Essays on Pediatric Nursing

Introduction

With the passage of time, development and increasing concerns for the patient care and safety requires attention. Healthcare institutions are constantly engaged in improving healthcare quality through inducing innovative healthcare practices for the provision of patient safety. For the delivery of improving quality healthcare services, it is important to ensure that the working conditions and working environment is equipped with the standard needs of the healthcare institution. Nursing remains to be core area in the healthcare organization for patient care and safety (Patricia, Mooney-Kane, & Larson, 2007). In contemporary times, with the healthcare worker shortage and reported errors in the ...

Pediatric care is believably, a challenging, though exiting field of nursing care. One of the exiting aspects of pediatric care is that it exposes one to a unique learning environment that in the long run helps in honing skills. Unlike the general population of patients, pediatric patients are pretty unique and require one to use advanced and skillful approaches towards meeting the care needs of a patient. This subsequently, helps a nurse in internalizing skills, hence offering a fertile ground for professional and interpersonal growth. Nonetheless, from my practicum experience, one of the concerns I have is that without ...

Introduction

The Intussusception remains as the most common problem of bowel obstruction in children and infants which needs an immediate medical attention and could be resulting in severe morbidity in children when ignored (Jiang, Jiang, Parashar, Nguyen, Bines & Patel, 2013). The given case study focuses on the Intussusceptions faced by Jayadha, a 4 months old girl, and the given case study analyses the associated pathophysiology and nursing care plan for the child in order to ensure proper adherence to the evidence based practice. The essay will start with pathophysiology and then discuss the role of nurses in the effective use ...

Short Answer Questions

Q1 Similarities and differences in expected assessment across the childhood age groups Various similarities have been identified in the assessment of the children based on age groups. Children across these age groups are mostly influenced by the beliefs inculcated in them by the parents. Their sexual and reproductive pattern is also similar as they are expected to be sexually inactive during these stages (Kyle T. 2008). At these age groups, the children have not adopted much responsibility. They depend mostly on the parents at these stages hence rendering them unable to assume many roles. During these stages, ...

An Analysis of the Formulation of California Senate Bill 4

Chapter 1 The purpose of this research is to analyze the process creating, SB 4, the legislation on hydraulic fracking as an opportunity to understand how and why the fracking issue gained enough momentum to reach the level of legislative decision. Policies that reach the decision-making level on a legislative agenda have been driven to that level by internal and external factors of the government (Kingdon, 1995). The factors and actors that worked together to put ‘fracking’ on the agenda of the California Assembly and Senate are interesting because of the wide range of opinions held by the proponents ...

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The comfort line theory is a Mid-Range theory applicable in pediatric nursing. It was written by Katherine Kocalba who was born in 28th December 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. In the year I965, she attained a Diploma in nursing from St. Luke’s Hospital and then proceeded to acquiring a PHD in 1987 from BSN- France Payne Bolton SON. In 1997 she became a Clinical Nursing Specialist and is now currently the Associate Professor at Akron College of Nursing of all the Nursing Emeritus at the university. She developed the Comfort Theory in the 1990’s mainly directing it for the women who ...

Introduction

Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory, which is a middle range theory, is a holistic theory based on patients’ needs (Kristen, & Swanson, 1991). It is a theory on comfort management or palliative care where seriously ill patients and families are given specialized healthcare for them to have improved quality of life (that is, by reducing or eliminating the patients’ pain, anxiety, etc.). Comfort management is a core part of Kolcaba’s theory especially in nursing practice that seeks to ease discomfort, relieve pain, alleviate symptoms and assuage stress in patients with chronic diseases such as cancer. In comfort management, comfort or palliative care may be ...

Hospice is a multidisciplinary approach to family-centered and holistic care for persons nearing the end of life. As such, patients receiving this type of care have terminal illness and are certified to have a life expectancy of six months or less (Crozier & Hancock, 2012). The focus of hospice care is to enhance the patient’s quality of life through symptom management and comfort measures. The patient, caregiver, and family also benefit from psychological and spiritual care, education, coaching, and grief support (Batchelor, 2012). Because of their life stage, pediatric patients have hospice needs unique from adults. Thus, pediatric hospice aims to ...

Senate Bill 4.

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS Btus British thermal units CA California CASB 4 California Senate Bill 4 Chapt. Chapter CIPA California Independent Petroleum Association EIA Energy Information Agency MWh Megawatt hours SB Senate Bill Sect. Section US United States USA United States of America USGS United States Geological Survey Introduction On Friday, September 20, 2013 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the Senate Bill 4 (CASB 4) that sets up the organization of a permitting system for hydraulic fracking using the technique of fossil fuel well drilling ...

In Liu, Zhang and Li’s article “Sleep Duration and Overweight/Obesity in Children: Review and Implications for Pediatric Nursing” (2012), the authors create a literature review to discuss the relationship between the duration of sleep and childhood obesity. Overall, the article itself is incredibly strong; the methodology is appropriate, and the findings of the research have interesting implications. Despite some weaknesses with validity and applicability of the research, the authors provide a solid contribution to the existing body of research on the topic of childhood obesity. The article’s abstract strongly fulfills the purpose of the article; the first section (Purpose) ...

Qualitative Research Critique

Discussion Article Citation (Place in the column to right and include in your reference list for this assignment. This is APA related, so no points are assigned, but can be lost for this.) Burkhart, P. V., Rayens, M. K., &Oakley, M. G. (2012). Effect of Peak Flow Monitoring on Child Asthma Quality of Life. Journal Of Pediatric Nursing, 27(1), 18-25.

Introductory Materials: number each question below separately in your answers to the right.

1. Introduction to problem 2. Research problems/hypotheses 3. Significance of the problem 4. Theoretical concept/framework 5. Literature review 1. Did the researcher(s) introduce the problem and how was it ...

Jennifer Luper is a DNN health worker in Upper Saddle, New Jersey. She holds a Masters Degree in pediatric nursing. However she has since changed to health work as she claims to have more satisfaction there. I chose to interview She comes out as a very interesting person who is also dedicated to her work. Luper since based on her experience, she seemed very resourceful.

DNN Health Worker, Upper Saddle, New Jersey

1. Why are you interested in health work? “It has been in my interest to support and help people who are not able to access basic and primary health care. Thus as a health worker I am ...

Introduction

This paper elaborates the concepts that ought to be taken in order to give a good health care assessment plant to a child in a manner that shows that one is supportive to the child. This can be possible whereby the relationship between the two individuals should be characterized by a sense of security and regulation. This shows that there are qualities in a relationship that assists both parties to feel safe, regulated and interested in each other (Oberklaid & Kaminsky, 2006 p76). Thus, this shows that if both parties are available for each other when they are in need; then there will be a balance ...