Need assistance with the following short answers.

One paragraph responses

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Review the nine provisions of the Code of Ethics for Nurses

Select one of the nine provisions and identify how you plan to meet it in your professional career.

Select another provision and provide a potential, applicable scenario that may challenge you at some point.

1. The nurse, in all professional relationships, practices with compassion and respect for the inherent dignity, worth, and uniqueness of every individual, unrestricted by considerations of social or economic status, personal attributes, or the nature of health problems.

2. The nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, or community.

3. The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient.

4. The nurse is responsible and accountable for individual nursing practice and determines the appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the nurse’s obligation to provide optimum patient care.

5. The nurse owes the same duties to self as to others, including the responsibility to preserve integrity and safety, to maintain competence, and to continue personal and professional growth.

6. The nurse participates in establishing, maintaining, and improving health care environments and conditions of employment conducive to the provision of quality health care and consistent with the values of the profession through individual and collective action.

7. The nurse participates in the advancement of the profession through contributions to practice, education, administration, and knowledge development.

8. The nurse collaborates with other health professionals and the public in promoting community, national, and international efforts to meet health needs.

9. The profession of nursing, as represented by associations and their members, is responsible for articulating nursing values, for maintaining the integrity of the profession and its practice, and for shaping social policy.

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• Review the Nurse Practice Act of the state you plan to practice as an RN.

• Identify what it states regarding RN supervision of LVNs or unlicensed assistive personnel.

• Identify how you intend to practice within that scope.

• Explain how that Nurse Practice Act differentiates independent and dependent nursing practice.

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Share your Clinical Experiences

As a nurse, you will be asked to deal with all kinds of patient concerns and issues. Thinking back to your nursing rotations [or observations], please describe your most challenging clinical experience requiring many tasks but little time to complete the necessary work. As you prepare to interview for RN positions respond to all aspects of one of the following:

• What was the situation? Provide details and examples.

• How did you handle all of these tasks?

• What would you do differently if you had it to do again?

• What did you learn from the experience?