Mccm219

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1. Ethical grounding/Caring in nursing! Thought provoking thread!

   Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

   The ANA Code of ethics (ANA, 2001) specifically outlines the behaviors that should reflect all nurses' ethical and moral commitment to patients under their care. Caring as the foundation of nursing emphasizes accepting and knowing the patient, as you...

2. Ethical grounding/Caring in nursing! Thought provoking thread!

   Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for your response and judging from the number of them I have had, This may be a topic that's too philosophical for this forum.

3. Ethical grounding/Caring in nursing! Thought provoking thread!

   Mccm219 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a newly graduated nurse. In college I was steered toward the Caring theories of nursing (Roach,Gadow, S.,Watson, Schoenhofer,Gortner,Fry, Ray and Reeder). Reading the discussion about Jean Watson on this website was very edifying and greatly deb...

4. Taking Care of yourself.

   Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

   Warrior woman I agree that Emotional Health is important in taking care of yourself.

5. Taking Care of yourself.

   Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

   I love the ideas everyone has on the topic. this is what i do to take care of myself. A Quote from Confucius describes how i live my life, "It does not matter how slowly you go, so long as you do not stop." I know that many people in life put thin...

6. Taking Care of yourself.

   Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

   That sounds like great ideas. Does this give you a rejuvenated feeling when you return to work? do you feel you give better patient care?

7. Need Advice with a Charge nurse.

   Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

   Only been a nurse a few months longer than myself. thank you for the advice kaycee. and how his behavior affects the pt. care is that he does not take a hands on approach to problems pt. may have i.e. why is their BP is high? He just does the bare mi...

8. Taking Care of yourself.

   Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

   I guess there is no feed back about this.

9. dialysate question

   Mccm219 replied to imperial's topic in Urology

   What type of machine are your running would let you run it without adding the prescribed K3 Ca 2.5 ?

10. Need Advice with a Charge nurse.

    Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

    I am not hurt about this situation or his attutide, my concern is for the patients. My strongest attribute is my managerial skills. I have some solutions in mind to solve this problem. One is sitting down and talking with him and writing a list of ex...

11. Need Advice with a Charge nurse.

    Mccm219 replied to Mccm219's topic in General Nursing

    if you separate his personality faults, he is a great nurse. I have seen him do his nursing duties with great responsiblility. Its his personality and narcissism.

12. Need Advice with a Charge nurse.

    Mccm219 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a Nurse manager at an out patient Dialysis facility. I'm having problems with a charge nurse who thinks they know everything and feels they never do anothing wrong. I will list a few problems I have with them: 1. Dictates his duties to the nurs...

13. Taking Care of yourself.

    Mccm219 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Taking care of patients is the main focus of nurses. The concern I have is the lack of care nurses have for their selves. I would love to hear some feedback on the benefits of taking care of yourselve, how some of you do take care of yourself and are...

14. Can Someone Be a Nurse Without Jean Watson??

    Mccm219 replied to Q.'s topic in General Nursing

    Patients who see that a Nurse genuinley cares for them and their well-being builds a trusting relationship. The patient will listen more attentively when the nurse educates and advocates that they need to care for themselves. I strongly suggest readi...