First, nursing schools must be able to compete with clinical employers because there is little incentive to pursue a teaching career when first-year nurses can earn as much as their professors. Second, it will likely be impossible to eliminate the n Continue Reading...
Professional Nursing OrganizationsAs a member of Hackensack Meridian Health, which is a health network providing a range of healthcare services, I can attest to the value of professional nursing organizations. Hackensack Meridian itself may not techn Continue Reading...
Why is this particular factor driving up the cost of health care?The primary factor driving high healthcare costs is the increase in the aging population around the world. Here, baby boomers continue to be a large segment of the American population. Continue Reading...
Modules 1-2 Assignment: Written Philosophy of NursingPhilosophy of nursing practice outlines the beliefs, ethics, and values of nurses that motivate them in their profession (St. Augustine University for Health Sciences, 2020). It plays an important Continue Reading...
Introduction: The Concept of Culture Culture is the way of life for a person, society or group of people. It embodies the soul of the community and the heart of a team; it is seen in the way its members express themselves, communicate, think, feel, a Continue Reading...
Combining morphine and Ativan (lorazepam) can be deadly, making the Primary Care Physician (PCP) statement seem contradictory to medical ethics. The specific medical ethical issues addressed in this case include patient autonomy, beneficence, and non Continue Reading...
Community Health Nursing Course DevelopmentPart ACourse OverviewBSN nurses must be prepared to practice and function effectively in a wide range of settings. Community health is considered an integral part of the public health sector. For this reason Continue Reading...
Job Stress and Burnout among Intensive Care Unit Nursing Staff In the last few centuries, we have witnessed major transformations in the health and nursing sector, especially regarding the scope of job and technological advances. The drastic change h Continue Reading...
Treatment of Heart Failure in Nursing Home Residents Heart failure (HF) symptoms may occur because of systemic and pulmonary congestion, structural defects arising on account of HF, structural defects leading to HF, or from treatment complications. Continue Reading...
PRAC : Clinical SkillsandProcedures Self-Assessment FormFNP StudentsSkill / ProcedureConfident (Can complete independently)Mostly Confident (Can complete with supervision)Beginning(Has performed with supervision or need supervision to feel confident) Continue Reading...
Ethical Dilemma Resolutions The ethical requirements in the medical profession are greater than in most others. The issue of health and trust are most exemplified in medical practices, and the need for open and honest connections are very important. Continue Reading...
Self-AssessmentSelf-assessment is an essential process that enables individuals to evaluate their skills, knowledge, and abilities objectively. It involves analyzing one's performance, identifying strengths, and areas of improvement. Self-assessment Continue Reading...
Antecedents and Importance of the IOM Report, "Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health" In an era of widespread nursing shortages, identifying opportunities to improve nurse practice, nursing education and nursing workforce development Continue Reading...
The patients selected had to meet certain criteria. They had to have access to a telephone a home or at work, they had to have the ability to keep an Oxford knee score sheet and relay the information coherently over the phone, and they had to speak Continue Reading...
Health Care Delivery Models and Nursing PracticeToday, health care delivery models and nursing practice are experiencing fundamental changes in response to innovations in technologies and controlling state and federal legislation. The purpose of this Continue Reading...
adult life, I have been immersed in the healthcare professions. Working in several different sectors of healthcare has afforded me the opportunity to understand different models of patient care, different administrative systems and organizational cu Continue Reading...
DNP Meleis, A.I., & Dracup, K. (2005). The case against the DNP: History, timing, substance, and marginalization. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 10(3), 1-8. Ever since the establishment of nursing as a distinct profession, nurses have Continue Reading...
Campaign for Action The subject of this brief report is the future of nursing and the associated IOM report on the same subject. As part of this report, there will first be a discussion of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee and their work Continue Reading...
Nurse Role Specialization Credentialing Issues Becoming credentialed as a nurse practitioner (NP) for a hospital clinic is a process that demands a lot from recent graduates. Depending on the hospital, recent NP hires may or may not have restricted Continue Reading...
Alz Nurs Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Nursing Interventions for Health Promotion in Relation to Alzheimer's Health promotion in relation to Alzheimer's is defined in terms of mental faculties, with continuing abilities or slower rates of degrad Continue Reading...
Professional Nursing Organization Comparison Choose two professional organizations. These can be organizations you are a member of or that are known in the nursing profession. Create a table comparing the two organizations. American Nurses Associa Continue Reading...
How a Bill Becomes a Law In Chapter 17, we learned that after a member of the Congress proposes a bill, it is gazetted and then passed through the three stages of reading before being becoming a Law. The time required for a bill to pass through thes Continue Reading...
Combining Nurse Leadership With Advocacy Personal rating using the nurse manager skills inventory Personal and professional accountability Personal growth and development -- Competent Ethical behavior and practice -- Competent Professional assoc Continue Reading...
Nurse Informatics The era of Information technology and knowledge explosion that introduced the comprehensive and complicated information systems has brought drastic changes in the health care sector like all other industries. The attention towards Continue Reading...
She was almost radical in her approach to healthcare and healing. By radical, I mean that she was the type of individual who aimed to solve matters by getting to the root of the problem. She was more interested in solving the problem and not the sy Continue Reading...
Vision and Interests Personal VALUES Influencing FACTORS Responsibilities • Providing holistic, safe, and patient-centered care. • Providing individualized attention to patients when delivering care. Commitment • Model positive Continue Reading...
Staffing shortages in nursing are a consequence of poor nurse retention and nurse satisfaction. Being a nurse requires a lot of dedication, patience, and ability to keep updated in a constantly evolving world. When hospitals and other medical facilit Continue Reading...
ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS & QUALITY LEADERSHIP Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Efforts to measure and improve the quality of nursing care provided to patients began with Florence Nightingale, who measured patient outcomes and worked Continue Reading...
This makes retention essential, as new nurses must stay with the hospital and become nurse specialists for CMC to continue to maintain its reputation. Nursing education is also essential. Unfortunately, a stressed and pressured environment that is Continue Reading...
It is however also important to consider the importance of internal individual factors such as the self-confidence levels of nurses. According to Hockenberry, Wilson and Barrera (2006), for example, note that nurses could feel considerably intimidat Continue Reading...
In many clinical practice situations, research and use of current evidence is neither prized nor supported as part of the nursing culture. One of the earliest and best-known nursing research utilization activities was the Conduct and Utilization Res Continue Reading...
Hume believed that we couldn't really see what tied one event to the other, and that cause-and-effect does not hold up as an infallible rule, which means that by eliminating cause we can not guarantee that we are eliminating effect (Rich, 169). Perh Continue Reading...
Mary Breckinridge The history of maternity nursing in many ways echoes that of other types of nursing, although it is arguable that improvements in the quality of nursing care have had an even greater impact that improvements in other arenas of heal Continue Reading...
Refinement of a Nursing Concern into an Evidence-based Practice Proposal Using the Research Process Overview Research is mainly used to generate new knowledge or for the validation of existing knowledge based on a theory. Evidenced-based practice ( Continue Reading...
Although ultimately nursing is about patient care, theory is ultimately what guides best practices, ensures consistency of care across multiple modalities, and also informs how nurses view themselves, their colleagues, and their role in healthcare. N Continue Reading...
Temporary Reassignment Patient reassignment is the temporary change in the employee's assignment in the sense that he or she holds a position that has a higher salary or responsibility for a short period. The duties conducted by the nurse at thi Continue Reading...
