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Disaster Nursing

Disaster Nursing

During any sort of disaster, whether it be natural or man-made, nurses have proven to be the backbone of their communities and aiding in recovery. Disaster management is crucial in all communities, and follows a basic framework of mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Nurses play roles and have responsibilities in each of these steps of disaster management. Mitigation involves minimizing the effects of a disaster, which may include preventative measures and education regarding disaster management. Nurses’ part in this role…

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Death with Dignity

Death with Dignity

Death with dignity is a controversial topic amongst healthcare workers and people across the country. Personally, I think that if someone who is terminally ill and wants to pass on their own terms with their loved ones, then they should be able to. Some people say that it is not humane nor ethical for a healthcare provider to prescribe a medication that ends someone’s life, but neither is letting them continue to suffer when you know they are in chronic…

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Electronic Health Records

Electronic Health Records

Before our presentation on electronic health records, I had a basic idea of what it was and how nurses use it. But I really only had familiarity with Epic, and I didn’t have any idea of HealthInfoNet, but I was pretty amazed with how widespread it has become and the simplicity of it. I definitely know that the use of Electronic Health Records has completely transformed the health profession, especially nursing. Before the development of Electronic Health Records, patient charting…

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Trauma-Informed Care

Trauma-Informed Care

Exposure to trauma affects an individual in more ways than anyone could ever expect. I think people often assume that trauma only affects one’s psychological and emotional wellbeing, when it can affect every single aspect of their life, leaving lasting imprints on one’s physical, social, environmental, and spiritual wellbeing as well. It is important to know, especially as healthcare providers, all the different ways that trauma exposure can present with someone, and the triggers that we have to be mindful…

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Public Health and Vulnerable Populations

Public Health and Vulnerable Populations

The health of vulnerable and marginalized populations is influenced by a variety of different factors, many of which people do not think about or have no idea that they can influence health. After our class presentation, I was surprised at how many factors can influence health, and how many other perspectives we as healthcare providers have to think about when we are providing care to our patients. As a future nurse, I will commit to educating myself and how to…

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Ethical Considerations for EBP

Ethical Considerations for EBP

After completing the ethics assignments, I realized even more so that nurses play a huge role in the contribution to ethical conduct of research and implementation of research findings. Especially after watching the film “Miss Ever’s Boys” in which the main character is a nurse who participated first hand in the famous Tuskegee Study. This film demonstrates just how important nurses are in maintaining ethical conduct for all patients. Miss Evers was basically caught in between taking orders from the…

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Assumptions of Ethical Consideration

Assumptions of Ethical Consideration

I personally am not familiar with the nurse’s role in ethics regarding evidence implementation and generation. I feel like nurses probably do have a big role in it, as they are the ones who implement most of the EBP and are directly observing their patients when they do it. I would assume that nurses play a major role in evidence generation, as they are the ones who spend a majority of time doing hands on tasks with their patients. They…

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