As a student who had only just completed the first semester of the course, I had no experience with pediatric patients prior to the shadowing task. Thus, the nurse shadowing task was a rather exciting experience for me, exposing me to several new asp Continue Reading...
Workplace Harassment in Healthcare Settings Nurses experience a wide range of abuses in the workplace including physical and psychological harassments and physical violence. Patients, patients’ families or friends, and coworkers can all precipi Continue Reading...
Credentialing in Nurse Informatics As health information technology (HIT) continues to develop in the modern healthcare environment, nursing informatics is a career on the rise. In essence, nursing informatics has emerged as an important career/prof Continue Reading...
Nurse-to-nurse Hand-Off Communication on the Same Unit The objective of this study is to provide four strategies addressing nurse-to-nurse hand-off communication on the same unit. This study will use the TeamSTEPPS approach provide a clear and thor 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...
Effective Approaches in Leadership and Management Nursing turnover is one of the most important issues facing the health care industry today. Turnover rates increase costs for health care facilities and decrease the quality of care for patients, as n Continue Reading...
Future Goals & Scholarship My journey in the RN-BSN program has provided me with the knowledge I needed to advance my career in nursing. Also, the RN-BSN has prepared me intellectually as well as in a foundational way to offer a higher quality o Continue Reading...
But each has very individual needs. The practice of nursing encompasses the art of knowing when and how to motivate patients back to health. This poem speaks to some of the core values embedded in nursing. Caring is central what to nurses do. Nurse Continue Reading...
The Practicum Project focuses on new information systems used in a healthcare organization. A needs assessment revealed problems with the speed of documentation and patient charting. After reviewing the results of the needs assessment, I proposed the Continue Reading...
Information technology transforms healthcare services. However, the integration of information technology into existing healthcare systems has been challenging. This course has helped me to understand how healthcare workers and their organizations ca Continue Reading...
COURSE DEVELOPMENTCommunity Health Nursing Course DevelopmentPart ACourse OverviewBSN nurses must be prepared to practice and function effectively in a wide range of settings. Community health is considered an integral part of the public health secto Continue Reading...
Discussion: Applying Interdisciplinary Theories to Nursing PracticeApart from middle range theories, it is important to note that theories from various disciplines are also important in nursing practice given that knowledge gained from the said disci Continue Reading...
Case Scenario: Nursing EthicsHealthcare providers are in a profound position of trust in regards to the patients in their charge. In the case scenario, an ADN nurse and a transport tech were not sufficiently watchful of an elderly patient due to comp Continue Reading...
The four categories derived from the questionnaire are: Shared decision-making, Leadership and Safety, Well-being, and Professional development. The selected administration theories are: Innovation leadership, Transformational leadership, and Strateg Continue Reading...
Ida Jean Orlando 1926- Theory of the Nursing Process Discipline The Deliberative Nursing Process Theory was developed by Ida Jean Orlando and consists of the five stages of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The domain Continue Reading...
Deficiency: Catheter Care Insufficient urinary catheter care is a cause for concern among nurses working in the senior care environment. Catheter-cased urinary tract infections account for more than a third of all health care associated infections i Continue Reading...
Education Plan for Nurse Burnout at North Mountain Medical The current issue at North Mountain Medical is nursing burnout, which is caused by various factors including inadequate staffing, increased workload, long working hours, poor working environm Continue Reading...
Introduction Senior nursing staff ought to aid peers in their career development through helping them practically employ theoretical knowledge and promoting testing of novel skills within an encouraging, safe work climate. This illustrates a combinat Continue Reading...
Introduction What causes staffing shortages in the field of nursing? Staffing shortages can be the result of many variables—turnover, unmet demand for services due to a lack of RNs, overwork (nurses calling in sick), and so on. Buchan (2002) i Continue Reading...
Advance Practice Roles in Nursing The Main Roles Within Advanced Practice Nursing Nurse Practitioners They are charged with the responsibility to provide primary health care for clinics, hospitals and similar settings. They diagnose and treat comm Continue Reading...
EXPLORING EVIDENCE: NURSING PRACTICE Exploration of Evidence SourcesThe practice problem focuses on correcting the high incidence of medication errors at the selected practice setting. From the nursing perspective, a medication error is any deviation Continue Reading...
Quality of Care Provided by Nurse Practitioners Cost and quality of healthcare access are two inter-related concepts that are central to the healthcare debate in the United States of America. The study will compare the effectiveness of quality and Continue Reading...
PICOT Question and its Significance The PICOT question is: Does mindfulness meditation (I) reduce long-term risk factors and suicidal behaviors (O) among psychiatric patients (P) versus those who do not participate in the meditation programs (C)? Th Continue Reading...
She is always at home, playing with her indoor games or with her pets. This also could be the reason why she seemed a bit distant when talking with other people. She seemed not used to be with other people and thus she show signs of low self-esteem. Continue Reading...
Self Development Leadership Plan: Overview Using self-assessment tools like the Strengths Finder and the Emotional Intelligence Tool, I have initiated the process of change that will enhance my leadership capacities. I learned through these tools my Continue Reading...
Introduction Adaptive response refers to how the human body protects itself from injury or infection. It is the third line of defense after inflammatory response and innate immunity (Huether & McCance, 2017). Advanced practice nurses should understan Continue Reading...
Because any nurse dedicated to evidence-based practice should be wary of jumping to conclusions and presuming a causal relationship between the workplace environment and the client’s health, it is recommended to perform thorough risk assessment Continue Reading...
Research on the most effective and cost-effective methods of physiotherapy training for improving chronic lower back pain outcomes can use a multitude of different designs. During the course of my search for evidence, I expect to find several meta-an Continue Reading...
Hiring a Nurse Practitioner reduces wait times (overcrowding) in the Emergency Department estimation of the ED (Emergency department) compromise with care afforded to patients because of overcrowding from the perspective of the provider of services. Continue Reading...
Finally, if the nurse and others concede that her ideas regarding policy change are successful and needed in the medical profession and that other medical professions would benefit from the implementation of these changes to their activities and sy Continue Reading...
1997, the average pass rate for first time test takers on the NCLEX-RN was 93%. Since 1997, the national average pass rate on the NCLEX-RN has declined to 83.8% (National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, 2002). The pass rate for the state Continue Reading...
Nurses today are authorities on a variety of health problems and care. Family members and friends even seek them out for advice and support, when they are off duty. In office, they have become more and more important in the American healthcare system Continue Reading...
Staffing Problems in the Nursing Field Within the U.S., nursing represents the largest health care profession. With 2.7 million nurses currently fulfilling roles within the profession there remains a widespread need for nurses to enter the career in Continue Reading...
Hospice nursing can be difficult. Many times nurses transitioning into hospice care face struggles they would not encounter in other specialties. However there is a level of recognition involved in hospice care as it necessitates better care of patie Continue Reading...
Nursing Experience After spending a semester in the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) as a student nurse in training, I can report that I have learned a great deal about the vital issues and practices that are involved in the intensive care unit f Continue Reading...
registered nurse (RN) possessing advanced level education (a master's degree or doctoral degree), and corresponding skills, scope of nursing practice, and knowledge that reflects their educational qualification(s) is termed as an Advanced Practice R Continue Reading...
nursing profession has debated the relevance of nursing models to nursing practice and it is clear that most nurses, particularly practicing nurses, continue to judge them to be not relevant" (Meehan, 2012, p. 2906). I disagree and believe firmly in Continue Reading...
Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in Florence, Italy, the daughter of a wealthy landowner who was involved in the anti-slavery movement. He saw that she was educated in the classics as well as math and science. At the age of 17, she felt that she Continue Reading...
Career Interest: Gerontology The research topic of interest or priority is the identification of the skills and knowledge most critical to leaders of health care organizations, such as accountable care organizations, health care homes, medical homes Continue Reading...
