Personal Statement
I am applying to study anesthesia nursing. I feel that this speciality is in demand, that I have an interest in it and an aptitude for it, and that this education will help to complement the skills and experience that I have already built up.

I have amassed to this point several years as a critical care nurse. In this time, I have worked at different types of facilities, and has seen how important the anesthesia role is, and that there are opportunities available for someone who wishes to form a speciality in this area. For me, I feel that this move is a good step in my development, building on the experience that I have so far. With several years under my belt, I have a pretty good idea of who I am as a nurse, and what areas are best for me to be in. As someone who…...

Education Nursing eforms
The teaching classroom environment is devoid of many of the social norms and customs and courtesies that are seen in everyday life. The hierarchical structure and enforcement of discipline creates a unique environment in the classroom where a unique social dynamic is created that places an enormous amount of power and control in the teacher's possession. The human tendencies to abuse this power has created a culture of a power struggle within the modern class room.

Miller (2012) simplified the confusion by revealing ten characteristics of good teacher should possess. For many these characteristics are simply about living a balanced and ordinary life that appreciates the wonders that are presented to us in a myriad of beautiful ways. But, in the classroom these ideals are often overlooked and require consistent and constant reminders to help guide the collective behavior of the classroom.

For example, #9 is merely echoes the Bill…...

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References

Boyer, N.R., Maher, P.A., & Kirkman, S. (2006). Transformative Learning in Online Settings The Use of Self-Direction, Metacognition, and Collaborative Learning. Journal of Transformative Education, 4(4), 335-361.

Freshwater, D., & Stickley, T. (2004). The heart of the art: emotional intelligence in nurse education. Nursing Inquiry, 11(2), 91-98.

Miller, P. (2012). Ten characteristics of a good teacher. English Teaching Forum, 50(1), p 36-38. Retrieved from  http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ971241.pdf 

Smith, K.M., & Crookes, P.A. (2011). Rethinking scholarship: Implications for the nursing academic workforce

Nursing Shortage
eview On Nurses Shortage

The supply of professional nurses relative to the increase in demand for their services has been on a general decline over the years. As a career choice, nursing has been facing perennial shortage of professionals. Most healthcare organizations will affirm that their daunting tasks were recruiting fresh nurses and retaining the ones already in practice. The 2008 projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the demand for professional nurses would increase from the then two million to three million, which represents sixty percent increment. In ideal situations, the number of those who have enrolled in nursing will be sufficient to supply the rise in their number. Nevertheless, this would not be the case if nothing were done to salvage the worrying trend of most students not graduating or resorting to other careers. According to Benjamin Isgur of PWHC Health and esearch Institute, of the…...

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References

American Association of Colleges of Nursing. (2009, September, 28). Nursing Shortage Fact Sheet. USA: AACN.

Buerhaus, P.I., Staiger, D., & Auerbach, D.I. (2009). The future of the nursing workforce in the United States: Data, trends, and implications. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Blakeley, J., & Ribeiro, V. (2008). Early Retirement among Registered Nurses: Contributing Factors. Journal of Nursing Management, 16(1), 29 -- 37

Cummings, G., et al. (2008). The Relationship between Nursing Leadership and Nurses' Job Satisfaction in Canadian Oncology Work Environments. Journal of Nursing Management, 16(5), 508 -- 518.

Nursing
The Nurse as Learner and Teacher

Nursing is truly a lifelong study. While in school, a future nurse learns the tactics and the theory of the profession, and while in practice, he or she learns the social part of the profession, including interaction with patients, and difficulties relating to the workplace, and how to solve the latter. Due to these reasons, nursing is not a "one track" career, and involves constant adaptation and learning. Yet nurses are also teachers, and they fulfill that role every day, from the very first time that they step into the workplace. This paper will aim to present the nurse as both a learner and a teacher, and relate this to personal learning abilities.

From a new graduate to chief nurse, an individual embarking upon this career may very well see it in stages, but what is certain is that a nurse is often found both in…...

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References:

Greer, A.G. (2010). Learner-centered characteristics of nurse educators. International journal of nursing education scholarship. 7(1).

Kelly, C. (2006). Student's perceptions of effective clinical teaching revisited. Thompson Rivers University. Retrieved from < http://ezproxy.library.nyu.edu:2111/science/article/pii/S0260691707000135>.

Consulted Sources:

Advance Perspectives: Nurses The Role of the Nurse as Learner & Teacher. (2011). Advance Web. Retrieved October 1, from .

Nursing
One need only read the newspaper "Classified" ads to realize that employers are trying many clever marketing tactics to attract prospective nurses into their organizations. Many are offering sign-on bonuses, extra benefits and other amenities to attract a limited supply of nurses. As both the general population and the elderly population grow, the number of nurses needed to care for them increases proportionally as well. The number of people choosing to pursue nursing as a career has been on the decline, mainly due to long working hours, low pay, high job stress and other factors. These factors will not resolve themselves if the nursing deficit continues to increase. In addition, graduate nurses find it difficult to enter the workforce due to their lack of experience and a shortage of mentors to teach them. The solution is simple, more nurses are needed, and soon. Novice nurses are fresh graduates who usually…...

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Works Cited

Durkin, Barbara.(2002) Reliving Hospital Mistake: Mom recalls overdose case February

24, 2002. Newsday, Inc.

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National League for Nursing (NLN). (2000). Unpublished Data. New York, NY. Accessed June, 2002.http://nursing.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nln.org%2Faboutnln%2Fnews_tricouncil2.htm.

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As a future nurse educator, using technology to gather and disseminate healthcare information will become even more critical for me in the future. Students and patients alike will expect that their teachers will have a broad, in-depth range of knowledge about new technology in the field of heath informatics.

The organization offers information about 'best practices' in healthcare technology, such as how to protect patient privacy in the online age. Medical ethics and best practices will no doubt be a topic of debate in many of the classes I will teach in the future, whether I am educating future nurses or patients.

The organization offers continuing education resources in the field of health technology. Keeping one's education current is essential, as healthcare computer systems are constantly changing and improving.

Members can attend conferences, and interact with nurses from a wide variety of backgrounds, thus broadening my framework of knowledge and allowing me to…...

In the emergency room, this distinction can have a determinant impact on the ability of the staff to preserve life and diminish pain and suffering.
The introduction of a bioethical perspective into this dialogue invokes a question as to the primacy of an interest in pursuing to the utmost the well-being of the patient. This speaks to one of the core values associating the principles of the ANA with the treatment outcomes desired in patiences. An examination of the ANA's Code of Ethics reveals that a theoretical basis exists to contend a direct correlation between the nurse's self-interest and that which is best for any given patient. There exists an essential obligation for such healthcare practitioners to "examine the conflicts arising between their own personal and professional values, the values and interests of others who are responsible for patient care and health care decisions, as well as those of the…...

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Works Cited:

American Nurse's Association (ANA). (2004). The Nurses Code of Ethics. The Center for Ethics and Human Rights. Online at .

The American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE). (2009). AONE Resource Center. www.aone.org.

Dimaria, R.A. & Ostrow, L. (2004). West Virginia University School of Nursing Makes the Move to Web-Based Learning. Technological Horizons in Education Journal, 31.

Emergency Nurses Association (ENA). (2008). Vision/Mission Statements and Code of Ethics. www.ena.org.

Nurse Patient atios and Quality of Care
This study reviews the broad level of issues that surround the nurse/patient ratio: a critical shortage of trained and experienced nurses; increased political and fiscal demands from all sectors of society; rising costs internally and externally combined with a rising number of under-insured; and the conundrum of nursing ethics and the ability to foster excellence in care and patient advocacy. We note that there remains an issue about hiring more nurses -- where will these nurses come from if the nursing schools do not increase their recruitment efforts and broaden their curriculum. In addition, we note that the large majority of patients and stakeholders primarily want two things when admitted to a healthcare facility: better paid nurses and more highly-trained professionals who are satisfied with their vocation.

Introduction

Modern nursing is, by necessity, a mixture of complex balance: patient care vs. staffing; procedures vs. patient load;…...

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More Nurses Make the Difference. (February 2012). The Lamp. 69 (1): Retrieved from: http://search.informit.com/au/documentSummary;dn=045435426132502;res=IELHEA

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For the Council on the Economic Impact of Health System Change. Retrieved from:  / Council-Dec-14-2001-Aiken-paper.pdfhttp://council.brandeis.edu/pubs/hospstruct 

" (Allen 2008) This means that nursing educators are also a key stakeholder.
Other stakeholders include healthcare facility administrators, corporate trustees and public office holders, who will often have entangled or competing interests relating to the profitability of operations and the political expediency of policy orientation. This will also be true of the various professional advocacy groups, nursing associations and lobby groups that will vie for influence in the discussion on any legislation relating to the nursing shortage.

Policy Objective:

A primary policy objective is to endorse any legislation that would aggressively enforce better recruitment of nursing students, better training of existing nurses, improvements in working conditions for nurses and mandated nurse-to-patient ratios. These objectives are underscored by evidence of the opportunities to save lives facilitated by mandated ratios. According to the text by Health Services Research (HSR) (2010), "key findings of the study reportedly include that 10-13% 'fewer surgical patients in New…...

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Allan, L. (2008). The nursing shortage continues as faculty shortage grows. Nursing Economics, 26(1), 35-40.

Berkowitz, B. (2012). The Policy Process. .

Cullen, E.; Ranji, U. & Salganicoff, A. (2010). Addressing the Nursing Shortage. Kaiseredu.org.

GovTrack. (2010). S. 1031: National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act. govTrack.us.

Besides facing stress, and having easy access to medications, critical care and emergency nurses may use recreational drugs more often because they are more likely to have a sensation-seeking personality trait (www.nurseweek.com/news/98-5/25e.html)."
Treatment Implications

Getting treatment for chemical dependency will help the nurse get back to his or her daily life, however the nurse will have to address concerns and/or consequences related to the addiction. He or she faces a "multitude of traumatic experiences both potential and real, such as arrest, license suspension/revocation; negative publicity; reactions of family, friends and co-workers; fines; board and legal hearings; inability to secure work other than nursing; physical illness; and possible lack of health insurance. In the treatment setting, issues such as these add complexity to the nurse's recovery (Anderson)."

There are other complications which must be addressed during treatment of the impaired nurses. These issues include being considered a role model by everyone, having trouble…...

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Works Cited

Anderson, Jenny Lynn. "Treatment considerations for the addicted nurse." Behavioral Health

Management. (1994): 01 September.

(Substance abuse in nurses varies by specialty. (accessed 15 November, 2004).

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In essence, the authors are forcing all nursing students and those who practice nursing today to understand that because of overblown "materialistic values, environmental sustainability, technology, clashes between societies" and global conflicts, the role of nurses has changed drastically, thus requiring some type of instruction on these and other topics (2005, pg. 153).
In addition, the authors maintain that nursing students of today and in the near future must extend their empathy "from a relatively passive, cognitive level to one of active, affective engagement" which in the end will result in engendered caring and move "the consideration of global conflict and war into a personal, relational context" (2005, pg. 154). One important way to accomplish this goal in relation to a classroom setting would be to compose a personal narrative on the events of September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center was destroyed by an alleged terrorist organization, being…...

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Bibliography

Johnston, Nancy, Rogers, Martha, Cross, Nadine & Anne Sochan. (May/June 2005). "Global and Planetary Health: Teaching as if the Future Matters." Nursing Education

Perspectives. Vol. 26 no. 3. 152-56.

Thrilled to learn about this scholarship, I have given considerable thought to my future goals since my supervisor recommended that I apply. Ultimately I want to give back to my community through outreach and advocacy. I have been working at a busy hospital for years, watching the ways resource-strapped administrators contend with multiple pressures. Sometimes I feel I am in the parallel position, being pulled in different directions as a nurse and a mother of two who now also intends to return to college to develop my career. This scholarship will alleviate my burden but most importantly, it will help me to better embody the principles and values of excellence, justice, and integrity.I have been working at this particular institution because I appreciate the work we do for the community and want to continue being a part of this tradition. We provide outreach for the homeless and for the poor,…...

Nursing Ethics
y Nursing Ethic

PASSION: Why am I here?

I am here to learn and become a better person through the service and love of others. I am here because I need to earn money to stay alive and nursing provides that type of material sustenance. I am passionate about many things, and I like to accomplish goals that are challenging and transformative in nature. There are many aspects to nursing and nursing school that provide the necessary components to the things that can make me a better person, in mind body and soul.

I am also here because I love to serve others to satisfy my own personal needs. I feel better about myself when I am helping others. This may seem selfish in some ways, but those that need my help will surely welcome it if they are willing. I am passionate about making this world a better place while I…...

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My personal background is one of Christian faith where I strongly believe that my salvation and destiny is determined through the understanding of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This philosophic stance is common in my area where I grew up and my family traditions are strongly rooted in this religious stance. My morals, ethics and spiritual values all arise out of this Christian ideal where love, forgiveness and service are emphasized as important factors in life and death.

While there are many problems with organized religion, I have found that a simple Christian attitude based on loving principles are the best means of achieving peace of mind through the exploration of personal ethics and morals. Used as a practical tool, Christianity can serve many in the medical profession when applied in the correct frame of reference.

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Education is an aspect of my life that is taken very seriously, therefore, it seems imperative to attend a school that will provide the necessary tools to excel further, and know that I have received one of the best educations possible. It is important that I be able to give back to my community and make a positive impact on the world no matter how big or small. It has always been important for me to do work that allows me to help others, and nursing will provide that opportunity that would not be possible without furthering my education. Therefore, nursing school is the next step in an important venture into reaching the steps laid out in my education and career goals. I intend to give nursing school the same dedication and effort that I give all aspects…...

Nursing Mission and Philosophy Statements
Finding the mission and philosophy statements of nursing programs is not complicated. They are generally listed on their websites so that students who are considering them can find what they are looking for. It is important to have a nursing school that matches well with a student's personal philosophy of nursing, so learning about several schools is a good idea. That helps the student make the right choice. Where LSU nursing school and UAB nursing schools are concerned, there are many differences in how the information is presented. Addressing these differences - as well as the similarities - is vital to form a clear understanding of the missions and philosophies of both schools.

One of the largest differences between the two schools is the length of their mission statements. The mission statement of LSU is much longer than the statement provided by UAB. The main reason…...

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Csokasy, J. (2009). Philosophical foundation of the curriculum. In D.M. Billings & J.J. Halstead (Eds.), Teaching in Nursing: A guide for faculty. (3rd ed.). (pp. 105-18). St. Louis, MO: Saunders-Elsevier.

Louisiana State University Nursing School (2011). Retrieved from  http://nursing.lsuhsc.edu/ 

University of Alabama. (2011). Retrieved from  http://www.uab.edu/nursing/

1. Introduction:
- Overview of the nursing profession
- Importance of nurses in healthcare
- Personal motivation for pursuing a career in nursing

2. Education and Training:
- Pre-requisites for nursing school
- Types of nursing programs (e.g. Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree, Accelerated programs)
- Licensing and certification requirements

3. Clinical Experience:
- Clinical rotations during nursing school
- Hands-on training in a variety of healthcare settings (e.g. hospitals, clinics, nursing homes)
- Preceptorship or internship opportunities

4. Specializations in Nursing:
- Overview of different nursing specialties (e.g. pediatric nursing, critical care nursing, psychiatric nursing)
- Additional training or certification required for specific specialties

5. Continuing Education:
- Importance of lifelong learning in nursing
- Continuing education....

I. Introduction

1. Research Nursing School Requirements
   1. Review prerequisite courses and GPA requirements
   2. Check for any specific admission tests or essays needed
2. Meet with Academic Advisor
   1. Discuss timeline for application deadlines
   2. Create a plan to fulfill any missing prerequisites

II. Preparation

1. Gain Clinical Experience
   1. Continue working as a medical assistant to build patient care skills
   2. Consider volunteer work in a hospital or clinic setting
2. Study for Entrance Exams
   1. Prepare for the TEAS exam or other required tests
   2. Take practice exams to assess....

I. Introduction

1. Subpoint Title Assessing Prerequisites
   
   

   1. Subpoint Description 1 Meeting GPA requirements
   
   
   2. Subpoint Description 2 Completing prerequisite courses

2. Subpoint Title Enhancing Credentials
   
   

   1. Subpoint Description 1 Obtaining a certification
   
   
   2. Subpoint Description 2 Gaining experience

II. Body

1. Subpoint Title Finding the Right Program
   
   

   1. Subpoint Description 1 Researching program options
   
   
   2. Subpoint Description 2 Considering program structure

2. Subpoint Title Applying and Enrolling
   
   

   1. Subpoint Description 1 Submitting an application
   
   
   2. Subpoint Description 2 Completing admissions process

3. Subpoint Title Managing the Transition
   
   

   1. Subpoint Description 1 Balancing work and school
   
   
   2. Subpoint Description 2 Seeking support and resources

III. Conclusion

1. Subpoint Title Benefits....

1. From Medical Assistant to Registered Nurse A Personal Transformation

2. Navigating Nursing School Tips for Medical Assistants Making the Switch

3. Bridging the Gap How Medical Assistant Experience Enhances Nursing Education

4.....