During the first semester of the Nursing Education Program, students begin to learn basic patient care skills in the nursing laboratory. ... (http://www.jeffstateonline.com/programs/nursing-education/) Nursing is a demanding, yet rewarding career field that involves assisting patients and working closely with health care professionals. ... The two most common ways to become a registered nurse are to get a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing (BSN) or an Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN). ... Nursing is the fastest-growing occupation in the United States. ... Even in this tough economy...

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Nursing Over the years, Nursing has become one of the top demanding professions in the workforce. ... Nursing did not develop as a profession until Florence Nightingale influences it in the nineteenth century. ... Since the opening of the first school of nursing, the nursing field has grown tremendously through education, technology and growing interest. ... In the field of nursing there are a variety of careers. Opportunities in nursing range from being a nursing assistant to a registered nurse. ...

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Among these professions, one of the most complex is nursing. ... An expansion of training or distance learning programs would provide access to nursing educations to many prospective Aboriginal RN's who cannot travel for education. Many Aboriginal persons are underrepresented in the nursing workforce. The nursing profession will have the opportunity as well as the responsibility to ensure that the future nursing workforce represents diversity everywhere. ... Women play a very considerable role in the career of nursing. ...

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While working as a nurses aid I have found that there are 3 different levels in expertise in the nursing field. ... The most basic of these professions is a Certified Nurses Aid. ... This is the starting point for all nursing professions because if a nurse does not know how to care directly for the patient they how can he/she care for them indirectly? The field of nursing is all about the patient. ...

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The nursing shortage is causing many nursing schools to close and hospitals to not admit patients. The nursing shortage might be due to the nurses" low income, advances in technology, and continuously being sued by their patients. ... With so many suit-prone-patients, nurses are going into other professions that limit the possibility of being sued. ... Many nurses are leaving the nursing profession to go into professions that offer better wages with an equal workload.. The nursing shortage will continue as the students considering majoring in nursing reconsider, because they might ...

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The desire to help others and support the overall well-being of people serves as my motivation to enter the field of nursing. ... In addition, I have been exposed to the healthcare profession as the family member of a loved one who receives these medical services as my dad suffers from various health conditions such as Melanoma, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. ... I volunteered with a group of students at a local nursing home. ... Conveying compassion is one trait I find effortless, but paramount in a nursing career. ... Nurse Potts has shown me that healing involves mor...

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PERSONAL STATEMENT Why are you choosing a career in nursing at this time? ... Nursing for me is the closest profession related to becoming a doctor that is why I decided to pursue it. ... Thirdly, this profession pays well among other careers here in the United States and this will help me a lot; for I consider myself a breadwinner for my family. ... Lastly, I am choosing a career in nursing at this time because I want to make a difference in a person's life each day. ... Pursuing a career in medicine in the future and to be of service to my fellowmen with my chosen profession cons...

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An article published in the fall issue 2000 Nursing Magazine, revealrs how far the health care profession will go, a planned medical campaign among medical professionals to impose care "rationing" among us have already happened. ...

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Today, the nursing profession is faced with many different risks and adversities; but somehow, nursing seems to persevere, while developing new techniques all the time. ... HIV/AIDS has played a major role in almost all medical fields, but nursing is probably one of the most affected fields. ... Throughout nursing care, nurses are faced with chronic, progressive illnesses. ... (this makes nursing more difficult because you are having to deal with more than one illness.) ... This article impacted nursing by demonstrating the severity of HIV/AIDS. ...

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These include, building a solid basis for a career in Nursing, advancing my ability in the field, and improving each of these will help me during the years following graduation. ... As for the reasons I want to attend the college of Mount Saint Vincent, I must restate my longing for knowledge and my desire to pursue a Nursing profession; therefore I know that I would be able to acquire both of these and more things aside from education at Mount Saint Vincent college. ...

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As I take this assessment, I see three professions that interest me; Pediatrics, Counseling Psychology, and Registered Nurse. ... There's always something to do when you are in these profession, more likely when in a emergency where I want to be. ... Choosing Nursing as my major wasn't suggested for me but influence me to get my title to be one. ...

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"The ethical considerations involved in any important human relationship affect professional practice, fairness, honesty, mutual autonomy, and respect needs to be given specific expression in nursing practice in ways that reflect the realities of the nurse-client relationship"(Jameton 25). ... Nursing Ethics: Theories and Pragmatics. ... Baltimore: Health Professions Press, 1991. ... Nursing: Ethics and Law. ... Nursing Practice: the Ethical Issues. ...

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Of all the things that I could have had as a hobby, I chose nursing people back to health. ... Also, I came to the realization that My hobby of volunteering could turn into a profession. At this point, I came to the conclusion that Nursing was the career that I wanted to pursue. By going into this profession, I would still be able to nurture those in need. ...

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Still there has been not female American president, similarly the number of woman far outweigh the number in men in professions such as teaching and especially nursing, which also happen to be the two professions in greatest demand in California "interestingly also considered one of the most radical states when it comes to the average interpretation of gender. ...

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Having a health profession is very important in my family. ... In recent times the profession of pt is being labeled as the "career of the future" because of the way age is increasing in different settings. ... They can work in schools, nursing homes, hospitals, rehab centers, private owned practices and the armed forces. ... Salaries compare very favorably with other professions requiring similar investment in education, knowledge, and skill. ...

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Whether it was nursing her older brother back to health, teaching underprivileged children, or comforting a dying soldier, Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross, was a true historical heroine. ... She was given many honors and distinctive recognition in the classroom (Oates 32).10 At seventeen, Clara was given the chance to become a teacher, and soon her education profession started (Maikell-Thomas 1pp).11 She dealt with her pupils justly, and kept them in line without violence ("The Biography of Clara Barton" 2pp).12 She was once quoted, "Child that I was, I did not know that the surest...

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Effective communication is an essential component of a respectful relationship in the nursing profession. ... I was by the nursing station on the first floor of this two hundred bed facility, admiring the colorful collage of their bulletin board that contained a vast array of information. ...

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Throughout history, the United States of America has been the center of 2 major conflicts. First, the U.S. fought for its independence. This war came to be known as the American Revolution. Later, after years of internal dispute and struggle, the U.S. erupted into an internal war. This came to be kn...

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To me every profession is prestigious and every subject is as valuable as law or medicine. When I finish my study I would like to work in the nursing field. ... I am not disrespecting my culture but I want my culture to think more openly and respect other professions. ...

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Middle children from the CareerBuilder.com survey said they work in nursing, law enforcement, firefighting and machine operation. ... (Grose, 2008) In conclusion birth order plays a role in several major components of an individual's life by changing the parenting skills of parents, shaping one's personality and characteristics, and determining one's future profession....

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" Another example of conformity was when the medical profession conformed to the government's desire to save money and to create a superior species. ... The insurance companies encourage them to do it because nursing homes have become too expensive. ...

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Women have to realize that these women are a part of something that isn't entirely real, these women on TV and in magazines are born with the genetics to look like that, they work out with profession trainers daily, they eat strict diets, and they have people to dress and alter their bodies with tape and specially made clothing. ... (Advances in Nursing Science 2003) In today society more than ever women are shown what the perfect women is suppose to look like on everything that they look at. ...

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"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."-- Norman Vincent Peale I was born and raised in what I feel is the greatest country in the world--the former Soviet Union. My life there was happy, a...

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