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Professionalism University of Miami School of Nursing and

Health Studies

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Welcome to pursuing a career as an advanced practice nurse! You should congratulate yourself for understanding the need for continuing education and for rising to this point in your career.

Welcome!

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There is currently a national shortage of advanced practitioners and one of the many reasons is because of the intense amount of rigor in the programs as well as the amount of discipline and sacrifice required from the student.

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You already understand that nursing is a profession, but now you are a leader in the profession. You will be a role-model, an advocate, and must exude excellence and professionalism to succeed. The health and welfare of others depends on it. While you may not be at this level yet, our goal is to transform you to reach a new stratosphere in your practice and in yourself. Are you ready for the journey?

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Remember you represent the University ofMiami School of Nursing and Health

Studies(UMSONHS)on campus and in the community. Your dress,communication and overall presentation are areflection of UMSONHS and the future of nursing.

Be on time to class. Not only is it disruptive to other classmates and the faculty when students arrive late, valuable information may be missed. Turn cell phonesoff or to silence mode. Refrain from distractingbehavior such as talking and surfing the internet.

General Considerations

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General ConsiderationsBe on time for your clinical experiences. This includes class, lab and simulation activities. Your peers, faculty, clinical partners, and patients depend on you to be there.

Turn your assignments in on time! You may be deducted points or given no credit for late assignments. Also, turning in late assignments is a burden on your instructor.

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Remember that the general expectations of academia differ from that of the general population.

If you are asked to arrive to a clinical site or class, you should plan extra time for traffic, parking, and arrive earlier than the time set. For example, if you are to arrive to a clinical site by 0700, aim for 0630.

Culture of Academia

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Part of your professional growth will occur from your verbal and written communications with faculty and clinical partners.

Make sure emails are formally addressed to an individual, starting with one’s name. Avoid “texting” lingo and use professional verbiage and sentences.

Connote respect and a pleasant tone

Culture of Academia

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Keep your instructors apprised of events, especially when changes arise. Notify via phone and email to make sure faculty are aware if you have an emergency. Be aware of the processes in place and channels ahead of time so you can communicate promptly.

Culture of Academia

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The advanced practice nurse is expected to adhere to the same code of ethics as professional nurses. These principles should carry into your actions at the School as well as at your clinical sites. You may want to revisit The American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses here.

Adherence to the Code of Ethics

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A few specific considerations include:

1. Maintaining appropriate boundaries with peers, faculty, clients and their significant others.

2. Confidentiality must be maintained. Refrain from gossiping about clients, staff, other

students or faculty. This is non – productive and unethical behavior . Concerns should be communicated to the appropriate individual.

Code of Ethics

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Maintain confidentiality for information regarding the client

Do not remove any paperwork that could identify a client from the clinical area. For example you may not remove a laboratory report that has the clients name on it from the clinical area.

Do not discuss clinical information in a non secured areas such as the elevator, Metro rail, cafeteria, etc.

Code of Ethics

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Code of EthicsNurses are ethically and legally accountable to maintain confidentiality . The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules protects the privacy of individually identifiable health information. You likely are familiar with HIPAA but your actions now reflect upon the University as well.

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If you choose to use social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter, be sure you separate your professional endeavors from your personal endeavors and enact privacy settings.

Any patient-care type of experiences must remain private and never shared on any website. Sharing confidential information is breaking the law!

The NCSBN developed a White Paper for nurses to Guide them on the use of Social Media.

HIPAA

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Make sure you read through the honor code of the student handbook http://www.miami.edu/sonhs/index.php/sonhs/current_students/student_handbooks#Masters_Programs

“This code has been established to protect the academic integrity of the University of Miami, to encourage consistent ethical behavior among undergraduate students, and to foster a climate of fair competition.”

Examples of violations include: cheating, plagiarism, collusion, falsifying documents and other acts of academic dishonesty.

Honor Code

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Advanced Practice Nurses are encouraged to participate in multiple professional organizations. Your membership demonstrates devotion to the profession and supports important educational and lobbying efforts. Employers will look at your CV for memberships. For an extensive list of nursing organizations please visit the website listed below.

http://www.nurse.org/orgs.shtml

Participation in the Professional Organizations

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Advanced Practice Nurses strive to provide the best nursingcare to clients to promote wellness. In order to maintainexcellence, a nurse must commit to life long learning and competency. Life long learning has been described as “acontinuously supportive process which stimulates and empowers individuals...to acquire all the knowledge, values,skills and understanding they will require throughout their lifetimes...and to apply them with confidence, creativity, andenjoyment”

Commission for a Nation of Lifelong Learners(1997). “A Nation Learning: Vision for the 21st Century” Washington, DC:

Commitment to life long learning and competency

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Life Long LearningAdvanced Practice Nurses utilize a variety of methods to achieve their educational goals including: attendance to seminars, involvement in professional organizations, obtaining advance degrees, research activities, subscriptions to journals, and specialty certification, collaboration with other disciplines such as medicine, occupational and physical therapy.

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Utilizing effective goal-oriented communicationis an essential competency for a nurse. You will communicate with your student peers, faculty,clients, clients families/significant others, advanced practice nurses, and other members ofthe health care team.

Inadequate or poor communication among health care providers has been associated with increasederrors that jeopardize patient safety.

Communication

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Utilizing the Chain of Command approach when communicating is recommended toprovide for an organized method ofcommunication. This also allows the opportunity for clarification and resolution of conflict.

Communication

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Please refer to the “Communication” learning module for more detailed information.

Communication

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Faculty Teachin

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Example : Flow of communication

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Autonomy- Self Regulation

While nurses are often part of a multidisciplinary team of health care providers, advanced practice nurses have autonomy over their practice.

You are in control of your planning, time management, attitude, actions, and success!

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The faculty and staff at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies support your educational endeavor. We look forward to the opportunity to facilitate the learning process and your professional growth.