Not everyone thinks of a hospital as a business, but it must be operated as such if it is to take proper care of patients and make enough profit to continue to function. One of the best ways in which to be successful in those endeavors is to have go Continue Reading...
Medical/Nursing Education Nurses are required to make many immediate decisions in their assigned duties. Unfortunately, in recent years, patient care has often been compromised as a nursing shortage crisis has escalated to epic proportions. Increase Continue Reading...
Policy Analysis Compassion Fatigue and Quality of Care: A Policy Analysis Nurses enter their profession in hopes of a rewarding and fulfilling career caring for those in need. However, many of them do not realize the stress that can accumulate by c Continue Reading...
There is an increased incidence of worry and concern over malpractice claims which increasingly award patients higher amounts of money for patient's winning cases. Unfortunately this has led to many nurses practicing defensive care rather than preve 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...
(Feldman & Greenberg, 2005, p. 67) Staffing coordinators, often nurse leaders must seek to give priority to educational needs as a reason for adjusting and/or making schedules for staff, including offering incentives to staff not currently seeki Continue Reading...
Legal and Ethical Issues Related to Psychiatric EmergenciesPsychiatric emergencies usually occur in children and adults due to mental problems such as change in mood and behavior. These emergencies can lead to involuntary holds of the individual by e Continue Reading...
Introduction Although senior management and public policy are also integral to the creation and maintenance of a culture of safety in healthcare organizations, nursing leadership is the most critical component in promoting desired patient outcomes. T Continue Reading...
2008).. This points to the ethical responsibility of nurse educators -- it is not enough to treat the disease, bit one must treat the patient. Failure to provide the proper level of education to a patient is certainly one way to fail them both ethi Continue Reading...
Unfortunately, most quantitative studies lack external validity in the research design to allow for general conclusions. Teaching Theories and Nursing It was Nightingale that recognized the potential of combining sound logical reflection and empir Continue Reading...
Future of Nursing Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia The primary objective of this book is to provide the reader with evidence-based nursing education and practice principles. The goal of this work is to help nursing educators and nurse practi 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...
expert recently wrote "there have been projects as long as there have been organizations that undertake deliberate and results-and-outcome oriented work" (p. 29 information) and that is certainly true of the nursing industry. Much of the current met Continue Reading...
Abstract A practitioner in the nursing profession is someone who is intelligent enough to offer comprehensive health services for the people of Alberta at all times whereas an NP (Nurse Practitioner) is a registered professional with high level educa Continue Reading...
Medication Error Medical errors cost lives, and they cost health care organizations valuable resources. Nurses are often confused about their ethical as well as legal obligations, especially with a complex, constantly changing, global healthcare mar Continue Reading...
Healthcare Quality Measurement Compare one measurement that you identified in the Week 2 Discussion with one measurement outlined by the CMS restricted reimbursements and explain how these two measures demonstrate evidence of compliance with their r Continue Reading...
Beneficence The field of nursing is shaped by a range of ethical principles; while all of these concepts are important, one could argue that perhaps the most crucial ethical principle is that of beneficence. "Beneficence is the obligation to do good Continue Reading...
MINIMIZING AND MITIGATING ETHICAL CONFLICT Minimizing And Mitigating Ethical ConflictEthical conflicts are unavoidable in healthcare organizations, as they often arise from the complex interplay of competing values, interests, and perspectives among Continue Reading...
Short Answer QuestionsQuestion 1One demand on ethical health care going forward could be privacy and security of medical data. This is more so the case given that the deployment of technology in the medical realm has become even more pronounced. This 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...
Doctors and Ethics Is there currently a lack of sustainable ethical behavior in the physicians' profession? Do doctors care enough and are their ethical behaviors adequate for the trust that people must put in them? What should doctors be doing that Continue Reading...
Cultural Values and Ethics -- As the global economy becomes more of a reality, and as various developing countries increase the amount of business they do with developed countries, many cultural issues arise. Doing business is not the same worldwide, 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...
The concept of organs as commodities is one that sets a dangerous precedent for humankind. It turns people into potential banks that can be robbed at a moment’s notice—and indeed some are. With organs being viewed as so much in demand, it 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...
Responsibilities of Nurses to Patients Why is it important The role of nurses has a direct implication on the patients. For example, nurses observe and provide direct care to the patients. The physicians give orders and thus are the role of the nur Continue Reading...
Institutional Code of Ethics Today, the healthcare industry is faced with rising costs, increasing regulation and growing numbers of patients with age-related conditions as the Baby Boomer segment of the U.S. population enters their retirement age. Continue Reading...
Applying Evidence-Based Research in Nursing Practice What is the difference between research and evidence-based practice projects? Provide an example of EACH ONE and the reasons for the difference. Why should nurses be interested in learning about Continue Reading...
End-of-Life Care: Scholarly Nursing Practice Choice I am an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) board-certified to practice in adult care (ANP-BC). Currently, I am employed as a nurse practitioner (NP) in palliative care within a hospice sett Continue Reading...
Mabel Keaton Staupers Leaders that have shaped the nursing profession over the years have demonstrated a tremendous capacity for growth and development and have had a profound impact on the progression and expansion of the field. In addition, nurse Continue Reading...
Just because people grow older does not mean they abandon their dreams and desires, and it is important to help find ways that the elderly can continue these pursuits. Table 2 Interview No. 2: "Ron D.": Interview Question Response What do you s Continue Reading...
Nurses and the Ethics of Abortion Abortion and Virtue Ethics In the Crossfire: Nurses and the Ethics of Abortion In the Crossfire: Nurses and the Ethics of Abortion Nebraska's Attorney General, Jon Bruning, announced his efforts to revoke the lic Continue Reading...
The main question revolving around childhood obesity is "When does childhood obesity become a child endangerment issue?"(Alexander, 2009) Definitions of "neglect" and "medical neglect" (parental neglect of a child's medical needs) are not universal Continue Reading...
Needs AssessmentIntroductionThe educational needs for a practicing nurse are ever-changing proportionate to external factors such as the evolving technologies, geopolitical area of practice, economic issues, etc. Therefore, nurses must always keep up Continue Reading...
Nurses in executive roles like Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) build bridges between various members of the healthcare team, between healthcare team members and patients, and also between the legislative environment and organizational practices. In a p Continue Reading...
(Chizek, 2003) The Role legal nurse consultant may provide service in a number of roles, including but not limited to: Consulting expert Testifying expert Facility-based investigator Trainer and in-service presenter Peer reviewer Quality impr Continue Reading...
NURSING AbstractThe growing needs of behavioral and mental healthcare have enforced the state regulation to rethink psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners across the country. The advanced practicing specialties need to be greatly emphasized in Continue Reading...
Case Report: Application of Quality and Safety Concepts Introduction This report will describe an ethical predicament situation encountered by a nurse in line of duty in an emergency department. The predicament will be analyzed using the algorithm fo Continue Reading...
