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History and Role of Vocational Nursing
History and Role of Vocational Nursing
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History and Role of Vocational Nursing
Introduction
The nursing field, especially practical nursing, has seen significant change throughout the years. One of the nursing specialties that has seen significant changes in the vocational nursing field. A vocational nurse, commonly known as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), work under the supervision of a medical doctor, Registered Nurses (RN), or any other mid-level practitioner to provide bedside nursing services to a disabled, injured, or sick patient (Phillips et al., 2021). This essay presents the history of vocational nursing over the past several years, my role as a vocational nurse today, and the future for vocational nurses.
History of Vocational Nursing
Practical nursing arose in the 1940s, facilitated by the increased need for nurses during the Second World War. The National Association for Practical Nurse Education and Service (NAPNES) organized a conference honoring practical nursing students. During this time, burses were neither licensed nor registered. The licensing of trained nurses did not emerge until 1951 and 1952, when all states established regulations, standards of educational training, and laws for LPN (Practicalnursing.org., 2022). The NFLPN described the roles of LPN in the late 1950s. For more than 72 years, the NALPN has been the voice for vocational nurses. It provides certifications, education, guidance, professional advice, scholarships, and member support. In recent years, vocational nurses have been phased out by health systems seeking higher educated nurses who can offer a wider range of nursing services.
My Role as a Vocational Nurse Today
Vocational nurses today are tasked with caring for injured, sick, or disabled patients in the hospital. While my role as a vocational nurse differs depending on my employer, I believe my role will include some of the common roles of vocational nurses, which include performing nursing assessment, ad patient diagnoses, as well as providing patient education and medication administration (Phillips et al., 2021). Also, I see my role to include reporting monitoring patients’ vital signs such as blood pressure, temperatures, weight, and height, reporting patients’ vital signs to the doctor, ensuring that the patients are comfortable, and helping with dressing the wounds as well as with other basic nursing care services.
Future of Vocation Nursing
Research reveals that LPNs nurses today do not feel respected by other health care team members, and their nursing knowledge is not acknowledged. This has led to most of them learning the role of Registered Nurses (RN) to become more recognized (Melrose, 2019). If this trend continues, it is expected that the field of vocational nursing may have fewer professionals in the future. Also, employment of LPNs is expected to expand by 11% between 2018 and 2028, much higher than the average for all professions during this time period (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2018). Since vocational nurses are shifting to RN and their employment rate is increasing, it can be logically inferred that the government will not have enough professionals to hire in this sector.
Conclusion
The vocational nursing specialty has seen significant changes in the past years. A progressive rise in the formal knowledge base needed and the necessity for a license to perform practical/vocational nursing are two significant shifts in practical nursing. Also, vocational nurses contribute significantly to the health care system and their roles cannot be assumed.
References
Bureau of Labor Statistics (2018). Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/licensed-practical-and-licensed-vocational-nurses.htm
Melrose, S. (2019). Licensed Practical Nurses becoming Registered Nurses: Conflicts and responses that can help. Sherri Melrose Publications: A Virtual Memory Box.
Phillips, L. A., de Los Santos, N., & Jackson, J. (2021). Licensed practical nurses’ perceptions of their work environments and their intention to stay: A cross‐sectional study of four practice settings. Nursing Open, 8(6), 3299-3305. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fnop2.1046Practicalnursing.org. (2022). LPN / LVN History & Background. Retrieved 19 July 2022, from https://www.practicalnursing.org/lpn-lvn-history.
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
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Plato’s Allegory of the Cave
The Allegory of the Cave by Plato reflects the nature of knowledge in contrast to belief. Plato’s Allegory of the cave explores how different senses are linked to gaining knowledge. This Allegory teaches us about knowledge as seen by those who perceive the truth against knowledge as seen by others who merely experience their senses and call that knowledge. I agree with Plato that we live in a cave. This is because we inhabit a world where the visual realm can only provide information on the living world. Also, we live in a cave since we always use our intelligence to define the things around us. Besides, sometimes our ignorance prevents us from learning the truth about a matter, and we fail to do the right thing. Most of the mistakes we make are a result of our ignorance. To change the perception that we live in a cave, as expressed by Plato, we need to be ready for life in the real world outside our first homes so that we can evaluate perceptions, care for our well-being, exercise good judgment, consider the potential outcomes of our actions, communicate, cooperate and coexist, and actively learn, participate, and contribute to the real world (Mendoza, 2022).
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Mendoza, J (2022). PLATO’S ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE AND ITS CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE.
Apple’s Marketing Campaign
Apple’s Marketing Campaign
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Apple’s Marketing Campaign
Objectives and Goals
Apple is a brand that has been in the technological market for many years experiencing good growth especially with its consistency when it comes to innovation. The ability to produce technologies that respond to customer needs has endeared many customers to it making to be among the most respected companies. However, it is important that Apple remains conspicuous and popular in the market. Apple intends to fulfill this objective by designing and implementing an aggressive and unique marketing campaign. The campaign needs to be one that takes into consideration changes in consumer tastes, adjustments in the promotional media preferred by most consumers and the behavior of Apple’s competitors(Henley & Caemmerer, 2011). The campaign will rely on understanding the target customers, improving the distribution channel, introducing new offers, use of effective marketing, pricing and positioning strategy.
Target customers
Teenagers are among Apple’s biggest customers as they tend to fancy technological gadgets a lot. Teenagers make the most use of Apple’s iPod listening to music and visiting social sites such as facebook visiting facebook and twitter. The case is the same with university and college students who also use iphones and Macbooks to record notes fast. They also prefer them due to the ease of carrying them as they are light.The marketing campaign also intends to cover the business people most of whom are intrigued by Apple products (iPads, iPhones, Macbooks etc) as they certain business qualities that they find useful such as efficient communication with clients and ease and organized way of sending documents.Another target market will be children especially with the easy to use iPods and iPads while parents can also download learning game applications to teach young children. Adults in general need apple for their daily needs that include internet connection, map directions, phone calls,camera, and documents making their lives easier.
Marketing Mix
Pricing & Positioning Strategy
Since Apple’s products are of high quality and highly respected by its clients, it will be prudent to set prices that tend to reflect these aspects. The strategy in the marketing campaign will be in terms of pricing will be to avoid setting low prices since this kind of price ha s proved disastrous before(Gospe, 2008). Apple’s customers find pride and prestige in owning some of the most expensive toys around. However, these prices will be customized to suit various different markets.
Distribution
In improving its marketing campaign, Apple will improve the distribution of its products through opening up of new retail outlets for its products. It will also make use of new suppliers who have proven to be good at distribution.
Offers
In order to increase sales, the marketing campaign will make use of back to school promotions, festive season discount offers and making sales on hire purchase terms to persons with a stable source of income. The firm will also allow free trials of its products by its consumers. Another strategy would be to introduce money-back guarantees in case of any defective products.
Marketing Materials
Apple will employ the use of print brochures, catalogues, business cards and website among others to update customers of the latest products from Apple and some of their features. This will also enable Apple to access new customers.
Tim Leberecht’s approach
Tim’s approach requires a firm to gain an understanding of its potential customers and focus its energy on the specific target consumers. This will enable the firm to save on resources since it will only target a specific portion of the market.
Significance of Leberecht’s Approach
Leberecht’s approach can apply to my organization perfectly. This is because my firm focuses on high end customers who can be able to afford most of its products. Marketing my firm’s product to the low income market segment would lead to a waste of valuable resources.
References
Gospe, M. (2008). Marketing campaign development what marketing executives need to know about architecting global integrated marketing campaigns. Cupertino, CA: HappyAbout.info.
Henley, N., Raffin, S., & Caemmerer, B. (2011). The application of marketing principles to a social marketing campaign. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 29(7), 697-706.