PICOT Question P Population Staff Nurses I Intervention Mandatory policies securing adequate nurse-to-patient ratios. C Comparison Using scheduled customer appointments. O Outcome Improvement of the patient’s length of stay. T Timeframe 1 year PICOT Statement In an acute care Hospital, does implementation of mandatory policies securing adequate nurse-to-patient ratios (1:5),...
Healthcare organizations occasionally experience errors due to individual problems of the medical team, system factors, or policies. Having a prompt medical error report system can help in mitigating the consequences. Thus, instead of blaming, it is better to use the root-cause analysis (RCA), establish the factors and timing of the...
The sphere of psychiatry is constantly developing, addressing the most effective treatment approaches for collaboration and health care. Establishing professional therapeutic alliances plays an important role in nursing and mental healthcare services to support clients, use the necessary skills, and improve knowledge in staff, patients, and their families (Hartley et...
Introduction Nursing professionals have the capability to work with other people, provide care, establish communication and act as a leader in a medical care setting. The roles and responsibilities of nurses are also diverse. Morally and professionally, nurses ensure that patients are able to prosper and achieve fulfillment through good...
Introduction Nursing care and teaching are two aspects that significantly vary in nursing practice. The problem statement in this article is to identify how theories taught in class influence nurses’ provision of care concerning evidence and experience. The article identifies those nurses use different approaches when providing nursing care. Some...
Introduction The healthcare system has improved significantly due to the implementation and application of nursing theories. The nursing concepts have aided doctors in their service provision, making them comprehend and interrelate the vital dimension within the nursing sector, which enhances patient-centered services. For instance, Virginia Henderson and Nola Pender focus...
Introduction Theories present structured views of distinct aspects of the nursing profession. A nursing theory can guide practice, establish a basis for policies, and be involved in research (Mintz-Binder, 2019). Middle-range nursing theories offer clinically specific approaches to interacting with patients and colleagues, and Madeleine Leininger’s Culture Care theory (CCT)...
The medical profession has numerous requirements for the students, and one of the most important aspects of it is wearing a specialized uniform. The standard blue scrub form is a remarkable detail that distinguishes the healthcare employee, and especially it relates to the nurses. During the training, it is crucial...
Conceptual models, theories, and empirical indicators have an association and are the foundational basis of nursing knowledge. The application of these nursing models and theories is essential in nursing education, practice, and research. As DNP-prepared nurses, it is an expectation that we understand the linkages and are able to implement...
Vardon-Bounes, F., Gracia, R., Abaziou, T., Crognier, L., Seguin, T., Alabaster, F., Geeraerts, T., Georges, B., Connolly, J., & Minville, V. (2021). A study of patients’ quality of life more than 5 years after trauma: A prospective follow-up. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 19(1), 18. Maintaining a high quality...
The middle-range theories in nursing offer a narrow focus, which helps to relate grand nursing concepts to nursing practice. These theories provide ideas and low levels of complexity while guiding nursing practices, approaches, and research that are based on theory. One of the most important aspects of these theories in...
The integration of evidence-based practice continues to advance, and disseminating its results remains the priority. It is due to the fact that through efficacious dissemination, obtained knowledge is shared, greater application of EBP is enhanced and further innovation is encouraged. Productive dissemination effectively engages the targeted audience and gives them...
A Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) is a clinical doctoral degree that prepares graduates for advanced nursing roles whose skills should include a high level of practice and leadership. Nurses who have passed DNP significantly impact healthcare systems’ quality, efficiency, and effectiveness (Smith et al., 2018). They make a significant...
Introduction Nursing is a core initiative in the healthcare service spectrum, and it is appropriate to have an appropriate number of nurses across the continuum. There must be an appropriate mix of education, experience, and skill that meets the normal working condition of the care in health facilities (Bianchi et...
Social health determinants, including living and working conditions, are different for everyone. Health disparities can be addressed by utilizing the cultural competence of nurses. Cultural competence in nursing means delivering quality and effective care to various patients with diverse behaviors, values, beliefs, and attitudes. It is necessary to explore how...
Introduction Every healthcare provider is responsible for maintaining truthful and detailed documentation of their patient’s medical records. The majority of the gathered and recorded data consists of confidential information. As long as they are aware of the need to keep concise notes and know which elements of the record may...
Introduction Registered nurses are deeply involved in advocating for the patient’s needs and healthcare quality at the clinical facilities. As RNs are required to interact with patients, RNs’ contribution to the establishment of care services for vulnerable populations is especially valuable (Swan et al., 2019). Currently, veterans undergoing opioid treatment...
Definition and explanation of the nursing concept Several definitions of resilience have been developed and widely used in nursing practice. the central aspects of the concept are quite similar. It is possible to define the concept as an “ability to return to normal after adversity and prosper with each stressful...
Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing The effects of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) have been reflected across nursing science, education and practice. Therefore the need for evidence-based practice health care quality and transformation and improvement underscores the call for effective, efficient, and safe care redesigning. Quality health care is defined as the degree...
There are minimal differences when it comes to skin examination and any other organ system. The primary task of the nurse practitioner should be to conduct a thorough assessment of patient history by means of a brief interview (Jensen, 2018). The questions should be focused on how skin disorders might...
Today, millions of people use social media regularly and find it necessary and interesting to share personal information, judgments, and opinions. Many organizations and individuals address online services for professional needs and goals. Social media facilitates communication with colleagues in nursing but questions data content and quality. The National Council...
Frederick Herzberg developed a theory that identified two main factors: motivational and hygienic. The first has a direct influence on the effectiveness and inspiration of the professional, and the second has an indirect influence because they do not increase motivation, but in their absence, people feel uncomfortable (Sale, 2021). My...
The job of a healthcare worker is significant and responsible. These people are of the utmost importance in treating patients and providing them with a full range of medical services. This can be as simple consultations with general practitioners, small discussions with psychologists, or complete treatment in a health care...
Introduction The need to provide quality healthcare services has led to an agreement between the clinical practice settings and nursing schools to form a joint task force. The partnership aims to produce competent professional adequate health workers and engage in evidence practice. The collaboration enhances the exchange of ideas amongst...
Introduction Organizational analysis plays a fundamental role in the stabilization of the healthcare sector. The process facilitates the appraisal of the healthcare facility’s growth, operations, and environment. The main focus is to provide a detailed description of the center’s structure and design. The efficiency of nursing care provided relies on...
The healthcare landscape has significantly advanced over the past centuries as more individuals have become aware of their right to quality medical services. In addition, the incorporation of information and technology solutions to health services has altered patient-clinician relationships and changed the face of the practice. However, these advancements are...
Nursing is one of the most demanding and responsible professions in the world. This work and practice are directly related to the safety and well-being of the patient. Therefore, the term professional accountability is used to describe a nurse’s state of being accountable for one’s actions (Davis, 2017). Being held...
Introduction Occupational stress is an emotional, perceptual, behavioral, and physiological reaction to unfavorable work, organization, and professional environment aspects. For medical staff and especially for nurses, it can manifest itself as burnout. It can be caused by staff or patient attitudes, increased workload, fear of removal from position, and low...
Perception of Birth A Nurse Must Understand Cultural Characteristics to Provide High-Level Care. Ideas About Life and Death Are Essential for Building a Dialogue With the Patient. Immersion in the Patients’ Views Is Critical to Building a Trusting Relationship Between Them and the Medical Staff. Native Americans Perceive Time as...
Introduction The two primary nursing disciplines, including Community Health Nursing (CHN) and Public Health Nursing (PHN), play an indispensable role in promoting the population’s welfare. People perceive the two concepts as inseparable and often use them interchangeably. However, CHN and PHN serve distinctive purposes in enhancing healthcare. CHN focuses mainly...
Introduction The Healthcare system should be performant to guarantee high-quality care and improved patient safety. According to Gartner et al. (2022), fragmented healthcare processes are to blame for unnecessary long queues, interrupted information flows, superfluous examinations, and breakdown in service continuity. Healthcare stakeholders incorporated informatics to make the system performant....
The nurse is a key link in the care of a person and is present with the patient at all stages of his recovery. At the same time, under nursing care, a complex is considered, including general control over the patient’s condition and the implementation of prescribed medical prescriptions. An...
Scientific Foundations This competency guarantees that a nurse has skills in medical science. Pathophysiology and pharmacology are the introductory courses that future nurse practitioners take; they might also study other disciplines. For instance, psychiatric nurse practitioners undergo courses in neurology units, while surgical nurse practitioners must have training in operating...
Introduction In some clinical cases, the strain on a person’s body makes it especially difficult for heart and lungs to fulfill their respective roles. As a result, it becomes necessary to assist the patient’s body in oxygenating blood. For such situations, there is an existing procedure that removes carbon dioxide...
Introduction The paper aims to evaluate the nursing metaparadigm from the perspective of my personal beliefs, thoughts, and feelings and indicate the interrelation of its components. The nursing metaparadigm covers several essential factors that influence the development of personal nursing philosophy, such as relationships between nurse and patient, work environment,...
Overview of the Middle-Range Theory The person who first drew attention to the ethnic and cultural peculiarities of caring for patients of different nationalities, races, and religions was a nurse from America, Madeleine Leininger. She became the founder of the theory of diversity and the universality of cultural care (Lenardt...
Key: Critical patient taken to triage. Taken to physician. Either taken to lab or image. Assigned nurse upon getting from either lab or image. Admitted or discharged. Enhancing medical facility workflow by its management enables nurses to find it simpler to guarantee that each patient’s relevant patient information is readily...
Meaning Martha Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings postulates that a human is a unitary being that is one with its universe. This means that the person and their environment are one and the same. The theory addresses the importance of the environment in patient care and explains how nursing...
PICOT format is applicable to formulate questions that are evidence-based, researchable, and answerable. Well formulated PICOT questions lead to a clearer way of finding and evaluating evidence. PICOT is an acronym that stands for population or patient problem, Intervention, Comparison, Outcome, and Time. This mechanism is normally applied in the...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is important to me because it can guide me toward making better choices to enhance patient outcomes. EBP incorporates the best information obtained through concerted and systematic research into decision-making in healthcare (Chiappelli, 2018). I am a dentist, and I am mostly concerned with evidence-based dentistry (EBD)...
Introduction The American Nurses Association (ANA) has provided various guidelines on the performance of the nursing staff. The professional standards of nursing practice require that the nurses perform to the best of their best depending on the policies and regulations of the nursing association. The professional standards are specific rules...
Introduction Nursing, when implemented correctly, impacts patient satisfaction and ensures quality care delivery at each medical facility. However, long hours increase workload leading to clinical burnout. Nurses affected by burnout may choose to leave their current health facility resulting in high turnover. The organizations they work for undergo consequences such...
Introduction The Healthcare system in the United States is complex and challenging to understand. Individuals interested in pursuing medicine have a wide range of opportunities not presented on a silver plate. The discussion in this paper shows nursing requirements in California based on education, licensure, and regulatory requirements. It also...
Nursing informatics is defined as the specialization that combines nursing science with numerous information and analytical sciences. The goal of nursing informatics is to discover, analyze, manage, and transmit data or knowledge into nursing practice (HIMSS, n.d.). Nurses do quantitative or qualitative research to determine the most effective therapies for...
Introduction People of today live in an interconnected society. With the benefits of modern technology, science and industry, it is possible for many to lead comfortable and convenient lives. The global community influences those that operate within it, and they influence it in turn. Living in an environment together with...
Summary Nurses need to perform cultural assessments on patients to determine the health interventions that conform to the patient’s culture. One of the ideal models for conducting a cultural assessment is Purnell Model for Cultural Competence. This model uses twelve domains: heritage, communication, family roles and organization, workforce issues, biocultural...
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in nursing is defined as the thorough, clear, and thoughtful use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. “Best evidence” means incorporating scientific evidence from well-conducted clinical studies, including randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses, when available. When best evidence is not...
The nursing standards of practice for Illinois must be developed with consideration of patient and public safety, quality of care, and relevant rules and regulations in the state. In this regard, the process should include the creation of educational program requirements, unified definitions and terms, licensure, procedures, the scope of...
Nursing theory The nursing conceptual model provides the framework for observation, reflection and interpretation of a certain phenomenon, giving guidelines for clinical practices. On the other hand, nursing theory is structuring ideas in a rigorous and creative way to project a systematic view of phenomena. Middle range theory The technique...
Introduction The inter-professional partnership greatly influences patients’ safety. In the absence of cross-professional collaboration, patients would be put in danger. Coming up with new ideas in health care centers can be stressful for nurses who deal with patients and medical professionals daily. Using iCARE concepts can significantly impact improving patient...
Johnson’s model is focused primarily on the behavior of patients and only then on their needs. Nursing care is divided into two important stages in theory under consideration, discussed later. During the first stage of observation and care of patients, the nurse should assess their condition. She should determine the...
My hospital patient is an 82- year-old woman with no immediate family. According to the provided information, she lives alone with her dog. She asked me to let her bring the dog to the hospital to accompany her. My decision is based on Nightingale’s canons of nursing and caring. According...
Both qualitative and quantitative research can serve as contributors to evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing. Qualitative projects promote nursing EBP by producing evidence that eventually gives rise to empirically supported EBP interventions inspired by qualitative findings and theoretical assumptions about care processes, whereas quantitative ones add specificity and evidential value...
Introduction Primary stroke centers are special healthcare facilities that treat acute stroke patients and determine patients who require transfer to a higher level of care, such as comprehensive stroke centers. Primary stroke centers are certified by the Joint Commission if they meet standards for assessing, diagnosing, and treating stroke patients....
Legislative advocacy emphasizes legislative development, implementation, and iteration. It can range from modest chores like working directly with a politician on bill wording to significant efforts like rallying tens of thousands of stakeholders or fans to call a legislator about a particular issue. It involves airing out views and taking...
Nurses have different duties that they should combine at work, and not all of them are recognized by patients, their relatives, or the hospital. Nurses have official prices for their professional skills, but people typically disregard the fact that working with patients with psychological problems requires numerous emotional efforts from...
Introduction Diabetes diagnosis and management seriously impact the healthcare system due to this disease’s increasing number. It is critically important to investigate the field, define current ethical and organizational problems, and offer effective solutions for diabetic patients. In this project, ethics, leadership, change management strategies, lack of knowledge about lifestyle...
Retention in healthcare and nursing facilities allows for the design of change in most hospital facilities, which have inclusivity of equipment considered for children’s wards and its effect on patient safety. To address some of the equipment required in any nursing facility, there is the need for fundamental changes used...
Nurse Next Door is a company whose primary role is to deliver home-based care services – especially to seniors. Their services could range from providing some company to the seniors to offering full-time nursing care to the seniors when needed. At the moment, the franchise has more than 200 locations...
The healthcare system is grappling globally with rising costs and uneven quality of healthcare services. Previously, quality healthcare service was only available to those who could afford it in the facility. As a result, many people have suffered significant losses in terms of healthcare, which resulted in a progressive reduction...
Summary M. is a 65-year-old male admitted to the ICU following a radical neck dissection and tracheostomy for treatment of laryngeal cancer. P.M. is currently on a mechanical ventilator and sedated. However, he does open his eyes and squeeze your hand on command. Auscultation of his lungs reveals bilateral wheezes....
Teamwork is where a group of people collaborate to achieve the desired goal. Unity is essential because it helps people build working friendships as they work, understands each other, and do jobs correctly. Collaboration is critical when used in hospitals since it enables the patients to receive the best services...
Introduction To begin with, it seems crucial for the health sector’s workers to acquire skills of using data, experience, and knowledge to describe patients’ phenomena they encounter. In other words, nurses need to utilize the theories efficiently and base their own facts on the statistics and information they receive during...
Advocacy is fundamental for advanced practice nurses (APNS) to promote solutions to health concerns in society. Hassmiller and Pulcini (2020) suggest that APNs should advocate broadly to influence the legislative and regulative barriers. Hence, in the U.S., advocacy is a crucial part of graduate education for APNs. APNs should be...
California is the only Western state with the red color of the practice environment. This means that nurse practitioners (NPs) are prohibited from providing care to patients without the supervision of a physician. What is more, in such states, the work experience of NPs does not matter because the NP...
A nursing philosophy is a declaration that terms a nurse’s values, views, and morals and their incentive for joining the arena. It deliberates a nurse’s education, practice, and patient maintenance morals from their perspective. Nursing philosophy can help someone recognize the theories and beliefs that impact their choices on the...
Problem Statement Budget cuts and decreased resources affected Sarah’s RN’s job at the hospital where she worked. Nurses, who comprise most healthcare workers, are particularly vulnerable to cost-cutting measures. Economic downturns can disrupt the nursing labor market, resulting in long-term shortages of qualified nurses. Nurse burnout and fatigue can be...
Nursing is the largest healthcare profession in the USA, but there are only about 12,000 Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners (PMHNP), and America experiences a shortage of professionals in this field. Two leading authorities regulate nurse practitioners’ work in the USA – The Joint Subcommittee of the Medical Board and...
It is hard to disagree that advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) still face many challenges in their practice, which may influence on their overall performance and experiences with clients. The necessity of addressing the issues and structuring the different systems in the advanced nursing practice is recognized, and there were...
Nursing students often encounter patients with mental health issues; thus, prerequisite knowledge about mental health and illness is essential. Background in mental health deprives the fear and uncertainties nurses might encounter in hospitals. I do not fear anything about mental health nursing because it is inseparable from nursing practice. I...
As the age of family members increases, so do the chances of developing neurological illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s association estimated that 5.7 million Americans had Alzheimer’s dementia in 2018 (367). When one of the family members develops such an illness, it may have detrimental effects not only on the...
Introduction Working in an elderly care facility as a nurse aide, I am assigned a 75-year-old male patient who had recently lost his wife. Mr. James is labeled a difficult resident and constantly clashes with the nurses and other patients. He is also an insulin dependent diabetic with severe hypertension...
The variance of a practicing doctor is a severe problem in medicine, as it carries serious consequences, although the reason may be insignificant. The variance of the practitioner is often associated with laziness or the unwillingness of the medical service provider to work, in connection with which various incidents may...
Introduction This paper highlights the experiences of elderly people living in nursing homes. The interviewees were a couple married for 56 years and living in a nursing home for the last five years. Mrs. Brown is a black woman married to a white man who has stood by her and...
It is hard to disagree that healthcare plays an essential role in modern society. Although all people require quality, cost-effective, accessible, and timely care, many weaknesses and gaps in this sphere may prevent some patients from receiving it. For example, there is a lack of healthcare providers, including advanced practice...
Video Johns Hopkins Clinic suggests that a multidisciplinary team is the best type of team to treat burn victims. Thus, it is worth mentioning that the clinic has world-renowned nurses and physical therapists who provide professional assistance to people who have received scars (Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2019). This is related...
Introduction The ongoing coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) has affected many people in the United Kingdom (UK), including mental health nurses, psychologists, and therapists. The first months of the pandemic triggered unprecedented changes in care delivery in the country. The level of panic also increased since the global community was...
Looking at literary works from the perspective of the concept of point of view, one can determine how the author’s perceptions affect the narrative. In particular, it should be remembered that fiction is not a report of facts but rather represents the author’s view of described events and their interpretation....
Need Statement Communication skills are a specific set of verbal and non-verbal ways of constructive communication by a nurse, necessary in a typical clinical situation, including with patients, patients’ relatives, doctors, and colleagues. Thus, basic communication skills include establishing contact, gathering information, active listening, empathy, commenting, informing, and ending a...
Reliability alongside validity is a key determinant of the quality of research. The former primarily focuses on the consistency of the findings in regards to the reproducibility of the results (Gitomer et al., 2021). In other words, reliability highlights whether or not an outcome of the research can be replicated...
Care coordination refers to the type of service that is provided to patients outside of the healthcare facility. The between-visit care has a positive impact on health and reduces the risk of disease progression. Care coordination and continuum of care are based on the notion of person-centered assessment and care....
Introduction High burnout rates are detrimental for the United States healthcare system, causing major losses in both finances and lives. The most suitable approach to their reduction can play a critical part in uplifting the quality of care to the desired standards, especially considering the current increase in pressure on...
It is hard to disagree that all people face different conflicts, and sometimes it may happen on a daily basis. Although some consider conflicts entirely negative and distressing, they can actually be positive and enhance future communication. Of course, the condition under which the conflict will not be destructive is...
The article Doctors’ Use of Medical Terminology Can Leave Patients Poorly Informed (2014) states that doctors have utilized jargon to keep patients in the dark recently. Yet, there is no justification for poor communication since patients are more concerned about their treatment than ever before. Hence, the article emphasizes that...
The importance of efficient and productive interprofessional communication in a multidisciplinary team cannot be stressed enough. According to Al-Hamdan et al. (2018), “communication is one of the mechanisms that can specify how a positive nursing work environment can contribute to nurses’ job satisfaction” (p. 714). Nurses are the first line...
Introduction Nurses are not heroes or angels but vastly trained workers who play an essential role in patient safety. Professionalism in healthcare is defined as operating under principles that improve a patient’s quality of life and health by caring for and controlling the patient’s current illness. Nurses are governed by...
Introduction The Staircase Model represents important characteristics of the nurse at various stages of cultural competence development; nevertheless, that individual comprehends these characteristics. As a result, it is critical that nurses accurately evaluate themselves in this self-assessment. The assessment also suggests a possible reason for the attributes considered and regular...
The first step is to educate the patient about the competencies and skills that Nurse Practitioners (NPs) have. It is important to articulate to the patient that NPs are competent in a comprehensive health assessment, in prescribing the medication needed, and in designing therapeutic interventions (Dunphy et al., 2019). It...
Introduction There are hundreds of studies on healthcare interventions in the literature, and the number is expanding yearly. There are numerous studies for persons involved in providing care to identify and evaluate when making decisions in most healthcare areas; this topic also. The nursing staff has a critical role in...
Introduction Gerontological nursing is a specific field that must consider the age of the patients. Moreover, multiple factors have to be included when building the plan for caring for senior adults. This field is patient-based, but nurses can take into consideration family members as active participants. Furthermore, intentional learning can...
Executive summary Annually, pregnant women and their children are at a higher risk of developing illnesses and even dying due to pregnancy and delivery difficulties. As a result, there is a need to create preventative, diagnostic, and prompt treatment strategies to address this issue. According to AHWONN and WHO, a...
The healthcare system requires clinicians and nurses to constantly develop their skills and knowledge to provide high-quality treatment for patients. In order to continue my professional development as a nurse, I am considering joining particular medical organizations as a volunteer or seeking internship programs. Such activities will help me gain...
For today’s discussion, I want to offer a review of a phenomenological study by Arcadi et al. (2021) titled Nursing during the COVID‐19 outbreak: A phenomenological study. The study aimed at examining the phenomenon of nursing and changes in the understanding of the concept of nursing during the pandemic. The...
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to provide an overall assessment of a patient’s case and discuss some aspects of overall care. According to Lamar University (2018), the goal of nursing has always been the healing of not only the physical symptoms but also the mind and soul of...
Background The growing availability of information resources has led to distance learning being used more often, especially for postgraduate education. It is especially relevant in those areas characterized by regular updating of knowledge, which includes health care. Therefore, the highest quality, at the current level of world knowledge, training, and...
Literature review is an essential part of any work. Whitehead and colleagues (2019) studied factors that make nursing certification attractive for those who undertake this qualification. In their study, the authors examined 41 articles to measure the value of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, that is to say personal and professional...
Disease processes present a complex issue that can be challenging to disentangle and provide a timely response. The ability to identify and anticipate disease processes is a vital skill that allows nurses to affect public health on a global scale positively. However, each nursing process is a highly specific set...
Summary As a registered nurse practitioner (NP) working to meet the needs of the community, it is necessary to address the problem of substance misuse in each subset of the population. Achieving this objective requires the NP to have a good understanding of the clinical practice guideline and the capacity...
Introduction Scholars and medics have defined pressure injury as areas of localized injury either to the underlying tissue or the skin, mainly over the prominence due to the sole effect of pressure or a combination of pressure and shear. The global prevalence of pressure injury is estimated at 12.8% of...
Culture care theory is a theory proposed by sociocultural anthropologist and nurse Madeleine Leininger. The CCT’s purpose is based on helping clinicians and researchers to explain, document, discover, and know the relationship between cultural phenomena and care when admitting peculiarities and similarities of different cultures (McFarland, 2018). This theory was...
Communication between employees affects the provision of medical services and the quality of the hospital as a whole, but this is often neglected. Communication shortcomings when transferring a patient from one medical professional to another can be different, including the transmission of incomplete information necessary for quality treatment, incorrect information,...
The findings can be interpreted as accurate and nondiscriminatory due to the inclusion of nurses with a wide range of backgrounds eliminating a possibility of bias among participants. The race, gender, and educational level distribution can be considered representative of the majority of similar healthcare organizations. Setting and Organization In...