Introduction and Background Most hospitals face a number of challenges in their daily operations that affect patient and staff outcomes. However, few hospitals have established a nursing leadership role to help address the issues and concerns raised by nurses. Clinical nurse leaders (CNLs) are specifically trained to handle such challenges...
According to Wendy, The Joint Commission (formerly known as Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations), is one of the bodies that focus on quality and effective patient care. In the paper, Wendy describes some of the reasons that make the commission reputable towards better healthcare and treatment. The commission...
Introduction Human health is the most important aspect that determines the ability of people to do various activities to support their lives. The provision or availability of food, clothes and shelter is not guarantee that people will live comfortable lives because they face challenges that require expert assistance to ensure...
Introduction The process of taking history of patients is regarded as the most significant aspect of professional assessment of patients and is in most cases undertaken by nurses. Taking patients’ history enables the patients to provide a written overview of important information to the practitioner with regards to their ailments....
The nursing practice is being confronted by many challenges, including ethical issues, controversies related to wages, competence, and safety (Shapiro, 2009). The purpose of this assignment is to focus on the changes that could be made to ensure the economic, clinical, and social safety of nurses when they are executing...
Conducting an evidence-based practice is one of the most efficient and at the same time complicated tasks for a nursing specialist, seeing how it presupposes that the best possible practice guidelines should be established for a particular clinical problem, as Hood (2010, p. 267) explains. It is important that an...
Introduction In the modern world, responders to emergency medical needs like an accident on the road or an earthquake are very important for the response team and other cases of emergency services. These are people who are highly trained and skilled in doing the duties of a physician in emergency...
Introduction The article reviewed here is a journal entitled “A guide to taking a patient’s history”, written by Hilary Lloyd and Stephen Craig. The Journal was published on 24th August 2007. Summary of the Article The Journal discusses the procedure of taking a patient’s history. It takes into consideration various...
Key points of the quality improvement initiative The proposed initiative will focus on improving the outcomes of the healthcare outcomes within the facility. The level of RN education/certification positively correlates with patient outcomes (Clarke & Persaud, 2011; Kelly, 2007; Repasky, 2009). Therefore, a healthcare facility with nurses who have limited...
Certainly, it is stressful to work as a nurse considering the difficulties the job entails. Effective time management on the job remains one of the greatest challenges for nurses. However, when nurses plan and arrange their activities, they can manage their time on the job better. According to Buchwach (2009),...
Role of Client, Family, Therapist, Other Professionals, and Collateral Parties PACC model is a clinical care assessment model that focuses on the problem description, development of the treatment plan, and conduction of a progress review. The main clients in this assessment plan are diagnosed patients and those with personal problems...
Introduction Currently, it is important for nurses to apply evidence-based practice when addressing health issues. Given that scientists are increasingly performing studies to improve on patient outcomes, it is important for nurses to have skills to analyze study reports to help them apply evidence-based practice. This paper is a critique...
Watson’s theory of human caring reviews the necessary external elements that determine the success of human caring. The main components of nurse preparation, caring processes and the transpersonal caring relationship. The above concept map reviews the elements of discovery, teaching, healing, and service as a holistic endeavor in the provision...
Introduction Metabolic syndrome (MetSynd) is a pre-diabetes condition that predisposes individuals to type 2 diabetes mellitus (type 2 DM) and coronary heart disease. Fonseca (2005) lists its major medical characteristics as the increased waistline, increased triglyceride levels, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar levels, and reduced cholesterol (high-density lipoprotein) levels....
Introduction Leadership is a critical management aspect of critical care practice. Often, intensive care environments consume large proportions of hospital financial and nursing human resources. In addition, intensive care units (ICUs) involve multi-professional collaboration to provide integrated care to patients suffering from terminal conditions. An ICU nurse manager must be...
Introduction Nurse staffing is the most important factor in determining the quality of patient care offered in hospitals. Research has revealed that hospitals that experience low staffing levels have high rates of negative patient outcomes because of the poor quality of care offered (Patterson, 2011). Many hospitals face this problem...
Introduction Human being’s various kinds of needs some of which are basic while others may be properly referred to as secondary. Basic or primary needs are those which human beings need to meet as a matter of necessity. Without the fulfillment of these needs, it will be virtually difficult for...
Introduction The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) is an organization that was established with an objective of developing national standards in nursing. The organization came up with standards known as the ANMC Competency standards for registered nurses. These competency standards are the core elements that are used to assess...
Quality-of-care issue and a data set The use of health information technology has positively impacted patient care across the world (Kaufman, Roberts, Merrill, Lai & Bakken, 2006; Gruber, Cummings, Leblanc & Smith, 2009; Hannah et al., 2011). Nurses and other healthcare professionals aim to deliver quality healthcare to patients. However,...
It is evident that all fields of human involvement have felt the impact of technological advancement, especially in the twenty-first century. The provision of quality health care services, in particular, has significantly improved due to the integration of computer science and information science in the broader field of medicine. Modern...
Introduction Community and public health diagnosis involves identification of different health concerns within a community and drawing critical intervention strategies that accommodate different cultural and social dynamics of assessment group. Family health diagnosis aims to address the identified health concerns in the order of priorities and appropriateness of the intervention...
Introduction The field of nursing has benefited significantly from the inputs and contributions of different scholars and theorists. Competent practitioners rely on such ideas and concepts to improve their philosophies and meet the demands of more patients. Ramona Mercer is one of the outstanding scholars and professionals who presented guidelines...
Immunoglobulin E (IgE) is a type of antibody that provides immunity against microorganisms like Trichinella spiralis and Schistosoma mansoni that attack the body (Monroe, 2001). In addition, IgE plays an important role in providing immune protection to the body against protozoan microorganisms like Plasmodium falciparum. Another role of IgE is...
Introduction In essence, managers and leaders use different approaches when handling issues in their lines of duty. Essentially, the former seeks to manage work while the latter leads them. In this regard, nursing is not an exemption to this scenario since it is a typical organizational profession. The issue of...
Abstract This paper is a research proposal aimed to understand the association between the consumption of high-fat foods and Doyle’s disease. The research will be based on a quantitative analysis of the eating behaviors of 60 elementary school children from 20 public schools in Baskerville. The proposed research would take...
Data collection The quantitative study aimed to determine the prevalence of Burnout Syndrome in senior nursing students (Oliveira, Caregnato & Câmara, 2012). Data were collected through descriptive and quantitative methods. The study used the Maslach Burnout Inventory Student Survey (MBI-SS) instrument to collect data from the 42 students who participated...
Introduction Culture has been identified as one of the factors that medical practitioners the world over consider while dealing with patients as a social construct. Religious values, practices, traditions have not only been linked to disease acquisition, but also its management and how health matters are handled by different cultures...
Theory in Practice It is necessary to note that nursing theory has helped to facilitate healthcare services provided to patients. For instance, Dorothea Orem’s theory has contributed greatly to the development of nursing. Education of patients and their caregivers enables all stakeholders involved (patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals) to benefit. Sampaio,...
‘The nurse-patient relationship in the post-anesthetic care unit’ by Joanne Reynolds The purpose of this study was to obtain discursive insights into how nurses perceive what accounts for the scope of their professional duties, while dealing with patients in post-anesthetic care (PAC) units. The concerned study also aimed to expose...
There are varying roles played by Registered Nurses (RNs), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVNs) as well as Unlicensed Assistive Personnel (UAP). However, all these categories of nurses perform almost similar obligations in ensuring high-quality healthcare delivery to all patients. For example, one of the most common healthcare practices offered by nurses...
Abstract This research undertaking revolves around an interview situation that seeks to unravel various aspects with regard to nurse management and leadership. The exercise seeks to establish realities and complexities that characterize propagation and execution of nurse leadership roles in contemporary healthcare practice. Through candid discussions and in-depth indulgence, this...
Summarize intention when seeking employment within local school systems such as (Lee County, NC) I intend to support student learning by improving the strategies that will establish a healthy and safe environment for both students and staff. This will improve productivity in the education system. The love I have for...
Introduction In executing their duties, nursing professionals come into contact with individuals from different religious backgrounds and faiths. However, they are charged with the responsibility of ensuring that these individuals receive quality and holistic health care. To achieve this, it is paramount for nursing professionals to have a high degree...
Introduction Otitis Media (OM) is an infection of the middle ear. However, this inflammation is not common in adults but rather common among young children. The inflammation is always accompanied by a viral upper respiratory infection (URI) and normally occurs in children who are between the ages of four to...
Introduction Professionals in virtually all fields operate within a framework of what is known as Code of Ethics or Conduct. Usually the Code of Ethics entails the dos and the don’ts of the profession which all qualified and chartered practitioners in the field are supposed to abide with throughout their...
In this paper, the role of nurses in improving community health nursing has been identified. The various methods that nurses can apply to achieve the desired outcome and results have been discussed in details. These methods can be implemented in the current study that aims improving the health of the...
Medline Plus. (2011). Gestational diabetes. Web. The article describes Gestational diabetes as a condition that occurs in expectant mothers. The author defines gestational diabetes as the type of diabetes that manifests itself during the period of pregnancy. The purpose of the article is to provide knowledge about this commonly occurring...
The case of Mr. B. Mr. Paul B. is a 58 year old Caucasian man who was admitted to the neuroscience ward with complaints of sudden onset of headache, confusion, loss of balance, and numbness/weakness on one side of his body. He is a married Roman Catholic and works as...
Abstract Incorporating spiritual care into everyday nursing practice can be intimidating for some nurses. It is easy to get wrapped up in the basics of nursing care and assessment. Making sure a complete and accurate spiritual needs assessment is performed will help to create a nursing plan that will help...
By Sharon Stevenson is a relevant scholarly work that deepens and promotes knowledge in the nursing profession. This is brought out clearly in the way she has approached the research through a relevant and appropriate choice of research dimensions like the problem to be researched, the purpose of the research,...
Introduction The need to improve the delivery of healthcare’s fundamental goals of quality and patient care led to the development of clinical nursing leadership (CNL) program. Additionally, in developing the clinical nursing leadership program, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing was motivated by the desire to equip nurses with...
Mass Gatherings (MGs) Definition of Mass Gatherings The nature of mass gatherings (MGs) presents the authorities tasked with the responsibility of maintaining public health with a number of challenges. When large numbers of people come together in one locality, they exert immense pressure on available resources, including healthcare facilities. The...
Introduction Health and human services are very crucial in contemporary society much more than they used to be some decades back due to the changing phases of human civilization. It is also imperative to note that health and human services entail all those activities that revolve around the provision of...
Issues from Cicek Olcay’s Health Analysis The medical report of Cicek Olcay presents the health complexities of a 53-year-old Turkish lady as recorded at Day-Procedure-Unit (D.P.U.). The scenario typically identifies a lady who ignores a health-watching lifestyle. Ordinarily, persons who are 40 and above should take their health seriously in...
Cicek Olcay, a Turkish woman of 53 years of age, had been admitted for acute right upper abdominal pain. She had elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia. The surgery was uneventful and the patient was transferred to the post anesthetic recovery room (PARU). After monitoring her for 30 minutes she...
Nursing profession has been valued for its critical role in the provision of quality health care for the public as it applies specialized and effective knowledge and skills in ensuring health care. Nursing profession helps acquire leadership skills which helps create positive transformations in health care policy as well as...
The Purpose was to investigate the processes that families have been using to care for the depressed and suicidal loved ones at home (Nosek, 2008, p. 36). This was qualitative study that used the ground theory for data collection and analysis. The author, Dr. Nosek is well conversant with depression...
Problem Statement and Research Design The problem statement identified in the study is the existence of a disconnection between the policies made by government health economists and the application of the policies by health practitioners (Neumann, 2008, p. 2173). The study, therefore, sought to explain the dynamics leading to this...
Introduction to Palliative The “Palliative” word has been derived from the Latin word ‘Pallium’, which means cloak or cover. Palliative care focuses on the relief of pain and other symptoms which are of serious illness. It is not the same as hospice care; palliative care is set with the goal...
Doctoral Program The nursing doctorate program is based on several competencies. The competencies allow the graduates to utilize clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice. At the end of each semester, graduates are expected to have advanced their competency levels successfully. Earning a doctorate nursing practice degree requires a...
Sung, Young Hee., Kwon, Gak., Ryu, Eunjung. 2008. Blended Learning on Medication Administration for New Nurses: Integration of E-Learning and Face-To-Face Instruction in the Classroom. Nurse Education Today, 28(8), 943-952 The topic is very precise and sets the context of the study by highlighting the exact research problem. The title...
Research practice refers to the process of inquiry with an aim of obtaining knowledge. Research theory on the other hand refers to the actual product of knowledge. It is worth noting that both research practice and research theory are integral in the acquisition of knowledge. The understanding of both is...
Nursing include direct interaction of patients; they play a vital role in the delivery of quality and timely health services. The nature of their work demand that they uphold high level of professionalism and integrity: they are people who need to make sound decisions and make objective reports and recommendations...
The focus of Situational Interaction (Either patient/client concern or nurse concern): The client is a Japanese boy aged 7 years and a school-going child. The boy was recently diagnosed with Type I diabetes. The client and his mother were referred to a pediatric clinic for advice on the type of...
Abstract Based on statistical data gathered from the Internet and up-to-date literary sources, the question about the effectiveness of nursing education and practical skills of caregivers has been raised. Nursing is the sphere that requires constant improvements and innovations to provide patients with the necessary support and care. It has...
Introduction Palliative care usually refers to medical care which helps to reduce the symptoms of diseases for those patients who suffer incurable diseases rather than providing them with the treatment. The main aim of palliative care is to lessen the disease symptoms instead of stopping the illness to enhance the...
Taking care of patients and being compassionate to them is the primary role of a nurse. For years there have been major improvements in the nursing practice creating the best environment for the interaction of patients and nurses. The relationships that are established in the nursing practice are not just...
Introduction Nursing refer to the process of taking care of the patients which is done by a qualified and a certified nurse. It can be done either in the hospital ward, in the individual house or in an institution like of the disabled or the aged. It should be noted...
The importance of community health issues cannot be underestimated because they are directly related to the health indicators in the entire nation. A community holistic health cannot be attained when issues that impediment health care delivery are addressed in a proper manner. According to Booth and Luker (1999) and Sines...
Introduction In every organisation, whether service, goods, public or private, human resources is required for an effective operation. Broadly heath care industry, human resources teams contain physicians, doctors, nurses, and administrative staffs; shortage of either of the category affects the efficiency and quality of service offered (Bruce and Fottler 13)....
Introduction Taking care of wounded patients and its efficacy depends on the processes followed as well as documentation. In this regard, the concept of Hospital in the Home (HITH) mentioned by Tran & Taylor (2009) will be useful while reviewing and discussing wound care and documentation as the range of...
Introduction As with most other professions, all nursing profession practitioners are bound by rules and regulations that govern how they go about their duties. These rules and regulations are sometimes legally enforceable. Nurses also face numerous ethical issues in the line of duty. While some of these ethical issues are...
Introduction Nursing theories are innovative and original ideologies that explain the uniqueness and associations in the nursing discipline. While learning about these theories, I noticed that they had one common goal i.e. solving the questions and anonymity in the nursing practice. Myra Levine, Jean Watson, Martha Rogers, and Dorothea Orem...
Introduction Scientific knowledge in healthcare governed by proper conduct and ethical conduct forms an excellent nursing profession for better healthcare services. Unlike other professions, nursing entails self-governing and moral responsibility. Since 1920, Americans have witnessed several developments in the field of nursing. Moreover, this decade marked the period when medical...
Nursing shortage ‘Many states and nations are already facing an impending shortage of nurses which is expected to go high as the year’s progress. However, communities, organizations, and individuals need to get together to address the issue of nurse shortage’. Introduction The issue of stress in the nursing practice that...
Family health is of prime importance and to maintain this maintaining a family health history is essential. According to NIS Senior Health “A family health history is a written record of a family’s health….It’s like a family tree for health” (NIS 2010). Thus, for the family health assessment, I have...
Introduction Advanced nursing practice has emerged during the last few decades. This is due to the recognition by healthcare organizations and organizations across the globe that maximizing the contributions made by nurses to health through increasing their roles is an efficient approach to enhance health services. Although the development of...
Williams, L., & Irvine, F. (2009). How can the clinical supervisor role be facilitated in nursing: a phenomenological exploration. Journal of Nursing Management, 17(4), 474-483. The authors and researchers from John Moores University and Bangor University in England utilized data collected from clinical supervisors in one of the National Health...
Introduction Problem The phenomenon of pressure ulcers is unfortunately common in a significant portion of hospital patients. Due to immobility and the related issues, patients often suffer from pressure ulcers, which complicate the treatment process, contribute to comorbid issues and nosocomial infections, and increase the length of the hospital stay....
All people have characteristics that make them unique. As I want to apply to the Trinity Washington University School of Nursing program, I understood that it is an appropriate time to evaluate my strengths and weaknesses for my development both as a person and a professional. First of all, I...
Long-term medical care in America has been long-term. The chronology of long term care has been widely published in articles and books ranging from how it has grown from inadequate facilities, staff, financial support to care for the old, sick, and needy in America to the introduction of regulations that...
A critical appraisal is a procedure of cautiously and methodically probing a study to review its trustworthiness and its value and importance in a specified context. It is an indispensable proficiency for evidence-based medicine as it allows medical practitioners to acquire and use research proof dependably and competently Everybody would...
Introduction Nursing is regarded as a noble profession. There are many professions, but noble professionals can be counted with fingers. If the names of such professions are asked, one might mention social work, teaching, and other professions that are beneficial to mankind. But the list is literally incomplete without the...
Human mortality is a difficult topic that many people are not prepared to acknowledge. In the case of a patient who is 80 years and knows that they are dying, one has to consider that this person is likely going through anticipatory grief. The patient is looking back at their...
Introduction The importance of palliative care strategies emanates from the fact that interpretation of events is much more important than the reality itself (Corey, & Corey, 2007). Thus, it is important to help cancer patients interpret positively, whatever they are going through. There is a need for strategies that lead...
Introduction This paper is based on a critical appraisal of studies regarding medical care. The importance of performing this task is to be able to examine and judge the trustworthiness, value, and relevance of this particular healthcare activity. Critical appraisal is a very critical skill that is used in evidence-based...
Nursing as a profession may simply refer to having attained knowledge and skills of a body through extensive study to a point of mastering. Profession refers to a vocation gained with prior specialized study through training over a period of time. For a vocation to be a profession an individual...
Introduction Nursing plays a major role in the health sector and delivery systems not only by offering care services but also by involvement in the disease management practices and set of guidelines for handling infections as well as influencing the level of professionalism accorded to nurses. Although the role of...
The development of an evaluation for nurses in class is essential for identifying the achievement gaps and improving nurses’ overall performance. Regarding the topic of family-centered care in the ICU, the evaluation criteria should be focused on assessing and measuring the following skills and abilities: evaluating the effectiveness of information...
Introduction Hypertension is one of the most notable chronic conditions affecting a significant number of people today. For instance, latest medical statistics reveal that about 67% of Americans today over the age of sixty are high blood patients with similar figures being reported in countries like Australia and Canada (Black...
Introduction Teaching in nursing comprises of theories, methods and systems. In today’s world, it is not easy to come up with an effective learning environment especially in nursing education (Young & Paterson, 2007). This is partly because the nursing students are extremely diverse. Therefore, the nurse educators should understand the...
Introduction Theories can provide nurses with the basis or rationale for making decisions. Dorothea Orem’s theory, also known as Dorothea Orem’s model of nursing, evolved with the idea that when one is unable to perform activities individually to maintain activities of daily living such as maintaining health and well-being, nurses...
Introduction Humanity is a description of individuals and experiences from varied dimensions of life ranging from biological, psychological, social, and physical as well as spiritual aspects. Human beings are continuously developing but remain unique though individual functionality is affected by different variables. Human behavior is at times predictable while other...
Article Krein, S., Heisler, M., Piette, J., Makki, F., & Kerr, E. (2005). The Effect of Chronic Pain on Diabetes Patients’ Self-Management, Diabetes Care 28(1), 65-70. Graphic of Article Article Krein, S., Heisler, M., Piette, J., Makki, F., & Kerr, E. (2005). The Effect of Chronic Pain on Diabetes Patients’...
Introduction Since the beginning of 20th century, nursing profession has continued to evolve with development of technical machines and appropriate medicine. Nursing practice is no longer considered an occupation but a fully developed profession. The evolution has seen change of training mechanism and for APNs, a master’s degree is now...
Introduction Nursing section is the largest in health care section and charged with most duties concerning the patients. When there is a shortage of nurses in health care sector, many issues get jeopardized and healthcare service delivery to the patients is derailed. To ensure proper health care delivery, the number...
Introduction Diabetes as a public health problem impacts people who live with the disease psychologically, socially which results into economic stress. This calls for close intervention of specialist nurses in healthcare provision to control the complications of the disease, enabling the victims to manage their diabetic conditions. Thesis Statement This...
Introduction The ever changing multicultural world in terms of demographics and social economic perspectives combined with the disparities that exist in the health sector has pushed the nursing practitioners to rethink the role of culturally competent health care. The disparities in delivery of culturally competent care is worsened by the...
Introduction A premature infant is a very sensitive and vulnerable being. It has organs that have not completely matured. Hence, the infant must be accorded special care in a nursery to sustain the development of organs and guarantee its survival. Nevertheless, infant mortality rate has been increasing at an alarming...
Managed Care Philosophy and Initiatives directed at Prevention and Health Maintenance The health care system of the United States has seen drastic changes in the past decades. One of these changes has been the rapid growth of health maintenance organizations. Health maintenance organizations (HMOs) can make significant contributions to the...
Introduction Clare is a lung cancer patient who has just been referred to a community palliative care services. This is a support strategy aimed at helping her to get adequate care for her condition. Palliative care is given to a patient suffering from a terminal disease. Its aim is not...
Introduction In most states eclampsia is one of the major perinatal problems that is epidemic to a large number of women and generates nurse liability issues especially to nurses providing home health care services (Rostant, & Cady, 1999). This medical condition results to increased number of prenatal and postnatal maternal...
Introduction In the United States, nurses faced many challenges, which hindered fulfilling the healthcare sector’s goals. According to Roux (2017), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) collaborated with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to develop a report critical for transforming the current and future nursing profession. In 2008, the IOM...
The article suggested for consideration deals with the topic of workplace violence in healthcare on the whole, and bullying in the sphere of nursing in particular. In this work, Johnston et al. (2009) touch upon the issues of importance of fighting workplace violence, the effects bullying has on nurses and...
Spiritual practices have always played a pivotal role in society, and they remain important in the 21st century. As you have mentioned, one of the purposes of such practices is to alleviate pain and grief. Regardless of the specific religion, spiritual care provides a sense of meaning and purpose in...
Social media can be used to promote associations, expand professional health networks, education, public health education, and patient care. However, it also creates certain liability issues for the nurse and student nurse. At the same time, non-compliance with requirements can lead to risks in relation to damage to the professional...
The American Nurse Association is a specialized organization, which was originally created to prevent incompetence among nurses and currently it promotes nurses’ interests, proves their worth, raises their education standards, and protects patients. ANA’s primary goals include professional practice and excellence, health and public policy, knowledge, and research. As a...
Introduction The many socioeconomic and health challenges facing families in the 21st century have strengthened the need for stakeholders develop and implement family assessment approaches aimed at offering relief to the myriad of issues affecting the proper functioning of the family. Comprehensive family assessment, according to Aarons et al (2007),...
Introduction Among the various psychiatric disorders, major depression or unipolar depression, is a very common condition. The prevalence of major depression has been found to be 10% to 25% in females, while it is around 5% to 12% in males. However, this condition often goes undetected or untreated clinical condition....
Teamwork is considered to be a significant aspect of nursing care. The success of such kind of work influences considerably the level of the treatment provided, determines the outcomes of services, and defines the relations which have to be developed between health care workers, leaders, and patients. During this course,...
Introduction Economic principles are statements explaining how individuals make decisions, how economic actors interact; it generally explains how the economies work or should work as a whole ( Slembeck, 2006). According to Mankiw include; how people make decisions – trade-offs, cost choices etc.; how the economy operates as a whole...
Introduction The reduction of hospitalization in nursing homes is an important goal to be achieved by the government. The government has helped nursing homes develop treatment centre’s which treat patients and calculate the costs of medicine and consolidation rather than admitting them. In this case hospitalization is avoided. The treatments...