They think nurses should seek support from doctors, too, and that administration should try to communicate more and be more understanding of nurses' concerns and complaints. This was not a formal study in that the authors developed a research quest 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...
This reduces response bias for better reliability of the information gathered and a higher anticipated response rate for an adequate sample size. A one month time frame gives better assurance of an appropriate response rate adequate analysis of resu Continue Reading...
For nurses to be truly effective in the 21st century, nurses must support expanded access to wellness promotion strategies, like having affordable and nutritious food in low-income community, more movement-friendly urban design, and expanded access Continue Reading...
This literature review supports the premise that opinions regarding euthanasia differ among various groups of professional. This literature review demonstrates that the nurse plays an important role in the perceived quality of the death experience. Continue Reading...
Communication in Healthcare: Crucial Conversations A crucial conversation which I was a part of recently involved an experience which concerned a patient going through end of life care. During this conversation I had to bring to the other nurse's at Continue Reading...
Patient Satisfaction There are a number of concerns faced by patients in the hospital. One that is not often discussed but that can play a real factor in treatment is the burnout experienced by nurses. Even during short-term hospitalization, the bur Continue Reading...
At the same time, it also needs to be mentioned that one has to take a decision based on the consideration that whether the person has any individual choice of his/her own in the matter. One of the main reasons for developing such an attitude may be Continue Reading...
Nutrition: Ethical or Unethical? Should nurses withhold or withdraw nutrition & Hydration from terminally ill patients? This is a question that boggles the mind. Some feel that withholding anything from any patient is unethical, while others fe Continue Reading...
Technology in Healthcare: Electronic Health Records and Clinical Decision SupportToday, health information technologies are serving a critical role in promoting optimal clinical outcomes and advancing healthcare in a rapidly changing world (van Velze Continue Reading...
Long-Term Care Affordability: A Policy Brief Issue Affecting Canadian Health Care System The Canadian health care system is changing, characterised by reduced hospital stays, increased outpatient treatment as well as the aging population, because of Continue Reading...
Nursing Unit Turnover on Patient Outcomes in Hospitals While it might seem intuitive that higher rates of turnover within a unit are problematic, the study by Bae, Mark, & Fried (2010) attempts to show using a quantitative study the extent to w Continue Reading...
Intimidating communication is definitely present within my work place. Student nurses and new staff have often been the victims of bullying that is coming from actual nursing and facility staff that have been on location for long periods of time. Su Continue Reading...
Hour vs. 8-Hour Work Shifts The Effect of 12 Hour vs. 8-Hour Work Shifts on Health Care in Intensive Care Units Critical care areas, such as intensive care units (ICUs), may be very demanding and challenging places to work. ICU's are typically pop Continue Reading...
Hildegard Peplau was another pioneer in the fields of nursing and healthcare. One of her lasting innovations in this profession can be evidenced from her work in and regard for a theoretical perspective of nursing. The following quotation identifie Continue Reading...
The maintenance stage can be brainstormed with students and staff from the middle school in future months, based on the response and enthusiasm students have displayed in carrying out the initial project, and based on the number of days missed becau Continue Reading...
DNP Much has been written about the current nursing shortage and its impact upon the healthcare profession as a whole: with too few nurses on call, existing staff members are forced to work longer and later hours. This inevitably contributes to medi Continue Reading...
Alternative and Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Prostate Cancer In order to address the higher rates of prostate cancer which have long afflicted the African-American community, a scientific study was conducted in 2007 to gauge the role Continue Reading...
Ethics As a new graduate of six months working night shift on a small cancer unit, I am faced with a dilemma. Mr. V has been in and out of the unit several times over the last few months. He has liver cancer and has gone through several episodes of Continue Reading...
Patterns of Health Perceptions Health Family Marjorie Gordon (1985) went on to introduce the idea of functional health patterns in order to create a good nursing data base. Utilizing this approach, nurses are able to create an organized approach fo Continue Reading...
, 2005). The framework centers strengthening the compatibility with existing values and practices to also ensure a high level of simplicity and observable results, two other factors crucial to creating an effective framework (Rogers, 2003). All of th Continue Reading...
This is not entirely due to the nurse's fault. Nurses, especially in large, busy, urban medical-surgical units such as the one in which I worked, are often forced to care for a high volume of patients, and work back-to-back shifts. It is difficult t Continue Reading...
Elderly and their Risk of Depression Until just recently geriatric depression was not regarded as a medical diagnosis, however, with the elderly suicide rate being the highest in the country it has now come to the forefront of medical research. The Continue Reading...
speaker notes IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS include DISCUSSION OF YOUR DECISIONS specific topics. We restate article. • Analyze critique a qualitative nursing research article (attached) a nursing research journal published past 5 years. Nursing research Continue Reading...
Having experienced firsthand the reprieve his profession offers, the barometer of his success is simple, if there was no pain and no lingering side effects, then there was success. Surgical Technologist I was also able to interview the surgical te Continue Reading...
When using open reduction of dorsal displaced fractures of the radius to restore congruency and extra-articular anatomy, the authors recommended the use of their double-plating method. This method is reliable in providing stable internal fixation an Continue Reading...
Standardized Testing Anxiety Despite my less-than-perfect score on my GRE, I still believe I am an appropriate and worthwhile candidate for the MS/MPH program at University of Massachusetts Amherst. I am among that small but realistic percentage of Continue Reading...
Cultural Competence Health Practioner Assessment for Nurses In this situation, the nurse must be very kind, gentle, and firm in emphasizing to the parents that urinating on a newborn baby is fairly harmful to the health and the life of the infant. I Continue Reading...
Roche, M., Diers, D., Duffield, C., and Catling-Paull, C. "Violence Toward Nurses, the Work Environment, and Patient Outcomes." Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Vol. 42, No. 1 (2010): 13 -- 22. The selected article detailed an empirical study based Continue Reading...
According to recent research published in the Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, "Economic evaluation of surgical procedures is necessary in view of more expensive newer techniques emerging in an increasingly cost-conscious health care environme Continue Reading...
Role of Government in Healthcare/How Government Influence Sunnydale Similarities between Monopoly, Perfect Competition and Oligopoly Importance of Government Involvement with Health Care Entities at the Local, State, and Federal Levels Structure, Continue Reading...
electronic medical records have yet to become standardized in the United States, the contemporary physician's office differs significantly from one from twenty years ago. Information systems govern multiple aspects of care delivery, from patient int Continue Reading...
Mayo Clinic Influences When it comes to healthcare, it would be nice if economic and other exterior influences did not put pressure on things like quality of care and so forth. However, the propensity for politicians to squabble, the regulations and Continue Reading...
Atul Gawande leads with the thought that healthcare that costs more isn't necessarily better care at all. And Gawande lets the reader know that the town of McAllen, Texas, is able to provide some meaningful lessons to others on healthcare. This paper Continue Reading...
Dental School Personal Statement Thank you in advance for your consideration of my application to enroll in your fine dental school. My interest in dentistry has not been a life-long calling. In fact, after my freshman year in college -- while major Continue Reading...
Another solution that is being looked at is the idea of setting up medical homes that include dental services (Friedman, 2012). These consist of providers offices where patients and their medical histories are identified, preventive services and tre Continue Reading...
Cardiac Stress Response: The Use of Anesthetic Technique to Promote Positive Outcome; Analyzing the Pros and Cons of Technique Cardiac surgery by nature elicits a powerful stress response resulting from activation of stress hormones including epinep Continue Reading...
Another caution that exists for people suffering from lupus is to exercise caution before and after receiving dental treatment. Lupus patients could develop serious heart infections from the streptococci that might be released into their bloodstrea Continue Reading...
