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Nursing (Professions) @ About.com:"Nursing a site full of resources news information humor inspiration and support for all nurses from student nurses to retired nurses."
http://nursing.about.com/

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Nursing Profession, American Academy of Family Physicians:"The AAFP recognizes the valuable contributions of the nursing profession. We believe that physicians and nurses occupy interdependent roles in the delivery of quality, comprehensive health care. The discerning observations and contributions of nurses who provide direct patient care greatly enhance the knowledge and skills of physicians and enhance the quality of care provided to patients."
American Academy of Family Physicians
P.O. Box 11210
Shawnee Mission, KS 66207-1210
Toll free: 800-274-2237
Local: 913-906-6000
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/policies/n/nursingprofession.html

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Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Profession Fact Sheet, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.:"Occupational and environmental health nursing is the specialty practice that provides for and delivers health and safety programs and services to workers, worker populations and community groups. The practice focuses on promotion and restoration of health, prevention of illness and injury and protection from work related and environmental hazards. History The first record of occupational and environmental health nursing in the United States dates back to 1888 when a nurse named Betty Moulder cared for Pennsylvania coal miners and their families. The profession evolved with the growth of industry around the beginning of the 20th century, as factories employed nurses to combat the spread of infectious diseases like tuberculosis, to address health-related problems resulting from labor shortages during World War I, and to cut costs rising from new workers' compensation legislation."
American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, Inc.
2920 Brandywine Rd. • Suite 100 • Atlanta, GA 30341
(770) 455-7757 • Fax (770) 455-7271
http://www.aaohn.org/press_room/fact_sheets/profession.cfm

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Nursing profession in critical condition:"Average citizen should be concerned By Tim Bonfield, The Cincinnati Enquirer:"Fresh from a graduation ceremony at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, Matt Lowe can't wait to launch his nursing career. After 17 years on a critical-care unit, Annie Hamilton has decided to go back to school to become a teacher. The problem for those depending on quality health care in Greater Cincinnati and nationwide is that more and more Annie Hamiltons are leaving nursing and not enough Matt Lowes are entering."
http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2000/05/25/loc_nursing_profession.html

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Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE):"Officially recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education as a national accreditation agency, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) is an autonomous accrediting agency contributing to the improvement of the public's health. CCNE ensures the quality and integrity of baccalaureate and graduate education programs preparing effective nurses. CCNE serves the public interest by assessing and identifying programs that engage in effective educational practices. As a voluntary, self-regulatory process, CCNE accreditation supports and encourages continuing self-assessment by nursing education programs and the continuing growth and improvement of collegiate professional education."
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/accreditation/

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International Council of Nurses (ICN):"The International Council of Nurses is a federation of more than 120 national nurses' associations representing the millions of nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses for nurses."
International Council of Nurses
3, Place Jean Marteau
1201 - Geneva
Switzerland
Telephone 41-22-908-01-00
Fax 41-22-908-01-01
E-mail General Inquiries icn@icn.ch
http://www.icn.ch

Category: Associations, Organizations, Patient Education, Healthcare, Medical, International Nursing Alliances, National, State Nurse (Nursing) Organizations, Nursing Professions

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About The Forum, National Youth Leadership Forum on Nursing:"The National Youth Leadership Forum on Nursing is a six-day program dedicated to helping promising future nurses define their personal and professional goals, strengthen their leadership capabilities and explore the vast number of exciting choices open to them in the rapidly changing field of nursing. Throughout the program, students learn from practicing nursing professionals and explore the critical role of nursing as it relates to today’s urgent healthcare issues. Students will be welcomed into some of our nation’s most prestigious clinical institutions and most prominent nursing schools, and will shadow nurses at highly-regarded Boston-area hospitals. In 2006, the program will expand to additional cities."
National Youth Leadership Forum
888 16th Street, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006-4103
E-mail: nursing_adm@nylf.org
Phone: 202-777-0581
http://www.nylf.org/nursing/index.cfm

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Nurses Early Exit Study (NEXT), European Public Health Alliance (EPHA):"The Nurses Early Exit Study (NEXT) interim findings on why nurses are leaving the profession. A seminar was hosted by the Scandinavian SALTSA group in Brussels on October 7th on why so many nurses across Europe are leaving the profession early. The SALTSA research programme runs in collaboration with the Swedish National Institute for Working Life (NIWL) and the Swedish confederations of employees. The speakers identified a number of reasons including: low pay problems achieving work/home balance anti-social working hours lack of influence in the workplace lack of psychological support poor working conditions etc These tend to be generic reasons, although they all have varying degrees of impact in different countries."
http://www.epha.org/a/837

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Characteristics of the Nursing Profession, Healthgulf.com:"Muller (1998, p17) describes a profession as "a specific career where work of an intellectual nature is performed. This career makes a public statement in respect of its uniqueness, the career specific training, education required, as well as the career specific values and norms that are pursued". This definition is in accordance with the Oxford Dictionary (Pearsall, 1998, p1480). Practitioners determine the unique characteristics and traditions of each individual profession. Professionalism implies that practitioners comply with the norms, traditions and expectations of the profession ( Muller, p17). Muller (p25-27) further describes professionalism as knowledge and skills, high standard of practice, leadership, self-regulation, professional commitment, social values and service-directedness. This author (Muller, p18-25) summarizes a profession using 18 international criteria. These criteria are outlined below."
http://www.healthgulf.com/Detail.asp?InSectionID=602&InNewsItemID=14854

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Disover Nursing (Profession), Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc.:"The job outlook is tough these days, but one job is in high demand– nursing. Did you know that well paying jobs for Registered Nurses are available in almost every city in America? But it's not just the job market that makes nursing a good career choice. As a nurse, you have the opportunity to save and improve lives, to teach people how to achieve better health, to advocate for patients to make sure they have the best health care, every day. Learn more about a career in nursing."
http://www.discovernursing.com/

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Looking for Job Satisfaction? Consider the Nursing Profession, Inova Health System:"It's 7 a.m. and your shift is just starting. The floor is waking up. It's been 18 hours since you've seen Mr. Smith. You know he is recovering from an auto accident and is not a happy patient. He wants to get some work done, but his doctor wants him to rest and focus on his recovery. You walk into his room and he's agitated. It's your job to help calm him down. Patients perceive nurses as true caregivers. That's why many people chose the nursing profession. While physicians take care of a patient's physical well being, nurses are seen as consolers, comforters and counselors. Patients are more apt to share their true feelings with a nurse, feelings they may not share with their physicians. Often these feelings are more emotional than medical, involving isolation, loneliness, fear and uncertainty."
http://www.inova.org/careers/advice/jobsatisfaction.jsp

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Learning Styles and the Nursing Profession. Rita Dunn, EdD, MA, St. John's University, NY, Shirley A. Griggs, EdD, MA, St. John's University, NY:"Because students learn in different ways, teachers adapt curricula to diverse learning styles. This book presents state-of-the-art research and information on how to use learning-style based instruction in teaching and professional development for nurse and allied health educators."
http://nursing.jbpub.com/catalog/0887377718/

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Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession:"Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession was started in 1992 and has been published monthly ever since. Originally it was called Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for Nursing Management, then changed to Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession. The readers of Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession are busy professionals in clinical nursing, nursing management, healthcare quality assurance and healthcare risk management. The newsletter focuses on nurses’ professional negligence, employment, discrimination and licensing issues."
Legal Eagle Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession
P.O. Box 4592 Seattle WA 98104-0592
Phone (206) 440-5860 Toll free 1-877-985-0977
e mail info@nursinglaw.com
http://www.nursinglaw.com/

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Men In Nursing, Minoritynurse.com:"However, that was almost 40 years ago, some may argue. Certainly the bias and prejudices toward men in nursing that existed at that time no longer exist. Right? Wrong, according to Gene Tranbarger, Ed.D., R.N., CNAA, associate professor of nursing at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. "Open discrimination against men is fast disappearing from schools of nursing but remains imbedded in the school fabric," he observes. "The faculty still relies on feminine pronouns when discussing nurses. Male nurses who wish to work in obstetrics/gynecology still face obstacles and often have to resort to legal remedies."
http://www.minoritynurse.com/features/nurse_emp/08-30-00c.html

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The Nursing Profession, National Public Radio:"A new survey shows that enrollment in nursing programs is on the rise. But that doesn't mean that it's the end of the nursing shortage. Will there ever be enough nurses without fundamentally changing the medical system? Neal Conan talks with nurses and you about the future of nursing on Talk of the Nation from NPR News."
635 Massachusetts Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20001
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1135696

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The Nursing Shortage, Office of The Professions, New York (2001):"This is the eighth in a series of reports to the Board of Regents on emerging issues in professional regulation. The report deals with a potential crisis that may seriously affect all New Yorkers in the next few years - the nursing shortage. Previous reports in this series include corporate practice of the professions, telepractice, cross-jurisdictional professional practice, continuing competence, effective professional regulation and discipline, illegal (unlicensed) practice of the professions, and rising consumer expectations. This report describes a fundamental health care issue that is basic to the Regents public protection mission. The critical shortage of qualified nurses projected within the next five years will have a profound effect on health care for New York's consumers well into this new century."
http://www.op.nysed.gov/nurseshortage.htm

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Feb. 5, 2005: Canada: Programs match newcomers with professions:"Mahnaz Alibeiki knew her nursing skills were needed in Canada but had no idea how she'd get a licence to practise in a Toronto hospital. The 30-year-old Iranian newcomer had the healing touch; what she needed was some guidance in navigating through "the system" in a new country. She got it through the CARE for Nurses Project, one of a score of provincially funded career-bridging programs that are helping foreign-trained professionals find a place in the Canadian workforce — a partial answer to growing criticism that Canada demands high skill levels from immigrants but does little to help them integrate."
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1107558611752&call_pageid=970599119419

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Tuesday, June 4, 2002: Nurses marching out of profession, Better pay, staffing at hospitals sought:"A critical shortage of nurses in Washington state and across the country is threatening the quality of patient care, and the crisis is only expected to get worse. In less than two decades, the number of vacant full-time nursing positions is expected to mushroom from 126,000 to 300,000 nationwide. That trend is being echoed in Washington, which saw 1,400 vacant positions swell to 2,200 in the past year alone. "It's pretty grim," said Barbara Frye, labor-relations director of the Washington State Nurses Association. "The average nurse in this state is 47 years old. People are going to be retiring and quitting."
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/73185_nurse04.shtml

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Split decision, Nursing profession ranks low in desirability despite public's high regard for nurses, Nurseweek:"At a party where the conversation naturally turned to occupations, Kimberly Betzler, MSN, NP, RN, braced herself for The Question. "Oh, you’re a nurse?" her inquisitor said, genuinely pleased at the news. Then with a crinkled nose, "I don’t think I could deal with all those bodily fluids—I don’t think I could be a nurse." Most people generally are happy to learn that someone is tending to the sick and needy, but they’re equally happy it’s not them, said Betzler, a nurse practitioner at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis. Recent surveys illustrate the dichotomy between the public’s perception of nursing as a noble profession, and an equally strong opinion that nursing is difficult and often unpleasant."
http://www.nurseweek.com/news/features/01-04/splitdecision.asp

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A Day in the Life, The Princeton Review:"Nurses help prevent disease and injury and care for the sick and injured, but within these parameters, there are no limits to what the job can entail. "Nursing offers you the opportunity to do a million different things, in a million different places," as one survey respondent put it. Nurses work in hospitals, long-term care facilities, clinics, schools, corporations, and sometimes even in businesses of their own. While there are many different areas of specialization, some individuals are general nurses, who assist doctors by performing a variety of tasks as needs arise, and will often have secretarial duties as well if they work in HMOs or private offices. More specialized nurses include surgical nurses, who ensure the sterility of instruments and assist doctors during surgery; obstetric-gynecological nurses, who help to deliver babies; neonatal nurses, who care for newborns and teach new mothers how to feed their babies; nurse anesthetists, who work with anesthesiologists to provide proper sedation for patients; or psychiatric nurses, who care for patients with mental or emotional disorders."
The Princeton Review
2315 Broadway
New York, 10024
Tel: (212) 874-8282
Fax: (212) 874-0775
http://www.princetonreview.com/cte/profiles/dayInLife.asp?careerID=100

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Contributing women to the nursing profession throughout history (Flashcards), Studyshack.com:
http://www.studystack.com/studytable-2594

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Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History, Nursing Profession:"Modern nursing, a predominately although not exclusively women's field, began during the Civil War, when those women who volunteered to nurse sick and wounded soldiers proved that careful attention to proper sanitation, nourishing diets, cleanliness, and comfort dramatically cut shockingly high morbidity and mortality rates. After the war the volunteers spearheaded a movement for formal nurses' training. Simultaneously, hospitals also recognized a need for more skilled, disciplined, and competent nurses to improve the quality and efficiency of care. By the early twentieth century women wishing to nurse "bartered" two or three years of service to hospitals in exchange for a diploma that promised entry into a respectable, autonomous form of work, free from the constraints that accompanied other "women's" occupations, such as teaching, factory labor, or domestic service. But it was not always a fair exchange. Hospitals quickly recognized student labor as a cheap and easily exploited commodity. They structured training around their own staffing needs. Upon graduation, nurses found themselves in sex-stereotyped, overcrowded, and isolated practice, competing for jobs with poorly trained women and also with new nursing graduates."
http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/women/html/wm_027700_nursingprofe.htm

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Real Vermont Nurse Stories, Nursing Quiz:"Quick Quiz. Take this quick quiz to test your knowledge and see what you know about being a nurse."
Office of Nursing Workforce Research, Planning and Development
School of Nursing, University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 05405, phone 802-656-0023
http://choosenursingvermont.org/enter/quiz.html

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Margaret Newman - Health as Expanding Consciousness - nursing theory...
 The theory of health as expanding consciousness was stimulated by concern for those for whom health as the absence of disease or disability is not possible. Nurses often relate to such people: people...
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~hoym0003

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Modeling Role-Modeling Official Home Page...
Modeling and Role-Modeling (MRM) Modeling Role-Modeling (MRM) is one of several advanced nursing theories for providing effective, practical patient care. Though it's current practical focus is nursi...
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