Essays on Nurse

Nurses play a vital role in healthcare by providing quality patient care that guarantees better patient outcomes. However, the nursing profession is faced with the challenge of shortage of nurses due to the high number of people seeking patient care as well as the increasing aging population with chronic illnesses in the United States. Therefore, the current healthcare environment with high demand for nursing care stretches nurses to greatest limits. As result, nurses have to work effectively with the assistive employees through delegation in order to meet the high demands of quality care using the few available nurses (National ...

According to the Betty Neuman's theory, a human being is an open system which interacts with both internal and external environments (Alligood, 2014). In addition, a human is always exposed to constant stressors and he/she must move in the direction where there is holistic stability. This theory views both environments as stressors which a person is exposed to on a daily basis (Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2015). In accordance with Betty Neuman's theory, the external factor which affects the health of Mr. Reynolds include the state of being hospitalized, being a widower, living in isolation and environmental risk factors for falls. ...

Nursing care models are distinct frameworks used in care settings to deliver care services. The type of framework adopted in an organization is determined by various factors, including economic factors, leadership, recruitment and retention of staff members, and type of decision-making models used in the organization (Fairbrother, Jones & Rivas, 2010). The type of care model used determines the quality and effectiveness with which care services are delivered. There are four main types of nursing care models, which can be broadly categorized into task-oriented or patient-centered. Team-nursing and functional care models are task-oriented, while primary-care nursing and total patient care ...

The main goal of the article by the authors was to appraise the perception of nurses on the ethical climate in their workplaces. The article was influenced by the fact that due to major and rapid advancement sin pharmacological interventions and therapeutic technologies, the nurse’s environment faces countless moral and ethical dilemmas. The article thus seeks to establish how nurses view such ethical issues including whether such ethical issues have received attention as essential factors n making decisions in the nursing workplace. The article also appraises the nurse’s experience with medical errors and how this affected their ...

Concept of cultural competence nursing

Changing demographics in most nations require that nurses offer culturally competent care. Due to diverse populations, medical professionals have started to address the essence of creating a way to promote cultural competence in different healthcare situations. Primarily, cultural competence involves creating an appreciation of a person’s existence, consciousness, notions, and situation without permitting it to have an inappropriate effect on people from different backgrounds. Additionally, cultural competence demonstrates understanding and comprehension of the patient’s culture, embracing and accepting cultural diversity, and personalizing care based on the patient’s culture (Flowers, 2004). Public health nurses should pay attention ...

There are various regulations that tend to influence the APRN practice. Therefore, the paper will entail an analysis of such regulations, basing its focus on the research about the state legislator’s position on the health care issues and nursing, as well as the position of the federal legislator’s position on the same subject. In addition, there will be an analysis of the lobbyist for the state nurses’ association, as well as the position of the nurses’ association on the legislation in operation and its candidates. For that matter, the state of choice for the analysis is Washington ...

I interviewed TJ, a 59-year old male of Hispanic descent and a staunch believer of the Buddhist religion. The following is the transcript of the interview and the responses from my respondent and a patient a facility where I had been working at some point.

Do you think that spirituality has a significant or any influence on physical health?

TJ: Over the years, I have been raised in a family where spirituality was regarded in high value. I have never known any other way to achieve wellness and peace if spirituality is not included. For me, the association with a higher being is important especially for the mind because in any case, the ...

Executive Summary: Eliminating Discharge Delays

Executive Summary: Eliminating Discharge Delays Bed capacity has emerged as a critical issue in hospital quality management with evidence indicating that inefficient discharges contribute to slow care and patient flow while further increasing costs. Changes made to the prospective payment system by Medicare in recent years have increased pressure on hospitals to cut costs through, among other ways, reducing patient length of stay (LOS) (El-Eid et al., 2015).

‘Eliminating discharge delays’ is a quality management project that focuses on reducing patient length of stay and as such improving hospital throughput. The project entails implementation of several strategies that collectively ...

Public image of nurses: past, present, and future

Introduction Undoubtedly, the nursing profession has vital ingredients of accountability and autonomy. Also, it is true to assert that nursing profession demands more responsibilities than before when the main role of a nurse was just to provide comfort and care. In the modern world, a nurse is expected to be an advocate for clients, a manager, and an educator (Drayton & Weston, 2015). However, little attention is drawn towards the assessment of the actual public image and perception of nurses. Nurses seem to dwell in a dual structure of nursing and social worlds. The two worlds tend to influence and ...

{Author Name [first-name middle-name-initials last-name]} {Institution Affiliation [name of Author’s institute]} Behavior and substance abuse related issues are also a challenge to the every section of the society. The problem of substance abuse has been common across all the cultures and occupations as well as nursing profession. The data suggests that one out of ten nurses may be impaired, taking drugs or has been a drug addict. According to the calculations of the American Nurses Association (1997) 10-20% nurses have the problem of chemical impairment or substance abuse and 6% to 8% registered nurses are the victim of ...

The significant loss of blood calcium commonly characterizes the condition of hypocalcemia. In particular, the loss of calcium is common in the extracellular fluid, and it occurs in greater quantities though it is replaceable by the intestine or the bone (Watad et al., 2016). The condition is a consequence of various clinical entities with the signs and symptoms of neuromuscular irritability. The common conditions of the neuromuscular irritability include the paresthesia, laryngospasm, muscle cramps, seizures as well as tetany. The same instability of the neuromuscular structures appears in the elicitation of the Chvostek’s signs and the common Trousseau’ ...

Assignment Executive Summary

Introduction Delivery of quality services is a priority in healthcare as excellence determines patient outcomes. Various factors affect quality service delivery in health facilities. Healthcare facilities employ the most competent healthcare professionals yet patients continue to receive poor quality services. The hospital setting is dynamic as different personnel are responsible for the patient’s well being. Proper communication structures between health professionals reduce chances of information misinterpretation or conveyance of erroneous information. Both medical and non-medical factors affect the quality of service. According to Hughes (2008), delivery of poor services occurs because of errors within the healthcare system. For ...

Response to #POST 1

The management for nurses’ compliance initiative is a sure and effective way of ensuring protection of patient information. Similar to your experience, nurses at my facility are also mandated to uphold security and privacy of patient information. In order to ensure this, audits are used frequently. As Schneeweiss, (2014) notes, it is essential to be knowledgeable of the existing rules governing patient information. Implementation of policies and regulations at the facility level can only be effectual once such knowledge is acquired. The mobile Iron app used by your organization to protect access to patient information is however a novel ...

Principles of Delegation

It would be easier for me to engage in the delegation process, using the principles of delegation, with an aim of ensuring that each of the patients receives the best quality of medical care while in the facility. In addition, these principles will also play a central role in building an environment of trust and confidence between members of the team, thus, allowing them to engage in effective performance.

Determination of Duties to Delegate

The first principle that would apply to the case is a determination of what is to be delegated based on the number of patients that the team would handle at ...

Abstract

Scholars across the board have been persistent on the need for the near perfection of the concept of vital signs monitoring. Prior contributions to this field of knowledge all seem to bend towards correcting the wrongs that at times overwhelm the nursing practice, while at the same time constructing updates and ingenious suggestions towards the bettering of methods of monitoring vital signs. This paper cuts across the dimensions of nursing practice as applied in a reflective situation, and the evaluative outlook into the perks of vital signs monitoring as a physiological assessment process, its outcomes, and its repercussions both ...

Evaluation Plan and Disseminating Evidence

Introduction The process of evaluating a program is essential before initiating any given project. Most falls among the elderly occur in the nursing homes, creating a need for the development of a plan to reduce these falls rates. The number of deaths and injuries resulting from falls among the elderly is increasing at an alarming rate creating. The rates of falls are higher for patients in the nursing homes compared to the community residents. Some of the factors that have facilitated the increase in falls numbers among the elderly in nursing homes are poor conditions of the hospitals, increase ...

Project 1: Evaluation Plan

Evaluation Method For a favorable assessment of this QI initiative, the quality control department proposes the utilization of the formative evaluation (FE) approach. There are four main types of FE analyses that can result in an exhaustive evaluation of this program, namely developmental, implementation, progress, and interpretive assessments. For instance, implementation-focused analysis evaluates differences between plan execution and implementation. Here, the sources of data include stakeholder interviews, focus group discussions, observations, and patient charts (McGowan, Cusack, & Poon, 2008). Contrarily, progress analysis concentrates on progress towards improvement and implementation at first intervention. The analysis considers clinical performance data on process ...

Article critique

The title of the study provides a clear and succinct indication of the issues which will be touched on in the main study. The issues which will be discussed in the study includes nurse staffing, nurse work schedule and patient mortality have been clearly captured. Such a realization provides the reader with a sneak preview of what to expect when they read the study.

Abstract

The abstract of the study provides a clear breakdown of what the reader should expect to see while reading the paper. The problem of the study has been clearly stated as the independent effects which ...

Although preventive care service provision has a general guideline, to offer evidence-based practice, the medical practitioners are under obligation to ask the patient the following questions, among others. The family history concerning particular diseases like cancer, hypertension, diabetes, and other genetic diseases. In this regards, the nursing officer would establish the susceptibility of the patient to these conditions. Diagnosing of family members with such conditions may occur along the way and, therefore, it is important the nurse gets to know about it every time the patient visits the clinic. Moreover, the nurse should ask about exercise and weight management ...

Introduction

The study was carried out to determine the leadership competencies and the strategic vision which is essential for management which concerns a change in the complex healthcare organizations. Certain nations such as Switzerland do not have the leadership skills required in the nursing sector. The adapted program to solve the satiation was the “Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Clinical Leadership Programme.” The purpose of adopting it was to ensure that it would support that program. The study was supposed to determine the best methods that would be used in the process of the formation of the vision. The vision ...

Chapter 7

My general observation is that the society considers nurses as people who enhance the healthcare experience, while the real credit of serving healthcare, are taken by the physicians and the administrative staffs. Probably, a person admitted as an inpatient or admitted to the ICU would have realized the true value of nurses, but in general, the services of the nurse are often unappreciated and unrecognized. Though nurses engage in important healthcare activities, they are treated as subordinates and not as leaders of healthcare. Nurses rarely participate in decision making and in making a health plan. Lack of clear guidelines ...

Management of Power

Introduction 3

Organizational Structure Influences 4-5 Conclusion 5-6

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Management of Power As the nurse executive at St Louis Medical Center, it will be important to identify and utilize the leadership theories relevant to management of power in this professional capacity. Management of power is critical in creating work environments that are conducive for nurses to provide quality patient care. In a fast evolving healthcare sector, there is a growing need for nurse leaders to ensure their leadership provides the motivation and inspiration needed to continuously improve services. Based on this observation, the current paper seeks to identify and articulate ...

The process of nursing care aims at ensuring that the care which patients are given in a health care facility has been tested and proven to result in positive outcomes. There are, however, instances where a particular nurse may be overwhelmed by their responsibilities or certain circumstances where the knowledge of a nurse regarding a particular care protocol may be deficient (Huber, 2013). In situations such as these, the delegation of responsibilities is needed. In this regard, a nurse in charge will be required to transfer the responsibility of performing such a task to another care provider while at ...

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN versus the BSN

The nursing curriculum has been evolving over time to meet the needs and demands of the population which have been changing over time. In a bid to ensure that care delivery meets the optimal goals of recovery, restoration and sustaining a high quality of life, the basic foundation for the nursing profession has been on ensuring that the curriculum adequately prepares the nurses for the tasks ahead (Auerbach, Buerhaus, & Staiger, 2015). A particular response that the profession can refer is the Future of Nursing Report by the Institute of Medicine which required that nurses be allowed to the highest ...

There are times when a nursing problem arises as a result of a number of findings, and these findings are pulled together into a summary in order to see the big picture created out of these findings. This act of pulling together is what Brown & Ochs (2018) calls a systematic research review (SRR) or systematic review, which helps researchers identify “what is known with certainty, what is tentatively known, and what the gaps in knowledge are regarding an issue” (p.175). It serves as a link between the individual studies performed and the decision making done in order to create ...

Charting Nursing’s Future is a series of policy briefs on topics of interest to nurses whose publication is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The purpose of the policy briefs is to enlighten key stakeholders in health care set up such hospital managers, nurse leaders and the state and national policymakers on different matters related to nursing profession (Nurse 61). The briefs also seek to bring to light the important role of nurses in promoting a culture of health. Moreover, the series of the briefs covers a broad array of topics related to nursing which can ...

1. Carper’s pattern of knowing can be used in the process of nursing interaction. It can guide nurses on what they have to communicate while talking to the patient, family and fellow colleagues. Though classroom education imparts a lot of knowledge, they are not fully applied in practical situations. Nursing knowledge gives the profession its identity. The pattern of knowing can be used by the nurse to communicate to the society of the contributions of nurses to healthcare. It can be used to create an effective nursing practice. Knowledge is a form of understanding and perception we develop ...

Ethical and Security Issues of HIT

HIT and impact on patient privacy Health Information Technology is increasingly being adopted across the healthcare sector given its innumerable benefits in improving patient care and augmenting the delivery of care. With HIT, provision of cost effective healthcare is also plausible through nurses. However, with technology also comes varied challenges and chief among these issues that come with HIT is patient privacy. With recent news documenting massive breaches of patient information, the usefulness of HIT and possible adoption strategies have been largely watered down. According to McGonigle and Mastrian, (2014) the ethical concerns that come with HIT are equally ...

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13.1 For Betty, faith is one of the most crucial part of her life that cannot be ignored by the health care provider. Patients with strong religious beliefs are often considered as problematic, as their faith may interfere with the treatment and the work of health care providers. However, it is the obligation of the nurses to make the patients feel safe, appreciated, and respected. In this case, the nurse can help the patient to overcome the difficult period by providing moral support and understanding of the patient’s state. The nurse may have a conversation with Betty regarding ...

How does the story of the Ugly Duckling in chapter four of the Pinkola Estes book relate to your OWN values, beliefs, experience and personal/professional understanding as a caring-healing, ethical nurse working with women? I find the story of the Ugly Duckling intriguing and extremely validating for me. The story stresses on not giving up no matter the situation you find yourself in, rather continue pressing on until you realize your goals (Estes, 1992). The story holds so much for me because it is about the journey of self-discovery. We are currently living in a world inhabited by an ...

One of the challenges depicted by the video is the shortages of staff and heavy workload. As such, the preceptors have many patients on their hand. This limit the time preceptors can have with the students to teach and guide the learners on different clinical procedures or how to offer adequate care to patients. Additionally, as shown in the video, the nursing faculty has not designed a proper work schedule whereby a nurse instructor has a definite time to report for the shift and offer guidance to the students. In this video, the preceptor has just been called in ...

Introduction

Leadership is a necessity in any social setup and is more specialized when it comes to the medical setup. This is because it involves various parties, ranging from doctors, nurses, patients, staff and other people within the system. However, nursing leadership stands out as specialized because of the need to have a sense of direction. Leadership in nursing involves the issue of influencing and making people follow instruction as well as adhere to authority and set up social control systems. In this paper, there will be a detailed discussion about nursing leadership, personal perceptions on the values and beliefs ...

As far as an ADN is concerned, it offers few advantages as opposed to the acquirement of a BSN. To begin with, the principal difference between the two is the time period and credits’ amount required for the program completion. While an ADN can be usually completed in two years, the person requires 4 years to attain a BSN. In addition, an ADN program is cheaper and allows one to quickly become a nurse considering the above-mentioned time period for completion. On the other hand, it is widely acknowledged that “BSN prepared nurses possess greater knowledge of health promotion, ...

Interdisciplinary collaboration can be termed as the practice of approaching patient care from a team-based perspective. This is attributable to the major transformations observed in delivery of healthcare making it more interconnected. Following this, there is need for proper coordination between nurses, pharmacists, social workers, and other disciplines to enhance the level of care given to patients. Medical researchers have highlighted four main competency domains that touch on every aspect of caregiving from a team-based perspective to foster proper care of patients. In this light, competency domain 1 touches on the values and ethics for interprofessional practice to promote ...

The number of specialized fields in nursing have increased significantly making nurses the largest workforce in US. With the ever-increasing population, the nursing profession requires certification of additional nurses annually. However, the field has called for various specialties that are categorized in respect to different duties, expected salaries, and certification requirement. Although every specialty is equally important when it comes to patient treatment, some specialties are popular than others depending on the duties held by the nurses. This essay will address a few nursing specialties majoring on clinical nurse specialist, the duties given to the nurses, their annual salaries, ...

The main objective of any health care system is to provide patient care with desirable patient outcomes. Simply put, a health care system strives to promote well-being and heath status of all human beings. It is also important to note that most aspects of the healthcare focus on prevention and management of pain among patients because freedom from pain is an essential dimension of health. Additionally, pain among patients is a multidimensional phenomenon that requires a broad, integrated and a comprehensive care model (Glare et al., 2014). Many studies that have been carried out by various scholars on health ...

1. Summarize Journal Articles The article “Florence Nightingale: Her Personality Type” by Dossey (2010) examines the famous nurse Florence Nightingale according to her personality type. Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Dossey determines that Nightingale was an IITJ (introverted-intuitive-thinking-judging) personality. The author worked from a collection of Nightingale’s own written work and her letters, as well as her history. Dossey breaks Nightingale’s personality down into these four factors, using her life and work as a template to explain those personality traits. For instance, Nightingale is determined to be introverted due to her desire to be alone in ...

My Plan

My plan for reviewing the NCLEX will take into account various considerations. Firstly, I will focus on my learning style in order to learn and understand effectively. This approach is considered by the Nurse Journal (2016) which indicates that for one to pass the NCLEX, “one should develop excellent study habits which mirror your personal learning style.” In consideration of my visual learning style as suggested by the Nurse Journal (2016), I plan to develop flash cards as a memory enhancement technique and also highlight various aspects of my reading material. At the same time, I plan to assess ...

What is the most effective nursing care delivery model and why?

The total patient care model is considered as an ideal and effective way in managing patients. It is one of the oldest and effective models in the nursing system that provides all-round care to the patients. One of the major reasons to opt for the total patient care model is that is involves comprehensive patient care services such as planning, organization, and performance of all care activities of the patient. The total patient care includes 24-hour nurse assistance, wherein nurses work in shifts of 8 hours to provide healthcare services to the patient. In this model, the patient receives ...

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This case study presents J.W., a patient who went to the emergency room of the Community Hospital due to a persistent and severe headache over the last couple of days. Patient displayed signs and symptoms that her condition required blood testing and a head CT scan. However, Nurse Jackie, the nurse assigned to handle the patient’s case, only charted the symptoms but did not act on it or report it. The triage nurse, together with Nurse Jackie, also interviewed J.W. about previous neurological problems, headaches, or incidences of cerebral hematoma. But due to J.W.’s disorientation caused by ...

It is critical that nurses possess professional values in their practice. A nurse must, therefore, demonstrate full understanding and application of the core values in the health sector. These values must be applied to all the stakeholders namely; patients, their families, and the entire community. This calls for nurses to engage in accountability and life-long learning. The public always appreciates a caring and compassionate nurse. This is also necessary for the healing process of a patient. Nurses should also concern themselves with evidence-based practice. Patients come from diverse backgrounds and cultures, and this is the reason why the nurse ...

The Essential IX texts describes the Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice. After the completion of the baccalaureate nursing education, generalist nursing practice must follow. In essential I-VIII the learner acquires knowledge, skills, and attitudes but that has to be put into practice. This text guides nurses on how to practice in a variety of settings. The most important knowledge to a nurse is that which relates to wellness, illness, the promotion of health, management of diseases and giving care to those who are dying. A nurse should, therefore, acquire communication and psychomotor skill to enhance the level of care. Baccalaureate ...

Health care settings function in a well collaborative manner where multidisciplinary work environment exists. In a complex care situation, such as transition care of patients, the role of nurse care professionals was believed to be vital in coordinating the care. For instance, in geriatric settings, it is these professionals who can take up the complex tasks to enable the elderly individuals in transition from the care center to their residence seek suitable care and therapy (Cortes, Wexler & Fitzpatrick, 2004). So, there is a growing research interest on how these nurses utilize their potential in administering the care quality for ...

In the past 3 decades, there has been a significant increase in nurse shortage with the numbers expected to fall even more by the end of 2020. Most researchers, healthcare managers, and nurse leaders assume that the issue has been resolved but the truth is it is far more disastrous. Nursing shortage has many negative implications within the healthcare system. Registered nurses have a high demand in the market place, wherein the current RN workforce of over 2.7 ˘million is expect to grow above 3.5 million by 2022 (AACN 2014). Due to the increasing number of elderly patients, acute ...

There was a time when nurses were not included in malpractice and negligence lawsuits, but that is no longer true. Today, nurses are included with doctors, hospitals, and other healthcare providers and agencies when the outcomes of patient treatments are undesirable. When a nurse is accused of failure to competently perform her or her responsibilities to the patient and employer, the result may be as serious as the death of the patient. For this reason, focus has centered on the types, incidences, and ways to prevent actions that cause patients harm and may result in expensive and license-threatening litigation ...

Nursing Theory Analysis Paper

Many researchers globally have researched on the discipline of nursing and developed some theories aimed at explaining some health care phenomenon. Theories of nursing play a critical role in influencing the outcome of different areas of practice including research, education, administration, and nursing informatics. Nursing theories fall under the mid-range theory or grand theory classifications. The analysis below discusses the theory of Transcultural Nursing by Madeleine Leininger that falls under the mid-range category of nursing theories.

Analysis of the Transcultural Nursing Theory

Background Leininger is well-recognized psychiatric and mental health professionals of the 1950s. Earned her first diploma in nursing in 1948, advanced to a ...

Black (2016) defines philosophy as the study of principles that underlie the conduct, thoughts, and universal nature. Philosophy entails how people find meaning in different aspects of life in the universe. Philosophers develop the philosophies out of curiosity with the intention of explaining or understanding underlying realities about various aspects of life. Philosophies can also be developed by individuals unintentionally as they mature and set definitions and guides for their conducts. Such philosophies are referred to as personal philosophies. A personal philosophy is a blueprint and guide to a person’s values and belief system (Black, 2016). Personal philosophies ...

Question 1

The roles which nurses play in the health care provision process cannot be understated. Ensuring that ailing patients have had their emotional, physical and spiritual needs addressed goes a long way in making sure that such patients emerge with desirable positive outcomes. Similarly, the functions of the advanced practice nurses in the process of providing healthcare services to patients, educational processes and in providing leadership in such settings are equally vital in ensuring that the healthcare system runs in a smooth manner. Imogene King in her theory of goal attainment stresses on the need for ensuring accuracies regarding the ...

The chosen theorist is Dorothea Orem, who was born in 1914 and died in 2007. She started her career after earning a diploma at Providence Hospital in Washington DC. In the start of her career, she worked as a nurse staff and then she became a nurse educator as well as administrator and nurse consultant. Also, with the help of her experiences, degree of doctorate level, she successfully introduced her general theory of nursing related to self-care, self-care deficit, and nursing system. However, the main focus of Orem was on self-care theory. Orem has defined four meta-paradigm concepts in ...

Business Plan Development

The expanded role for nurses as recommended by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) report has enabled the nurses to pursue independent practice and therefore practice o the full extent of their knowledge and education. Most of the states have in recent times reviewed their respective scope of practice for nurses to reflect these new roles for nurses at least to help reduce the burden that has been previously placed on physicians and nurses (Kraus, & DuBois, 2016). The urge to own independent practice settings has been growing within the profession but nurses have had a challenge in ensuring the long ...

Capstone Project Milestone 2

Asthma is the most common cause of in-patient admissions in acute care hospitals. Poor education and training of patients with respect to self-care and symptom management has led to an increase in the number of asthmatic patients reporting to the emergency department (ED) or acute care hospitals. It is empirical to understand the cause or trigger factors that relate to acute exacerbations of asthma. Some of the common triggers that causes asthma include exercise, infections, allergens, smoking, infection, gastric problems, hear burns, and indigestion. Based on current evidence, food allergens are considered as the most common form of allergens ...

Challenges facing the future of nursing profession

The nursing profession faces a lot of challenges that affect the delivery of care to the people in the present and during the future. The future of the nursing profession lies on the ability of nurses to practice self-care and get ready for many changes taking place in the world today. Caring for the profession poses a great threat for nurses across the globe. According to Black & Chittty (2014), the main challenges facing the future of the nursing profession are caring for the profession, developing and implementing effective health, lack of a balanced system that emphasizes on community-based and ...

The use of skin care bundle among hospitalized adult sick people can reduce the risk of skin breakdown compared to standard care of practice Pressure ulcers are a common problem in acute care hospitals, specifically among obese patients in intensive care units. Pressure ulcers or sores are common, serious but preventable health issues in the healthcare system. Pressure ulcers are associated with low quality of life, increased expenditure, increase hospital stay, and poor health outcomes (Bhattacharya & Mishra 2015). Hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU) are preventable if repositioning and turning techniques. However, the evidence on the effectiveness on these techniques is ...

If a nurse refuses to give CPR, this is definitely an ethical and legal issue. First and foremost, by virtue of the nurse’s obligation in a health care institution, she “has a duty to perform CPR when an individual at the workplace is not breathing and/or has no pulse” . The statement is consistent with one of the provisions in the nurse’s code of ethics. As stipulated under provision 2, “the nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, community, or population” . If the nurse refuses to give CPR, there should be a ...

The development of knowledge and skills in information and patient care technology is very significant to the daily operation of a nurse while taking care and ensuring quality service to the clients. The knowledge and skills developed in information and patient care technology are useful in providing a nurse with the right tools during data gathering and keeping of quality records concerning a patient's medication and treatment. Such data provide quality evidence in developing the right care strategies and procedures to ensure the needs of the patients are adequately met during treatment. Secondly, most hospitals today use electronic health ...

Introduction

Information technology involves a technique for the manipulation, assessment as well as the processing of data. Information technology involves the application of computer and telecommunication systems. Information in the current context means electronic data. There was an evolution in the information technology industry for quite a long period, with innovations taking place time after time. The information technology encompassed transistors and integrated circuits. The application of computer systems or servers in business in the contemporary era is rampant (Jones D, 2017). The servers interact with the client users as well as other servers that exist across business networks. The ...

The nursing practice constantly experiences challenges related to different aspects of care. Resolving these challenges effectively is determined by the leadership and the management in nursing. Nursing leadership and nursing management are terms that are persistently confused and interchanged, despite the different meanings of the terms. Understanding the meaning and contribution of leadership and management to nursing is critical in resolving common issues affecting the nursing profession. The purpose of this paper is to investigate a nursing issue and compare and contrast how nurse leaders and nurse managers would approach this problem. This exercise will facilitate identification of the ...

There is the need for any community to always have proper structures which will assist in managing possible disasters in such a community with the overall objective of ensuring that it is free from any impending dangers. The commonest disaster that has been constantly affecting my community is floods (Federal Emergency Management Agency, 2016; a). The main effect of flooding is that it interrupts the normal living of persons in the society. Additionally, the fatalities associated with floods usually take a toll on the safety of human populations. Floods are also responsible for destabilizing government systems like transport and ...

Healthcare professionals have got an obligation of ensuring that future care providers can provide high quality, safe and patient centered care to patients by taking into account the need for incorporating effective communication and collaboration in their practice. Baccalaureate education ensures that care providers can enter the profession ready to provide their services in a proper manner by employing proper communication skills and confidence (AACN, 2008). As such, there is the need for developing interprofessional education in nursing institutions as it encourages the development of trust and respect for all individuals involved in the process of care provision. This ...

Essential V of The Essentials of baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice addresses the issue of health Policy, Finance, and Regulatory Environments. The Essential states that health care policies influence nursing practice either directly or indirectly and also the functioning and nature of the healthcare system. The essential further explains that healthcare policies such as regulatory and financial policies affects healthcare issues including affordability, access, quality, safety and social justice at organizational, local, national and global levels (Davis & Kimble, 2011).Therefore, a baccalaureate-nursing graduate should have a clear understanding of the larger context of healthcare which includes how healthcare ...