Caring in Nursing Over time, nursing and caring have largely been regarded synonymous. With that in mind, it is important to note that quite a number of caring theories have been developed based on caring as a central concept. Some of these theorie Continue Reading...
Caring, Professional Identity, and Professional Organizations Introduction Nursing remains one of the careers that demand uncompromised levels of both ethical and professional ethics. The fundamental values that govern nursing include social justice, Continue Reading...
There is a clear divide between the real care nurses must give -- and do give, every day -- and the layperson's perceptions of nursing (Scher 2003). References Scher, Betty. (2003). Second opinion. Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Journa 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 idea with this part of the strategy is to be able to form some kind of a partnership with these individuals. This will help to push for a transformation inside the organization. As, these people will help to provide everyone with: a reason for a Continue Reading...
Personal Philosophy of Nursing Introduction Having a personal philosophy of nursing is important because it provides the nurse with an understanding of the framework that will be applied in the nurse’s own career of caring for patients. Persona Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership A brief review of Dr. Patricia Benner's theory on the transition from novice nurse to expert nurse will provide the grounding for the three resources selected for the reference list. Brenner held strong beliefs about the validity Continue Reading...
Clicking on the links reveals that some of the topics provide more information and information in different formats than others. For example, the Aging Driver topic lists the following clickable PDF files: Tips for Safe Driving, How to Help the Ol Continue Reading...
zeros in on healthcare and nursing issues. Can a study have one or more purpose, question, and hypothesis? This paper answers that question through the critique of two scholarly papers; one was published in the peer-reviewed Orthopaedic Nursing and Continue Reading...
categories of variation in health care: process variation, outcome variation and performance variation. Process variation reflects differences in established processes. Outcome variation reflects differences in outcomes that are occur versus those t Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Ethical Dimensions of End-of-Life Care in Nursing: This essay will explore the ethical challenges and moral dilemmas nurses face when providing care to patients at the end of their lives. It will ex Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership Regardless of the field, most research studies show that collaboration and teamwork are among the top examples of job satisfaction and performance. In the modern healthcare situation, this tends to move far beyond just the physici Continue Reading...
Nursing Informatics Field Definition of informatics nurses Example of nursing informatics in practice (software applications) Recent Growth Nursing shortage and its impact Need for automated processes over manual processes Need for increased pa Continue Reading...
Learning in adults is most effectual when the environment is both participative and interactive. Another important characteristic is that learners obtain instantaneous feedback. Teaching methods that necessitate a learner to think though data or inf Continue Reading...
Nursing shortages and high nurse turnover are very common issues faced in the health care industry. This instability of workforce in the health care industry in many countries is raising questions about performance of the nurses and quality of the pa Continue Reading...
Nursing Concepts and Theory Conceptual-Theoretical Structure paper Personal belief about nursing theory and knowledge development process for nursing practice All nursing theories play an important role in defining nursing and giving the roles tha Continue Reading...
According to the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act, the practice of nursing includes "the provision of services for compensation," and the use of "nursing judgment." Nursing judgment is clearly defined as "the logical and systematic cognitive proce Continue Reading...
The author quotes Gary Zukav as emphasizing that if a nurse perceives herself as powerless and her image as negative, the idea can sink to the subconscious level and realize itself. She will be drawn to those who will reinforce the idea. Practitione Continue Reading...
Nursing work at the ER Nursing work at the Emergency Room (ER) The interviewee is Eric Johnson, a Registered Nurse (RN) in the Emergency Room (ER) of Toledo Hospital. He has been an ER RN for seven (7) years now. Scheduling the interview with him w Continue Reading...
Nursing Informatics Imagine learning within one's organization that medical records are becoming electronic and additional training is needed. Will one react in a positive or negative manner? How long does it take to implement technology? What curre Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership and Conflict Management The complexities of communication in healthcare are accentuated by the urgency of providing expert-level care and continually fueling a high level of professional competence with one's peers and the broader Continue Reading...
Nursing Ethics In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, medical technology has advanced enough to provide certain measures to keep the body "alive," but not necessarily the brain or the cognitive functions that make up quality of life (O'Keefe-McC Continue Reading...
Nursing Concept Theoretical Background One of the complexities of 21st century medicine is the evolution of nursing care theories in combination with a changing need and expectation of the stakeholder population. Nurses must be advocates and commun Continue Reading...
It is critical that NHAs are first qualified nurses, as their ability to relate to other nurses is essential to the organizational success of the nursing home ("Nursing home administrator jobs," 2011). Career paths for an NHA are rooted with educati Continue Reading...
(Sussman and Bates-Jensen, 2007) Assessment data is reported to enable the clear communication among clinicians about the wound and in making the provision for "continuity in the plan of care" as well as allowing for "evaluation of treatment modali Continue Reading...
The death of a child is significant and in this case avoidable and a plaintiff has the right to seek compensatory damages as is allowed by law. Case Study 1 Part B At the end of the night shift, Nurse Brown took a verbal handover and then noticed Continue Reading...
" (Allen 2008) This means that nursing educators are also a key stakeholder. Other stakeholders include healthcare facility administrators, corporate trustees and public office holders, who will often have entangled or competing interests relating t Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory The two nursing theories espoused by Jean Watson and Marilyn Ray have different points of focus, but both focus on the primary purpose of nursing as a caring profession. As such, nurses, carers, and leaders all need to integrate their Continue Reading...
Nurse Practitioner Models of Care -- Dorothea Orem The objective of this work in writing is to choose a model of nursing care. The model chosen is that of Dorothea Orem. Orem's 'Self-Care Deficit Theory' is a general theory of nursing and one of the Continue Reading...
The RN verifies comprehension with the nursing assistive personnel and that the assistant accepts the delegation and the responsibility that accompanies it; 7) Communication must be a two-way process. Nursing assistive personnel should have the opp Continue Reading...
Nursing Profession: Nursing Education Quality initiatives, magnet status, and patient safety require that nurses practice on the basis of professionalism at all times. Owing to the rapid changes in practice and knowledge facing the profession, the s Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory: A Microscopic Perspective on the Theory-Practice Gap Jerniganm A paradigm in nursing theory exists today that equates nursing theory to a mirror, a microscope or a telescope. Meleis talks about this equation of nursing theory to a m Continue Reading...
5 million U.S. patients develop HCS's that result in $5billion in costs and almost 100,000 deaths. It is amazing that in one of the most technologically advanced societies ever, 100,000 individuals lose their lives based on increased microbial and in Continue Reading...
Nursing management is a vital part of an effective healthcare system. It is a partner in professional satisfaction for nurses and a partner in achieving good health for individuals and societies alike (Oulton, 2006). Being a nurse manager is a very Continue Reading...
Technology-based teaching strategies can greatly accelerate the how both teaching and learning occur and therefore often reduce traditional issues and concerns faced by students and instructors. This approach changes the conventional way of thinking Continue Reading...
Nursing Knowledge Annotated Bibliography Evidence Based Annotated Bibliography on evidence-bases educational program that will advance nursing knowledge on stress management methods and techniques that meets their assessed learning needs Annotated Continue Reading...
Nursing A pattern of personal success begins with a plan. Planning is, in fact, one of the core principles of leadership in any field. In Principle-Centered Leadership, Stephen Covey (1992) states, "careful planning helps us maintain a sense of pers Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory Analysis Theory-based nursing is the phenomenon that has been researched much during the past two decades. Nursing theory has become the foundation for nursing practice with its own knowledge base. The current paper is an analysis of Continue Reading...
