic tenets of the nursing profession is that it comprises an integrated approach to various nursing models that work to ensure the effectiveness of the professionals while ensuring patient safety. This paper explores the models and their importance to the overall health care delivery system. Specifically, it reviews journal articles that examine both the synergy and ...

A short synopsis: title, main characters, general plot

The Red-Headed League relates the case of the red-headed pawnbroker Wilson, who became a client of Sherlock Holmes after a chain of bizarre events occurred to him, leaving him baffled. The assistant of Mr. Wilson, Vincent Spaulding, who spends a lot of time in the cellar of his pawn shop, told him about the job advertisement that was hiring only males with red hair. The job was easy and well-paid and Mr. Wilson easily landed the job, as the color of hair satisfied the interviewer from the Red-Headed League. Mr. Wilson had to work only four hours a day ...

As a nurse or healthcare personnel, it is always important to have a personal philosophy that guides one in their daily professional practice. This personal philosophy acts as the guideline that motivates and keeps one moving in the right direction and serving the patient population in the manner that befits their status and provides ultimate satisfaction to the healthcare provider at the personal level. In most cases, the professional practice derives satisfaction not form the wages and economic benefits but from the satisfaction with the outcomes each time they are reviewed (Laabs, 2011). For the nurse, the satisfaction is ...

Abstract

The current government has consistently been trying to reduce the costs of healthcare and at the same time improve its quality. This paper focuses on the current state of healthcare through an extensive research on the population. The research uses a cross sectional design to collect data and come up with relevant conclusions. The research project aimed at using a homogenous population to come up with accurate results. Such a population involves participants who have the same knowledge about the subject. Such participants are easily obtained through a referral process where one participant refers another. A total of 50 ...

A The nursing profession is characterized by dynamism, precision and disciplined due to the delicate nature of care- giving that it primarily involves. Different organizations have different goal and different strategy to guide their healthcare staff to deliver the better quality of service to the patients. The organizations aim to instill the organizational goals into their staff in different phases of their life i.e., during their education, practice and evidence- based research. The set of goals and strategies helps them function effectively in the organization. The nursing boards play a major role in the regulation of the nursing workforce ...

Introduction

The work of a healthcare professional is a complex and challenging one. There are just so many things that one has to consider in order to provide the highest quality healthcare. Aside from competence when it comes to medical and allied health skills, healthcare professionals also have to make sure that the sociocultural aspects of healthcare provision are not taken for granted. In this paper, the author discusses the integral relationship between cultural competency and cultural safety, emphasizing its role in improving the outcomes on various levels as a health promotion officer.

Description of the Relevance and the Relationship between Culture, Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Cultural Competence

Culture is an important part of healthcare ...

Reflection Paper for Civil Engineering Senior Project

The definition of sustainability according to World Commission has been found to lack specificity. However, the triple bottom line (TBL) has been widely used to act as a starting point towards identification, monitoring, and development of actions forming three facets of sustainability: the environment, economy, and social equity (Stenzel, 2010). Every project designed has an impact on at least one of the following factors: the environment, the society, or the economy. When designing a project, there is a need to take into consideration the impact of the project on the environment, the society, and the economy. In the context ...

Introduction

Learning is perhaps the most important goal for every student. However, few students can be termed as strategic learners. Most of us do not know how to maximise what we learn so that in the end we find ourselves wallowing in shallowness, never actually learning what we purport to have learned. There is need, therefore to understand what constitutes strategic learning, the kind of learning that is not easily forgotten and the role of reflective practice in strategic learning. This paper, therefore, seeks to explain how a learner can employ reflective practice as an aspect to strategic learning. In ...

The transition process of nurses from being a student at the university to registered nurse has been of great interest in the recent past mainly because of the challenges encountered. This period of transition is regarded as a time when new nurses experience significant stress as they undertake to gather their nursing knowledge and master the medical skills required at work. The transition period of most new nurses is marked by swift self-development, increased anxiety, and reality shock mainly because of the schooling values that tend to conflict with those in the workstation. According to research, graduate nurses in ...