The Changing Face of Nursing

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The paper discusses how, instead of a nurse being merely the lackey of the doctor, a nurse today is a complete healthcare professional who provides holistic healthcare to her patient. The paper then relates that, although nurses are better educated and better qualified than before, the major portion of the nurse population remains female and white. The paper emphasizes how a nurse plays a much more important role than ever before and concludes that this must be acknowledged and recognized by healthcare institutions and professionals everywhere.

Outline:
Introduction
The Changing Face of Nursing
Changes in the Field of Home Nursing, and Changes Related to Parallel Changes in Medical Education
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"A Nurse has traditionally been a person who is in charge of taking care of a sick person who needs her services in order to get better and get back on the road to recovery. Through the years, there have been examples of nurses who have sacrificed a great deal of their personal life to be of service to humanity, and Florence Nightingale is one such nurse. While in older times a nurse was merely the lackey or the side kick of the doctor, who was in complete charge of the patient, and who assumed the right to order the nurse around, today the nurse plays a larger role and has a wider scope of responsibilities than before. Today, a nurse is a complete healthcare professional, who provides holistic healthcare to her patient. She is well educated, independent thinking, and trained in management and leadership skills. She takes part in all major decisions regarding healthcare, and she casts a good influence on her patient. (Salemi, 2007)"

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