Essays on Nursing Practice

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 ...

ISP Instructions

Use this form to develop your Individual Success Plan (ISP) for NRS-490, the Professional Capstone and Practicum course. An individual success plan maps out what you, the RN-to-BSN student, needs to accomplish in order to be successful as you work through this course and complete your overall program of study. You will also share this with your mentor at the beginning and end of this course so that he or she will know what you need to accomplish. Application-based learning assignments are listed in the course syllabus with a Practice Portfolio Statement requirement element noted within the assignment itself. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Executive Summary: Improvement of Patient Care Quality Project

The types of data collection and display tools that will be used and deciding which one is best for the project Questionnaires concerning satisfaction are feasible and useful means of providing opportunities for patients and involving them into the health case provision process and manner (Pope, 2002). They are also a good tool for continuous quality assessment and prioritization of actions that are necessary to improve quality. Analysis of the data collected by means of questionnaires will be analyzed by means of special programs. The results of such analysis will help identify the weaknesses of the patient care quality ...

A theory is defined as a set of correlated concepts that propose actions to guide a practice; they are coherent general propositions whose principles are used as a basis for explanations. Nursing theories are set of concepts and propositions from nursing models whose purpose is to provide a systematic view of phenomena through description and explanation (Butts & Rich, 2013). Nursing theories and models are known to play an important role in the development and growth of nursing profession by providing foundations for practice and generating knowledge for future nursing. Betty Neuman’s General System Theory was first published 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Introduction

When working as a master’s prepared nurse, it is important to understand some of the key aspects that would define one’s capability or capacity to work as a nurse, as masters programs offer high-level training to nurses. The high-level training programs offered through masters programs allow them to prepare for any eventualities or challenges arising within the nursing practice. In addition, masters programs also provide nurses with information that they would require in their bid to engaging in progressive change. The key element of focus for this report is to address a key health care delivery situation ...

Abstract

Introduction Nursing practice recognizes altruism through various interventions such as understanding different beliefs and cultures, advocating for vulnerable patients, taking risks on behalf of other workers and patients and mentoring other professionals. In altruism, interpersonal factors such as respect and compassion are considered virtues that cultivate a caring attitude towards others. As such, some people feel that altruism usually places heavy demands on the nurses’ self-sacrifice, thus overlooking the challenges that these nurses face while in practice especially with acute-care settings and psychiatric situations. In this regard, it means that master’s prepared nurses have a role to play ...

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 ...

Question 1

The website visited is Current Nursing. The website provides crucial information to professionals in the field of nursing on various topics such as Nursing Research, Theories, Education as well as Metal Health Nursing (Nursing Theories, 2012). The sites promote theory by providing more information of the objectives, importance, characteristics, evolution as well as purposes of theory in the field of nursing which in, turn, increases the nurse’s understanding of theory and its usefulness in their profession.

Question 2

One of the purposes of theory in nursing is to provide a rationale to health professionals for collecting valid as well as ...

The Concept Analysis

The Concept Analysis In our daily lives, it is expected for us to look over and take care of ourselves. However, there are limitations, which hinder us from doing and performing such activities. That is why; we need other people to continue activities we cannot do. For instance, when we are experiencing pain or any disease, we go to healthcare institutions so that healthcare professionals can attend to our needs. These individuals, especially nurses, are required to provide healthcare needs to patients. Thus, nursing models and theories are established for the purpose of advancing the discipline and addressing issues ...

Worldviews The ultimate impact of the different worldviews on nursing practice is that they create some form of diversity in the ability for nurses to deliver on their expected health care services. Leininger (2002) argues that health care service delivery has experienced a major challenge due to some form of disconnect between the options presented by nurses when compared to the expectations of views presented by individual patients. In most cases, nurses encounter a situation where the quality of services that they offer does not match the set of views presented by their patients, thus, creating the need for ...

Nursing theories provide a foundation for the development of individuals’ personal philosophies of care, work ethic, and one’s behavior and treatment of patients.This paper will focus on two nursing theories, authors’ backgrounds, and their interaction with the four concepts of nursing, people (patient), health, environment, and nursing.

Science of Unitary of Human Beings

This theory explains the four metaparadigm concepts of nursing as follows: Person/Patient- This is an individual that possesses his/her own integrity and is unified whole possessing different characteristics that are a sum of his/her individual parts.

Environment- this is a non-linear field that interacts with patients and which is integral in human interactions.

Health- This is an expression or manifestation of the life process. As such, it is ...

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 ...

The graduates of Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) are equipped with the knowledge and skills in research and in nursing practice. The development of the specialized nursing program as compared to other nursing programs began when the need for the highest level of leadership and practice was acknowledged in the field of nursing. The two different components that comprise the DNP program include: (1) development of foundational competencies proven to be important factors in the development of competencies and qualities of DNP graduates; and (2) development of competencies which are specialized enough to help in the shaping and learning ...

The Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice was first released in 1986 by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), and has since been revised in 1998 and 2008. The Essentials is an important framework used to design and assess baccalaureate education programs for professional nursing practice, it outlines comprehensive core standards, the necessary competencies and set of courses for baccalaureate graduate nurses (American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2017).The Essentials is one of the national efforts that define and describe the basic knowledge, values and professional conduct expected of the baccalaureate nursing graduates. There ...

Personal philosophy of nursing

The process of providing care to patients plays a significant role in seeing to it that such persons have been restored to their original state of health. As such, nurses are tasked with ensuring that they take the center stage in overseeing the provision of such services. The philosophy which an individual nurse holds regarding care provision acts as a compass which guides their beliefs and ethical stands regarding the way nursing activities need to be done. In ensuring that I have a better understanding of my nursing philosophy, it is imperative that that the meaning of nursing be ...

Every state has its own licensing board that is responsible for developing its set of requirements which nursing students are required to abide by in order to be BSN graduates from their respective institutions. The establishment of these requirements is a means of ensuring nursing students are endowed with the ideal and recommended set of qualities and qualifications required to undertake their roles as Registered Nurses in the best way possible. As a Chamberlain College of Nursing student, I am bound by certain requirements established by the institution as discussed below, which I am required to fulfill in order ...

Abstract

Numerous attempts to reform health care in the United States on the federal level have been made since the 1930s, but differences between each state represent a significant barrier to every previous federal health care reform. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, but the current implementation and effects of the law are not the same across different states. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the effects of the health care reform in California and Florida, as well as the positions of the two states. It was found that the insurance ...

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 ...

Virginia Henderson- Need Theory

Virginia Henderson developed the Nursing Need Theory based on her personal experience gained through practice and education (Zamanzadeh, et al. 2015). Henderson’s core objective was not to form or develop a theory but focus on the core principles associated with nursing practice. She focused on the various factors that contribute to be a successful nursing professional. Henderson through her theory proposed the concept of patient’s independence and improved health outcomes. She states that letting patients independently perform key tasks would fasten the recovery process and decrease the overall hospitalization stay. She states that nursing practice is closely ...

Article 1:

Leininger, M. (1996). Culture care theory, research, and practice. Nursing Science Quarterly,

9(2), 71-78. doi:101177/08943184960090028

Introduction Nursing theories continue to play a critical role in the delivery of care to diverse populations in the present era. The health care sector is working towards advancing the discipline and professional of nursing by ensuring providers acquire relevant nursing knowledge to deal with present and upcoming health challenges. The author of the article, Madeleine Leininger, uses the culture care theory to show its relevance in helping educate health providers how to transform the practice of nursing through modern practices that accommodate cultural competency.

Synopsis

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Personal Nursing Philosophy

Personal Nursing Philosophy

First and foremost, my name is.. My home is in West Palm Beach, Florida. Nursing is my passion and I find it very enjoyable to help other people on matters pertaining to their health. I started my nursing career several years ago and along the way I have learnt a lot about the profession. Therefore, there is much I can say about my experience as well as the profession itself. The nursing profession is not only about helping patients, but it also augments one’s personal development. In most instances, the profession calls for kindness, respect, ...

The Nightingale’s Environmental Theory conceptualizes how nurses can manipulate the patient’s environment to initiate fast recovery. The nursing conceptual model can be employed to improve nursing practice in the following three ways. First, the patient’s rooms can be cleaned thoroughly often to eliminate soil particles, dust, and other dirt debris. Nightingale noted that preserving cleanliness is an essential part of nursing (Nightingale, 87). Thorough cleaning and opening room windows improve ventilation to make patient's breathing easier. In case the room is dirty the patient might develop breathing problems and worsen their conditions. Ideally, without cleanliness, ventilation ...

All the states in the U.S. have nursing acts that have distinct similarities and differences. The Maryland Nurse Practice Act and the Ohio Nurse Practice Act underline that nurses should strive to know and understand some of the rules and regulations that guide their day to day practice. Furthermore, the acts underline the regulations that guide nursing practice in Ohio and Maryland. The Ohio Board of Nursing regulates the nursing practice in Ohio while the Maryland Board of Nursing regulates the nursing practice in Maryland (Maryland Board of Nursing, 2017). The primary difference between the two acts is that ...

Overview

The novice to expert theory was developed by Dr Benner who proposed that expert nurses develop their skills over time. She further made the assumption that their skills and understanding of patient care are developed over a period through experiences and proper educational background. The theory does not focus on how to be a nurse rather on how to advance as a nurse where one consistently gains knowledge and skills. To understand the theory, it is prudent to look at the career growth of a nurse who currently works in the Emergency Department at Winter Haven Hospital. The nurse ...

Grants, especially in the field of research, refer to the funds or monetary support provided to a team of scientists or researchers. These funds are usually given by departments of the government, philanthropic corporations, organizations, foundations, or trust. Research Grants varies in terms of range and type depending on the research needs of a particular research study (Human Frontier Science Program, 2010; Doctors of Nursing Practice, 2015). There are numerous research grants available for different kinds of research for researchers or scientists all over the world. In addition, in order to acquire a research grant, researchers should be able ...

The General Systems Theory maintains that complex systems share particular organizational principles that can be identified and modelled mathematically. Furthermore, the theory is based on the reasoning that the world comprised of various systems that are interrelated and influenced by one another (Butts and Rich, 2010). Numerous sources or articles often trigger the development of theory through the study of concepts that are related to propositions. Research indicates that qualitative research enables researchers to explore behaviours, life experiences, and varied perspectives (Cresswell, 2007). Ideally, research questions that may generate a theory should be open-ended. In most instances, open ended ...

Abstract

Objectives: To increase the knowledge of 80 percent of HCPs at JDH Medical group on the utilization of EBP vaccination protocols in assisting elderly Hispanics as guided by pre- and posttest assessments. Also, within a year of successful implementation, all HCPs within the JDH Medical Group should be efficient in the utilization of EBP vaccination procedures for this group as supported by group interviews, health records, and self-assessment measures. Motivation/Background: The elderly are among the United States’ at-risk population concerning influenza, herpes zoster, tetanus, and pneumonia. Within this group are the Hispanics, who are at an even higher risk ...

Nurse Practice Act (NPA) is a statutory law enacted by a state's government which provides protection for the welfare and health of the public. This is done through overseeing and ensuring safe regulation and appropriate nursing practice. In New York, this type of practice allows safe, convenient nursing practice which is based on the laws written in the NPA. This is the same according to the Maryland Nurse Practice Act, which allows nursing care to be competent to the public. The NPA for New York and Maryland both have similarities and differences in the regulation of their Nurse Practice ...

The Role of Advanced Practice Nursing

As much as advanced nursing practice has continued to develop over the years across the globe, there is a prejudice in regards to the qualification, education preparations, roles, and competencies that nurses gain to qualify them for independent practice. However, research has consistently shown that APNs give patient care that is better or equal to what physicians offer, and at a reduced cost (Jokiniemi, Haatainen & Pietila, 2015). In this regard, it is vital to encourage advanced nursing practice among all registered nurses so as to ensure they all utilize their full potential independently without physicians’ supervision. Certainly, this process ...

Importance of Nursing Theories

Importance of Nursing Theory Nursing theory can be defined as a belief or a set of proposed procedures or policies that must be followed concerning every nursing action. It is a set of frameworks of concepts that are developed to act as a guide for nurses. The theories were created to analyze and give meaning to the practice of nursing, guide the practice and offer a platform for clinical decision making (Masters, 2011). Nursing theories were developed through the collaboration of nurses with other healthcare professionals. In most cases, nurses use a range of approaches to carry out their ...

Use of Diabetes Education Interventions among Adults with Diabetes

Introduction Currently, 27% of total adults above the age of 60 suffer from diabetic conditions (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 2016). A majority percentage (Between 90-95%) of this group has type II diabetes. In effect, it is clear that continuous research must be performed diligently and effectively in order to find measures that are aimed at controlling the effects of diabetes amongst this adult group. For many years, older adults have been sidelined when it comes to diabetes education interventions, especially those over 60 years of age. According to Beverly, Fitzgerald, Sitnikov, Ganda, OCaballero, and ...

Abstract

Owing to the dynamic nature of the healthcare environment, investment in learning in the nursing practice is an imperative. For this reason, a master’s education in nursing allows practitioners have an expanded view in regards to the diverse needs of patients. The Essentials of Master’s Education in Nursing provides a snippet view of the program’s framework, one that advances and encourages imaginative and transformative thinking in regards to addressing healthcare concerns affecting the profession. A master’s education program equips nurses with practical know-how and essential knowledge that is an advancement of the graduate level (American ...

The Maryland Nurse Practice Act states that a registered nurse graduate demonstrates accountability for maintaining professional practice standards in relation to holistic care across diverse settings, legal and ethical behaviors, and lifelong learning in accordance with the Maryland Practice Act (Maryland Board of Nursing, 2017). The Act sets the stage for what may be considered to be critical to the advancement of nursing as it highlights ethical and aesthetic issues as well as client needs in maintaining accountability and professional practice standards. In terms of client needs, the nurse’s perception of the patient and the needs of a ...

Introduction

Evidence-based nursing effectively defines the professional field today. Nursing practice will be vastly crippled and of high risk in the absence of research data as nursing knowledge is dependent upon empirical evidence derived from painstaking accumulation of nursing literature in various facets of nursing practice (Houser, 2015). Inevitably, the first step in the evolving capacity of nursing students in the conduct of nursing research and the utilization of findings of those already available, involves a proficiency in the search for rich clinical research databases (CRDs) and the building of a dependable list of these databases for future research endeavors. ...

Problem Statement

Nurse residency programs prove to be an effective means of facilitating the smoother transition of the qualified nurse professionals to clinical practice. This critical analysis explores the systematic requirement of developing the nurse residency programs with the objective of helping the nurse graduates in joining nurse residency following the successful accomplishment of their advanced practice degree program.

Recommendation

The configuration of multiple stages of a nurse residency program requires the systematic development of the program infrastructure in the context of evidence-based literature. Consistent execution of the nurse residency program requires its periodic evaluation and dissemination of the findings between the ...

A1 Quantitative Article: Tan, C.H.S., Ishak, R.B., Lim, T.X.G., Marimuthusamy, P., Kaurss, K., & Leong, J.J. (2016). Illness Management and Recovery Program for Mental Health

Problems: Reducing Symptoms and Increasing Social Functioning. Journal of Clinical

Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13712 Introduction – The introduction is clear and concise. It explains how the study aims to discern the efficacy of an immensely popular evidence-based practice in the US – the Illness Management and Recovery Program (IMR) when applied to subjects in Singapore. The introduction carefully lays out the criteria for mental illness, and subjects who qualify. Review of the Literature – The Literature Review is well-written. However, much of the review overstates the obvious, and is ...

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 ...

Introduction

The article “Theory and Practice: A Discussion by William K. Cody” is a summary of ideas pertaining the nursing theory and practice. It also tries to explain the relationship between theory and practice in nursing. The nursing theories lay the foundation of practice to ensure that the eminence of life and improvement of care. However, the author is not contented with the revolution of the nursing theory practice, and there a need to change the healthcare systems to improve health and livelihood. After reading the article carefully, I agree with the author’s argument that theory guides practice in ...

There are several movements in healthcare reform in the USA that promote the transition from disease-oriented healthcare to a culture of wellness: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Culture of Health initiative of the Robert Wood Foundation, and the increased focus on person-centered and fundamental care. These three movements respectively drive healthcare reform on the political, community, and nursing practice levels. The ACA extended health insurance and thus improved access to healthcare for at least an additional 50 million Americans who were previously uninsured (Nardin, Zallman, Sayah, & McCormick, 2016). Sections 4103 and 4104 of the act ...

Importance of Nursing Theory

Introduction Nursing, in general, refers to the nurturing and caring for a sick person. But over the years, such duties are institutionalized and carried out in a professional and scientific manner. Today, nursing has become a specific profession. Nurses are formally educated in their field and trained in the science and art of nursing, which have been developed over the years of study and research. Although, one does not need to have a background in the nursing profession in order to perform such task, caring and nurturing becomes more effective for those who are knowledgeable and experienced in nursing. ...

Nursing

Introduction The term management and leadership are often interchanged and interpreted as the same, but that is not always the case in nursing profession. This is because not every nurse can be considered as a good leader, and the same can be said about nursing leaders that are not necessarily managers. Primarily, a nursing manager holds the decision-making power in assigning organizational position, and is expected to carry out control over specific duties and processes. On the other hand, leaders may not have the same authority as managers, but the power that nursing leader posses is inherited from their ...

The purpose of this paper is to present a research proposal for nurse hand hygiene practices in a hospital setting. The paper will provide an introduction and literature review in order to identify gaps in the literature with respect to hand hygiene practice in hospitals. Finally, the paper will present a research project to address the issue. 1. Introduction The relationship between nosocomial infections and hand hygiene has long been understood and established with Larson’s publication in 1988. Although hand washing had been established as a cornerstone of nursing practice, by 2003 compliance in hand hygiene in hospitals ...

Describe your key point and discuss how the knowledge of your chosen key point impacts the care you provide as an LPN/LVN? Documentation is essential for ethical, effective, and safe nursing practice. Essentially, documentation (electronic, paper, visual or audio) serves as evidence of services or care provided (Williams, 2009). Documentation enables a licensed practical nurse (LPN) to have accurate surveillance of the progress of a patient and to accurately communicate with other healthcare providers. In nursing practice, documentation is essential for proper decision-making regarding the future treatment, care regimen, and continuity of care. Ideally, a licensed practical nurse is ...

Nantsupawat, A., Nantsupawat, R., Kulnaviktikul, W., & McHugh, M. D. (2015). Relationship between nurse staffing levels and nurse outcomes in community hospitals, Thailand. Nursing & health sciences, 17(1), 112-118. The study examines the relationship that exists between the staffing levels of nurses and the subsequent nurse outcomes whereby the study was conducted in various community hospitals in Thailand. According to the author understanding the various factors that influence nurse outcome especially job dissatisfaction as well as emotional exhaustion could enable policy makers as well as hospital administrators in developing strategies to enhance the satisfaction of nurses and minimize emotional exhaustion ...

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Nurses have an important role in the delivery of health care, and the role of nurse managers and leaders is even more important as they have not only to fulfill their day-to-day responsibilities, but they also have to lead the health care team according to the changes in this rapidly advancing world (Rashid Al-Abri, 2007). In order know the ability to cope with the daily responsibilities and to fulfill the required demands of the management and leadership, the Nurse Manager Inventory Tool has been developed (Waters, 2014). This inventory helps in self-evaluation that is combined with ...

Reflection Paper

Introduction Like a humble farmer feeling pleased at a bumper yield after a year of toiling in his field or a passionate architect proudly gazing at her inspired engineering marvel, as a nursing professional who has successfully completed her DNP Project and Practicum, I am excited at my academic and practical accomplishments. As I write this reflection paper on the DNP competencies I have acquired in keeping with the fundamental skills as described in the AACN Essentials of Doctoral Education for Advanced Nursing Practice, I look back how this practicum course has guided me to apply my newly developed ...

Section I: The current impact on nursing practice

The current U.S. health care system has substantial barriers to providing quality and accessible care at a very affordable price to many communities. It is characterized by a high degree of fragmentation across different sectors and this disconnects public and private services. This makes communications between health care providers difficult and this result to providing lesser quality of service to the people. The 2010 IOM report explored how the nursing profession can be changed to help transform the current health care system, so that it can meet the demand for safe, accessible, affordable quality patient-centered care. It focuses on ...

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 ...

Pediatric Ethical Dilemma

Ethics is considered as the study of rational reasoning, yet people may have a different perception of ethical behavior depending on a given circumstance. In McCarthy and Gastmans (2015) article entitled Moral Distress, ethics are defined as the structure of codes and standards that are commonly observed by a group of people. While these systems are not part of the legal structure, they nevertheless set the norm in determining right from wrong in a given situation. In the nursing practice, the ethical concept refers to the delivery of correct and individualized care which are helpful in achieving quality patient ...