Please replace the abstract with: Nurse practitioners (NPs) are faced with many ethical challenges. It requires moral courage to stand up for ones' beliefs and resolve ethical issues. Ethical challenges of NPs are discussed including some specific disciplinary situations involving a state board of nursing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Little has been written about using human patient simulation to teach primary care management to large groups of nurse practitioner (NP) students. This article describes an innovative design for simulated clinical experiences based on a game show format.
Method: This large-group design was conceived as a way to overcome several challenges, particularly limited faculty resources, to integrating simulation into NP education.
Purpose: To enhance the learner's competence in the diagnosis and management of foreign bodies in the skin.
Target Audience: This continuing education activity is intended for physicians and nurses with an interest in skin and wound care.
Objectives: After participating in this educational activity, the participant should be better able to: 1.
Healthcare professionals, nurses with and without disabilities, administrators and personnel directors were surveyed to explore hiring practices and attitudes towards working with nurses with disabilities employed in clinical settings. Specifically the purpose of the study was to gather and analyze data regarding the perceptions of two groups towards nurses with disabilities: 1) employers and 2) other nurses (with and without a disability). The study defined a nurse with a disability as an RN who has an activity limitation, specifically an altered activity capability which limits mobility, ambulation, strength, coordination, or equilibrium.
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