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...
Telenursing: Is it in My Future? Along with the Digital Age have come new requirements, new opportunities, new expectations, and new possibilities. Adaptation to the 21st century's technology is part of what it means to be innovative -- and in the f Continue Reading...
Niacin and Increased Cholesterol Levels For most people struggling with undesirable levels of cholesterol that cannot be enhanced sufficiently through diet and exercise, prescribed statin drugs are usually the recommended treatment options. One of t Continue Reading...
Carroll, J.S., Williams, M. & Gallivan, T.M. (2012). The ins and outs of change of shift handoffs between nurses: A communication challenge. BMJ Qual Saf (2012). doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000614 Shift handoffs can be used as benchmarks to assess qu Continue Reading...
Therapist differences in a randomised trial of the outcome of cognitive behaviour therapy for health anxiety in medical patients." It was authored by Tyrer et al. and appeared in the International Journal of Nursing Studies in 2015. Did the trial a Continue Reading...
Middleville RHC The author of this report is to look at the theoretical test case and associated statistics of a medical facility known as Middleville Regional Health Care. They are one of three hospitals serving a community of about 350,000 people. 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...
Incidence rates of obesity are rising globally, with tremendous impacts to the cost and nature of healthcare intervention. As measured as body mass index (BMI) of 25 or over, being overweight affects as many as 67% of all American adults, while up to Continue Reading...
EMR Systems Benefits of Research-based EMR Systems Research is an investigation conducted on the sources and study materials for the researcher to establish facts and offer new conclusions on a given subject matter. Currently, research is the main Continue Reading...
Nursing The theory that I propose to work with is Sister Callista Roy's Adaptation Theory. This theory was developed by Sister Callista Roy in 1970, when she described it in the journal Nursing Outlook. There are two reasons why this theory might b Continue Reading...
Bereavement The interest in palliative care, or counseling for bereavement comes to different people in different ways, and one doctor came into it through home care as long ago as 1975. The doctor had just finished working as a house staff in the U Continue Reading...
Nursing Licensure and CertificationOne advantage of having a compact license is mobility. This type of license allows nurses to practice in multiple states without needing to obtain separate licenses for each one, facilitating greater flexibility and Continue Reading...
Halcomb, Peters, and Mclennes (2015) aims at examining pre-registration nurses' experiences in community clinic assignments as well as the effect such assignment has on their education. The authors have determined that clinical assignments to commun Continue Reading...
Mandatory Overtime for NursesIn the state of Washington, mandatory overtime for nurses is illegal, meaning that a nurse has the right to refuse overtime, and there will be no retaliation by the employer. Nurses in the state of Washington are allowed Continue Reading...
Professional Development Plan: Master of Science in Nursing program Introduction My professional development journey has involved both classroom learning and professional experience. The learning has equipped me with the nursing knowledge that is rel Continue Reading...
Diabetes in AppalachiaPart 1: Teaching PlanThe teaching plan focuses on the following areas, with the intention being to promote self-management of type 2 DM for the patient living in Appalachia.Leadership.For people living with diabetes in Appalachi Continue Reading...
democratic style of leadership. As pointed out by Cherry (2016), democratic leadership is also referred to as participative leadership and encompasses accepting input or contribution from one or more members of the group in the course of decision-ma Continue Reading...
Organizational Role Description Long Island Jewish Northwell Health is a healthcare network comprising 21 hospitals, which makes it the largest integrated healthcare system in New York State. This integrated healthcare system has a huge employee bas Continue Reading...
Self Scheduling PDSA Self-scheduling with hospital nurses: A literature review and proposal for change Recently, there has been a great deal of frustration amongst both nurses and patients about the strict, inflexible, and counterproductive sched Continue Reading...
The new nurse should not be left to muddle through alone. Benner's work (cited in Messmer, Jones & Taylor, 2004) showed that nurses become more proficient and develop better cognitive skills and judgment when they are exposed to competent and p Continue Reading...
APRNs and State RegulationIntroductionThe evolution of healthcare practice has led to the development of advanced roles such as the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN). Specifically, the role of the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) has been Continue Reading...
Top Nursing Models to Consider Review and summarize two scholarly resources (not including your text) related to the nursing care model you observed in the practice setting. The first article reviewed for this assignment pertaining to the primary nur Continue Reading...
Nursing Practitioners In the United States and the United Kingdom, NP (Nursing practitioners) are being used as a point of contact to deliver primary care for patients. Trained nursing practitioners who can deliver in-person primary healthcare serv Continue Reading...
PODCAST: Customizing the Employee Orientation Process for Optimal Benefit Conducting employee orientations that are a good fit with the organization and with new hires is challenging. A home health agency in La Mesa, California was considering ways Continue Reading...
Nursing Shortages "The United States is projected to have a nursing shortage that is expected to intensify as baby boomers age and the need for health care grows. Compounding the problem is the fact that nursing colleges and universities across the Continue Reading...
Images of Nursing in Popular MediaOriginally aired in July 2010, episode 2 of the first season of the popular television series, Boston Med, provided numerous examples concerning the challenges that are faced by professional nurses today, as well as Continue Reading...
Evidenced-Based Practice (EBP) The objective of this study is to review an article titled "Evidence-Based Practice Habits: Transforming Research into Bedside Practice" (Rauen, Flynn, Bridges 2009 p 46). The authors point out that nursing practice i Continue Reading...
ANA Social Policy Statement The author of this report has been asked to offer a brief report about the most recent iteration of the American Nursing Association (ANA) Social Policy Statement. The statement has been issued several times and has alway Continue Reading...
Winston Churchill once remarked that, "There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies." In a similar vein, Karen Howard, the Director of Policy and Government Affairs, is a strong supporter of Nurse-Family Partnership an Continue Reading...
Hepatitis B screening for health care workers in primary health care The cause for Hepatitis B is a DNA virus and the complete virus has the name 'Dane particle'. The virus contains three major antigens in structure: The surface antigen, the core a Continue Reading...
Building An Effective Team to Support and Improve Patient CareWhen forming a quality improvement team, the strategy to implement is to include the right people on the team (Al-Mansour et al., 2020). Before determining who the right people are, we sho Continue Reading...
person has the right to live their lives with dignity and freedom, a person also has the right to die with the same dignity and freedom. A person who has been diagnosed with a terminal illness, for which there is no cure and which causes certain pai Continue Reading...
For effective fulfillment of duties by health care professionals which will, in turn, give a quality service to patients under their care, there is a need for effective inter-professional communication among personnel in a hospital environment. While Continue Reading...
Epidemiology of Communicable Disease - HIV Epidemiology of Communicable Disease Description of the communicable disease (causes, symptoms, mode of transmission, complications, treatment) and the demographic of interest (mortality, morbidity, incide Continue Reading...
Persons with diabetes are at risk for complications such as amputations, heart attacks, strokes, blindness, kidney failure and gum disease (Arizona Department of Health Services, 2006). The Arizona Department of Health (2006) notes several activitie Continue Reading...
rise of advanced technologies in the medical field, especially those that sustains life, has brought issues in the ethics and morality of those involved in the field of medicine. Most significant to these issues is the practice of Euthanasia on patie Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Role of the Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Managing Chronic Diseases: This essay will explore how Primary Care Nurse Practitioners (PCNPs) are integral in the management of chronic diseases Continue Reading...
Women and Breastfeeding Breastfeeding can be enhanced and encouraged by the following schemes: Following the breastfeeding procedures stipulated by hospitals to achieve successful breast feeding The birth of an infant, often accompanied by joy and Continue Reading...
Ethical DilemmaOne ethical dilemma I have encountered in my practice was regarding vaccine hesitancy. A couple was reluctant to vaccinate their newborn. A fellow nurse was torn between respecting the rights of the couple and trying to give health edu Continue Reading...
