Andrews, Michelle. “With Doctors in Short Supply, Responsibilities for Nurses May Expand.” The New York Times, 2009. Web.
The article deals with the nurse’s responsibilities now and its change in the future when the Health Care reform will be provided. The reform will deal with the reimbursement of the educational costs, spent by nurses for improving their qualities. The reform is provided to increase the number of nurse practitioners, who are registered nurses and typically have a master’s degree in nursing.
Atwal, Anita & Kay Caldwell. “Nurses’ perceptions of multidisciplinary teamwork in acute health-care.” International Journal of Nursing Practice 12 (2006): 359–365. Print.
The investigation, discussed in the article, deals with the multidisciplinary work of the nursing staff provided the following results: the complications of the work in a team, because of different perceptions of responsibilities and different levels of skills obtained. One of the main responsibilities of nurses, excluding their professional responsibilities, is the work in a team, as they have to collaborate with different specialists in different spheres.
Crisp, Jackie, Potter, Patricia Ann, Taylor, Catherine, and Anne Griffin Perry. Potter & Perry’s fundamentals of nursing. Victoria: Elsevier Australia, 2005.
Changes in the health care environment led to the shift of nurses’ responsibilities. The book compares previous nurses’ responsibilities and creates describes the new roles, which nurses should provide, such as caregiver, educator, communicator, and manager. Moreover, nurses’ responsibilities are extended and they have to cope with more work than before, as their roles became evaluated from the highest perspective.
Eshah, Nidal F. and A. Elaine Bond. “Cardiac rehabilitation program for coronary heart disease patients: An integrative literature review.” International Journal of Nursing Practice 15 (2009): 131–139.
The article implements the experiment, which role is to determine the role of the nurses in cardiovascular diseases treatment, without implementing any responsibilities on them at the very beginning of the case. It was concluded that nurses are not implemented by any significant responsibilities, but at the same time, they played core roles in improving patients’ participation. Their value was in caring about home based patients, who took part in cardiac rehabilitation.
Markham, Trish & Marie Carney. “Public Health Nurses and the delivery of quality nursing care in the community.” Journal of Clinical Nursing 17.10 (2008):1342-1350.
The study investigated the quality of nursing, and the factors, which influence this quality. The results of the investigation (the interview was provided, taped and analyzed) confirmed the theories that the quality of nurses’ work in the modern world depends on technological advances, which the hospital possess. The technologically invented health care department may provide the biggest opportunities for nurses and the quality of their work increases.
Maurer, Frances A. and Claudia M. Smith. Community/public health nursing practice: health for families and populations. Victoria: Elsevier Health Sciences, 2005.
The work under consideration provides the nurses’ responsibilities in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Dealing with nurses, the authors considered them as the role members of any community, who should be followed and copied in actions. The environment of nurses was also taken into account while their work was investigated and analyzed.
Pearson, Alan. “Multidisciplinary nursing: re-thinking role boundaries.” Journal of Clinical Nursing 12 (2003): 625–629.
The article deals with the contestable questions of nurses’ responsibilities. The investigation also provided some perfect qualities, which any nurse should possess, such as professionalism, client-oriented, humanized and multidisciplinary skills possessed. Moreover, the boundaries, which influence nurses’ responsibilities and skills, were discussed. Furthermore, the article touches on the problems of the historical perspective of nursing, which is usually poorly considered, and views of nursing responsibilities were discussed in different periods.
Saxe, JoAnne M., Janson, Susan L., Dennehy, Patricia M., Stringari-Murray, Susan, Hirsch, Jane E., & Catherine M. Waters. “Meeting a primary care challenge in the United States: chronic illness care.” Contemporary Nurse 26.1 (2007): 94-103.
The article stresses the increase of chronic illness/long0term conditions or impairment in modern America and tries to ensure the necessity of multidisciplinary team creation with the wide scope of responsibilities for nurses. The focus on advanced practice nurses is provided, as their role in the team, which is discussed is of great value.
Slevin, E., McConkey, R., Truesdale-Kennedy, M., & Taggart, L. “People with learning disabilities admitted to an assessment and treatment unit: impact on challenging behaviours and mental health problems.” Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 15 (2008): 537–546.
The case study investigates people with learning disabilities and the role of nurses in their recovery. The investigation concluded that nurses’ role was not visible from first sight, but considering the issue deeper, it was noted that they played a key role by their support and caring. The note was made that nurses’ work should be harnesser and more explicit in the work with people with learning disabilities.
Vallano, Annette. Your Career in Nursing: Manage Your Future in the Changing World of Healthcare. New York: Kaplan Publishing, 2008.
One of the points, discussed in the book, is the Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the responsibilities and obligations it addresses to nurses. The point is that this code sometimes puzzles nurses about their rights and roles. The New York State Nurses Association is the party, which tries to regulate these rights and provide responsibilities, which are understood for all.