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instrumental in movingnursing education into universities. Clara Barton founded the American
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Red Cross. Lillian Wald helped open the HenryStreet Settlement.
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pertinent to the patient’s health and/or the situation. In diagnosis, the registered nurse analyzes the
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assessment data to determine the diagnoses or issues. During implementation, theregistered nurse
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experience (e.g., an experienced operating room nurse chooses to now practice in home health)is
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an example ofa novicenurse. A proficient nurseperceives a patient’s clinicalsituation as a whole,
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experience may only be observational in nature, but the nurseis able to identifymeaningful
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independentnursinginterventionswithoutmedicalorders.ToobtainlicensureintheUnited
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choose to work toward certification in a specific area of nursing practice.
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