Essays on Nursing Education

Critique of Systematic Research Review (SRR)

How the Research Problem Addressed in the SRR is Relevant to Practice SRR critique is aimed to provide a clear understanding a nursing article, through an in-depth analysis of the research findings incorporated. For this study, the article under critique is, ‘Systematic Review of Studies of Nursing Education Outcomes: An Evolving Review’ by Nancy Spector. Essentially, the knowledge of nursing education outcomes will help to establish strategies to improve quality provision in the medical profession. In a way, the SSR is likely to identify weaknesses in nursing education. As a practice of advanced medicine, the review is set to ...

The general population of the United States quickly turns into being progressively diverse; on the other hand, the nursing occupation fails to do so. As a result, there appears to be an increased focus on the promotion of not only cultural competence but the multiplicity and variety in the framework of the nursing care as well. In spite of the fact that culture and diversity are extensively debated in the nursing training, the matter of racial discrimination might be evaded or even ignored at all. Institutionalized racial discrimination in the framework of the nursing training has to be recognized ...

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 ...

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 ...

Breaking Barriers: Towards High Quality, Effective and Safe Health Care

Breaking Barriers Towards High Quality, Effective and Safe Health Care With more than 3 million in numbers, nurses comprise the largest section of health care professionals in the US. They spend a huge portion of their time to deliver healthcare services which makes them a viable force in ensuring and safety of care. A careful examination of the nurses’ capacity to support the health reform is essential, especially with the passage of laws such as the Affordable Care Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, among others, which aim to improve the design, financing, and delivery of health services (Sochalski ...

Background of the Study

The problem of HIV and AIDS has become a global one in the short time since the identification of the virus. Although there is no vaccine to protect against the virus, knowledge and education are two powerful shields against infection—and it has become clear in recent years that impoverished women in the developing world are particularly heavily impacted by HIV transmission and development of AIDS (UNAIDS, 2016). The goal of finding a way to slow or completely halt the spread of HIV and the development of AIDS has been an epidemiological conundrum for many years. Promoting health and ...

Discussion Question

Discussion Question 1

Professional socialization involves the interaction between health providers and their colleagues and the interaction between the health provider and the patient, family, groups, or communities. In the healthcare workplace, professional socialization occurs through nurses working together in a specific department to ensure total and quality delivery of care that ensures positive outcomes. Nurses help one another solve health care problems, assist each other during shifts, and share knowledge and skills about on how to deliver quality care. On the other hand, professional socialization between nurses and patients occur when both have close relationships. The Orlando’s ...

Recent changes to the healthcare system have called for a variety of transformations, spanning across the different aspects of health care practice. In the recent past, the nursing profession has been sidelined from major decisions regarding health care, leading to a limitation to the extent to which nurses can stimulate changes in healthcare. The Affordable Care Act is the second largest overhaul of the healthcare system in the United States since Medicare and Medicaid. The increasing need to align health needs of the American citizens with the transformations brought about by the implementation of the Act has led to ...

2. Dorothea was born in Maryland in 1914 and she graduated from Providence Hospital School of Nursing with a Diploma in Nursing in 1934. She later received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Education and a Master of Science degree in Nursing Education in 1939 and 1945 respectively (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing Faculty & Students, 2016). She had a background in different clinical practices including private-duty, OR, adult medical-surgical, pediatrics, and ER supervisor. She also taught biological sciences and was a director in a nursing school. In 1949, she worked with the Indiana State ...

Abstract

The essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing is a document which shows how the profession of nursing has evolved and developed overtime. An in-depth analysis of the main points covered in this document reveals that the nursing profession today requires creative thinking, imagination and dynamic change in order to realize its potential (Allan, 2004, p. 471). Specifically when it comes to graduate education, the rule of the academic degree is to prepare nurses to perform a variety of roles in the healthcare sector which range from leadership positions, critical patient care as well as the changing dynamics and ...

BSN vs ADN Educational Preparation

Introduction It is the objective of nursing programs in educational institutions to let their graduates acquire the necessary skills, behavior and mindset to deliver high quality health care. Two of the nursing programs available to those who are aspiring to get into the field of nursing are the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN). These nursing courses are focused on the acquisition of necessary skills to work as a registered nurse. Health care professional who wanted to get into the nursing career can opt for either of ADN or BSN. Nevertheless, while both ...

Nurse educators place emphasis on the importance of continuing education in advancing the nursing profession. They have a sole responsibility of informing their peers, patients, student nurses, and communities concerning limitless health issues. In essence, they play a vital function in enhancing nursing practices through role modeling and leadership as part of the EBP process. In response to this week’s discussion, I will discuss some of the ways through which I have demonstrated my function as an educator at My Home Clinic. I will also reveal how I anticipate integrating this feature into my future career. I currently ...

Summary of Ethical Dilemma: Low Nurse-Patient Ratio

There is an existing nursing shortage in America today primarily because of the increasing number of patients in the aging population, frequency of chronic diseases, an aging workforce, and the limited number of Americans taking up Nursing education to cover the growing needs for the profession. The nursing field belongs to the group of fastest-growing careers not only in America, but in other countries as well. However, the demand surpasses the supply of nurses, which results in high nurse to patient ratio. As a consequence, quality care that patients supposedly should receive from the medical industry suffers. Studies reveal ...

Impact of the RWJ IOM report in New York State

The role that nurses play in ensuring that the needs of patients have been satisfactorily addressed cannot be understated. These are the individuals ensure that only the best in terms of care, medically, spiritually; mentally ands physically has been achieved. It is important that workable strategies be put in place to assist in achieving these outcomes on patients. A key element that has to be taken into consideration is by ensuring that customized form of care is created to address the needs of each specific patient. To oversee such an objective, nurses play a significant role in improving the ...

Section I: How is this currently impacting nursing practice?

Currently, the impact of 2010 IMO Report is being experienced in various implementations under the nursing practice. The education and training have been improved due to the introduction of innovative means. This target to ensure the level of nursing training education achieves the required skills for nursing practice. This education and training program are essential in ensuring all the registered nurses are qualified to undertake their mandate professionally (Goeschel, 2011). The nursing education system incorporates the current innovation in technology and application of latest medical instruments. This connects to the need for high qualified nurses to use this medical ...

Simulation in Nursing Education

The concept of simulation in healthcare education has been since the time of world II. The basic concepts of simulation in associate’s or bachelor’s nursing program comprised of CPR manikins, role playing, static manikins, and conventional techniques based on the utilization of various taught concepts were used as a teaching modality since over 5 decades (Norman J. 2012). The concept of high-fidelity education has been in place for over 2 decades but it is new and unique in the nursing education. The process involves the use of simulation with the help of high-end computer technology including simulation ...

Importance of Nursing Informatics in Healthcare

Introduction One of the key factors for effective decision-making for nurses and other healthcare practitioners is information. It is also integral to the quality improvement of the practice of nursing. In most of the activities of nurses such as from assessing the health care needs of patients up to the developing of health care plans, information acquisition and evaluation is required. Information is also involved in the communication patients regarding the information to and from the other health care practitioners (Canadian Nurses Association np). Lastly, information is also involved in the analysis of the staff’s work as well ...

Currently, the United States health care system is struggling with an acute shortage of health practitioners especially nurses who are the major and significant primary health providers and close allies of the patients on their journey to full recovery and enhancement of their well-being. Thus, there is a need to boost and support the effort that will increase the number of health care practitioners in the country. On the other hand, just like the rest of the world, United States is also an aging society and the general population keeps increasing. Notably, during the 21st century, persons of the ...

The code of ethics for nurses, helps maintain the integrity of the nursing profession; the standards of practice, educational requirement for practice, helps in knowledge development and in the continuous evaluation of professional nursing action. Professional nursing bodies are expected to support nursing code of ethics. The nurse’s obligation to preserve the integrity and safety of nursing practice, is ensured by the nursing code of ethics (ANA, 2001, p.18). It also underlines the nurse’s responsibility to continue personal and professional growth. Nurses are expected to disclose errors made by them, as it will safeguard the integrity of ...

Introduction

Professional nurses play essential roles in providing quality health care to the people. Different nurse organizations are developing strategies as to how nursing profession can significantly contribute to the success of every campaign towards a better future of nurses as professionals. The purpose of this study is to discuss the goals of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in relation to the future of nursing, which influenced the creation of Institute of medicine (IOM) report about the nursing’s future. Such report is important in relation to nursing practice, education, and even on the workforce development. The study will also discuss ...

When it comes to the issue of healthcare in the community, there are always gaps that must always be addressed in order to be able to combat the issues and barriers that affect the community. This annotated bibliography will look at the various sources that have been able to address the issue of needs and assets assessment. Citation: Arellano, N., Davis, S., Tyer-Viola, L., Sullivan, M. M.,Mihovan, M. E., Costa, K.&Palazuelos, D. (2015). Towards la clinica de mis sue? os: Findings from a needs and assets assessment among rural nurses in Chiapas, Mexico. Journal of Nursing Education and ...

The complex healthcare system has faced a range of challenges over the past. In this regard, the most affected group of healthcare providers in the industry are nurses. According to the Institute of Medicine (2010), nurses represent the biggest segment of providers in the healthcare industry, totaling to more than 3 million practicing nurses. In this regard, the complexities and barriers existing in the system hinder the effective performance of nurses in healthcare delivery to the population. In an effort to improve the quality of healthcare, the government, through the 2010 Affordable Care Act, aimed to introduce drastic changes, ...

Critical understanding of selected key concepts and theories related to core areas of academic practice.

There are many different approaches to designing educational courses, and the use of online technologies offers more flexibility in this area than ever before. There needs to be a strong link between educational intentions and the course content, of course, but the material also needs to be presented in such a way that it is accessible to the individual and suits the learning style of the student and the teaching style of the educator (Morgan & Houton, 2011). One such theory that places the learner at the central point of his or her own education is the constructivist approach. This ...

Infections in hospital settings are a challenge in nursing because of the potential dangers that they pose to a wide number of patients. Bloodstream infections from central lines are particularly hazardous as they affect patients that are already vulnerable, meaning that they contribute to morbidity and mortality in the hospital setting (Rinke et al., 2012). Although the rates of central-line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI) can be reduced by up to 67% through the introduction of checklists (Schulman et al., 2011), the issue continues to be important in a wide number of hospital settings. It is also important to understand the ...

The nursing profession is an important profession in the healthcare sector. Nurses help other health professionals in making healthcare accessible to those in need. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Institute of Medicine launched an initiative to transform the nursing profession. The action advised that nurses should achieve higher levels of education and train. That is achieved through improving the nursing educational system which promotes a seamless academic progress. That is because the current nursing education does not incorporate care transitions and coordination. The current nursing education focuses on the following aspects; public health, primary care, and long-term ...

The internet provides a great educational setting for evidence-based practice for DNP-prepared nurses. Four of the most common online continuous learning techniques include distant learning, online research, peer sharing, and patient-nurse interaction. While most of these techniques existed before the advent of the internet, they included rather tedious processes. Some of the processes include making numerous trips to school libraries, manual cataloging, taking notes, as well as attending meetings and conferences. The internet, however, has advanced the DNP-Prepared nurse’s learning experience by offering a limitless capacity of skill acquisition and course development strategies. The following, therefore, are some ...

About myself

I am a college student finishing my nursing education at the College of New Rochelle, who is very passionate about the career as I love helping others. I am also a hardworking well-rounded person, and I believe that I have gained adequate knowledge in the field that will assist in my professional development. Choosing to be a nurse was one of the greatest decisions that I made, and I have never regretted. I plan on completing my Bachelor of Science in nursing degree this May, and I already know the great advantages as well as the incredible career opportunities ...

Introduction

In the recent years, healthcare professionals especially nurses have been faced with numerous health challenges especially due to various changes in the healthcare demands and advancements in science and technology. As such, these challenges impede the delivery of quality as well as safe care to patients thereby resulting to poor outcomes among the users of healthcare services. For instance, the increase in incidences of chronic illness that include diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and hypertension coupled with technological advancements like the use of EHR (electronic Health Systems) provide a huge challenge to nurses. This can be attributed to lack of the ...

Introduction

Many nurses take pride in the practice of their nursing career. They are committed to advocate for the safety and quality patient care and they are supporting any reform of health delivery system that can go an extra mile to promote the nursing practice. The Nurses Day celebrations are received by a large population in a well orchestrated, thus, showing that nurses are the largest trusted workforce in the United States of America. The report released by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) in the year 2010 in their article entitle ‘The Future of Nursing: the Leading Change, Advancing Health’, ...

Introduction

The professional organizations and associations in nursing plays a crucial role towards promoting advanced and better health care. They’re charged with the responsibility to generate the energy, organization of ideas, and pre-emptive work required to sustain a healthy profession that promotes the needs and preferences of the nursing profession, nurses, and the patients. The associations improves the trust of society concerning health care matters. The paper will shed light on defining the scope of professional organizations in nursing, examine the scope, discuss the trending issues, and offer an analysis of the future of the nursing profession.

Define the scope of the issue

The role ...

One of the thirty-two trends affecting distance education is academic emphasis is shifting from course-completion to competency (Howell et al., 2003). This is a trend which is relating to the strategy of moving towards accountability. It is a shift from the seat-based time and theoretical to employer-based or outcomes-based competency. According to this trend, it has found out that diplomas are becoming less useful to employers but what matters to them most are performances, skills and knowledge (Howell et al., 2003). Thus, higher education levels with adequate course content emphasize on the competencies that are in need in the ...

Introduction

There are many different ways to which one can become a Registered Nurse (RN). These routes entail undergoing different forms of training. This training involves pursuing a diploma program, an associated degree and a baccalaureate degree in nursing. The diverse ways are mainly marked by different forms of education attainment. Baccalaureate nursing education involves training that takes place in both diploma and associate degree nursing plus some extra more courses and range of studies in other aspects. Studies have identified that the level of education attainment among the training of nurses makes a difference in their competencies and practice ( ...

Critique

The article titled: “Nursing and healthcare students’ experiences and use of e-learning in higher education” is critiqued using the structural framework and guideline suggested by Rebecca (Becky) Ingham in the paper titled, “A nurse’s guide to the critical reading of research”. Reading and critically analyzing research papers will help in improving and validating once knowledge on the topic. (Moule, Ward, and Lockyer, 2010; Broomfield, 2016) The title of the paper is simple and comprehensive. It suggests that the paper is on e-learning experience of students of in higher educational institutes (HEI). The topic can attract readers who are ...

Health care industry deals with a variety of career options for inspired individuals who need to make a progressive impact on the health of the people. Both medical sciences and nursing are degree courses that prepare undergraduates for a profession in the health education. The primary difference is that nurses mainly offer direct upkeep to patients while health science instructors work to assistance people study how to keep themselves healthy. Whereas nurses can occasionally play an educational role, the health science educator has the teaching to improve curricula and educational materials. Nursing practices are founded on nursing theories making ...

Leadership is an inherent and an essential element within the role of the nurse (Patterson & Krouse, 2015). Whether in the academic or in the clinical milieu, the nature of the nursing work places her in a position to take a leadership role, first, in guiding patients in their personal or guided care, and, second, in taking initiatives to improve nursing services and quality patient care. I have interviewed a professional nurse in a leadership role within a large hospital with expectedly high volume of emergency patients. Retailing her case provides a good review on the extent a nursing leader ...

This is the type of learning for those students who cannot be physically present in school. This mode of study is advantageous as it provides students with a lot of flexibility. It becomes possible for a student to study and also to work. Moreover, this mode of study is not costly compared to normal class. The cost of courses offered online is generally lower than the full-time courses. Additionally, this mode of study is advantageous since there is no commuting to and fro school. This will enable a student to save money spend on a daily basis going to ...

ABSTRACT

Statistics reveal that there are over one million asylum seekers around the world every year. Asylums seeker have different definitions, but the most basic idea is that they are people seeking to leave their countries because their lives are at risk because of their race, color, religion, political persecution, war, or natural disasters (Bozorgmehr and Razum, 2015; Esses, V. et al, 2008). Many factors determine whether the refugees will be accepted in their intended country or not. Demographic variables, as well as the attitudes of the natives and the attitudes of the asylum seekers, determine the kind of attitude ...

Competency is the possession of knowledge, skills, behavior, and the capacity to enhance the patients’ safety, medical outcome and satisfaction. Informatics as a nursing competency focuses on the integration of technology as an evolving practice of nursing. The use of electronic health records in the healthcare management has been critical in the promotion of the patient’s safety, medical outcome, and promotion of efficiency in health institutions. This paper will study the importance of informatics competencies in enhancing patients’ safety, medical outcome and satisfaction. Also, the study will put into perspective the implications of informatics on nursing education, practice, ...

Introduction

The competitiveness of nurses is essential in order to provide quality and safe care. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses or QSEN provides a framework, which aims to emphasize the essence of different competencies, from which the Patient-Centered Care in included. It is important that nurses understand the significance of focusing on patient’s needs towards the provision of better health outcome and overall quality care. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Patient-Centered Care competency and how it affects the delivery of care. Additionally, this paper will discuss how the evidence-based practice in nursing relates ...

Informatics

The health profession continuously evolves through time. It entails the use of technology in order to deliver the quality service that the clients deserve. As such, informatics could be of great help for improving the health profession. The Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing (2016) defines “the study and application of information technology to the arts, science and professions, and to its use in organizations and society at large” (IUSIC, 2016). As for science, informatics involves the engineering of information systems and the practice of processing data and information. It studies human interaction with information, as well as ...

It is essential that healthcare providers give their best when providing care to patients. Improved hospital efficiencies and adequacy in terms of performance are solely dependent on the abilities of the nurse to provide their services. The need to ensure that these objectives are met dwell on the fact that patient care and experience levels need to be boosted, reducing the costs incurred in the healthcare delivery process and finally tackling the main objective of providing healthcare to patients (Masters, 2015). From the foregoing, therefore, it is important that nurses get involved in the process of quality improvement of ...

Notably, the current healthcare environment is focused much on the application of technology in solving most of the healthcare problems that continue to face the country. The application of evidence-based methodology in the care giving process is one such initiative aimed at making sure that only the best care that has been derived from research is employed in providing care to patients. As such, from the foregoing, there is the need to create way for innovations in nursing education with the objectives of addressing future needs of the healthcare system (Laurillard, 2013). It has been proven that technological advancements ...

The shortage of nursing faculty is experienced in many countries and is expected to increase in the next few years due to early retirement and aging of professionals in the discipline. The information needed to control nursing practice can only be made reliable through constant research. Nurse leaders are represented in other states, national health policy organizations that are important in solving policy issues and statements. Health crisis is a major concern to the whole nation and, therefore, requires a collective effort among nursing professionals, education practices, health care executives, government and the media to work as a team ...

What is Cholecystitis and the common signs and symptoms associated with it?

Cholecystitis is termed for a disease of the gallbladder which is accompanied by the presence of the inflammation of the gallbladder. Most cases of gallbladder are not accompanied by symptoms and people with gallstones would not necessarily develop Cholecystitis. One of the major reasons for Cholecystitis is the blockage of the cystic duct by gallstones. Abdominal pain is a common sign of Cholecystitis but is often associated with the build-up of bile which increases the pressure within the gallbladder (Nikfarjam, M., et al. 2011). The inflammation of the gallbladder is mainly caused due to bacterial infection of the gallbladder ...

- The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education

The nursing profession will experience a lot of improvement in proficiency with improvement in the education system that trains them into their profession. The education system ought to cater for constant improvement and advancement in the nursing career as the nurses proceed with their work. The IOM report recommends the need to ensure that nurses acquire sufficient in-care training procedures to help improve the care provided to patients. Furthermore, nursing education at various levels will allow for a change in the traditional roles assigned to a nurse by equipping them with ...

Introduction

In Ontario Canada, the use of technology in nursing has advanced with developments in ICTs where nurses are continuously taking advantage of the opportunities that ICTs present in improving the quality of service delivery in the nursing profession. According to the Registered Nurses of Ontario e-health refers to the leveraging of information and communication technology to enhance professional practice in the promotion and the facilitation of the health and wellbeing of individual and families or patients (Registered Nrseses' Association of Ontario, 2009). The importance of ICT knowhow development in the nursing profession in Ontario is in the development of ...

Pros and Cons of Continuing education and training for Nurses

Introduction

There are many pros and cons of continuing nursing education. By educating nurses, we are protecting the public from harm. Nurses meet the need of employers, practitioners by displaying certain knowledge and skills. It demonstrates an individual’s dedication to a lifelong career. It also provides a person with confidence and a sense of pride and accomplishment.

There are many pros of continuing education in terms of knowledge and attitude. There are many medical breakthroughs daily, new diseases and health care innovations as well. The patients would be poorly served if the nurses were not aware of the latest ...

Continuing nursing education is necessary for all nurses. It is often associated with better patient outcomes. It enables the nurses to convert evidence from research into practice with relative ease. Continuing nursing education can be quite a costly venture because the nurses often need to travel to the venue of a workshop or a seminar at the expense of the hospital. It is also time consuming given that the nurses have to stop attending to the patients and dedicate considerable amount of time to studying.

Impact of continuing nursing education

Evaluations have been carried out through interviews and surveys in order to evaluate the impact of continuing ...

Impact of the IOM (2010) report on nursing education, practice, and leadership

With a membership of more than 3 million, nursing is the largest healthcare workforce in the United States (US) (Smith, 2011). Due to their close proximity to and intimate knowledge of patients, nurses can play a significant role in the transformation of the US healthcare system. Nurses, however, are prevented from fully participating in the transformation of the healthcare system by numerous barriers (Institute of Medicine (IOM), 2010). The IOM in its 2010 report entitled “ ...

Priority: Identification of the Influence of Nursing on Important Healthcare Decisions at all Levels

Healthcare reforms remain to be one of the most pertinent factors in the healthcare realm. Evidently, nurses as part of the healthcare professionals play a crucial role in enhancing healthcare reforms that are aimed at enhancing the quality of care for patients. Researches carried out in the recent past indicate that nurses have a significant influence on important healthcare decisions.

Benefits

According to Drennan et al., (2011), involvement of nurses in various healthcare decisions is a crucial step towards the realization of healthcare reforms. This may be accredited to the fact that enhanced quality of care as one of the healthcare reform indicators ...

A. Background

The theory of Self-care Deficit was developed by Dorothea Orem. This theory states that a self-care deficit occurs when the patient or the guardians of dependents are unable to meet the requisites for self-care (Edney, Jaime & Young, n.d.). When this happens, nursing help is needed. More specifically, nursing care is used to help people enhance their self-care abilities, which they would need for survival and for maintaining their well-being and their quality of life.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1914, Orem completed her diploma program from the Providence High School of Nursing and later received her bachelor’s and ...

The ideal nursing faculty consists of qualified and experienced nurses committed to the nursing profession and dedicated to the advancement of the nursing profession. A combination of good qualifications, experiences and key competencies are required for every specialty in the nursing profession. The main competencies required for an Associate Nursing instruction personnel are

1) Demonstration of a good commitment to the nursing profession locally or internationally, through membership in nursing professional organizations, or publications in research journals. 2) Clinical expertise like a professional practice in their area of expertise or clinical instruction of students. 3) Commitment to continuous professional ...

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Even between the best instructor and the best student, understanding is often distorted. A persons inherent believes and ideas influences his/her understanding on what is being thought or what is being explained in books (Gopee, 2008). The more the quantity of information that is thought, the less is the understanding. When we are children we depend greatly on visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic senses to understand ideas and concepts. However, as we mature we develop the ability to understand abstract concepts (Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2015). These skills develop slowly with age. Concrete concepts and ideas are easy ...

Nursing theories plays a very vital role in nursing education. The theories are a source of important information that creates awareness to nursing students. The nursing scholars understand the actions that they are required to perform in ensuring that they certify the professional standards of the nursing career. The theories help the nursing students to handle the patients during treatment and care in the right manner. Thus, I will provide a detailed analysis of the importance of nursing theories in creating a body of knowledge useful in nursing education. The nursing theories help the learners to understand the expected roles of a nurse ...

Nursing Policy

In American, the subpopulation of the elderly continues to grow profoundly. This has prompted the need of establishing efficiently managed healthcare to cater for the older adults especially the ones with disabilities. The U.S government invests heavily in healthcare to enhance quality of the services provided (Tomoff, 2009). Provision of acute care is a major objective in nursing education leading to competency especially in public health, long term and primary care Lack of the knowledge of the basic policies that regulate the nursing education and professional is essentially detrimental. This may carry both ethical and legal consequences. Setting and ...

IOM Recommendation on Nursing Education

IOM Recommendation on Nursing Education The American population is increasingly diverse and aging. This demographic shift has implications for the health care system. Chronic disease experienced as comorbidities with attendant disability among older adults increases the demand for acute and long-term care. Chronic disease is also prevalent in the younger population and increasing among children. In addition, there are issues regarding the safety and quality of care with the high incidence of preventable complications in many health care settings. The disease burden accounts for the U.S. being one of the countries with the highest spending in health care. ...

Increasing the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree by 80% will be a key motivator in my education. This will be an increase in the employment opportunities and will guarantee me a job in the medical field. A baccalaureate degree will also ensure that patients receive quality health care which has been my focus in my healthcare career. Many patients are currently losing their lives due to lack of quality and essential health care, however after the employment nurses this will no longer be a challenge. Doubling the number of nurses with doctorate reason to further education and also a chance to ...

Health disparities exist not only in the United States but also globally. These disparities are brought about by differences in social and economic status, race, ethnicity, religion and culture. Sadly, inequality and discrimination do exist in the healthcare service. Nurses, as healthcare professionals play a significant role in reducing these disparities. According to a study by Peragallo (n.d.), nurses are very much capable to help eliminate health disparities because of their experience in working with marginalized groups. She goes on further to state that nurses are the most trusted healthcare professionals because of their ability to communicate and partner with ...

INTO PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

Every profession entails a certain degree of competence, expertise and professionalism for a professional to cope with and attain in order for this professional to be considered “competent” and “professional” in the practice of his profession. This level of competence and professionalism may be associated or correlated to the professional’s academic preparation, years of professional experience and degree of technical competence and expertise in carrying out skills necessary in the practice of the profession. In the nursing profession, the levels of competence and professional expertise can be summarized sequentially in the following stages: novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and expert ( ...

The practicum success rate will be due to well calculated prior planning in order to tackle the nurse shortage and promote health care. Mentoring, which is a perfect strategy in bettering the process of retention and recruitment of nurses will ensure transition and socialization from the normal clinical setting (McDermid, 2012, p. 37). Subsequently, the good effects will create and establish job satisfaction or enhanced commitment. Articulating the mentorship program into practice will entail data collection by observation of the mentor-mentee and vice versa to foster learning conditions (Crookes, 2003, p. 50). In addition, surveys and document reviews will ...