Beliefs in caring in nursing Caring is one of the fundamental aspects of nursing. It is a concept that involves a direct interaction between the nurse and the patients towards achieving quality life. As an individual, I take the idea of caring as the core of my professional identity. For one to be able to develop an identity within their profession, they have to have respect and self-concept about their roles. Therefore, over the years, I have developed a professional identity that is defined by the way I care for my patients as well as my beliefs about the practice. In addition to that, it would be prudent for me to work with particular organizations that would help in advancing my career and help build on my professional identity. Beliefs in caring in nursing Nursing and caring are concepts that have often been thought of almost synonymously. Most people choose the career of nursing due to their desire to take care of others. Caring as a fundamental concept of nursing, has led to the development of several theories, including Jean…

Personal Development Plan             Creating a personal development plan is essential since it helps an individual to set his or her goals and working hard to achieve the goals. Also, development plans have helped many people to improve their learning and achieve their goals. Typically, a development plan is a valuable tool that entails more than just what one aspires to make because one has to be prepared for the procedures. For instance, self-awareness is essential when designing the personal development plan since one has to focus on his strengths. Also, the self-assessment tools are imperative since they guide students towards independence since they encourage them to reflect more on what they learn and how to improve their skills. Moreover, the tools help students to become critical thinkers since it motivates an individual to focus on their career interests. Learning styles have also changed, and people mainly focus on technology to improve their learning styles (Gurung and Rutledge 2014). Therefore, self-assessment tools in universities have helped many students to achieve academically. For instance, many students have used the online digital…

Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management for Tackling Nurse Turnover   Registered Nurse turnover remains one of the biggest problems facing healthcare systems globally. Despite this fact, a consensus on the definition of nurse turnover is still lacking. Nursing turnover can broadly be defined as the number or percentage of nurses that leave an organization and have to be replaced. Some researchers include any nurse that goes to an organization for whatever reason in the turnover metric. Some only include those that leave voluntarily, while others include those that leave voluntarily and involuntarily but distinguish the two categories. However, researchers agree on the impact of leadership and management on nurse turnover. Specific leadership and management styles and practices both reduce turnovers and mitigate their effect on an organization. The Problem Nursing turnover is a severe problem for health systems worldwide. Researchers estimate that nurse turnovers occur at a rate between 15% and 44% across the nations of the world, with the United States rate being about 17% per year (Dewanto & Wardhani, 2018). Nurse turnovers can have significant adverse effects…

Employee development Employee development is a crucial factor that plays a huge role in employee job satisfaction and retention. Companies ought to ensure that their employees and staff are growing themselves professionally in their careers. The constant follow up and going the extra mile to improve them influences their productivity and comfort in their place of work. Organizing training sessions and encouraging attendance of professional and personal growth development forums is an effective strategy. Every employed individual hope to work in a company or organization that creates an opportunity and possibility for advancement. An organization can invest in funding the conferences on behalf of employees or invite experts who assist them grow their careers for a better future. Training can also involve paying for their studies in schools to further and improve performances in the industry. This encourages the employee to retain his or her job due to the satisfaction offered in the company and also due to the fear of losing the opportunity to continue their learning. In the process of development of careers, the company gains world-class workers…

Dealing with shortages of health care professionals Shortage of healthcare professionals is a significant issue in the healthcare organizations of the USA. The lack of proper healthcare knowledge, training and inability of using updated healthcare technology are the reasons behind the skilful healthcare professional in the USA. The latest report has disclosed more than 13000 healthcare professional shortage in the USA. Issue of health professional shortage is affecting quality care delivery. Patients are not availing the healthcare facility, which they should get for apparent reason. Healthcare administrators must start a professional training course in the healthcare organization to fulfil the need of healthcare staffs. Allowing nurses to practice in a way that utilizes their education and training Nurses should be given the opportunity to practice in a way that they can properly use their education and training. The nursing code of ethics allows the nursing professionals to ensure quality care to all the patients irrespective of the socio-economic barrier. Thus, healthcare administrators should take the initiative to provide an environment that supports the nursing performance of care professionals. For example-…

NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF SOCIAL MEDIA USE ON SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING Abstract This paper critically examines the negative effects social media use has on subjective well-being. An experimental study was undertaken to determine the negative effects social media has on subjective well-being. A total number of 150 undergraduates from the University of Pennsylvania were instructed to use social media that is Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat. The results indicated that there was an increase in the percentages of loneliness anxiety, increased fear of missing out, decreased autonomy and acceptance, and depression. The impulse was negatively related to eudemonic well-being. Interactions with people of social media have a negative association with eudemonic well-being which confirms that social media has negative impacts on subjective well-being (Chiu et al., 2013). The paper highlights negative social media impacts on subjective well-being. High social media usage prevents people from connecting which makes have increased depression levels and feelings of loneliness.     AdversNegative Effects of Social Media on Subjective Well-being According to Uysal (20130, the sites used for social networking also known as Social Networking Sites have become…

Professional writer identity How my identity as a writer and understanding of the process of writing composition have developed during the unit? Composition writing has been a process of development from the idea that is bubbling in mind and putting it on paper (Barkhuizen,2016). At my early stage, I had a bad language and low command of vocabulary. I had no idea how sentences should be constructed and an idea to be developed and be clear to the audience. I have learned how to develop an easy to be readable by my audience. The writing art is very comprehensive, whereby you have to put the reader in mind on what should be easier for them to mauver and have a point clear for themselves without being interpreted by a third party. Having the reader in mind as you write, the composition draws the mind and puts a clear picture of the content that the readers are up to. I have learned that when the point is clear for the reader, it is important for them to have the key points…

The involvement of ladies in development projects Background of the Study The involvement of ladies in development projects has been a significant concern in all nations, due to ignored gender relations in both the practice and hypothesis of development (Brohman, 2016). In this case, women have methodically been shut out of the different stages of development – this had led to the perception that they are impediments to growth (Parpart, 2013). A study conducted by (Stephen 2013) on Women’s rural mobilizations in Latin American showed that women were politically neglected and almost excluded in active participation in development activities. Previous studies, however, have revealed the potential of women in developing appropriate ways that enable them to handle their challenges and concerns via local participation in expansion projects, especially agriculture and small scale businesses (UN, 2011). According to Chalchissa & Emnet (2013), the economic participation of women is also narrow and primarily limited to domestic work and low paying menial jobs in the formal economic sphere. Despite all the hardship they face, their valuable contribution has never been calculated in the…

Interprofessional Team Work Interprofessional team work is the coordination, collaboration, and coordination that is expected among people of various professions to ensure collective delivery of patient-centered care. The setting at a glance here is the clinical setting. It is in a clinical setting that different medical professions can or are expected to work together to ensure that patients are safe. In this health setting, a lot of patients with different ailments interact with medics of different expertise. For these reasons, Interprofessional team work is essential. Here, interpersonal teams are present and they include; medication experts, prescribers, diagnosticians, physicians, and the teams responsible for the daily patient’s need (Bolinger & Leavitt, 2019). One of the team functions that needs improvement in this setting lies in the poor engagement in continuous Interprofessional and professional Development which aims to enhance team performance. Most Interprofessional teams do not attend sessions meant for this because of ignorance. This is an area that needs a lot of investment to ensure active Interprofessional teams, therefore, it needs improvement. Interprofessional collaboration is important to the safety of the…

Higher Education Anthology Series             This paper looks at an anthology series titled Contemporary teaching and learning Poetry edited by Dr Patrick Blessinger and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This particular anthology series is most likely to be enjoyed by students in a higher learning institution or level. The usefulness of the series in a classroom is to make use of poetry media and creative prose for the exploration of teaching and learning in all dimensions. Educators are enabled by this series to express their experiences, both individual and shared as it gives diverse perspectives of other educators around the world. The series showcases creative language and writing and how they can be used as the driving factors for inquiries, personal empowerment, professional development, human agency and artistic self-expression. The series includes volumes that showcase different types of poetry such as rhymes, blank verse and free verse poems as well as short creative prose for example short creative nonfiction, prose poems and lyric essays. Volumes in the series can also function as textbooks for college courses related to poetry, art…