Patient-Centered Concept MapA patient-centered concept map is a visual representation of a patient\\\'s health status, including their health concerns, medical history, and current health status, as well as their personal goals and preferences. This Continue Reading...
How Nurse Practitioners Can Advocate for Patients in the Planned Parenthood and Medicare/Medicaid SystemsNurse practitioners (NPs) play a crucial role in advocating for patients within the Planned Parenthood and Medicare/Medicaid systems. These two s Continue Reading...
.....communication strategies used in my current setting are based on years of institutional protocol and practice. Although the organizational codes of ethics have been updated recently to address issues like harassment, the communications protocols Continue Reading...
The importance of the code of ethics in nursing The Code of Ethics forms the foundation for candidates who aspire to join the nursing occupation. The guide is an indispensable set of standards that every nurse must embrace. It also acts as a reminder Continue Reading...
Changing Blood Transfusion Policy and Practice" by Catherine Stupnyckyj, RN, Sheryl Smolarek, BSN, RN, OCN, Colleen Reeves, BSN, RN, OCN, Judith McKeith, BSN, RN, CMSRN, and Morris Magnan (December 2014), American Journal of Nursing, 114(12), 50-59 Continue Reading...
DRACH-ZAHAVY A. & PUD D. (2010) Learning mechanisms to limit medication administration errors. Journal of Advanced Nursing 66(4), 794 -- 805. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05294.x In this paper, the learning mechanism used in the limiting of me Continue Reading...
Nurse Practitioner Affect the Shortage of Primary Care Physicians? Can the Nurse Practitioner Affect the Shortage of Primary Care Physicians? Topic Background and Issue Introduction The objective of this work in writing is to examine the issue of Continue Reading...
MEDICAL NURSING Medical Nursing: PDCA Cycle (Time Management)The PDCA (plan, do, check, act) cycle is a useful management tool that helps a person create an effective approach for identifying problems and devising solutions (Wu et al., 2015). It is a Continue Reading...
Inpatient Ratio and Morale ER: INPATIENT RATIO AND MORALE Emergency Room: Nurse to Patient Ratio and Morale Nurse to patient ratios in health institutions is one of the most influential factors in health providence, in any country's health sector. Continue Reading...
Communications Effective communications between doctors and nurses has always been a high priority in the medical field, especially in an arena such as a hospital, health clinic or hospice. Communicating effectively between the nurses and the doctor Continue Reading...
Ethical Issues in Nursing Over the last ten years, the demand for long-term care services has been facing increasing amounts of pressure. Part of the reason for this is because of the large portion of the population that is becoming older (the Baby Continue Reading...
Leadership Ethical Leadership in the Nursing Profession Nursing leadership is uniquely challenging because of the practical, physical and philosophical demands placed on nursing professionals. When one considers the ethical implications that must a Continue Reading...
Evidence-Based Practice Translation of Research in Evidence-Based Practice Nursing involves men and women who are willing to help the patients with their skills like health maintenance, recovery of ill or injured people and the treatment. They deve Continue Reading...
Tucker-Culturally Sensitive Health Care Provider Inventory -- Patient Form (T-CSHCPI-PF) is simply an inventory for the culturally diverse patients to assess provider cultural sensitivity in the health care procedure. The T-CSHCPI-PF is like a narra Continue Reading...
Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatment Clinical Presentation of Trauma-Related Disorders and Recommended Treatments On January 13, 2015, Andrew Brannan, a 66-year-old Vietnam veteran was executed in Georgia for killing police officer Ky Continue Reading...
The Major Leadership Ideas/Theories Various theories exist to explain the practice and concept of leadership. This section offers a brief overview of the better known or most dominant theories. They include the trait, situational, participative and b Continue Reading...
Introduction My personal worldview is multidimensional, meaning that while I do believe in God, i.e., a higher power, I do not formally belong to an organized religion. I also am biocentric in that I believe all living things have an inherent value.& Continue Reading...
These are questions dealing with attitude and are the most important questions when doing qualitative social science research to gauge relationships among events. In addition to construction questions about attitudes, it is important to have the que Continue Reading...
Competency in Entry-Level Nurses Competency In Entry Level Nurses Competency in entry-level nurses: Implications for practice Given the responsibilities shouldered by nurses, it is essential that all new nurses are competent to practice their prof Continue Reading...
Implementing Structured Contraception Counseling to Increase the Contraception Knowledge of Women of Childbearing Age Seen in a Private Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic: A Quality Improvement ProjectAbstractThis is an evidence-based project that is a Continue Reading...
Threaded discussion #2 As the individual observes, the RN must use critical thinking to guide her care specifically since, as she shows, conflict of duties and unpredictable situations can lead to uncertainty and conflict. The motion for the impo Continue Reading...
Family Nurse Practitioner: Promoting Change Strategies to communicate and educate stakeholders I am currently employed as family nurse practitioner and am doing my DNP at a clinic under the supervision of a medical doctor. Communicating with patien Continue Reading...
CAREER PLANS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN NURSING Career Plans and Opportunities in NursingAs I approach the final stages of my Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program, my career goals are beginning to crystallize into actionable steps. The next six months Continue Reading...
Hypertension Management Synthesis of Literature, Practice Recommendations, and Evidence-Based Practice VerificationHypertension, or high blood pressure, is a growing global health crisis affecting over one billion people worldwide. It's a silent but Continue Reading...
Consent Regarding Qsen Competencies14 The following paper describes patient safety as being one of the concerns of patient care. It also discusses the QSEN competency related to patient safety. Moreover, the paper describes the significance of pati Continue Reading...
Introduction Theory guides practice. This is true of many things, but is especially true of nursing. While many processes, actions, and rules are involved in becoming a great nurse, understanding and applying theory must be the most important aspect Continue Reading...
civilians think of the nursing department in any well-run hospital, they often don't consider all the structure, organization and guidance which is required to make this department run as smoothly as it needs to be and to achieve the highest level o Continue Reading...
Family Health When considering nursing practice for families, there is a tendency to think of the family as a static entity, existing as it is when first encountered -- and as frequently described in this paper. But families are not static; they evo Continue Reading...
Nursing As technology becomes more sophisticated the effects of new technologies affect all aspects of our lives. Technological advances affect many different occupations as well, especially the field of health care. As a result the advancements in Continue Reading...
Pangman and Seguire Journal Review "Sexuality and the Chronically Ill Older Adult: A Social Justice Issue" "Sexuality and the Chronically Ill Older Adult: A Social Justice Issue" is an article by Verna C. Pangman and Marilyn Seguire, first publish Continue Reading...
c.. Is the treatment feasible in my clinical setting? Yes No Unknown d. What are my patients/family's values and expectations for the outcome that is trying to be prevented and the treatment itself? There are several implications from this study: Continue Reading...
Person Centered Planning in People With Developmental Disabilities Person centered planning has received much attention in the past as the effective method of meeting the diverse needs of people with disabilities. The person-centered planning takes Continue Reading...
APN COLLABORATION IN CULTURALLY SENSITIVE END-OF-LIFE CARE Advanced Practice Nurse Collaboration in Culturally Sensitive End-of-Life CareAdvanced practice nurses (APNs) are crucial in providing comprehensive and compassionate care to seriously ill pa Continue Reading...
Self-AssessmentThe DNP8300 course has been instrumental in improving my understanding and skills in several areas of advanced nursing practice. As I reflect on the course level student learning outcomes, the core areas of competency for me include th Continue Reading...
