Ventilator Associated Pneumonia reflects the most common healthcare related infection in the process of providing intensive care within the context of the hospital. The condition enhances the morbidity, mortality, length of stay, and costs increment Continue Reading...
Change Strategy and Implementation: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice ProgramThe professional environment of interest concerns the need for improved interprofessional collaborative practices in a tertiary health care facility that routinely tr Continue Reading...
Myra Levine Nurses and patients are engaged in a "partnership of human experience," (Levine, 1977, p. 845). The ethical obligations and core values of nursing are rooted in this fundamental assumption about the relationship between nurse and patient Continue Reading...
Decision Making Frame Work in Nursing Informatics Nowadays, nursing professionals make decisions everyday in a way that they don't even realize. Some of these professionals don't take full notice on exactly how these decisions are going to affect th Continue Reading...
The next database used for the search is Medline. I began with the same search terms, celiac disease biochemistry, however it did not return any articles. Next, the search was expanded my search by simply searching celiac disease. This returned 544 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...
How Does the Use of In-home Monitoring for CHF Impact Re-hospitalization Rates? Impact on In-home Monitoring for CHF on Re-hospitalization Rates Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the major cardiovascular diseases with high global incidence and Continue Reading...
Patients in hospitals often complain of pain regardless of the diagnosis. Several activities in a patient's life contribute to pain. Some of the activities include amount of sleep, daily chores and quality of life (Alaloul, Williams, Myers, Jones, &a Continue Reading...
Decision Making in Clinical SettingsIntroductory Information about Interprofessional Engagement in Shared Decision-Making Definition of interprofessional engagement. Although no universal definition exists, interprofessional engagement can be regarde Continue Reading...
ALTERNATIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT THERAPYAlternative Pain Management Therapy: Non-Pharmacological Approaches vs. Pharmacological MethodsIntroductionAlthough it happens to be uncomfortable for most people, pain could be considered an instrumental human body 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...
Care for Diabetic Foot Ulcers in Long-Term Care Residents Diabetic foot ulcers are chronic wounds that negatively affect the morbidity, mortality and quality of life of diabetes patients. Diabetic patients who develop foot ulcers are at greater ris Continue Reading...
Analysis of Quality Improvement in Healthcare-Patient AdvocacyProblem Area and Current ProcessThe quality improvement project I am planning to implement will focus on patient advocacy. According to Nsiah et al. (2020), patient advocacy is the process Continue Reading...
Discussion Topic #: Leading Health IndicatorsNutrition and Healthy Eating as a Leading Health Indicator in Healthy People 2030Nutrition and healthy eating are critical health indicators in the Healthy People 2030 agenda. Poor diet and nutrition are m Continue Reading...
Support for New NursesProblem: Patient falls are a common occurrence in the Emergency department, often resulting in injury and harm (Campbell et al., 2020). The problem is one that needs to be addressed particularly with new nurses, as falls tend to Continue Reading...
Type 2 Diabetes among Asian Americans: Effectiveness of a Culturally Tailored Diabetes Education ProgramPICOT question: In Asian Americans with type 2 diabetes (P), does a culturally tailored diabetes education program, including patient-specific die Continue Reading...
Gender Violence The study sought to assess the nurses' preparedness in identifying and providing nursing care to women exposed to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and gone for primary medical health care. State the problem directly from the article Continue Reading...
REFLECTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE TAXOL HSRS FLOW SHEET Reflective Analysis of the TAXOL HSRs Flow Sheet Using Gibbs ReflectionIntroductionIn this essay, the focus will be on a reflective exploration and analysis of the TAXOL HSRs flow sheet, a recently dev Continue Reading...
Geriatric Pharmacotherapy and Medication Challenges Prescription Problems in Elderly Patients In elderly patients, prescriptions, over the counter (OTC), and herbals may cause problems because they suffer from several chronic disorders resulting in t Continue Reading...
Title: Safe Patient Handling/Moving 1. Problem/Challenge/Need Description Nonfatal occupational injury and illness rates in healthcare institutions tend to be relatively high. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) continue to be a major injury source for Continue Reading...
ADDRESSING THE DIABETES EPIDEMIC IN PATERSON, NJ Addressing the Diabetes Epidemic in Paterson, NJ: A Comprehensive Case StudyA. IntroductionDiabetes mellitus is a chronic metabolic disorder characterized by elevated blood glucose levels resulting fro Continue Reading...
Quality Improvement Program Needs Assessment and Quality Improvement Plan Paula Stechschulte, PhD, RN Quarter This paper discusses the process of drafting a quality improvement plan at a community level medical facility, a plan that is aimed at Continue Reading...
Opening visiting hours in the Intensive Care Unit Harmful or Helpful to the Patient As the healthcare system starts making that move in the direction of a client-driven model, opening visiting hours are becoming a topic of discussion and interest. Continue Reading...
1) Pioneering Theories in Nursing: Virginia Henderson’s Need Theory Virginia Henderson is one of the pioneer scholars of modern nursing. She defined complex phenomena in modern nursing at a time not many other scholars were generating much cont Continue Reading...
Hawaiian elder care professionals improve patient eldercare services to Japanese nationals, taking into consideration Japanese cultural norms and expectations Caregiving for elderly parents in Japan Japan has witnessed a significant growth in its Continue Reading...
ABC/123 Version X Institutional Policy Analysis Policy Type Summary of the Policy (in your own words) Explain if the policy is effective and provide a rationale Describe the financial outcomes of the policy Provide examples of policy violations Continue Reading...
PICOT In critically ill adults (p), how does the daily use of chlorohexidine (I) compared to sterile water reduce VAP (ventilator-associated pneumonia) (O) during hospitalized stay (T). Part 2 Identifying a Problem Of the infections acquired by pa Continue Reading...
American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses Why Organization Exists Community Interaction Effect on Society Organization's Effect on Social Change Structure Power and Outcomes Leadership Decision Making Communications Change Environments and Continue Reading...
This can determine where or not the situation will turn out to be a positive or negative outcome. Along with that, due to research, it is apparent that decision making is a process of identifying and evaluating choices since people make many decisio Continue Reading...
Traumatic Brain Injury Pathophysiology Traumatic brain injury, continues to remain an enigma and treatment is elusive, causing death and disability across the globe. Luckily, significant progress has been made in helping improve short-term outcome 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...
credentials and affiliation? The one person named was Jane McCausland Kurz. She is an Registered Nurse and a PhD at Temple University in Philadelphia. Did the researcher/s received funding that supported this research? That was not disclosed. The Continue Reading...
Philosophical Inquiry in Nursing MetaparadigmIntroductionThe nursing metaparadigm consists of four main concepts: person, health, environment, and nursing. It is an important framework in nursing theory and practice that can be better understood thro Continue Reading...
