998 Search Results for Best Practices in Nursing
Nursing Leadership and Management
Approaches of Nursing Leaders and Managers to Issues in Practice
Providing quality healthcare to individuals in need is imperative for all the stakeholders involved in the provision of healthcare. Among the stakeho Continue Reading...
Nursing education has come a long way since my aunt was a practitioner. A Registered Nurse, my aunt worked in geriatric care for twenty years, and in psychiatric care for five years before that. I took my cue from her, developing my skills in a syste Continue Reading...
Nursing
Personal Statement
Choosing Nursing
My life has centered upon answering a central question. This question has been a in my mind since I was 10 years old. At that age, my first image of medicine was largely influenced by the doctors and nur Continue Reading...
Nursing Practice
Fiscal constraints are increasingly driving health care reforms, often resulting in rapid and sweeping changes for nursing teams. The purpose of research by Eagar, Cowin, Gregory and Firtko was to identify the problems with inter-pr Continue Reading...
Nursing Personal Statement
It took me a while to understand what a seizure really was. To my five-year-old mind it just meant that Faye, my aunt, writhed and convulsed spastically for several minutes at a time. It also meant that she might die, my m Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory
One of the features of patient-centered care in which the patients are thought to be partners is when the patients are handed over with the help of their participation. It is very important for the nurses to understand the thinking an Continue Reading...
Nursing Curriculum
Healthcare is changing so rapidly, there will be a need to profoundly alter the nature of nursing education to address the needs of providers and patients. "Nurse researchers are calling for curricular changes that emphasize how, Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership Portfolio
Education And Experience
My nursing education includes attaining my Associate Degree in Nursing (AND) at Florida State College at Jacksonville and my Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) at the University of North Flor Continue Reading...
Nurse Practitioners Should Work Independently of Physicians
One of the problems facing health care is the inadequate number of primary-care physicians, more so among the rural population. There are fears that shortages will only get worse as a risin Continue Reading...
Nursing History, Theories and Conceptual Model
The three trends in nursing practice that become evident to me from viewing the Nuring Timeline of Historical Events are: first, the rise of formal education and training for nurses—especially in t Continue Reading...
Nursing Education Assessment Project
Coursework early in a nursing education program covers a broad range of topics and extensive amount of details must be committed to memory. Assessments that are directly tied to coursework are primarily formative Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory -- Roy Adaptation Model
The Roy Adaptation Model is one of the most commonly cited and used options when it comes to nursing theories. It has been in existence since 1976, and has had a number of years to be adjusted and changed to wo Continue Reading...
Christian worldview to integrate beliefs, values, ethics and service in personal and professional life.
The ways things are perceived is a product of our personal worldviews. All our values and ethics are all products of this worldview. These thing Continue Reading...
...Good patient care is illustrated by being caring and thoughtful. It is important to also use a correct nursing care plan, and safe nursing techniques. This includes not only infection control, hand-washing and correct skills, but up-to-date proced Continue Reading...
Attract and retain top nursing talent -- organizations that have achieved magnet status tend to have far less turnover than those who do not. The research postulates that this is due to several factors, among which the nurses' ability to actively p Continue Reading...
Nursing Degrees
ADN vs. BSN
The ADN vs. The BSN:
A comparison of both nursing degrees
Students wishing to enter the profession of nursing are often faced with two clear choices: that of an ADN (associate degree in nursing) and a BSN (Bachelor of Continue Reading...
Nursing: Cultural Competence, Sensitivity and Empowerment
Cultural Competence, Sensitivity and Empowerment: Nursing
The changing demographics of the modern-day multicultural world are increasingly challenging healthcare professionals to consider cu Continue Reading...
Nursing: Nursing Virtues
Nursing Virtues: Nursing
Nursing Virtues
Virtues can be defined simply as the habits of character that predispose persons to do what is right and moral. In the nursing profession, virtues are the habits that promote and af 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...
Nursing
I am most passionate about people. I enjoy helping people, and see this as my life's work. I am an empathetic person who feels strongly about the value of support for others. I have seen first hand the value of helping and being helped. Peop Continue Reading...
Enhancing Professional Growth through Scholarly EngagementOverviewPursuing academic and professional excellence, I recently participated in the Annual Nursing Research Conference, which greatly enriched my understanding of contemporary nursing issues Continue Reading...
Nursing Program Philosophy
The values and ideals that go into a nursing program philosophy should be universal in nature, for the reason that nurses are of the community and serve the community. This may seem to complicate the issue of developing su Continue Reading...
Nursing Higher Education and Leadership
Clinical leadership is very important because of the problems that characterize the health care sector, including workforce shortage, high rates of change, staff chaos, quality issues, and safety concerns, amon Continue Reading...
Nursing
Student 1: A matter that I consider to be of ethical importance in nursing is the use of evidence-based practice. This is an ethical issue in the sense that it is unethical not to utilize evidence in determining how to perform the duties of Continue Reading...
Nursing
Electronic Medical Records, Documentation, and the Role of the Nurse
Efficient use of time is one of the primary methods healthcare professionals use to save lives. When there is very little time available, and decisions have to be made wit Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership and Management and Field Experience
Nursing Leadership and Management Field Experience
Problem Identification
The problem identified concerns about patient safety and satisfaction arising out of shortage in nurse staffing. In th 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...
Personal Improvement Objectives
The world is indeed going through a transformation from a planet with many continents and many nations to a globally connected, much smaller planet where people and states are linked digitally. And so diseases and hea Continue Reading...
Nurse Educator: What I Have Learned
My interaction with a nurse educator has been positive because the educator provided a good learning environment by essentially banning negativity from the classroom and promoting an atmosphere of positivity. This Continue Reading...
Nursing
Who is LAMMICO?
LAMMICO is an insurance company that covers medical professional liability. They help clinical and medical practitioners to choose services and packages that best suit their needs (lammico.com/why-lammico, 2015)
Why should Continue Reading...
Nursing Ethics Related to Savior Siblings
This work in writing addresses the ethical issues relating to parents undergo a procedure to conceive a child that will perfectly match blood with a child who is sick for the purpose of saving the sick child Continue Reading...
Critical Review
The article by Swickard et al considers the role of the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Synergy Model for Patient Care in relation to transporting patients between hospital settings for increased levels of care. It reveal Continue Reading...
Nursing Practice Expected to Grow and Change
Ageing of population and healthcare providers, coupled with reforms to healthcare, will raise demands for professionals in the field, also expanding existing professionals' required skill sets and roles. Continue Reading...
Gap in Literature
LR employment can help decrease duration of dependency on mechanical ventilators and the resultant PICU outcomes. Methodical LR review protocol among pediatric patients receiving mechanical ventilation has, of late, been recorded wi Continue Reading...
Wound Care
Chronic wounds represent a devastating health care problem with significant clinical, physical and social implications. Evidence suggests that consistent, meticulous and skilled care provides the primary means by which successful wound ca Continue Reading...
Health Care Management
"Culture eats strategy."
The Business Case for Evidence-Based Management
Management literature across all disciplines points to the critical importance of quality decision-making. A fundamental practice problem for decision Continue Reading...
THREE: Ethics: This portion of the learning experience for the RN wanting to be an APRN is important because: a) ethical dilemmas and how they impact patient care must be part of the curriculum; b) decision-making with ethics as a driver for decisi Continue Reading...
Chest Tubes
Nursing -- Chest Tubes
As the field of nursing gains more respect around the world, nursing professionals and nursing students becomes increasingly aware of the high degree of specialized knowledge and practice that are necessary to be Continue Reading...