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The Role Of Rubies Nursing And Nursing
This PPN has reflected many times in my previous works as an assistant in nurse, with the ACT
agents known as Rubies Nursing. In this role, I have cared for both moderate and highly mentally ill
patients at the ageing facilities and in the hospital facilities. However, as a nurse it was vital that I
applied the inside knowledge of the PPN in four words, namely; empathetic, obtaining informed
consent, showing resilience, and providing continuity of care to all patients. There were many more
challenges in my role that has not covered in my daily nursing position outside of the four areas
mentioned above. As a commencing student in such a role of caring for patients in the healthcare,
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As such, this value is exercised by using a therapeutic relationship between you and the client you
are taking care for in good faith. Additionally, I believe that there is an immeasurable gratitude in
the PPN, which as an existence of a therapeutic relationship between nurses and patients become
widely seen in the nurses' literature, such that providing an empathy is essential in effective nursing
care (Kirk, 2007). For example, the medical literature validates this by recognising what's the
termed a 'centrality of empathy approach,' such that developing a strong therapeutic relationship
between the patients, nurse, and physician is seen as an integral step in the healing process (Larson
& Yao, 2005). Furthermore, various conceptualisations in the nurse context are not universally
agreed upon due to different stances in the literature into empathy (Kirk, 2007). However, there are
frequent appearances in the nurse's literature from a patient's perspective into empathy, suggesting
that the patient 's perceptions of the administration of empathy by nursing staff are often lacking
(Mearns et al., 2013). Most nurses focus their PPN on patient care; I believe that empathy is a
challenged and complicated theory to comprehend, know–how, rehearsal, and impact. In the
therapeutic relationship, this often referred to in the context of Rogers ' core
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Nursing Activism In Nursing
Since the first days of nursing school, nurses have always been taught to advocate for their patients.
Standing up for them when they have no voice, assuring that they are receiving the proper
medication in the proper dosages, and maintaining their humanity in their final hours. In 2010 the
Institute of Medicine called for nurses to engage in health policy and lead in transformation of the
US healthcare system (Institute of Medicine(IOM), 2010). It has been years since this report and the
government is still lacking nursing representation. In the words of Abood (2007), The current health
care environment...challenges both nurses and patients who are often caught between the cross
currents of cost constraints and access to appropriate quality care (p.1).
A Review of the Literature
"Activism" as defined by Wikipedia "consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social,
political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in
society. Forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or to politicians, political
campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies,
street marches, strikes, sit–ins, and hunger strikes". Nurses have used activism over the years to
change and mold the career it currently is by striking for better wages, boycotting TV shows and
writing letters to politicians, just to name a few. In the daily job of a nurse they are advocating for
their
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Role Of Nursing Role In Nursing
Ms. Gillooly practices from a holistic point of view, considering the complex needs of the dialysis
dependent patient. She employs critical thinking skills and keen assessments to develop the best
plan of care for her patients. Also, she understands the range of emotional and spiritual needs of the
chronically ill population. Melissa's goal for taking care of her patients' is that she wants to make the
difficulty of coming in for dialysis three times weekly, a little easier. She is able to strike a balance
of comforting support and sharp nursing skills. She functions in the charge nurse role, whereby she
independently seeks out and assumes additional responsibilities and takes a leadership role in
identifying, developing, and implementing plans to resolve identified problems. In addition to the
charge role she is a preceptor for nursing students and a mentor for her colleagues as she
demonstrates leadership in these roles. Her assessment and careful evaluations of her patients'
estimated dry weights has led to a decrease in cardiac risk factors associated with episodes of fluid
overload. Of her 6 primary patients, none have been admitted into the hospital for any cardiac and or
fluid overload episodes, which is often associated with ESRD patients.
Ms. Gillooly performs monthly checks to ensure that the hemodialysis unit meets or exceeds the
expectation of The Joint Commission and OIG. The unit is always survey ready.
Ms. Gillooly was recognized for her excellent assessment and documentation skills in preventing a
negative outcome from a tort claim. The content and form of her note was concise, articulate, and
without any doubt, the information that she documented was a significant factor when used during
the legal proceedings. Her assessment skills, nursing care and documentation were clearly evident in
her note, according to the legal counsel.
Ms. Gillooly is part of the interdisciplinary team that piloted the process Improvement board. Along
with her colleagues she has collected data to track and intervene when a patient's Mean Arterial
Pressure drops more than 30 or identified below 70. With the proper intervention we can decrease
the cardiac risk associated with intra dialytic hypotension.
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Nursing
Introduction Conceptual frameworks of nursing model have provided the professional nurse a
foundation for the development of individual practice. I have chosen an individual at my current
placement to base the care plan on. The patient is a 45 year male who has been in and out of the
ward for severe anxiety issues and my job is to build a therapeutic relationship so she can become
more comfortable with herself and this would lead to an end result of socializing with others. In this
assignment I examined the Peplau interpersonal relations model and the Neuman health care
systems model. After an overview of the two models, a comparison of the models was presented,
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Asking the patient what they have understood and encouraging them to verbalise this can help.Using
communication tools such as situation–background–assessment–recommendation (SBAR)
communication ensures that messages are clear and unambiguous even in stressful situations.
Leonard M, et al. The human factor: the critical importance of effective teamwork and
communication in providing safe care. Qual Saf Health Care 2004;13 Suppl 1:i85–i90. Anticipating
patient's needs Anticipating patients needs is to ensure that patient needs are met and that patients
flow smoothly through the clinic process, staff look ahead on the schedule to identify patient needs
for a given day or week. This advance planning allows staff members to familiarize themselves with
the patients and have a better understanding of their psychology. Anticipating patients needs: A case
report on hourly rounding in a skilled nursing
facility.http://contentdm.carrollu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ptthesis/id/27/rec/6. When you have
spent enough time with a client and Mirroring
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– When you feel rapport with someone
your body will mirror the body posture of that person. You can help create rapport between yourself
and another person by quietly mirroring her posture. Although If you are focusing on mirroring
someone's body language or style, then you are obviously not focusing on them. Instead, you're
keeping the focus on you, e.g. how
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Nursing Theory In Nursing
Individualized Attention The application of nursing theories to the nursing care practice promotes
the structure of care. It intensifies the importance of an individual in need and facilitates the
environment of healing. By integrating the major nursing theories into the daily nursing routine in
the hospitals or the community, and understanding their meaning, nursing profession flourishes as a
unique science separate from the discipline of law. One of the theories looked at is humanbecoming
by Rosemarie Rizzo Parse. As Smith & Parker, (2015) explains, humanbecoming nurses'
involvement in the care of the patient is influenced by the utmost importance that arise from the
point of view of their patient at that particular time. The nurse then and recognizes the wishes,
benefits and desires of the patient and prioritizes her care in such a way. The Portray of
Humanbecoming According to Rosemarie Rizzo Parse the goal or the definition of humanbecoming,
is to learn and appreciate the significance of living encounters (Smith & Parker, 2015). The nurse is
there to learn from the individuals cared for, what is the meaning of their experience. It is derived
from a circumstance, and based completely on their point of view. It is the patient and their family
who take the leading role. The nurse is there to guide this exclusive experience by connecting
through a dialogue or simple silence by the method called true prescience (Smith & Parker 2015).
While Ben is grieving the near death
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Nursing In Nursing
Margaret Sanger, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton; they're all well known names in history. They
made the world a better place with their hard work and achievements. Not only did they make
changes in history, but they were nurses. Nurses, "a person trained to care for the sick or infirm,
especially in a hospital," are in high demand all over the country if not the world as well. Nurses are
known as some of the most important men and women in the world. With almost three million
registered nurses in the United States alone, the world of nursing has grown larger than ever since
the 1800s. I decided to study nursing, and why even with over three million registered nurses in the
United States, the demand for nurses is undeniably through the roof. There are some answers as to
why they are in such high demand, including opportunities expanded, nursing educators shortage,
and the recession. I want to be a nurse myself, and as I've been applying to colleges, I'm learning
there's more than what meets the eye. It's no surprise there is a shortage of nursing educators in the
United States, since getting into nursing school has become one of the hardest things to do. Even
with a 3.7 GPA, many nursing students don't get into nursing school, with an average of only 30% of
students getting in after taking their prerequisites in college (UNC Nursing). Hours is another reason
why there is such a high demand for nurses. As I studied and observed these individuals in a hospital
setting, I
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Nursing Domain Of Nursing
1. My name, email address, and key phone numbers: Name: Artur Skvortsov Email:
artur.skvortsov@mail.mcgill..ca Phone: (514)–501–1796 2. This is my life/work/academic
experience with regards to this domain of nursing: My current experience includes: orthopeadics,
postpartum units (JGH) and the Chest Institute, however I have never had a chance to work in
mental health setting. In addition I have never worked in the MGH hospital before. 3. My
knowledge of current literature related to this domain of nursing is: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Minimal or
Broad/basic knowledge Comprehensive, No Knowledge detailed knowledge 4. This is what I can do
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I am also aiming to develop personal skills in helping the clients to re–entry community and try to
balance their symptoms. In addition, link the client with community resources, that I need to search
for. 5. This is what I do not yet know about this domain of nursing: Firstly, I do not know how to
stabilize the symptoms of the specific clients. Secondly, I have very poor knowledge how to link the
clients with the community resources. Lastly, I have to improve my skills in helping the clients to
develop ADL's for community living. 6. This is what I hope to learn/ practice most during NUR1
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Nursing : The Vision Of The Future Of Nursing
Since its roots in the 19th century, and its inception long before, nurses have been a critical part of
the healing process, and affected countless lives in the process. As time and technology have
advanced, and new treatments and tools become available, the role of nurses in the hospital has only
become more critical. Being a nurse today means providing the right health care, excellent
leadership, and great patient safety, as nurses take on new roles and responsibilities once seen as the
work of doctors. However, nurses still have many difficulties, such as fragmented health care
scattering critical information between departments and physicians, difficulties transitioning from
school to practice, high turnover rates, and the looming issue of an older generation retiring from the
workforce (Colossi 4). I have a vision of the future of nursing, an improved future of nursing, which
helps to deal with these issues.
My first vision of the future is an inter–connected healthcare system that communicates better
amongst its parts, with nurses at the core. While it is essential to have specialists in the field of
medicine, it is more critical that a patient gets an accurate diagnosis. As best described by Kurt
Strange in "The Problem of Fragmentation and the Need for Integrative Solutions":
"A wealthy man I know went from doctor to doctor to try to find a reason for his fatigue. Each
doctor looked in depth at the organ in which (s)he was an expert. Each did the latest tests. Each
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The Path Of Nursing And The Path To Nursing
A pathway towards nursing Nursing is one of the many appreciated careers within the medical field.
Nurses provide safe and efficient care for patients. They have the chance to make a difference in
people's lives. Nurses require many responsibilities because patients and family members rely upon
nurses so they achieve goals that are crucial for the well–being of a patient. They inform patients
and families about diseases and how to prevent them. Nursing requires empathy and effort in order
to succeed and help patients that need them the most. Nursing would be a great career to pursue
because it deals patient care and safety , it is a promising career, and the job stability is high because
it is in demand. Nursing is the practice that involves patient care and safety because nurses treat and
monitor a patient. Nurses have a huge responsibility that requires intensive training and knowledge
within this position. The ability to make your own decisions is a huge responsibility, for example
working in a pre–operative surgical unit and PACU (post anesthesia care unit) requires healthcare
workers to work as a team. Nurse constantly have to work with anesthesiologist and surgeons in
order to make decisions that will have an impact on a patient. Anesthesiologist are great to back up
nurses in a difficult decision. Nurses sometimes have to follow their gut instinct that they know will
comfort a patient . It is labor intensive because it is hands on work that involves helping
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Nursing Life In Nursing
Watching someone die is a situation I will never get used to. I know it is part of life and part of
nursing as well. I feel nurses help guide their patient's in healing and even the end of life stages.
Nurses are advocates the patients and offer a hand to help in comforting. Death can be uplifting
knowing the patient is able to let go and they are no longer in pain. As someone passes, they look
peaceful, relieved and happy which is a beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time.
According to our class's textbook, 'Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing', "Death is
universal, it is often called the, great equalizer." Many times, nurses feel guilty because they think
they should have done more for the patient. (Shelly, 2006). I know I have been there myself. My
goal is to help in curing the patient or getting them better than before they were admitted. Also, to
help them recover from the surgery. When I first started nursing as a floor nurse, my intenetions
were to help patients get better, well I did not expect some to die from complications or just from
end stages of like such as Hospice. "Like other people, the suffer from agony of death because life
has meaning, relationships have depth and importance, and we are strongly aware of all unfinished
business in this life." (Shelly, 2006)
I witnessed my first code which was one of my patients. I was an LPN at the time and my first week
after orientation. The patient requested to be on the unit I work
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Nursing Stress In Nursing
one's patients; 5 items), and personal accomplishment (feeling successful or competent with one's
profession; 8 items). Each question allows for the responder to indicate the degree of burnout via a
7–point Likert scale, where never = 0 and daily = 6. If emotional exhaustion levels and
depersonalization scores are collectively high, while personal accomplishment scores are low, a high
level of burnout is indicated (Sabbah, et al., 2012, p. 645) (Maslach & Jackson, 2016). The Nursing
Stress Scale (NSS) is used to examine stress for nurses working in a hospital. This 34–item
questionnaire focuses on seven areas of "potentially stressful scenarios, including Death and Dying
Patients (7 items), Conflict with Physicians (5 items), Inadequate Preparation (3 items), Lack of
Staff Support (3 items), Conflict with Other Nurses (5 items), Workload (6 items), and Uncertainty
Concerning Treatment (5 items)." Responses are recorded via a 4–point Likert scale, ranging from
never = 1 to very frequently = 4. The higher the score, the higher the nurses' feelings of stress at
work are (Lee, et al., 2007) (Gray–Toft & Anderson, 1981). Integration and maintenance The sixth
and final step of the practice model is integration and maintenance. Within this stage, evidence will
be integrated into policies, as effectiveness and outcomes of the change are monitored.
Communication for new ideas and updates to make the change better is welcome (Reavy &
Tavernier, 2008, p. 169). As it pertains to the proposed intervention, there will be a number of visual
reminders hanging on the walls of staff lounges. It may be beneficial to summarize the learned
techniques and have the reminder placed in staff lounges and bathrooms. This stage is the time to
truly evaluate if the change is actually beneficial to the organization and what can be done to
continue its progress, or even make it better for future implications. Facilitating Factors to
Implementation Staff nurses are already open to the idea of group talk and discussion about changes
to institutional–based practices that should be changed or implemented. These discussions occur
through monthly council meetings, shift huddles, and staff meetings. At these meetings, nurses are
encouraged
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The Nursing Practice Of Nursing
Nursing is a highly promising profession, yet healthcare institutions are having difficulty filling
nursing positions. The nursing profession has evolved since its inception in the 1800's. Today,
various healthcare facilities employ the professionals to assist with patient care. The nursing practice
is now a well–paying profession. Despite this, America's healthcare needs are creating a nursing
shortage. Additionally, nurses who seek more challenges in the workplace are taking on roles as
advanced nurse practitioners as the United States healthcare system seeks alternatives to satisfy the
nation's doctor shortage. In the Beginning Nursing has evolved in status and scope since its
inception. 1 Florence Nightingale – the mother of modern nursing – gave birth to the field with her
work during the late 1800's through the early 1900's. 2 Nightingale entered the healthcare field at a
time when the public viewed hospitals as a place for hospice rather than healing, and society's
female exiles filled the nursing pools. Today, the public views nurses as honored professionals and
citizens depend on healthcare institutions to help them recover from many illnesses. Although
women still dominate the nursing field, public perception that nursing is solely a woman's
profession is fading away. Nursing Career Overview The modern nurse works in many settings. 1
Hospitals, private practice offices, in home nursing services and special healthcare facilities all
employ professional nurses
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Nursing
The provision for education on health care to our nation has been the focus of the National
Academies, Institute of Medicine (IOM). It turns out to be that clear from their research that nursing
plays an important role in the conveying health care. Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
was appointed by IOM the Committee through the interdisciplinary practiced that depend upon the
initiative on the Upcoming of Nursing. The aim was to create an achievement in favor of plan for
anything that would let nurses to principal alteration in the direction to development and advance
health care delivery in our nation. The carrying out of the commendations is in existence
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This Cooperative assistant is needed starting from boards of nursing of every State, accrediting
bodies, federal government as well as healthcare organization to support nurses to successful
changeover to practice platform such as nurse residency which they can start at the completion of
college program, either with pre–licensure or after completing advanced practice program. This will
assist to expose new grads to clinical areas. Among the recommendation by IOM is the need for
every states board of nursing, to improve nursing education. This will allow all Nurse Educators in
all colleges of nursing and the Nurses work force to liaise and work together across all schools of
nursing, and also to intensify the percentage of nurses in patient care with a baccalaureate degree.
Increasing the number from 50 to 80 percent by 2020. These changes can be achieve by working
together with employers, accrediting bodies like Joint Commission on Accreditation (JACHO)
.These collaboration will help with funding and also assist to
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Nursing Case Study Nursing
Betty has been an RN for two years and is the charge nurse of the medical unit on the evening shift
of a small rural hospital. During her two years as a nurse, she has floated to many other areas of the
hospital, but most of her experience has been on her medical unit. On the evening shift the medical
unit is usually staffed with an RN, LPN, and an aid. Betty has arrived at work for her Friday evening
shift and the nursing supervisor has told her she needs to go cover the six bed ICU for one to one
and a half hours because the regular RN was involved in a minor car accident and will be late. The
nursing supervisor felt that Betty was the most qualified staff member at work to cover the ICU and
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She cannot delegate certain aspects of the patients care to the LPN, such as the IV medications and
assessment, but the LPN could prove to be an invaluable resource in this patients care. She could
call one of the regular ICU RN's that are off duty and have them explain the IV medications and
how to administer them for this patient. This is not ideal, but it may be the only option for Betty to
quickly learn how to administer the medications correctly. The LPN knows the ICU dysrhythmia
protocol and she knows how to care for a patient on streptokinase therapy. Ultimately Betty is still
responsible for this patient's care and the care that the LPN provides. Another option would be for
one of the ER nurses to come to the ICU and care for this patient until the regular ICU RN arrives at
work. Considering that they initiated the streptokinase therapy and the ER typically deals with
emergent patients, one of the ER nurses would be better prepared and qualified to care for this
particular
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Nursing : The Philosophy And Philosophy Of Nursing
Philosophy of Nursing Heather White Chattahoochee Technical College PHILOSOPHY OF
NURSING Nursing as a profession encompasses a wide range of roles and responsibilities. The
possible definition of nursing would vary greatly depending on who was being asked and their
knowledge and past experience with nursing care. As the nursing profession has evolved throughout
the years, so too has the definition. "Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and
populations" according to the American Nurses Association (n.d.). Ultimately, any definition has the
patient as the central focus. Nursing has evolved from simply caring for patients with illness or
injury to include health prevention, health promotion, and health maintenance. Changes in nursing
education have evolved from apprenticeship to many levels of education ranging from associate
degrees to doctorate level programs. As the nursing profession has developed into the respected
profession that it is today, providing for the patient has always remained the primary focus. Keeping
the patient as the center focus leads me to believe that nursing is that of art, not just science. "This is
due to the fact that nursing is built on values and morals and has a solid link to the desire to do good
in general
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Nursing Workplace Hazards And The Effects On Nursing And...
All across the world healthcare professionals and organizations are dealing with the same issue,
nursing workplace hazards and the effects it has on nurses and healthcare. Nursing Hazards have
been a significant topic of discussion for many health professionals and organizations. Nurses are
continuously reporting the issue of injury and illness. The duties that nurses are tasked with put
them at an everyday risk of different types of hazards. The safety of employees and health
organizations depends on nursing hazards being identified and managed with knowledge, skill, and
assessment. It is the fundamental right of health professionals to feel safe at work and to feel safe
hazards must be identified and managed. Nurses face exposure to workplace hazards such as blood
pathogens and other body fluids, chemicals in the form of solid, liquid or gas, needle sticks, latex
allergy, spills, equipment malfunction, the physical strain of the body, and workload. These hazards
are under the broad category of biological, chemical, physical, safety, and ergonomic and work
organization hazards. The following paper is going to look at workplace hazards and the effects it
has on nursing staff. It will also look at how this issue that is plaguing not only the United States but
the world can be managed or resolved. The risk of infectious diseases for nurses is not just in
different sections of hospitals but in other workplace settings that nurses also work, such as prisons,
nursing homes,
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Attitudes Toward Nursing : Nursing
Attitudes Toward Nursing Ones attitude toward nursing will be dependent on their experiences with
professional nurses. Every person has had different experiences. This paper presents three different
people with three different experiences with nursing professionals. When these three people were
asked about their attitudes toward nursing it was found that, most of the time, nurses are seen as the
face of health care and are vital. Each of these people have had many different types of interactions
with healthcare. One person believes that nurses are the backbone; while another person, who has
worked with nurses in long term care facilities, mentioned he has seen bad nurses and good nurses.
During these brief interactions with different age groups it was found that the nursing profession
will not be viewed the same by any two people, because of their past experiences. Brian Kinler, 62
and a cancer patient now in remission, has had many encounters with the world of nurses. During a
conversation with this nursing student he was asked about his attitude to nursing as a profession. He
went to tell many stories about some of his remembered meetings and ordeals. It could be heard in
his voice that he has met some great nurses that have made him have a great attitude toward
professional nurses. According to one study, Brian, may have been one of the lucky people who did
not have to deal with the negativity that is often found in an oncology setting. The study found that
patients
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Nursing Science In Nursing
Nursing Science Nursing is a marriage between an art and a science that combines critical thinking
and practical skills with sensitivity, creativity, empathy, intuition, and the ability to adapt care to
meet the patient's needs (Wilkinson, Overview of the Nursing Process, 2012). The scientific aspect
of nursing includes critical thinking, problem–solving skills, the application of the scientific method,
and the use of evidence based practice (Wilkinson, Critical Thinking, 2012). Nursing science relies
on logic and scientific evidence rather than emotions and intuition. It is the knowledge base behind
the care given (Westman, 2017). It involves nurses drawing upon previous experience and
knowledge to create effective treatments for individual patients. Evidence–based practice (EBP) is
crucial to nursing science. According to Wilkinson, EBP is "an approach that uses firm scientific
data rather than anecdote, tradition, intuition, or folklore in making decision about medical and
nursing practice." (Wilkinson, Critical Thinking, 2012). EBP requires the nurse to use scientific
evidence to find the most effective way to treat a patient. Though nursing science is logical and
scientific, it is not a rigid process, as it must be adapted to fit the needs of individual patients.
Central Concerns of Nursing The four central concerns of nursing include person, environment,
health, and nursing. These concerns are interrelated. If one changes, the others change, too. A
person's environment influences health, as does their relationship with themselves and the people
around them. Person The person, or patient who receives nursing care, is the most important part of
the entire nursing process. Person–centered care is emphasized by many nursing schools and
healthcare facilities. A patient needs to be looked at holistically, meaning that taking care of a person
involves taking care of more than just their physical wellbeing, but their emotional, mental, and
spiritual wellbeing too. Developing a positive relationship with the patient helps the nurse to provide
the best care possible to the patient, and see them as a multidimensional person rather than just
someone who is sick. It is important to take into consideration a
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Nursing
I agree with you that health literacy is a serious and real problem in the health care field. Limited
health literacy affects a patient's entire health care experience. Patients with low health literacy are
more likely to miss preventive measures, which will most likely require rehospitalization. It is
imperative for nurses to avoid jargons and use simple language to get the message across. While
Henderson's theory supports nursing as a profession in assisting patients who are well or sick and
ensuring 14 basic needs, Orem's theory is more contemporary where a nurse engages patient in plan
of care and guides the patient to be self–dependent in the acquisition of knowledge and skills.
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One of which is education and this includes literacy. Low levels of literacy present another
dimension for health care providers, especially for nurses who are primarily responsible for patient
education (Wilson, 2008). On a hospital admission questionnaire it is asked what is the patient's
highest level of education. This does not always what will be what the patient's literacy level. It is
important for the nurse to use simple literature regarding patient information along with simple
teaching tools. Assessment should always be performed regarding the matter. In this case the mother
understood the information and can repeat back or explain what was taught. According to Orem's
theory there are three fundamental nursing sciences: wholly compensatory, partly compensatory and
supportive developmental system. In regards to the Wilson study the partly compensatory aspect of
the theory would be used. It is defined as this because both nurse and mother engage in meeting the
self–care needs. This is the occurrence of development and exercise of self–care agency (Meleis,
2011). The nurse and mother would have to engage in the care due to the low literacy level of the
mother making sure she understands safe immunization schedules for her infant. Nicely studies
Virginia Henderson's Needs Theory. Henderson describes 14 basic human needs. One of the needs is
to communicate with others. Nurses need to
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Nursing Vs 1900 Nursing
What comes to the mind when we think of nurses – Someone who takes care of sick people. Nursing
was introduced by Florence Nightangle in the mid of 1800's and she took an opportunity to train
women to care of wounded and sick army during the war. Back then nurses were trained to perform
all the housekeeping skills. In 1900's, there was no set of formal classes for nursing student as
compared to today's higher education. They were assigned to work for 10–12 hours without pay
under the supervision of a physician. There is a huge difference between today's and 1900's nursing
education. Nurses are more trained and skilled in their profession and today's nursing considered to
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In today's' era, nurses have more responsibility than before. They are held responsible for their
actions. Today's nursing is based on basic needs of patients. Critical thinking plays an important role
in nursing. Nurses are required to think and act immediately in the emergency situations. A good
communication between provider is must. This could avoid the incidents to happen. Although
technology has been improved as well in the past years. Now a day hospitals are more equipped than
past years. The science has gone beyond the inventions to cure untreatable diseases. The art of
nursing depends on how to promote wellness, to prevent illness, to facilitate coping, and to restore
health. Nurses can achieve all those goals by taking a role of caregiver, educator, collaborator,
advocate, and manager (Dewit O' Neill. 4th Ed. Pg. 3–4). No one else beside nurses can better know
their patients. Today' nursing has divided into different sections. Everyone has their own role to
perform regarding their skills and degree level. According to fundamental of nursing, LPN's were
established to work under the registered nurses during world war II. Practical nurses were trained to
care for those who have past the acute stage. Later the graduates were required to take the Licensure
examination after the completion of course. This would allow the LPN' s to provide direct patient
care under the supervision of RN's and physicians. Nurses were
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Nursing Role In Nursing
The Role of Nurses Nursing is a multifaceted profession. As a generalization, the nurse provides
health care to individuals and family members. However, providing healthcare encompasses a whole
range of different roles a nurse takes on. An outsider may identify a nurse's role as hanging IV bags,
providing medications, and doing the stuff "doctor's do not want to do", amongst many other
common thoughts of a nurse. Patients and their family members may say that a nurse's role is to
provide comfort, help them understand complicated things, and be the cornerstone that the patient
needs during his or her care. A nurse's priority is to care for the whole patient and not just his or her
illness. A true nurse cannot turn off their duties when they get off work, rather the live it day in and
day out.
Holistic Care
Holistic care is often the staple of care provided to all patients. The idea behind holistic care is
treating the whole person, meaning caring for their mind, body, soul, family, emotions, etc. Mason
(2014) does a good job when she states, "holism is a paradigm that has been applied to help bridge
the intrinsic gap that nurses experience between the intimate needs of their patients and the realities
of modern health care" (p. 62). When caring for a patient, the nurse understands the disease process
and has set ways on how to treat it, however one can't simply treat the disease. Treating the person
requires the patient understanding the interventions set forth by nurses,
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Nursing Integrity In Nursing
Integrity consists of soundness and adherence to moral principles. Nurses who practice with
integrity act in ways that are consistent with what they see as is the right thing to do, and also
perform in accordance with accepted standards of practice (Levinson, Ginsburg, Hafferty & Lucey,
n.d.). A nurse with integrity provides ethical care, gives honest information to patients, families, and
staff, documents appropriately. Our purpose in nursing is to create and maintain an environment that
allows a patient to heal. Using Nightingale's model, nursing is defined as a both an art and a science.
We are able to make our own decisions based on our observations that use empirical data and
evidence based research which Nightingale supported variety (Dowell, 2015) At the center of
Florence Nightingale's model is the patient, as they are the one receiving care. In healthcare, and as
nurses, we encourage patients to participate in their own care. Each patient is unique and has needs
that are different from the patient next door. We demonstrate altruism by being concerned about the
well–being of our patients, and it is our responsibility to promote this value. Doing so involves an
understanding of a patient's individual beliefs, and taking risks on their behalf. Nightingale also
mentions the importance of variety (Dowell, 2015). I have had patients that stay for more than a
week, feeling confined to the four walls of their small room. Doing things as simple as going for
walks or
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Nursing
Tell me about yourself. People consider me as a caring, patient, friendly, and responsible person. I
am very energetic; whenever I start working on something I never want to give up. I have a passion
for becoming a nurse since I enjoy helping people around me. I get along with others very well,
which make me always being cooperative with my co–workers and work with them toward a share
goal. I graduated from Highline Community College last year with honor degree. Even though I
already obtained my AA degree in Pre–Nursing, gaining my knowledge in the medical field is not
enough for me. I want to gain more clinical patient experience and help people with all my heart. In
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CNA training gave me many working experiences such as being gentle when helping people with
hygiene care in order to make them feel comfortable and safe when I assist them. I believe that
experience will build confidence. I remember the first time when I was on training at Nursing
Homes, I felt like an alien being preoccupied with a strange world. I couldn't even doing a simple
task such as bathing the residents. I got used to it soon after a few days working with residents. The
more I work with residents at Nursing Homes, the more confident I feel when performing CNAs
tasks. With experience, all the equipment in nursing homes won't be so foreign anymore. I know
how to take a blood pressure, bathe and feed residents, help them walk and even talk to residents
who feel alone. CNAs job is not easy. CNAs get to interact with patients, often more than the nurse
does. I acknowledge this CNA job can train me to become a better, helpful nurse in the future.
Besides working at Stafford suites, I also enjoy volunteering at Highline Medical Center. I always
want to keep my life busy with patients and residents as well as preparing myself for a future career.
I watched a nurse conducting a patient assessment and witness a nurse giving a resident treatment.
I've learned how to communicate and interact with patients such as irritable elderlies. From helping
the elderlies, I've realized it is very important to be patient
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The Nursing Theory Of Nursing
Nursing Theory The metaparadigm of nursing consists of four parts comprised by Jacqueline
Fawcett, in 1984, in her seminal work (Alligood, 2014). The metaparadigm she developed served to
provide direction and guidance for the nursing framework already in use and became an
organization tool for theories already in use (Alligood, 2014). The four parts being person, health,
environment, and nursing. The four components of the metaparadigm concept of nursing is
important to nursing theory because they are the key areas of focus of patient care, and the
metaparadigm is designed to differentiate nursing from other specialties (Alligood, 2014). It is this
use of theories that makes nursing a profession and guides professional nursing practice, research,
and education (Alligood, 2014). Person Person can refer to the patient himself or herself. In the
metaparadigm of nursing, person refers to more than just the patient, but also the family members,
friends, relatives, and caregivers from the home setting. The nurse's goal when caring for the patient
is to nurture and empower the patient to manage their own health. Dorthea Orem's Self–Care Deficit
Nursing Theory (SCDNT) supports this idea of empowering the person of the metaparadigm
concept. Orem states that if the person is unable to take care of themselves then others must provide
the care (Alligood, 2014). Orem states that individuals are subject to the forces of nature and her
theory of self–care deficit states that
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Nursing And Nursing Code Of Ethics In Nursing
Ethics has presented a foundation of professional policy, altruistic care, and community good,
throughout the history of nursing. In the beginning nursing ethics concentrated on nursing attributes
and qualities, such as conduct, because professional behavior was noted as a part of moral character
(Perry, 1906; Volbrecht, 2002). Loyalty, obedience, and nursing duties were major foci of nursing
ethics during this time. The Nightingale Pledge emphasized loyalty as a key virtue of nursing and
nursing ethics (Winslow, 1984). In early nursing, the loyalty was mainly given to physicians and
authoritative figures; however, as nurses gained autonomy the loyalty detained in the Nursing Code
of Ethics is more focused on the patient or society. With societal changes, nurses have gained greater
independence and can fully participate in ethical–decisions. Consequently, the Nursing Code of
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The fundamental value of both the Nightingale Pledge and Nursing Code of Ethics is the obligation
to the patient. "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the
patient" (2015). Furthermore, both the Nightingale Pledge and the Nursing Code of Ethics
emphasize social justice. Nurses must be capable to care for a patient regardless of their financial
status or health status. The fundamental values in both center around the concern for the welfare of
others. The Nursing Code of Ethics has taken the core values described in the Nightingale Pledge
and has adapted these values as the nursing profession has evolved. Upon reading the Nightingale
Pledge and the Nursing Code of Ethics, the general concepts in both is the importance of providing
unbiased compassion to promote health and wellness to the patient. The Nursing Code of Ethics
explains this idea in more depth than the Nightingale Pledge and is updated for today's constant
changes in the nursing
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Nursing Nurses And The Nursing Shortage
ABSTRACT Nursing is one of the largest groups of healthcare providers giving high quality direct
care in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and in home care. Due to vast reductions in nursing
students, coupled with other challenges presented by a growing nursing shortage, this has resulted in
fewer nurses working longer hours and caring for even sicker patients than before. This set of
circumstances compromises the care of the patient and contributes to the nursing shortage by
creating an environment that drives nurses from the bedside and into other professions or out of
nursing, due to being burnout. Nurses are a peculiar group of people in a profession that has several
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Nursing shortages are appearing to be a global concern as well. The shortage of nurses has caused a
widespread and dangerous deficiency of experienced nurses who are needed to care for individual
patients as well as the population as a whole. According to an article written by Littlejohn (2012) the
nursing shortage needs appropriate intervention in order to prevent a serious public health crisis.
Nursing is one of the largest groups of healthcare professionals whose has over 3.1 million
Registered Nurses, but there are still not enough to care for the growing number of patients. AMN
(2012) Study by Hecker (2004) suggested that in the year 2012 there would be a deficit of more than
one million nurses. The shortage of nurses has put the patient as well as nurses at an increased risk
for injury. There are several causes for nursing shortages. Shortages are caused by sudden
population growth resulting in a growing need for health care services. There are also, a declining
amount of new students in nursing. According to American Association of Critical–Care Nurses
(AACN), nursing schools in the United States turned away almost 80,000 applicants in 2012 due to
insufficient number of faculty, clinical sites, and classroom space. AACN (2014) Baby boomers are
getting older. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), over a 10 year span, the
average age of employed Registered Nurses has increased from 42.7 years in 2000 to 44.6
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Nursing Conflict In Nursing
Introduction
No matter where we find ourselves in life, there will always be some conflict(s) that we will need to
face. Some may be simple issues of miscommunications or more complex, involving several factors,
considerations, and implications that must be accounted for when solving the conflicts at hand.
Settings such as nursing homes, clinics, and hospitals are especially susceptible to high numbers of
conflicts of various natures due to the numerous parties involved in each environment. Nurses, face
an increased risk of getting into conflicts due to the multiple roles they could hold, such as manager,
caregiver, and instructor. According to Dr. Higazee, "These roles lead to various types of
interactions among nurses and other healthcare team members, which significantly increase the
probability for conflict to arise in hospital settings among nurses" (Higazee, 2015). Therefore,
conflicts are not something that can be eliminated from the lives of nurses; however, nurses can be
given the skills and techniques to manage the conflicts that do arise. Although the word "conflict"
has a negative connotation attached to it, there is a positive perspective that can be viewed as
Finkelman (2016) says, "It can be used to improve if changes are made to address problems related
to the conflict" (p. 324).
The Problem
I used to work in a small community hospital that had 100 beds in total, 50 for admitted patients and
50 for the emergency department. One of the significant issues
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Nursing
Personal Definition of Nursing
April Vialpando
Ms. Penne McPherson in partial fulfillment of
NR444 Professional Role Development
Regis University
January 22, 2013
Personal Definition of Nursing
The definition of nursing has many different meanings depending on whom you ask. To some a
nurse is simply the person who brings you your medication and takes your vital signs. To others,
including myself, it is someone who keeps you safe and watches over you while you are in a
healthcare setting. A nurse along side a physician with the patients best interest in mind to care for
them not only physically but emotionally and mentally. A nurse must have the knowledge of that
exact medication you are receiving. I must know the signs and ... Show more content on
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I've seen many families complain about this while working in the Emergency Department. I think
there is a time and place for this and it is not at the nurse's station, we have a lounge for catching up
and making plans. I think that dressing in a professional manner also shows our patients that we
believe that being a nurse is more than merely just a job. I worked full time at a job to pay my way
through nursing school so I could have a career. I want my patients to know that I take my license
seriously and provide them with the best care I possibly can.
Practice Examples that Support Nursing Values Over the last eight years of my nursing career I have
had the opportunity to care for patients of all ages, ethnicities, and degrees of illnesses. Compassion
is a very important nursing value. I cared for a young mother who at the age of 22 had to experience
delivering a baby that she would not be able to take home with her. I sat in her room and held her
hand while she cried, screamed and tried to make sense of the tragedy. Sometimes the best words
are the unspoken ones. On another occasion I had the opportunity to care for an elderly patient whos
family lived far from the hospital. She had reached the end of her life, and she was okay with that.
Her only request was not be alone when she took her last breath. She was very weak, but able to
thank me over and over for being with her. What an honor it was to share that experience. Life
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Nursing : The Practice Of Nursing Essay
Over the last few centuries, nursing has undergone evolution. Through countless evolutions, many
theorist contributed to what they would believe is important to nursing. Although, many theorist all
have their own idea for nursing, they all share the same core idea: the desire to seek help for the
patient. One of the ideas that theorist have the tendency to focus on is the practice of nursing. To this
day nurses would admit that preparation to becoming a nurse is a difficult task. Mostly because the
practice of nursing consists of many things to follow in order be a great nurse for the patient. To
make the preparation less difficult for nurses or nurse to be, Ida Jean Orlando contributed to the
Discipline of the Nursing Process to further prepare those in nursing. The Discipline of Nursing
Process is a theoretical approach to nursing that follows a nurse–to–patient relationship that would
improve the patient's behavior to seek beneficence and autonomy of the patient (Orlando, 1972).
This provides nurses or upcoming nurse the strategies to deal with real life circumstances in nursing
and improves the skills of the nurse to improve a patient care. This piece will focus on the theorist,
Ida Jean Orlando, the meaning of the nursing process and the reasons for the nursing process, any
discrepancies that may be associated with nursing such as medical procedures and professional
nurses, studies associated with the use of the nursing process and how the nursing process influence
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Nursing : A Career As A Career In Nursing
I have learned how important it is advocating for patients, my parents and immediate family. Nurses
see patients at their most assailable times in their lives. As a proponent, nurses can improve the
outcomes of patient's illness. I had my first experience of witnessing my twin brother Kareem
asthma attack at seven years old and it was the scariest moment of my life. In that moment I thought
that he was going to die, I had never felt so incapacitated. That first experience with the physical
process of asthma set the stage for my career ambitions of becoming a registered nurse . The
functions of the human anatomy and the results of the environment, drugs, and genetics on humans
never failed to catch my interest; therefore, I apt toward a career that included these interests.
Hitherto, at the same time, I strongly desired to make a difference in people's lives. When my grand
mother was sick she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and had to have her left foot amputated.
The treatment that she got from those nurses in the hospital especially one named nurse Blackwood
was phenomenon, that enabled me to want to be a nurse because it will allow me to have more
personal and prestigious relationship with my patients. Those nurses left an impressionable effect on
me. I then pursued a carer in nursing and went to the Doncaster Practical School of Nursing where I
became a LPN. As an adolescent ,I remembered the nurses who helped teach me how to assist my
brother with his
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Nursing Informatics Competence In Nursing
Nursing Informatics Competence
The growth of nursing from the time of Florence Nightingale to our present generation has really
evolved were nurses us to be at the bedside caring for wounded soldiers, showering and toileting of
patients to a more advanced critical thinking and analyzing information that has been collected for
proper processing. It is time to take nursing to another level that will save our patients and the
community as a whole. One of the advantages of informatics is the safety of our patients so they are
not hurt from the cares we provide. As explained in the American Nurses Association (2015) there is
much assurance in the safety of our patient and health care providers. Even though the goal of the
health industry is to integrate the health care in the IT world, nurses need to properly master the
technology and be competent users. Gugerty & Delaney (2009) explained in their article the need
for a nurse to meet up with the fundamentals of informatics in other to provide safe and competent
care. Therefore, every organization has to work hard to prove their employees with the resources
needed to achieve this milestone. Striving to meet up with this new technology as a nurse, my goal
is to be proficient at informatics so that I can safely take care of my patients.
Key Functional Area in Informatics
Safety, security, and environmental health are important areas I see as a necessity in my area of
practice. Working as a bedside nurse for some time, my biggest
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Nursing Identity In Nursing
Nursing Identity: Nursing knowledge gathering process is moving along the changing society.
Initially, Nursings' Knowledge were derived from other disciplines, followed by a self–generation
phase, realizing that the legitimacy of any profession is built on its ability to generate and apply
theory. And, finally into a transformation phase, in which nursing knowledge significantly
influences its own practice as well as that of other disciplines (N). These challenges in nursing
knowledge development has helped to learn how to consider nursing phenomena through many
lenses and has enhanced to improve the nursing of people. Although, Nursing has struggled to assert
itself as a profession, while enjoying a cherished status in society, failure to ... Show more content
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In order to improve practice, nurses need to search the literature continually and critically. Nurses
should impart research finding, synthesis relevant theoretical information that can be applied into
practice. Theory based nursing is the use of various models, theories, and principles not only from
the nursing science, but also from the behavioural, medical and socio–cultural disciplines to clinical
nursing practice. Beginning from the basic nursing education programme, all nurse should be
encouraged to use the theoretical basis for practice and seek ways to enhance the knowledge base
that support practice. And increase the reciprocal intervention among theory, research and practice
with great effort to bridge the theory practice gap. Furthermore, nursing care when based on nursing
values and knowledge are that is central to the concept of health, example: caring, consciousness
mutual process, patterning, presence and meaning, enables to express the depth of the nursing
mission. If nursing is practices from these nursing perspective it will continue to its esoteric
expertise service to the society ( Willes,
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Nursing
NURSING
Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and
communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life.
Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care,
training, and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different
scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the
ordering scope of physicians, and this traditional role has come to shape the historic public image of
nurses as care providers. However, nurses are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice
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Benedict of Nursia (480) emphasised medicine as an aid to the provision of hospitality.[5] Ancient
Catholic orders like the Dominicans and Carmelites have long lived in religious communities that
work for the care of the sick.[6] The religious and military roots of modern nursing remain in
evidence today in many countries, for example in the United Kingdom, senior female nurses are
known as sisters. Nurses execute the "Orders" of other health care professionals in addition to being
responsible for their own practice.
The first nurse, was Phoebe, mentioned in Romans 16:1. During the early years of the Christian
Church, St. Paul sent a deaconess Phoebe to Rome as the first visiting nurse. She took care of both
women and men.[7]
According to Geoffrey Blainey, during the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church in Europe provided
many of the services of a welfare state: "It conducted hospitals for the old and orphanages for the
young; hospices for the sick of all ages; places for the lepers; and hostels or inns where pilgrims
could buy a cheap bed and meal". It supplied food to the population during famine and distributed
food to the poor. This welfare system the church funded through collecting taxes on a large scale
and possessing large
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Nursing Philosophy : Nursing And Nursing Essay
Nursing Philosophy Nursing philosophy is defined as a nurse or students thought of what they
believe to be true about the nature of the profession of nursing and to provide a base for nursing
practice. (2016, para.1) The nursing field continues to develop into a professional scope of practice
and nurses continue to work to develop a high standard for the profession. The values and skills that
nurses' learn as they care for patients continue to develop into rules and regulations for future
nurses. As a nurse it is important to create the best environment for patients, family members and
co–workers. After graduating from high school I obtained my STNA and then began my college
career in the health field as a physical therapy major. This past year I transitioned to nursing after
seeing how much more I am able to work directly with patients. The reasoning behind my nursing
philosophy is that I have gained knowledge and love for the profession through working as a
certified nurses aide for the last four years. The love for helping others and the ability to help
individuals during their times of need has grown on me and developed into a passion. Through
education and work experiences my philosophy will transform overtime. Currently, I believe in a
nursing philosophy that states strong principals that encompass empathy, compassion, and respect
towards patients and their families. In addition, nurses must stay abreast of developing health care
trends, be critical thinkers and
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Nursing Philosophy Of Nursing
Introduction As a nursing student in the BSN program at West Coast University, I have discovered
my skills and knowledge to prepare myself on how to be an efficient nurse as well as a nurse that
truly cares for the best quality of care given to a patient. I have found some good qualities and
insight in the paradigms to a philosophy of caring as a nurse. In this paper I will discuss the four
paradigms of nursing which includes: Health, Nursing, Client/Person, and Environment. As a nurse,
one must understand the importance of these paradigms and the philosophy of caring. Developing a
nursing philosophy with each paradigm can result into a better quality of care, having an authentic
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Nursing as a health profession is "with the knowledge and understanding that each client has
different needs. Possessing the ability to assess these needs and determine what type of care or
intervention is needed to improve the clients' health, person, and the environment is the art of
nursing." (2012)
Client/Person
The client/person is who nurses care for and their families. As a nurse, it is very important to
establish a good rapport with the client, and to their families. At a very basic level nursing is not
about just a job or how much the pay is, it is about caring for the client/person and their families
who are not related to you. As nurses, we need to look at the client/person and their families as if
they are our own families that we need to care for. By doing so, we can provide the best efficient
and best quality of care possible. "Nursing is about caring for someone which is an instinct we learn
from our family, our culture, and our life experiences." (2012)
Environment
Environment is a multifaceted concept that can affect a person physically, mentally, and socially. A
person's environment can be influenced by its location, family, peers interaction, and technologies
available. As nurses in the United States, we must be aware and non–judgmental of different
cultures and people that we encounter. Nurses, when giving that care for clients/person, we must
have an open mind as well as open heart to incorporate and understand the different culture that
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Nursing Theories In Nursing
Theories in Nursing
This paper discusses practice, research, and theory as it pertains to nursing. It explains how
important research is in nursing practice. The paper talks about mislabeling specimen issues that
hospital I work for encountered and examples of similar situations at other healthcare facilities. This
paper discuses Florence Nightingale's environmental theory of nursing care as it pertains to a
horrible case study of parent negligence.
Practice Research, and Theory
To Nursing
Practice, theory, and research are three main components that help to define nursing. Nursing
practice consists of many things such as being "a caregiver, advocate, educator, communicator and
provider of care" (Potter, 2015 p. 6). Professional nursing practice and knowledge have developed in
part through nursing theories that help to predict and describe actives for the practice of nursing.
Related and Interdependent and Importance to Nursing
Theoretical models provide frameworks for how nurses practice. Research in nursing is a systematic
process that ask and answers questions to generate new knowledge. Once completed, the research
process contributes new knowledge to the practice of nursing and help to create the evidence for the
Evidenced Base Practice model. Nursing research "improves nursing practice and raises the
standards for the profession". (Potter, 2015, p. 91)
Current Practice Change
Every few months at the hospital I work, proper patient identification is
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Nursing Theories Of A Nursing Theory
A nursing theory can be defined as the concepts and assumptions used to explain, predict and
control the practice of nursing. These theories provide a systematic view of the profession by
organizing the relationships between all of the phenomena (i.e. events, people, and actions) that are
associated with practice (Current Nursing, 2012). Nursing theories serve multiple purposes within
the profession such as indicating the direction in which the practice will advance over time by
predicting future relationships and occurrences. They establish the foundations for behavior and
knowledge by explaining the practice through the models presented and the detailed descriptions of
nursing phenomena. In addition, these theories can help distinguish the professional boundaries
needed in practice to maintain a respectful and ethical relationship between patients and healthcare
professionals. Nursing theories also have the ability to portray nursing in multiple lights to fit the
situation at hand. This ability stems from the multiple categories of theories that each address a
distinct part of practice. For example "outcome" theories focus on the end goal for the patient's
recovery and describe the nurse as the force behind coping and adaptation, while "interaction"
theories focus on the patient's mental state and describes nurses as a positive relationship (Current
Nursing, 2012). One of the more widely known "outcome" theories is the Adaptation Model
presented by Sister Callista Roy in
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Nursing Philosophy Of Nursing
Philosophy of nursing and nursing care The philosophy of nursing represents significant values and
belief in my life. Philosophy of nursing and nursing care is associated with a strong commitment to
self, others and the environment. It requires high quality, competent as well as collaborative care.
Most importantly, the philosophy promotes essential values such as empathy, integrity, compassion,
respect, and honesty.
Premise: The act of caring is a genuine devotion to both self and others.
Caring for individuals in need is one of the greatest acts of kindness. However, it is important to
love ourselves first to be able to care for others (Norman, 2012). Notably, one's background, beliefs,
and way of upbringing greatly influence people's general perceptions and worldview. Very earlier in
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It is important for nurses to show respect for patient's religion, culture and right to choose. For
instance, a critical care nurse may feel that choosing to suffer is cruel, however, it is a moral
obligation for nurses to provide care that is impartial, and to respect patients' autonomy and free
will. As an ICU nurse, I have been privileged to care for critically ill patients who chose to endure
the suffering. I allow them to express their feelings, I listen, and empathize with them and their
loved ones.
Conclusion: Caring is not only the core and essence of nursing practice but rather a holistic calling.
Nurses must continue to cultivate an environment that allows for self– reflection and promote
healing. Nurses must also continue to prove their commitment to patients through education,
collaboration with patients, families and others who are also caring for the patients. Advanced
education equally plays a substantial role in improving quality of care. Therefore, it is imperative for
nurses to continue to expand their knowledge and
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Nursing : The Role Of Nursing
Nursing If a person is ready to help someone and likes to be on edge at all times and being prepared,
they should be a nurse. Nursing is an important role because they help people with any situation at
anytime; even though it takes hard work to master the profession in the nursing career it is worth it
in the end. Nursing started in the 1850's in london they needed to treat the people who was affected
by the wars during that time. The role of nurses The role of nursing has certainly expanded, like a
mother in the home, nourishing infants and caring for young children. Care of the sick, infirm,
helpless, elderly, and handicapped and the promotion of health have become vital aspects of nursing
as a whole. In history, the role of nursing developed with the culture and society of a given age.
Tribal women practiced nursing as they cared for the members of their own tribes. As tribes
developed into civilizations, nursing began to be practiced outside the home. There are different
roles of nursing, there are mothers and certified educated nurses. They care for the sickness,
Handicapped and others , Nurses are a big role in this country they have done a lot for us every
single day, till back when it all started until now. Home health nurses, on the other hand, function in
a very different manner. This type of nurse usually works for a private home health services agency,
or as part of an outreach program for home services through a hospital. Referrals come to the agency
or
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The Role Of Rubies Nursing And Nursing

  • 1. The Role Of Rubies Nursing And Nursing This PPN has reflected many times in my previous works as an assistant in nurse, with the ACT agents known as Rubies Nursing. In this role, I have cared for both moderate and highly mentally ill patients at the ageing facilities and in the hospital facilities. However, as a nurse it was vital that I applied the inside knowledge of the PPN in four words, namely; empathetic, obtaining informed consent, showing resilience, and providing continuity of care to all patients. There were many more challenges in my role that has not covered in my daily nursing position outside of the four areas mentioned above. As a commencing student in such a role of caring for patients in the healthcare, the need to deal with the challenges of daily ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... As such, this value is exercised by using a therapeutic relationship between you and the client you are taking care for in good faith. Additionally, I believe that there is an immeasurable gratitude in the PPN, which as an existence of a therapeutic relationship between nurses and patients become widely seen in the nurses' literature, such that providing an empathy is essential in effective nursing care (Kirk, 2007). For example, the medical literature validates this by recognising what's the termed a 'centrality of empathy approach,' such that developing a strong therapeutic relationship between the patients, nurse, and physician is seen as an integral step in the healing process (Larson & Yao, 2005). Furthermore, various conceptualisations in the nurse context are not universally agreed upon due to different stances in the literature into empathy (Kirk, 2007). However, there are frequent appearances in the nurse's literature from a patient's perspective into empathy, suggesting that the patient 's perceptions of the administration of empathy by nursing staff are often lacking (Mearns et al., 2013). Most nurses focus their PPN on patient care; I believe that empathy is a challenged and complicated theory to comprehend, know–how, rehearsal, and impact. In the therapeutic relationship, this often referred to in the context of Rogers ' core ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 3. Nursing Activism In Nursing Since the first days of nursing school, nurses have always been taught to advocate for their patients. Standing up for them when they have no voice, assuring that they are receiving the proper medication in the proper dosages, and maintaining their humanity in their final hours. In 2010 the Institute of Medicine called for nurses to engage in health policy and lead in transformation of the US healthcare system (Institute of Medicine(IOM), 2010). It has been years since this report and the government is still lacking nursing representation. In the words of Abood (2007), The current health care environment...challenges both nurses and patients who are often caught between the cross currents of cost constraints and access to appropriate quality care (p.1). A Review of the Literature "Activism" as defined by Wikipedia "consists of efforts to promote, impede, or direct social, political, economic, or environmental reform or stasis with the desire to make improvements in society. Forms of activism range from writing letters to newspapers or to politicians, political campaigning, economic activism such as boycotts or preferentially patronizing businesses, rallies, street marches, strikes, sit–ins, and hunger strikes". Nurses have used activism over the years to change and mold the career it currently is by striking for better wages, boycotting TV shows and writing letters to politicians, just to name a few. In the daily job of a nurse they are advocating for their ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 5. Role Of Nursing Role In Nursing Ms. Gillooly practices from a holistic point of view, considering the complex needs of the dialysis dependent patient. She employs critical thinking skills and keen assessments to develop the best plan of care for her patients. Also, she understands the range of emotional and spiritual needs of the chronically ill population. Melissa's goal for taking care of her patients' is that she wants to make the difficulty of coming in for dialysis three times weekly, a little easier. She is able to strike a balance of comforting support and sharp nursing skills. She functions in the charge nurse role, whereby she independently seeks out and assumes additional responsibilities and takes a leadership role in identifying, developing, and implementing plans to resolve identified problems. In addition to the charge role she is a preceptor for nursing students and a mentor for her colleagues as she demonstrates leadership in these roles. Her assessment and careful evaluations of her patients' estimated dry weights has led to a decrease in cardiac risk factors associated with episodes of fluid overload. Of her 6 primary patients, none have been admitted into the hospital for any cardiac and or fluid overload episodes, which is often associated with ESRD patients. Ms. Gillooly performs monthly checks to ensure that the hemodialysis unit meets or exceeds the expectation of The Joint Commission and OIG. The unit is always survey ready. Ms. Gillooly was recognized for her excellent assessment and documentation skills in preventing a negative outcome from a tort claim. The content and form of her note was concise, articulate, and without any doubt, the information that she documented was a significant factor when used during the legal proceedings. Her assessment skills, nursing care and documentation were clearly evident in her note, according to the legal counsel. Ms. Gillooly is part of the interdisciplinary team that piloted the process Improvement board. Along with her colleagues she has collected data to track and intervene when a patient's Mean Arterial Pressure drops more than 30 or identified below 70. With the proper intervention we can decrease the cardiac risk associated with intra dialytic hypotension. ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 7. Nursing Introduction Conceptual frameworks of nursing model have provided the professional nurse a foundation for the development of individual practice. I have chosen an individual at my current placement to base the care plan on. The patient is a 45 year male who has been in and out of the ward for severe anxiety issues and my job is to build a therapeutic relationship so she can become more comfortable with herself and this would lead to an end result of socializing with others. In this assignment I examined the Peplau interpersonal relations model and the Neuman health care systems model. After an overview of the two models, a comparison of the models was presented, Neuman's model focuses on the person as a complete system, the subparts of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Asking the patient what they have understood and encouraging them to verbalise this can help.Using communication tools such as situation–background–assessment–recommendation (SBAR) communication ensures that messages are clear and unambiguous even in stressful situations. Leonard M, et al. The human factor: the critical importance of effective teamwork and communication in providing safe care. Qual Saf Health Care 2004;13 Suppl 1:i85–i90. Anticipating patient's needs Anticipating patients needs is to ensure that patient needs are met and that patients flow smoothly through the clinic process, staff look ahead on the schedule to identify patient needs for a given day or week. This advance planning allows staff members to familiarize themselves with the patients and have a better understanding of their psychology. Anticipating patients needs: A case report on hourly rounding in a skilled nursing facility.http://contentdm.carrollu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ptthesis/id/27/rec/6. When you have spent enough time with a client and Mirroring ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– When you feel rapport with someone your body will mirror the body posture of that person. You can help create rapport between yourself and another person by quietly mirroring her posture. Although If you are focusing on mirroring someone's body language or style, then you are obviously not focusing on them. Instead, you're keeping the focus on you, e.g. how ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 9. Nursing Theory In Nursing Individualized Attention The application of nursing theories to the nursing care practice promotes the structure of care. It intensifies the importance of an individual in need and facilitates the environment of healing. By integrating the major nursing theories into the daily nursing routine in the hospitals or the community, and understanding their meaning, nursing profession flourishes as a unique science separate from the discipline of law. One of the theories looked at is humanbecoming by Rosemarie Rizzo Parse. As Smith & Parker, (2015) explains, humanbecoming nurses' involvement in the care of the patient is influenced by the utmost importance that arise from the point of view of their patient at that particular time. The nurse then and recognizes the wishes, benefits and desires of the patient and prioritizes her care in such a way. The Portray of Humanbecoming According to Rosemarie Rizzo Parse the goal or the definition of humanbecoming, is to learn and appreciate the significance of living encounters (Smith & Parker, 2015). The nurse is there to learn from the individuals cared for, what is the meaning of their experience. It is derived from a circumstance, and based completely on their point of view. It is the patient and their family who take the leading role. The nurse is there to guide this exclusive experience by connecting through a dialogue or simple silence by the method called true prescience (Smith & Parker 2015). While Ben is grieving the near death ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 11. Nursing In Nursing Margaret Sanger, Florence Nightingale, Clara Barton; they're all well known names in history. They made the world a better place with their hard work and achievements. Not only did they make changes in history, but they were nurses. Nurses, "a person trained to care for the sick or infirm, especially in a hospital," are in high demand all over the country if not the world as well. Nurses are known as some of the most important men and women in the world. With almost three million registered nurses in the United States alone, the world of nursing has grown larger than ever since the 1800s. I decided to study nursing, and why even with over three million registered nurses in the United States, the demand for nurses is undeniably through the roof. There are some answers as to why they are in such high demand, including opportunities expanded, nursing educators shortage, and the recession. I want to be a nurse myself, and as I've been applying to colleges, I'm learning there's more than what meets the eye. It's no surprise there is a shortage of nursing educators in the United States, since getting into nursing school has become one of the hardest things to do. Even with a 3.7 GPA, many nursing students don't get into nursing school, with an average of only 30% of students getting in after taking their prerequisites in college (UNC Nursing). Hours is another reason why there is such a high demand for nurses. As I studied and observed these individuals in a hospital setting, I ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 13. Nursing Domain Of Nursing 1. My name, email address, and key phone numbers: Name: Artur Skvortsov Email: artur.skvortsov@mail.mcgill..ca Phone: (514)–501–1796 2. This is my life/work/academic experience with regards to this domain of nursing: My current experience includes: orthopeadics, postpartum units (JGH) and the Chest Institute, however I have never had a chance to work in mental health setting. In addition I have never worked in the MGH hospital before. 3. My knowledge of current literature related to this domain of nursing is: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Minimal or Broad/basic knowledge Comprehensive, No Knowledge detailed knowledge 4. This is what I can do with regards to this domain of nursing: ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I am also aiming to develop personal skills in helping the clients to re–entry community and try to balance their symptoms. In addition, link the client with community resources, that I need to search for. 5. This is what I do not yet know about this domain of nursing: Firstly, I do not know how to stabilize the symptoms of the specific clients. Secondly, I have very poor knowledge how to link the clients with the community resources. Lastly, I have to improve my skills in helping the clients to develop ADL's for community living. 6. This is what I hope to learn/ practice most during NUR1 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 15. Nursing : The Vision Of The Future Of Nursing Since its roots in the 19th century, and its inception long before, nurses have been a critical part of the healing process, and affected countless lives in the process. As time and technology have advanced, and new treatments and tools become available, the role of nurses in the hospital has only become more critical. Being a nurse today means providing the right health care, excellent leadership, and great patient safety, as nurses take on new roles and responsibilities once seen as the work of doctors. However, nurses still have many difficulties, such as fragmented health care scattering critical information between departments and physicians, difficulties transitioning from school to practice, high turnover rates, and the looming issue of an older generation retiring from the workforce (Colossi 4). I have a vision of the future of nursing, an improved future of nursing, which helps to deal with these issues. My first vision of the future is an inter–connected healthcare system that communicates better amongst its parts, with nurses at the core. While it is essential to have specialists in the field of medicine, it is more critical that a patient gets an accurate diagnosis. As best described by Kurt Strange in "The Problem of Fragmentation and the Need for Integrative Solutions": "A wealthy man I know went from doctor to doctor to try to find a reason for his fatigue. Each doctor looked in depth at the organ in which (s)he was an expert. Each did the latest tests. Each ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 17. The Path Of Nursing And The Path To Nursing A pathway towards nursing Nursing is one of the many appreciated careers within the medical field. Nurses provide safe and efficient care for patients. They have the chance to make a difference in people's lives. Nurses require many responsibilities because patients and family members rely upon nurses so they achieve goals that are crucial for the well–being of a patient. They inform patients and families about diseases and how to prevent them. Nursing requires empathy and effort in order to succeed and help patients that need them the most. Nursing would be a great career to pursue because it deals patient care and safety , it is a promising career, and the job stability is high because it is in demand. Nursing is the practice that involves patient care and safety because nurses treat and monitor a patient. Nurses have a huge responsibility that requires intensive training and knowledge within this position. The ability to make your own decisions is a huge responsibility, for example working in a pre–operative surgical unit and PACU (post anesthesia care unit) requires healthcare workers to work as a team. Nurse constantly have to work with anesthesiologist and surgeons in order to make decisions that will have an impact on a patient. Anesthesiologist are great to back up nurses in a difficult decision. Nurses sometimes have to follow their gut instinct that they know will comfort a patient . It is labor intensive because it is hands on work that involves helping ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 19. Nursing Life In Nursing Watching someone die is a situation I will never get used to. I know it is part of life and part of nursing as well. I feel nurses help guide their patient's in healing and even the end of life stages. Nurses are advocates the patients and offer a hand to help in comforting. Death can be uplifting knowing the patient is able to let go and they are no longer in pain. As someone passes, they look peaceful, relieved and happy which is a beautiful and heartbreaking all at the same time. According to our class's textbook, 'Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing', "Death is universal, it is often called the, great equalizer." Many times, nurses feel guilty because they think they should have done more for the patient. (Shelly, 2006). I know I have been there myself. My goal is to help in curing the patient or getting them better than before they were admitted. Also, to help them recover from the surgery. When I first started nursing as a floor nurse, my intenetions were to help patients get better, well I did not expect some to die from complications or just from end stages of like such as Hospice. "Like other people, the suffer from agony of death because life has meaning, relationships have depth and importance, and we are strongly aware of all unfinished business in this life." (Shelly, 2006) I witnessed my first code which was one of my patients. I was an LPN at the time and my first week after orientation. The patient requested to be on the unit I work ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 21. Nursing Stress In Nursing one's patients; 5 items), and personal accomplishment (feeling successful or competent with one's profession; 8 items). Each question allows for the responder to indicate the degree of burnout via a 7–point Likert scale, where never = 0 and daily = 6. If emotional exhaustion levels and depersonalization scores are collectively high, while personal accomplishment scores are low, a high level of burnout is indicated (Sabbah, et al., 2012, p. 645) (Maslach & Jackson, 2016). The Nursing Stress Scale (NSS) is used to examine stress for nurses working in a hospital. This 34–item questionnaire focuses on seven areas of "potentially stressful scenarios, including Death and Dying Patients (7 items), Conflict with Physicians (5 items), Inadequate Preparation (3 items), Lack of Staff Support (3 items), Conflict with Other Nurses (5 items), Workload (6 items), and Uncertainty Concerning Treatment (5 items)." Responses are recorded via a 4–point Likert scale, ranging from never = 1 to very frequently = 4. The higher the score, the higher the nurses' feelings of stress at work are (Lee, et al., 2007) (Gray–Toft & Anderson, 1981). Integration and maintenance The sixth and final step of the practice model is integration and maintenance. Within this stage, evidence will be integrated into policies, as effectiveness and outcomes of the change are monitored. Communication for new ideas and updates to make the change better is welcome (Reavy & Tavernier, 2008, p. 169). As it pertains to the proposed intervention, there will be a number of visual reminders hanging on the walls of staff lounges. It may be beneficial to summarize the learned techniques and have the reminder placed in staff lounges and bathrooms. This stage is the time to truly evaluate if the change is actually beneficial to the organization and what can be done to continue its progress, or even make it better for future implications. Facilitating Factors to Implementation Staff nurses are already open to the idea of group talk and discussion about changes to institutional–based practices that should be changed or implemented. These discussions occur through monthly council meetings, shift huddles, and staff meetings. At these meetings, nurses are encouraged ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 23. The Nursing Practice Of Nursing Nursing is a highly promising profession, yet healthcare institutions are having difficulty filling nursing positions. The nursing profession has evolved since its inception in the 1800's. Today, various healthcare facilities employ the professionals to assist with patient care. The nursing practice is now a well–paying profession. Despite this, America's healthcare needs are creating a nursing shortage. Additionally, nurses who seek more challenges in the workplace are taking on roles as advanced nurse practitioners as the United States healthcare system seeks alternatives to satisfy the nation's doctor shortage. In the Beginning Nursing has evolved in status and scope since its inception. 1 Florence Nightingale – the mother of modern nursing – gave birth to the field with her work during the late 1800's through the early 1900's. 2 Nightingale entered the healthcare field at a time when the public viewed hospitals as a place for hospice rather than healing, and society's female exiles filled the nursing pools. Today, the public views nurses as honored professionals and citizens depend on healthcare institutions to help them recover from many illnesses. Although women still dominate the nursing field, public perception that nursing is solely a woman's profession is fading away. Nursing Career Overview The modern nurse works in many settings. 1 Hospitals, private practice offices, in home nursing services and special healthcare facilities all employ professional nurses ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 25. Nursing The provision for education on health care to our nation has been the focus of the National Academies, Institute of Medicine (IOM). It turns out to be that clear from their research that nursing plays an important role in the conveying health care. Robert Woods Johnson Foundation (RWJF) was appointed by IOM the Committee through the interdisciplinary practiced that depend upon the initiative on the Upcoming of Nursing. The aim was to create an achievement in favor of plan for anything that would let nurses to principal alteration in the direction to development and advance health care delivery in our nation. The carrying out of the commendations is in existence coordinated through the creativity on the Future of Nursing ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... This Cooperative assistant is needed starting from boards of nursing of every State, accrediting bodies, federal government as well as healthcare organization to support nurses to successful changeover to practice platform such as nurse residency which they can start at the completion of college program, either with pre–licensure or after completing advanced practice program. This will assist to expose new grads to clinical areas. Among the recommendation by IOM is the need for every states board of nursing, to improve nursing education. This will allow all Nurse Educators in all colleges of nursing and the Nurses work force to liaise and work together across all schools of nursing, and also to intensify the percentage of nurses in patient care with a baccalaureate degree. Increasing the number from 50 to 80 percent by 2020. These changes can be achieve by working together with employers, accrediting bodies like Joint Commission on Accreditation (JACHO) .These collaboration will help with funding and also assist to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 27. Nursing Case Study Nursing Betty has been an RN for two years and is the charge nurse of the medical unit on the evening shift of a small rural hospital. During her two years as a nurse, she has floated to many other areas of the hospital, but most of her experience has been on her medical unit. On the evening shift the medical unit is usually staffed with an RN, LPN, and an aid. Betty has arrived at work for her Friday evening shift and the nursing supervisor has told her she needs to go cover the six bed ICU for one to one and a half hours because the regular RN was involved in a minor car accident and will be late. The nursing supervisor felt that Betty was the most qualified staff member at work to cover the ICU and that the medical unit was calm enough that ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... She cannot delegate certain aspects of the patients care to the LPN, such as the IV medications and assessment, but the LPN could prove to be an invaluable resource in this patients care. She could call one of the regular ICU RN's that are off duty and have them explain the IV medications and how to administer them for this patient. This is not ideal, but it may be the only option for Betty to quickly learn how to administer the medications correctly. The LPN knows the ICU dysrhythmia protocol and she knows how to care for a patient on streptokinase therapy. Ultimately Betty is still responsible for this patient's care and the care that the LPN provides. Another option would be for one of the ER nurses to come to the ICU and care for this patient until the regular ICU RN arrives at work. Considering that they initiated the streptokinase therapy and the ER typically deals with emergent patients, one of the ER nurses would be better prepared and qualified to care for this particular ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 29. Nursing : The Philosophy And Philosophy Of Nursing Philosophy of Nursing Heather White Chattahoochee Technical College PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING Nursing as a profession encompasses a wide range of roles and responsibilities. The possible definition of nursing would vary greatly depending on who was being asked and their knowledge and past experience with nursing care. As the nursing profession has evolved throughout the years, so too has the definition. "Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations" according to the American Nurses Association (n.d.). Ultimately, any definition has the patient as the central focus. Nursing has evolved from simply caring for patients with illness or injury to include health prevention, health promotion, and health maintenance. Changes in nursing education have evolved from apprenticeship to many levels of education ranging from associate degrees to doctorate level programs. As the nursing profession has developed into the respected profession that it is today, providing for the patient has always remained the primary focus. Keeping the patient as the center focus leads me to believe that nursing is that of art, not just science. "This is due to the fact that nursing is built on values and morals and has a solid link to the desire to do good in general ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 31. Nursing Workplace Hazards And The Effects On Nursing And... All across the world healthcare professionals and organizations are dealing with the same issue, nursing workplace hazards and the effects it has on nurses and healthcare. Nursing Hazards have been a significant topic of discussion for many health professionals and organizations. Nurses are continuously reporting the issue of injury and illness. The duties that nurses are tasked with put them at an everyday risk of different types of hazards. The safety of employees and health organizations depends on nursing hazards being identified and managed with knowledge, skill, and assessment. It is the fundamental right of health professionals to feel safe at work and to feel safe hazards must be identified and managed. Nurses face exposure to workplace hazards such as blood pathogens and other body fluids, chemicals in the form of solid, liquid or gas, needle sticks, latex allergy, spills, equipment malfunction, the physical strain of the body, and workload. These hazards are under the broad category of biological, chemical, physical, safety, and ergonomic and work organization hazards. The following paper is going to look at workplace hazards and the effects it has on nursing staff. It will also look at how this issue that is plaguing not only the United States but the world can be managed or resolved. The risk of infectious diseases for nurses is not just in different sections of hospitals but in other workplace settings that nurses also work, such as prisons, nursing homes, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 33. Attitudes Toward Nursing : Nursing Attitudes Toward Nursing Ones attitude toward nursing will be dependent on their experiences with professional nurses. Every person has had different experiences. This paper presents three different people with three different experiences with nursing professionals. When these three people were asked about their attitudes toward nursing it was found that, most of the time, nurses are seen as the face of health care and are vital. Each of these people have had many different types of interactions with healthcare. One person believes that nurses are the backbone; while another person, who has worked with nurses in long term care facilities, mentioned he has seen bad nurses and good nurses. During these brief interactions with different age groups it was found that the nursing profession will not be viewed the same by any two people, because of their past experiences. Brian Kinler, 62 and a cancer patient now in remission, has had many encounters with the world of nurses. During a conversation with this nursing student he was asked about his attitude to nursing as a profession. He went to tell many stories about some of his remembered meetings and ordeals. It could be heard in his voice that he has met some great nurses that have made him have a great attitude toward professional nurses. According to one study, Brian, may have been one of the lucky people who did not have to deal with the negativity that is often found in an oncology setting. The study found that patients ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 35. Nursing Science In Nursing Nursing Science Nursing is a marriage between an art and a science that combines critical thinking and practical skills with sensitivity, creativity, empathy, intuition, and the ability to adapt care to meet the patient's needs (Wilkinson, Overview of the Nursing Process, 2012). The scientific aspect of nursing includes critical thinking, problem–solving skills, the application of the scientific method, and the use of evidence based practice (Wilkinson, Critical Thinking, 2012). Nursing science relies on logic and scientific evidence rather than emotions and intuition. It is the knowledge base behind the care given (Westman, 2017). It involves nurses drawing upon previous experience and knowledge to create effective treatments for individual patients. Evidence–based practice (EBP) is crucial to nursing science. According to Wilkinson, EBP is "an approach that uses firm scientific data rather than anecdote, tradition, intuition, or folklore in making decision about medical and nursing practice." (Wilkinson, Critical Thinking, 2012). EBP requires the nurse to use scientific evidence to find the most effective way to treat a patient. Though nursing science is logical and scientific, it is not a rigid process, as it must be adapted to fit the needs of individual patients. Central Concerns of Nursing The four central concerns of nursing include person, environment, health, and nursing. These concerns are interrelated. If one changes, the others change, too. A person's environment influences health, as does their relationship with themselves and the people around them. Person The person, or patient who receives nursing care, is the most important part of the entire nursing process. Person–centered care is emphasized by many nursing schools and healthcare facilities. A patient needs to be looked at holistically, meaning that taking care of a person involves taking care of more than just their physical wellbeing, but their emotional, mental, and spiritual wellbeing too. Developing a positive relationship with the patient helps the nurse to provide the best care possible to the patient, and see them as a multidimensional person rather than just someone who is sick. It is important to take into consideration a ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 37. Nursing I agree with you that health literacy is a serious and real problem in the health care field. Limited health literacy affects a patient's entire health care experience. Patients with low health literacy are more likely to miss preventive measures, which will most likely require rehospitalization. It is imperative for nurses to avoid jargons and use simple language to get the message across. While Henderson's theory supports nursing as a profession in assisting patients who are well or sick and ensuring 14 basic needs, Orem's theory is more contemporary where a nurse engages patient in plan of care and guides the patient to be self–dependent in the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Orem's theory supports that client has the primary ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... One of which is education and this includes literacy. Low levels of literacy present another dimension for health care providers, especially for nurses who are primarily responsible for patient education (Wilson, 2008). On a hospital admission questionnaire it is asked what is the patient's highest level of education. This does not always what will be what the patient's literacy level. It is important for the nurse to use simple literature regarding patient information along with simple teaching tools. Assessment should always be performed regarding the matter. In this case the mother understood the information and can repeat back or explain what was taught. According to Orem's theory there are three fundamental nursing sciences: wholly compensatory, partly compensatory and supportive developmental system. In regards to the Wilson study the partly compensatory aspect of the theory would be used. It is defined as this because both nurse and mother engage in meeting the self–care needs. This is the occurrence of development and exercise of self–care agency (Meleis, 2011). The nurse and mother would have to engage in the care due to the low literacy level of the mother making sure she understands safe immunization schedules for her infant. Nicely studies Virginia Henderson's Needs Theory. Henderson describes 14 basic human needs. One of the needs is to communicate with others. Nurses need to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 39. Nursing Vs 1900 Nursing What comes to the mind when we think of nurses – Someone who takes care of sick people. Nursing was introduced by Florence Nightangle in the mid of 1800's and she took an opportunity to train women to care of wounded and sick army during the war. Back then nurses were trained to perform all the housekeeping skills. In 1900's, there was no set of formal classes for nursing student as compared to today's higher education. They were assigned to work for 10–12 hours without pay under the supervision of a physician. There is a huge difference between today's and 1900's nursing education. Nurses are more trained and skilled in their profession and today's nursing considered to be more professional than 1900's nursing. Florence Nightangle train ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In today's' era, nurses have more responsibility than before. They are held responsible for their actions. Today's nursing is based on basic needs of patients. Critical thinking plays an important role in nursing. Nurses are required to think and act immediately in the emergency situations. A good communication between provider is must. This could avoid the incidents to happen. Although technology has been improved as well in the past years. Now a day hospitals are more equipped than past years. The science has gone beyond the inventions to cure untreatable diseases. The art of nursing depends on how to promote wellness, to prevent illness, to facilitate coping, and to restore health. Nurses can achieve all those goals by taking a role of caregiver, educator, collaborator, advocate, and manager (Dewit O' Neill. 4th Ed. Pg. 3–4). No one else beside nurses can better know their patients. Today' nursing has divided into different sections. Everyone has their own role to perform regarding their skills and degree level. According to fundamental of nursing, LPN's were established to work under the registered nurses during world war II. Practical nurses were trained to care for those who have past the acute stage. Later the graduates were required to take the Licensure examination after the completion of course. This would allow the LPN' s to provide direct patient care under the supervision of RN's and physicians. Nurses were ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 41. Nursing Role In Nursing The Role of Nurses Nursing is a multifaceted profession. As a generalization, the nurse provides health care to individuals and family members. However, providing healthcare encompasses a whole range of different roles a nurse takes on. An outsider may identify a nurse's role as hanging IV bags, providing medications, and doing the stuff "doctor's do not want to do", amongst many other common thoughts of a nurse. Patients and their family members may say that a nurse's role is to provide comfort, help them understand complicated things, and be the cornerstone that the patient needs during his or her care. A nurse's priority is to care for the whole patient and not just his or her illness. A true nurse cannot turn off their duties when they get off work, rather the live it day in and day out. Holistic Care Holistic care is often the staple of care provided to all patients. The idea behind holistic care is treating the whole person, meaning caring for their mind, body, soul, family, emotions, etc. Mason (2014) does a good job when she states, "holism is a paradigm that has been applied to help bridge the intrinsic gap that nurses experience between the intimate needs of their patients and the realities of modern health care" (p. 62). When caring for a patient, the nurse understands the disease process and has set ways on how to treat it, however one can't simply treat the disease. Treating the person requires the patient understanding the interventions set forth by nurses, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 43. Nursing Integrity In Nursing Integrity consists of soundness and adherence to moral principles. Nurses who practice with integrity act in ways that are consistent with what they see as is the right thing to do, and also perform in accordance with accepted standards of practice (Levinson, Ginsburg, Hafferty & Lucey, n.d.). A nurse with integrity provides ethical care, gives honest information to patients, families, and staff, documents appropriately. Our purpose in nursing is to create and maintain an environment that allows a patient to heal. Using Nightingale's model, nursing is defined as a both an art and a science. We are able to make our own decisions based on our observations that use empirical data and evidence based research which Nightingale supported variety (Dowell, 2015) At the center of Florence Nightingale's model is the patient, as they are the one receiving care. In healthcare, and as nurses, we encourage patients to participate in their own care. Each patient is unique and has needs that are different from the patient next door. We demonstrate altruism by being concerned about the well–being of our patients, and it is our responsibility to promote this value. Doing so involves an understanding of a patient's individual beliefs, and taking risks on their behalf. Nightingale also mentions the importance of variety (Dowell, 2015). I have had patients that stay for more than a week, feeling confined to the four walls of their small room. Doing things as simple as going for walks or ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 45. Nursing Tell me about yourself. People consider me as a caring, patient, friendly, and responsible person. I am very energetic; whenever I start working on something I never want to give up. I have a passion for becoming a nurse since I enjoy helping people around me. I get along with others very well, which make me always being cooperative with my co–workers and work with them toward a share goal. I graduated from Highline Community College last year with honor degree. Even though I already obtained my AA degree in Pre–Nursing, gaining my knowledge in the medical field is not enough for me. I want to gain more clinical patient experience and help people with all my heart. In order to strengthen my clinical experience, I also took the CNA class ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... CNA training gave me many working experiences such as being gentle when helping people with hygiene care in order to make them feel comfortable and safe when I assist them. I believe that experience will build confidence. I remember the first time when I was on training at Nursing Homes, I felt like an alien being preoccupied with a strange world. I couldn't even doing a simple task such as bathing the residents. I got used to it soon after a few days working with residents. The more I work with residents at Nursing Homes, the more confident I feel when performing CNAs tasks. With experience, all the equipment in nursing homes won't be so foreign anymore. I know how to take a blood pressure, bathe and feed residents, help them walk and even talk to residents who feel alone. CNAs job is not easy. CNAs get to interact with patients, often more than the nurse does. I acknowledge this CNA job can train me to become a better, helpful nurse in the future. Besides working at Stafford suites, I also enjoy volunteering at Highline Medical Center. I always want to keep my life busy with patients and residents as well as preparing myself for a future career. I watched a nurse conducting a patient assessment and witness a nurse giving a resident treatment. I've learned how to communicate and interact with patients such as irritable elderlies. From helping the elderlies, I've realized it is very important to be patient ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 47. The Nursing Theory Of Nursing Nursing Theory The metaparadigm of nursing consists of four parts comprised by Jacqueline Fawcett, in 1984, in her seminal work (Alligood, 2014). The metaparadigm she developed served to provide direction and guidance for the nursing framework already in use and became an organization tool for theories already in use (Alligood, 2014). The four parts being person, health, environment, and nursing. The four components of the metaparadigm concept of nursing is important to nursing theory because they are the key areas of focus of patient care, and the metaparadigm is designed to differentiate nursing from other specialties (Alligood, 2014). It is this use of theories that makes nursing a profession and guides professional nursing practice, research, and education (Alligood, 2014). Person Person can refer to the patient himself or herself. In the metaparadigm of nursing, person refers to more than just the patient, but also the family members, friends, relatives, and caregivers from the home setting. The nurse's goal when caring for the patient is to nurture and empower the patient to manage their own health. Dorthea Orem's Self–Care Deficit Nursing Theory (SCDNT) supports this idea of empowering the person of the metaparadigm concept. Orem states that if the person is unable to take care of themselves then others must provide the care (Alligood, 2014). Orem states that individuals are subject to the forces of nature and her theory of self–care deficit states that ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 49. Nursing And Nursing Code Of Ethics In Nursing Ethics has presented a foundation of professional policy, altruistic care, and community good, throughout the history of nursing. In the beginning nursing ethics concentrated on nursing attributes and qualities, such as conduct, because professional behavior was noted as a part of moral character (Perry, 1906; Volbrecht, 2002). Loyalty, obedience, and nursing duties were major foci of nursing ethics during this time. The Nightingale Pledge emphasized loyalty as a key virtue of nursing and nursing ethics (Winslow, 1984). In early nursing, the loyalty was mainly given to physicians and authoritative figures; however, as nurses gained autonomy the loyalty detained in the Nursing Code of Ethics is more focused on the patient or society. With societal changes, nurses have gained greater independence and can fully participate in ethical–decisions. Consequently, the Nursing Code of Ethics ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The fundamental value of both the Nightingale Pledge and Nursing Code of Ethics is the obligation to the patient. "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and protects the rights, health, and safety of the patient" (2015). Furthermore, both the Nightingale Pledge and the Nursing Code of Ethics emphasize social justice. Nurses must be capable to care for a patient regardless of their financial status or health status. The fundamental values in both center around the concern for the welfare of others. The Nursing Code of Ethics has taken the core values described in the Nightingale Pledge and has adapted these values as the nursing profession has evolved. Upon reading the Nightingale Pledge and the Nursing Code of Ethics, the general concepts in both is the importance of providing unbiased compassion to promote health and wellness to the patient. The Nursing Code of Ethics explains this idea in more depth than the Nightingale Pledge and is updated for today's constant changes in the nursing ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 51. Nursing Nurses And The Nursing Shortage ABSTRACT Nursing is one of the largest groups of healthcare providers giving high quality direct care in hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and in home care. Due to vast reductions in nursing students, coupled with other challenges presented by a growing nursing shortage, this has resulted in fewer nurses working longer hours and caring for even sicker patients than before. This set of circumstances compromises the care of the patient and contributes to the nursing shortage by creating an environment that drives nurses from the bedside and into other professions or out of nursing, due to being burnout. Nurses are a peculiar group of people in a profession that has several different fields and has roles for different ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Nursing shortages are appearing to be a global concern as well. The shortage of nurses has caused a widespread and dangerous deficiency of experienced nurses who are needed to care for individual patients as well as the population as a whole. According to an article written by Littlejohn (2012) the nursing shortage needs appropriate intervention in order to prevent a serious public health crisis. Nursing is one of the largest groups of healthcare professionals whose has over 3.1 million Registered Nurses, but there are still not enough to care for the growing number of patients. AMN (2012) Study by Hecker (2004) suggested that in the year 2012 there would be a deficit of more than one million nurses. The shortage of nurses has put the patient as well as nurses at an increased risk for injury. There are several causes for nursing shortages. Shortages are caused by sudden population growth resulting in a growing need for health care services. There are also, a declining amount of new students in nursing. According to American Association of Critical–Care Nurses (AACN), nursing schools in the United States turned away almost 80,000 applicants in 2012 due to insufficient number of faculty, clinical sites, and classroom space. AACN (2014) Baby boomers are getting older. According to the American Nurses Association (ANA), over a 10 year span, the average age of employed Registered Nurses has increased from 42.7 years in 2000 to 44.6 ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 53. Nursing Conflict In Nursing Introduction No matter where we find ourselves in life, there will always be some conflict(s) that we will need to face. Some may be simple issues of miscommunications or more complex, involving several factors, considerations, and implications that must be accounted for when solving the conflicts at hand. Settings such as nursing homes, clinics, and hospitals are especially susceptible to high numbers of conflicts of various natures due to the numerous parties involved in each environment. Nurses, face an increased risk of getting into conflicts due to the multiple roles they could hold, such as manager, caregiver, and instructor. According to Dr. Higazee, "These roles lead to various types of interactions among nurses and other healthcare team members, which significantly increase the probability for conflict to arise in hospital settings among nurses" (Higazee, 2015). Therefore, conflicts are not something that can be eliminated from the lives of nurses; however, nurses can be given the skills and techniques to manage the conflicts that do arise. Although the word "conflict" has a negative connotation attached to it, there is a positive perspective that can be viewed as Finkelman (2016) says, "It can be used to improve if changes are made to address problems related to the conflict" (p. 324). The Problem I used to work in a small community hospital that had 100 beds in total, 50 for admitted patients and 50 for the emergency department. One of the significant issues ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 55. Nursing Personal Definition of Nursing April Vialpando Ms. Penne McPherson in partial fulfillment of NR444 Professional Role Development Regis University January 22, 2013 Personal Definition of Nursing The definition of nursing has many different meanings depending on whom you ask. To some a nurse is simply the person who brings you your medication and takes your vital signs. To others, including myself, it is someone who keeps you safe and watches over you while you are in a healthcare setting. A nurse along side a physician with the patients best interest in mind to care for them not only physically but emotionally and mentally. A nurse must have the knowledge of that exact medication you are receiving. I must know the signs and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I've seen many families complain about this while working in the Emergency Department. I think there is a time and place for this and it is not at the nurse's station, we have a lounge for catching up and making plans. I think that dressing in a professional manner also shows our patients that we believe that being a nurse is more than merely just a job. I worked full time at a job to pay my way through nursing school so I could have a career. I want my patients to know that I take my license seriously and provide them with the best care I possibly can. Practice Examples that Support Nursing Values Over the last eight years of my nursing career I have had the opportunity to care for patients of all ages, ethnicities, and degrees of illnesses. Compassion is a very important nursing value. I cared for a young mother who at the age of 22 had to experience delivering a baby that she would not be able to take home with her. I sat in her room and held her hand while she cried, screamed and tried to make sense of the tragedy. Sometimes the best words are the unspoken ones. On another occasion I had the opportunity to care for an elderly patient whos family lived far from the hospital. She had reached the end of her life, and she was okay with that. Her only request was not be alone when she took her last breath. She was very weak, but able to thank me over and over for being with her. What an honor it was to share that experience. Life ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 57. Nursing : The Practice Of Nursing Essay Over the last few centuries, nursing has undergone evolution. Through countless evolutions, many theorist contributed to what they would believe is important to nursing. Although, many theorist all have their own idea for nursing, they all share the same core idea: the desire to seek help for the patient. One of the ideas that theorist have the tendency to focus on is the practice of nursing. To this day nurses would admit that preparation to becoming a nurse is a difficult task. Mostly because the practice of nursing consists of many things to follow in order be a great nurse for the patient. To make the preparation less difficult for nurses or nurse to be, Ida Jean Orlando contributed to the Discipline of the Nursing Process to further prepare those in nursing. The Discipline of Nursing Process is a theoretical approach to nursing that follows a nurse–to–patient relationship that would improve the patient's behavior to seek beneficence and autonomy of the patient (Orlando, 1972). This provides nurses or upcoming nurse the strategies to deal with real life circumstances in nursing and improves the skills of the nurse to improve a patient care. This piece will focus on the theorist, Ida Jean Orlando, the meaning of the nursing process and the reasons for the nursing process, any discrepancies that may be associated with nursing such as medical procedures and professional nurses, studies associated with the use of the nursing process and how the nursing process influence ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 59. Nursing : A Career As A Career In Nursing I have learned how important it is advocating for patients, my parents and immediate family. Nurses see patients at their most assailable times in their lives. As a proponent, nurses can improve the outcomes of patient's illness. I had my first experience of witnessing my twin brother Kareem asthma attack at seven years old and it was the scariest moment of my life. In that moment I thought that he was going to die, I had never felt so incapacitated. That first experience with the physical process of asthma set the stage for my career ambitions of becoming a registered nurse . The functions of the human anatomy and the results of the environment, drugs, and genetics on humans never failed to catch my interest; therefore, I apt toward a career that included these interests. Hitherto, at the same time, I strongly desired to make a difference in people's lives. When my grand mother was sick she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and had to have her left foot amputated. The treatment that she got from those nurses in the hospital especially one named nurse Blackwood was phenomenon, that enabled me to want to be a nurse because it will allow me to have more personal and prestigious relationship with my patients. Those nurses left an impressionable effect on me. I then pursued a carer in nursing and went to the Doncaster Practical School of Nursing where I became a LPN. As an adolescent ,I remembered the nurses who helped teach me how to assist my brother with his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 61. Nursing Informatics Competence In Nursing Nursing Informatics Competence The growth of nursing from the time of Florence Nightingale to our present generation has really evolved were nurses us to be at the bedside caring for wounded soldiers, showering and toileting of patients to a more advanced critical thinking and analyzing information that has been collected for proper processing. It is time to take nursing to another level that will save our patients and the community as a whole. One of the advantages of informatics is the safety of our patients so they are not hurt from the cares we provide. As explained in the American Nurses Association (2015) there is much assurance in the safety of our patient and health care providers. Even though the goal of the health industry is to integrate the health care in the IT world, nurses need to properly master the technology and be competent users. Gugerty & Delaney (2009) explained in their article the need for a nurse to meet up with the fundamentals of informatics in other to provide safe and competent care. Therefore, every organization has to work hard to prove their employees with the resources needed to achieve this milestone. Striving to meet up with this new technology as a nurse, my goal is to be proficient at informatics so that I can safely take care of my patients. Key Functional Area in Informatics Safety, security, and environmental health are important areas I see as a necessity in my area of practice. Working as a bedside nurse for some time, my biggest ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 63. Nursing Identity In Nursing Nursing Identity: Nursing knowledge gathering process is moving along the changing society. Initially, Nursings' Knowledge were derived from other disciplines, followed by a self–generation phase, realizing that the legitimacy of any profession is built on its ability to generate and apply theory. And, finally into a transformation phase, in which nursing knowledge significantly influences its own practice as well as that of other disciplines (N). These challenges in nursing knowledge development has helped to learn how to consider nursing phenomena through many lenses and has enhanced to improve the nursing of people. Although, Nursing has struggled to assert itself as a profession, while enjoying a cherished status in society, failure to ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In order to improve practice, nurses need to search the literature continually and critically. Nurses should impart research finding, synthesis relevant theoretical information that can be applied into practice. Theory based nursing is the use of various models, theories, and principles not only from the nursing science, but also from the behavioural, medical and socio–cultural disciplines to clinical nursing practice. Beginning from the basic nursing education programme, all nurse should be encouraged to use the theoretical basis for practice and seek ways to enhance the knowledge base that support practice. And increase the reciprocal intervention among theory, research and practice with great effort to bridge the theory practice gap. Furthermore, nursing care when based on nursing values and knowledge are that is central to the concept of health, example: caring, consciousness mutual process, patterning, presence and meaning, enables to express the depth of the nursing mission. If nursing is practices from these nursing perspective it will continue to its esoteric expertise service to the society ( Willes, ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 65. Nursing NURSING Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care, training, and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope of physicians, and this traditional role has come to shape the historic public image of nurses as care providers. However, nurses are permitted by most jurisdictions to practice independently in a variety of settings depending on ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Benedict of Nursia (480) emphasised medicine as an aid to the provision of hospitality.[5] Ancient Catholic orders like the Dominicans and Carmelites have long lived in religious communities that work for the care of the sick.[6] The religious and military roots of modern nursing remain in evidence today in many countries, for example in the United Kingdom, senior female nurses are known as sisters. Nurses execute the "Orders" of other health care professionals in addition to being responsible for their own practice. The first nurse, was Phoebe, mentioned in Romans 16:1. During the early years of the Christian Church, St. Paul sent a deaconess Phoebe to Rome as the first visiting nurse. She took care of both women and men.[7] According to Geoffrey Blainey, during the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church in Europe provided many of the services of a welfare state: "It conducted hospitals for the old and orphanages for the young; hospices for the sick of all ages; places for the lepers; and hostels or inns where pilgrims could buy a cheap bed and meal". It supplied food to the population during famine and distributed food to the poor. This welfare system the church funded through collecting taxes on a large scale and possessing large ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 67. Nursing Philosophy : Nursing And Nursing Essay Nursing Philosophy Nursing philosophy is defined as a nurse or students thought of what they believe to be true about the nature of the profession of nursing and to provide a base for nursing practice. (2016, para.1) The nursing field continues to develop into a professional scope of practice and nurses continue to work to develop a high standard for the profession. The values and skills that nurses' learn as they care for patients continue to develop into rules and regulations for future nurses. As a nurse it is important to create the best environment for patients, family members and co–workers. After graduating from high school I obtained my STNA and then began my college career in the health field as a physical therapy major. This past year I transitioned to nursing after seeing how much more I am able to work directly with patients. The reasoning behind my nursing philosophy is that I have gained knowledge and love for the profession through working as a certified nurses aide for the last four years. The love for helping others and the ability to help individuals during their times of need has grown on me and developed into a passion. Through education and work experiences my philosophy will transform overtime. Currently, I believe in a nursing philosophy that states strong principals that encompass empathy, compassion, and respect towards patients and their families. In addition, nurses must stay abreast of developing health care trends, be critical thinkers and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 69. Nursing Philosophy Of Nursing Introduction As a nursing student in the BSN program at West Coast University, I have discovered my skills and knowledge to prepare myself on how to be an efficient nurse as well as a nurse that truly cares for the best quality of care given to a patient. I have found some good qualities and insight in the paradigms to a philosophy of caring as a nurse. In this paper I will discuss the four paradigms of nursing which includes: Health, Nursing, Client/Person, and Environment. As a nurse, one must understand the importance of these paradigms and the philosophy of caring. Developing a nursing philosophy with each paradigm can result into a better quality of care, having an authentic relationship with the patient, and inviting growth and ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Nursing as a health profession is "with the knowledge and understanding that each client has different needs. Possessing the ability to assess these needs and determine what type of care or intervention is needed to improve the clients' health, person, and the environment is the art of nursing." (2012) Client/Person The client/person is who nurses care for and their families. As a nurse, it is very important to establish a good rapport with the client, and to their families. At a very basic level nursing is not about just a job or how much the pay is, it is about caring for the client/person and their families who are not related to you. As nurses, we need to look at the client/person and their families as if they are our own families that we need to care for. By doing so, we can provide the best efficient and best quality of care possible. "Nursing is about caring for someone which is an instinct we learn from our family, our culture, and our life experiences." (2012) Environment Environment is a multifaceted concept that can affect a person physically, mentally, and socially. A person's environment can be influenced by its location, family, peers interaction, and technologies available. As nurses in the United States, we must be aware and non–judgmental of different cultures and people that we encounter. Nurses, when giving that care for clients/person, we must have an open mind as well as open heart to incorporate and understand the different culture that ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 71. Nursing Theories In Nursing Theories in Nursing This paper discusses practice, research, and theory as it pertains to nursing. It explains how important research is in nursing practice. The paper talks about mislabeling specimen issues that hospital I work for encountered and examples of similar situations at other healthcare facilities. This paper discuses Florence Nightingale's environmental theory of nursing care as it pertains to a horrible case study of parent negligence. Practice Research, and Theory To Nursing Practice, theory, and research are three main components that help to define nursing. Nursing practice consists of many things such as being "a caregiver, advocate, educator, communicator and provider of care" (Potter, 2015 p. 6). Professional nursing practice and knowledge have developed in part through nursing theories that help to predict and describe actives for the practice of nursing. Related and Interdependent and Importance to Nursing Theoretical models provide frameworks for how nurses practice. Research in nursing is a systematic process that ask and answers questions to generate new knowledge. Once completed, the research process contributes new knowledge to the practice of nursing and help to create the evidence for the Evidenced Base Practice model. Nursing research "improves nursing practice and raises the standards for the profession". (Potter, 2015, p. 91) Current Practice Change Every few months at the hospital I work, proper patient identification is ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 73. Nursing Theories Of A Nursing Theory A nursing theory can be defined as the concepts and assumptions used to explain, predict and control the practice of nursing. These theories provide a systematic view of the profession by organizing the relationships between all of the phenomena (i.e. events, people, and actions) that are associated with practice (Current Nursing, 2012). Nursing theories serve multiple purposes within the profession such as indicating the direction in which the practice will advance over time by predicting future relationships and occurrences. They establish the foundations for behavior and knowledge by explaining the practice through the models presented and the detailed descriptions of nursing phenomena. In addition, these theories can help distinguish the professional boundaries needed in practice to maintain a respectful and ethical relationship between patients and healthcare professionals. Nursing theories also have the ability to portray nursing in multiple lights to fit the situation at hand. This ability stems from the multiple categories of theories that each address a distinct part of practice. For example "outcome" theories focus on the end goal for the patient's recovery and describe the nurse as the force behind coping and adaptation, while "interaction" theories focus on the patient's mental state and describes nurses as a positive relationship (Current Nursing, 2012). One of the more widely known "outcome" theories is the Adaptation Model presented by Sister Callista Roy in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 75. Nursing Philosophy Of Nursing Philosophy of nursing and nursing care The philosophy of nursing represents significant values and belief in my life. Philosophy of nursing and nursing care is associated with a strong commitment to self, others and the environment. It requires high quality, competent as well as collaborative care. Most importantly, the philosophy promotes essential values such as empathy, integrity, compassion, respect, and honesty. Premise: The act of caring is a genuine devotion to both self and others. Caring for individuals in need is one of the greatest acts of kindness. However, it is important to love ourselves first to be able to care for others (Norman, 2012). Notably, one's background, beliefs, and way of upbringing greatly influence people's general perceptions and worldview. Very earlier in my childhood, my parents inculcated values such as ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It is important for nurses to show respect for patient's religion, culture and right to choose. For instance, a critical care nurse may feel that choosing to suffer is cruel, however, it is a moral obligation for nurses to provide care that is impartial, and to respect patients' autonomy and free will. As an ICU nurse, I have been privileged to care for critically ill patients who chose to endure the suffering. I allow them to express their feelings, I listen, and empathize with them and their loved ones. Conclusion: Caring is not only the core and essence of nursing practice but rather a holistic calling. Nurses must continue to cultivate an environment that allows for self– reflection and promote healing. Nurses must also continue to prove their commitment to patients through education, collaboration with patients, families and others who are also caring for the patients. Advanced education equally plays a substantial role in improving quality of care. Therefore, it is imperative for nurses to continue to expand their knowledge and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
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  • 77. Nursing : The Role Of Nursing Nursing If a person is ready to help someone and likes to be on edge at all times and being prepared, they should be a nurse. Nursing is an important role because they help people with any situation at anytime; even though it takes hard work to master the profession in the nursing career it is worth it in the end. Nursing started in the 1850's in london they needed to treat the people who was affected by the wars during that time. The role of nurses The role of nursing has certainly expanded, like a mother in the home, nourishing infants and caring for young children. Care of the sick, infirm, helpless, elderly, and handicapped and the promotion of health have become vital aspects of nursing as a whole. In history, the role of nursing developed with the culture and society of a given age. Tribal women practiced nursing as they cared for the members of their own tribes. As tribes developed into civilizations, nursing began to be practiced outside the home. There are different roles of nursing, there are mothers and certified educated nurses. They care for the sickness, Handicapped and others , Nurses are a big role in this country they have done a lot for us every single day, till back when it all started until now. Home health nurses, on the other hand, function in a very different manner. This type of nurse usually works for a private home health services agency, or as part of an outreach program for home services through a hospital. Referrals come to the agency or ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...