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They also possess stronger leadership qualities. Critical thinking in nursing is an essential component of professional accountability and quality nursing care. Baccalaureate nurse’s leadership qualities enable them to work as a team with other health care professionals to improve quality of patient care and outcome. Due to this noticeable difference in competencies Chief nurse officers (CNO) in university hospitals prefer to hire BSN graduates. In a 2001 survey published in Journal of Nursing Administration support this statement.
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Current Health Promotion Pamphlet Paper Mary Penny-Johnson Developing and Evaluating Educational Programs/ Nur 588 Jennie Pattison Current Health Promotion Pamphlet Health promotion and disease prevention are an important role of nurses, physicians, and health organizations. Patients that are active participants in their own health care understand their responsibility in managing their care. Additionally, health promotion decreases hospital stays and may prevent disease related complications. In 2006 health care related spending exceed two-trillion dollars in the United States (Jadelhack, 2012). A huge amount of money is saved by promoting health and educating the public on preventable health problems (Goetzel, 2009).
Contributions Lillian Wald was known for her works in the public health nursing. She believed that the caring for the patient should start before they end up in the clinic. She encouraged the importance of disease prevention and taught health education. She provided well-baby care and treated minor illness in her main clinic named Henry Street Settlement House (Cherry & Jacobs, p13). Lillian Wald emphasized the significance of prevention.
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