69 Search Results for Helping Nurses Learn How to Think Critically
Nurse Advocacy
After sixteen years of working as a nurse, I realized more fully the impact my profession and the people in it have on public health, public safety, social norms related to health, and public policy. This MSN program has effectively p Continue Reading...
Nurses, who have first hand knowledge and understanding of how to live healthy and how to take proper care of themselves, are far better equipped to teach others about these concepts. Certain populations can benefit greatly from prevention, especial Continue Reading...
Jean Watson and in reality "belonging becomes an ethic in itself and guides how we sustain our being in the world." Dr. Watson emphasizes the fact that the practices of nursing have experienced evolution and this has allowed certain distortions in t Continue Reading...
In the case of the former of these groups, there is a demand for proper training and experience in helping family members face the practical realities imposed by the death of a loved one. Further, research demonstrates that many acute care settings Continue Reading...
Nursing Shortage
Background and Current Reality
The shortage of nursing staff in the workforce has become a global crisis. Numerous research articles and even books have been written on the subject from all around the world, all giving causal facto Continue Reading...
Leadership
Where was I in terms of nursing sophistication and skills when I started the MSN program -- and how have I changed?
As a brand new RN, I was proud and my family was thrilled that I had progressed this far and learned the skills necessar Continue Reading...
I had to broaden my understanding on medication and diagnostics test in order to treat and diagnose patient with CHF. This insight not only helped me better design my EBP clinical pathway, but taught me much in the way of pedagogical instruction vis Continue Reading...
Nursing
Nurse Practitioner Role: Current and Future Trends
If one is looking for a bare-bones description of today's nurse practitioner, a description presented in quite simple terms, it is convenient to turn to The International Council of Nurses; Continue Reading...
Clinical Learning Summary (Nursing Self-Assessment):
My experience with nursing enabled me to gain a more complex understanding of the domain and of the medical industry in general. Having come across a great deal of demanding situations meant that Continue Reading...
Care:
Issler is a patient who recently moved with his daughter-in-law who is no longer married to his son. As part of her interest in helping to take care of Mr. Issler, she noticed that he was pale and diaphoretic after a two and a half hour fligh Continue Reading...
For elderly patients who have no one to appoint as their proxy, completing a living will that outlines their wishes is preferable to not providing any information at all about care preferences. This is equally so for patients who want to provide the Continue Reading...
Pharmaceutical industries have to operate in an environment that is highly competitive and subject to a wide variety of internal and external constraints. In recent times, there has been an increasing trend to reduce the cost of operation while compe Continue Reading...
Health Service Marketing for the Future
PEST Marketing Analysis and value proposition are required in understanding the complexities of marketing in the health service industry. By conducting an evaluation of political, economic, social, and technol Continue Reading...
Antenatal Education Systematic Review
Antenatal education programms
In pregnant women, how does group antenatal education compare to no antenatal education or individual antenatal education for improving outcomes of childbirth and parenting?
In pr Continue Reading...
Regardless of the type of loss, the child may experience feelings of emptiness, anger, confusion, desertion, and insecurity. In addition, he or she is almost certain to feel responsible, and guilty about the loss he or she has experienced." (nd) Beh Continue Reading...
Origins, History of the IMF
The International Monetary Fund was first conceived between July 1-22, 1944, at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire. The conference was attended by representatives of 45 na Continue Reading...
126). Although there are an increasing number of elderly in the United States today with many more expected in the future, the study of elder abuse is of fairly recent origin. During the last three decades of the 20th century, following the "discove Continue Reading...
Narrative AnalysisThis paper is designed to provide a narrative analysis of the Family Nurse Practitioner program and how I have adapted the program outcomes to my professional expertise within the field of healthcare. This paper will also identify h Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics and Global Trends in Health Sector
Why the Public Policy Issue Was Chosen?
According to the report released by National Priorities and Goals -- aligning efforts meant to transform America's Health care (NQF, 2009; Partnership, 2008 Continue Reading...
According to Newman, nurses practicing within this theory find their own lives are enhanced and transformed (Neill, 2002). Her beliefs and consciousness-centered approach were born from her early nursing experiences involving rehabilitation patients Continue Reading...
Third, lack of attention to evidence-based practice can lead to inconsistent delivery of care services.
Evidence-based practice relates to almost every aspect of health care at every stage of a client's relationship with the institution. For exampl Continue Reading...
Falls
THE ISSUE OF ACCIDENTAL FALLS
At some point, anyone who had learned how to walk has had the experience of falling down -- it is a universal experience for infants as they gain ambulatory ability. In hospitals, however, the accidental fall is Continue Reading...
Task 2.3
Step 1: Use your experience identified with the lowest scores as the basis for reflective analysis.
Step 2: Write about this experience using the following frame (painting the picture).
It is important to me to continue to discuss the P Continue Reading...
Structure and Process in Health Care Organizations and Health Care PolicyUnderstanding the relationship between health care organizations and policy has helped me to see how the quality and accessibility of health care services is shaped from the top Continue Reading...
Denial in the Death and Dying Process
Identification of the Problem: Denial and Subsequent Lack of Communication of the Impending Death
Death is a natural phenomenon and has been there since the existence of mankind. In the past, people used to ac Continue Reading...
This past two weeks have been really helpful for deepening my understanding of how nursing practice can have a direct impact on population health as well as improving individual health outcomes. Week one was particularly challenging as we addressed t Continue Reading...
Risk management is aimed at determining possible problems beforehand in order to plan and invoke risk-handling activities, as required, across the project's or product's life, for mitigating negative effects on attaining objectives. The process of ri Continue Reading...
Figure 1 portrays the state of Maryland, the location for the focus of this DRP.
Figure 1: Map of Maryland, the State (Google Maps, 2009)
1.3 Study Structure
Organization of the Study
The following five chapters constitute the body of Chapter I Continue Reading...
Indeed, effective problem solving in these circumstances often requires high levels of creative collaboration (Richards, 2007a, p. 34). In recognition of this reality, employers consistently name the ability to work together creatively as a primary Continue Reading...