Management: Nursing

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The paper discusses the functions of nursing care, nursing duties and what is expected of nurses. The paper highlights the importance of setting good examples, such as, showing respect to patients, rather than merely telling other nurses to show respect, and following up with questions to ensure orders are clearly understood at all times.

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"This means that the nurse must reflect what she orders in her own actions, for example, showing respect to patients, rather than merely telling other nurses to show respect to patients, and she must follow up with questions to ensure her orders are understood. Learning by doing and repetition is an essential part of nursing practice--hence, the use of residency education. But it is not enough that a nurse merely be told what to do. Taking the younger and less experienced nurse through the physical process of, for example, checking a patient's blood sugar for the first time is helpful in instilling what is necessary during the process."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Chinn, P. (Ed). (1983). Advances in nursing theory development. Rockville, MD: Aspen Systems. Chapter 5, pp. 63-87. Used with permission from Peggy Chinn. Last Revised 2006. Retrieved 13 Oct 2007 at http://www.uri.edu/nursing/schmieding/orlando/schapters/files/chinnnjs.pdf
• Valentine, Susan. (2002). "Nursing Leadership and the New Nurse." The University of Arizona College of Nursing. Retrieved 13 Oct 2007 at http://juns.nursing.arizona.edu/articles/Fall%202002/Valentine.htm

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