The importance of the code of ethics in nursing The Code of Ethics forms the foundation for candidates who aspire to join the nursing occupation. The guide is an indispensable set of standards that every nurse must embrace. It also acts as a reminder Continue Reading...
Evolving Models of Nursing and Patient Care Delivery Globally there is a need for health reforms owing to the rising costs of health care, rise in chronic illnesses affecting the masses, and aging populations. To meet the need for health reforms nur Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Project Proposal Graduate Project in Nursing The incidence of sexually transmitted diseases has been increasing among adolescents in countries around the world, but there remains a dearth of timely and relevant studies concerning sal Continue Reading...
Entrepreneurship: Nurse-Owned Clinics and Beyond Mobile FNP (Family Nurse Practitioners) There are over 125,000 NPs (nurse practitioners) in the U.S., as per estimates of the AANP (American Academy of NPs). Compared to physician assistants, NPs enjo Continue Reading...
Changing Blood Transfusion Policy and Practice" by Catherine Stupnyckyj, RN, Sheryl Smolarek, BSN, RN, OCN, Colleen Reeves, BSN, RN, OCN, Judith McKeith, BSN, RN, CMSRN, and Morris Magnan (December 2014), American Journal of Nursing, 114(12), 50-59 Continue Reading...
Future of NursingRecommendations for the future of nursing from the Institute of Medicine (2011) emphasize the removal of scope of practice barriers, enhancing education, fostering leadership, and improving data infrastructure. If these are implement Continue Reading...
Introduction The standards set by the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) are meant to ensure that health service consumers get the same quality of care when served in any health care facility across the nation (Australian Commission o Continue Reading...
Advance Nursing Practice In order to sustain life, the human body has to have oxygen. When a person cannot breathe, or there is not enough oxygen coming into the body through the act of breathing, it is not possible for life to continue. The respira Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice on Hourly Rounding Impact of Hourly Rounding on Falls Preventions, Reduction of Pressure Ulcers and Call Light Use In the contemporary health environment, falls are the common phenomenon that may cause fatal injuries to olde Continue Reading...
Pathopharmacological Foundation Asthma Analyze the Pathophysiology of Asthma The complex chronic inflammatory disease known as asthma, involves several inflammatory cells, more than a hundred distinct mediators of inflammation, and various inflamm Continue Reading...
Interpersonal Collaboration Reflective JournalIntroductionIn critical care nursing, interprofessional collaboration is needed to deliver high-quality patient care. This reflective journal delves into a recent collaborative project at an inpatient hos Continue Reading...
Ethical Dilemmas in Responding to Nursing Medication ErrorsIt is well documented that medication errors made by nurses are among the most prevalent but also the most preventable types of adverse patient incidents that occur in health care settings to Continue Reading...
National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) data enables nurses as well as nursing leadership to assess and evaluate nursing performance in association to patient outcomes. Hospitals or medical institutions can employ the information to i Continue Reading...
Care for a Family Member When a family is searching for the best possible healthcare environment for an older person in the family, that family really has three choices. They can place the elderly person in a nursing home, or have a home care agenc Continue Reading...
OBESITY 1 OBESITY 15 Obesity Name Date Introduction Obesity is a global epidemic affecting almost all population cohorts. Rates of obesity are rising worldwide. According to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2013), the obesity e Continue Reading...
In my personal opinion, it is, firstly, imperative to define philosophy, before embarking on a discussion of the topic. I believe the following definition by Shrock is the most ideal: Philosophy represents an outlook towards reality and life, arising Continue Reading...
Nursing Influence The author of this report has been asked to offer some insight and informed perspective about how nurses should be influenced by organizational nursing theory. Specifically, the author of this report will cite Polk's theory of resi Continue Reading...
How Nurse Practitioners Can Advocate for Patients in the Planned Parenthood and Medicare/Medicaid SystemsNurse practitioners (NPs) play a crucial role in advocating for patients within the Planned Parenthood and Medicare/Medicaid systems. These two s Continue Reading...
Application and Integration of AACN Synergy Care Model In Clinical Practice Application and Integration of AACN Synergy Care model in Clinical Practice Objective of this paper is to discuss the integration and application of AACN Synergy Care mode Continue Reading...
Learning Theories: Implications for the Nurse Educator There are two specific learning theories that have to be addressed here. These are social cognitive and constructivist. By discussing both of these through the lens of the nurse educator, one i Continue Reading...
Disseminating Evidence Strategies for Dissemination The key stakeholders in the implementation of the PICO project include patients, their families, health care team members including physicians, hospital administrators, insurers, suppliers, and in Continue Reading...
Home-based Nurse-Coached Inspiratory Muscle Training Intervention in Heart Failure In order to devise an optimal experimental study, the primary information required and used by the researcher in this study is identification of the specific researc Continue Reading...
The patient and his partner's privacy must be respected, but if at all possible the nurse should treat the patient as part of a larger social environment, which includes the patient's family and his community. The patient's status and his partner's Continue Reading...
In fact it has been proposed that the positive impact observed of PBL on motivation may come from these academically talented individuals rather than the intervention itself (Hwang & Kim, 2006). GPAs and demographic characteristics were not foun Continue Reading...
Practice-Specific Concepts The nursing practice is a profession that is based on conceptual and theoretical models that help in guiding patient safety and quality initiatives. The use of conceptual and theoretical models is an important part in nur Continue Reading...
COMPETENCY & CLINICAL REASONING | Competency and Clinical Reasoning The society should be able to trust professional nurses to display a high level of competence in their work (American Nurses Association, 2013). All nurses have a personal resp Continue Reading...
The Prevalence and Treatment of Insomnia TodayEveryone experiences trouble sleeping from time to time. Indeed, the events from a busy day can easily intrude on sleep to the point where people fail to get enough rest each night and the ongoing global Continue Reading...
Medication Practice Improvement Episode Medication Intercept An intravenous antibiotic Benzylpenicillin (Benpen) course was prescribed for a child to treat acute osteomyelitis. The 30mg/kg dose calculation was duly followed. The child weighed 28kg Continue Reading...
components of value-based purchasing (VBP) that are most pertinent to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) based on its vital mission to provide high-quality health care services to the nation's veterans while identifying opportunities to re Continue Reading...
Information Systems and Computer Technology Has on the Practice of Nursing Innovations in telecommunications and information systems have revolutionized the delivery of health care services in many ways in recent years in general and on the practic Continue Reading...
Ethics to Practice: Analysis of 'end of life' decision making The foregoing discussion is an incursion into nursing ethics. Implication(s) to 'omission' of information as a customary practice within our healthcare institution is reviewed in relation Continue Reading...
Interventions for Mentally-Ill Adolescents Mental illness is a serious health concern in America today. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that one in every four adults in America, which translates to approximately 61.5 millio Continue Reading...
