Self-AssessmentThe DNP8300 course has been instrumental in improving my understanding and skills in several areas of advanced nursing practice. As I reflect on the course level student learning outcomes, the core areas of competency for me include th Continue Reading...
QUALITY IMPROVEMENTEvidence-Based Practice for Reducing Medication ErrorsThe National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention defines a medication error as a preventable event that may lead to patient harm or inappropriate Continue Reading...
Management Nursing -- Preparing for Management In order to make an optimal contribution to the medical institution and to his or her own career, a nurse must have a refined set of skills in the areas of leading, coaching, and motivating a team of Continue Reading...
Challenges in Healthcare: Succession Planning Beverly, F. & Rose, S. (2017). Best Practices for Nurse Leaders: Succession Planning. Professional Case Management, 22(2), 88-94. The authors term succession planning in healthcare a critical need. It Continue Reading...
Cloud Nursing Technology advancement within today's society ensures that new ways of performing tasks must be learned. This cycle of discovery is at the heart of every academic or professional pursuit that molds and evolves our methods and thinking Continue Reading...
Proposal for mandatory staffing ratios Introduction: Reflection Public Policy Issue This policy will mandate that mandatory staffing ratios be met by hospitals throughout the nation. This is an important public policy issue because it would oblige ho Continue Reading...
The Declaration of Independence affirms the right of all Americans to “life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Although universal healthcare is not outright mentioned as one of the “inalienable” rights the Declaration cal Continue Reading...
Organizational Functions, Processes, and Behaviors in High-Performing Healthcare OrganizationsHigh-performing healthcare organizations exhibit several shared characteristics. They prioritize patient safety and quality of care through effective commun Continue Reading...
Introduction The progressive care unit (PCU) is a practice setting in which the researcher’s health care team is often failing to meet quality care objectives according to patient reporting on the hospital consumer assessment of healthcare prov Continue Reading...
Quality Improvement There are several key quality improvement activities in which my hospital participates. The first is the use of bedside shift reports. One of the reasons this improves quality is that it means that the nurse coming into a shift r Continue Reading...
Introduction Accurate measurement of blood pressure is critical for making appropriate clinical decisions in the management of high blood pressure in order to reduce cardiovascular risk and prevent organ damage. This is important because an inaccurat Continue Reading...
As the primary operators of community-based health centers nurses are ideally positioned to influence the development of health policies and their implementation. The authors conclude that three key skills are essential for nurses. These include adv Continue Reading...
Introduction Nurses are professionals and experts with the capability and responsibility to have an influence not only in the prevailing but also future healthcare delivery systems. Imperatively, the nursing line of work is founded on the skill of hu Continue Reading...
The Greatest Challenge to US Healthcare The role is played by the government The role played by the government in healthcare is a divisive issue. Many healthcare organizations executives do support the idea of extending healthcare coverage to the uni Continue Reading...
ASSESSING CLIENT FAMILIESAssignment: Practicum Assessing Client FamiliesDemographic information: Client Y is a 33 year old African-American woman. Client Y has been married to X for the last 7 years. X is a 39 year old Hispanic male. They have two c Continue Reading...
Health Policy Introduction This paper will outline some of the high-level issues in the American health care system. At this level, the discussion centers around issues such as the political environment, the influence of key stakeholders and power st Continue Reading...
Introduction One of the goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was to increase the practice of preventive medicine (Obama, 2016). As preventive care is less common in the health care industry in the U.S. than is the practice of treating patient Continue Reading...
Empathy Significance of concept to student The topic of overcoming is relevant to me because it is about getting over barricades. To be a human being and living in a world where it means that there will be obstacles put on me says I will have to o Continue Reading...
Ethics and Nursing One of the complexities of 21st century medicine is the evolution of nursing care theories in combination with a changing need and expectation of the stakeholder population. Nurses must be advocates and communicators, but must bal Continue Reading...
Physician-Assisted Suicide: The Right to Die Abstract More and more patients in and end-of-life phase are expressing a desire for physician-assisted suicide (PAS) as an option that allows them to die with dignity and forego the pain and suffering ass Continue Reading...
Explain why a root cause analysis was appropriate for this situation A root cause analysis was appropriate for this particular situation in order to realize particularly what went wrong and the suitable way of fixing it. Imperatively, root cause ana Continue Reading...
Reflection Popular culture and values inform people on what to hold as important in their own lives. They are informed by what they see and hear on social media—i.e., their peers and groups that they interact with. As Bandura (2018) points out, Continue Reading...
PROFESSIONAL CAPSTONE 6Alarm Fatigue and How to Reduce It: Key StakeholdersThe selected research topic is Alarm Fatigue and How to Reduce It. As Chromik et al. (2022) indicate, alarm fatigue is sensory overload that occurs when healthcare professiona Continue Reading...
quality of care and ensuring patient safety. In the home health care organization, peer review also measures staff competence and provides valuable feedback for performance reviews and making necessary changes to improve quality of service or effici Continue Reading...
size is an important consideration with regards to data collection for statistical analysis in a study. Sample size plays an important role in a research process since the identification of a suitable sample size for statistical analysis is crucial Continue Reading...
Baird, J., Rehm, R., Hinds, P., Baggot, C., Davies, B. (2016). Do you know my child? Continuity of nursing care in the pediatric intensive care unit. Nursing Research, 65(2): 142-150. Barid et al. (2016) provide a grounded theory, qualitative asse Continue Reading...
Technology Aid in the Process of Clinical Trials Capstone Project title: Using technology in managing data in clinical trials We will start our paper by discussing "Clinical Data Management" or CDM, which is an important phase in clinical research Continue Reading...
Al-Sawai, A. (2013). Leadership of Healthcare Professionals: Where Do We Stand?. Oman Medical Journal, 28(4), 285-287 3p. doi:10. 5001/omj.2013.79 This study defines leadership as behavior that drives a group towards an identified goal, and it desc Continue Reading...
Healthcare and its rising costs have become a contentious issues within America and abroad. Healthcare costs, unlike other aspects within a developed society are not cyclical. Costs related to healthcare don't move in tandem with economic activity. I Continue Reading...
Based from my experience in my previous job in a similar industry, which similarly experienced the issue of lack of nurses, this type of solution is effective as it maximizes the work hours of every nurse, thus allowing a continuous flow of the del Continue Reading...
