Introduction: History of Presenting Illness Mrs. X is an 88-year-old female patient who was brought to the emergency department of the hospital on the 8th of February, 2016, with a few days’ histories of generalized weakness, suprapubic pain, and urinary frequency. She also complained of worsening of her chronic leg...
Introduction Nursing science plays a significant role in the healthcare industry. It is so because this branch aims at improving medical professionals’ performance and patients’ outcomes through the development of theoretical and practical concepts. It denotes that this science determines how health services are delivered. Thus, it is no surprise...
Spirituality is one of the important issues contributing to healthcare ethics and the overall quality of services provided for patients. It is even more relevant for the specifications of end-of-life care or treatment in intensive care units for clients suffering from severe illnesses. It is important to apply spirituality in...
Introduction My current job profile requires me to offer my services in the surgical/orthopedic ward. During my current job, I have come across several instances where the lack of pain assessment results in the suffering of the patients having pain. This persistent problem prompted me to choose a research topic...
The profession of nursing has evolved over time along with social, political, technological, and other environmental factors to which healthcare practice had to adapt. In addition, public perception of nurses is not as it was in antiquity or even half a century ago. Though the importance of caretakers’ role was...
When playing the simulation as Jan Klein, RN, it is important to address research-related ethical issues from a nurse’s perspective. She performs a role of a clinical research coordinator and cooperates with a principal investigator (“The research clinic,” n.d.). It is possible to learn certain aspects associated with realizing ethical...
In the modern world, the role of nursing continues to evolve in the field of healthcare. Before nurses’ education started to change, their position in healthcare organizations did not have the same weight that it does now. Nurses, especially those with a Master’s and Doctor’s degree, advocate for themselves and...
Abstract The presented project was devoted to capnography during resuscitation of patients in coronary care unit in frames of nursing practice and training. A randomized study conducted in coronary care unit in one of the American hospitals showed high potential of capnography as a tool for monitoring CO2 level while...
Continuing education to achieve personal and professional development is not only critical to safe and effective nursing care but also acts to fulfill the professional and legal responsibility of nurses to update their knowledge (Ewin, Rowles, & Watkins, 2012; Kumar, 2007; Witt, 2011). This paper demonstrates how professional values, service,...
Introduction By definition, a disaster is a sudden catastrophic event, which results in extensive disruption, damage and general distress. Emergency management of disasters is the creation of emergency routines for communities to follow, which can increase the preparedness against hazards, or help deal with disasters. Coping with emergencies is a...
One of the issues increasingly discussed in relation to the healthcare workforce is burnout syndrome. The job of a medical professional is associated with several persisting stress-inducing factors and situations. They include time constraints, proficiency demands and competition, high rates of responsibility, and a lack of overall work-life balance. Healthcare...
Introduction to the Project Pressure injuries or hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) are a significant issue in the healthcare industry. It is so because they “affect over 2.5 million individuals resulting in 60,000 deaths” in the United States every year (Padula et al., 2019, p. 132). These health problems occur when...
Introduction Nursing has been recognized as a profession almost for two hundred years now, a period over which essential rules and values of the work have been determined. This allows new nurses to rely on a solid foundation of experience built by the previous generations to deliver services of exceptional...
Introduction Asthma is a severe condition characterized by obstruction in the lungs’ airways. It is defined as a life-threatening chronic condition when airway inflammation and narrowing provoke wheeze, cough, and shortness of breath (Larsson et al., 2020). The burden of asthma is unequal between populations, and African Americans show high...
Reflection on Student Assessment in Healthcare: Summative and Formative Types There is no secret that learning in any environment implies the following assessment of the student’s capability to operate on the information retrieved and use the skills acquired. The significance of knowledge and skills evaluation is especially high in the...
Healthcare and nursing informatics are constantly growing within the medical field, which regularly incorporates new technologies. Nursing informatics is defined by McGonigle and Mastrian (2017) as “a specialty that integrates nursing science, computer science, and information science to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice” (p....
Personal Objectives The purpose of this clinical practice was to explore the major aspects associated with Interprofessional Collaborative Practice. The targeted objectives during the clinical practicum are presented below. To take care of my patients in a timely manner. To document every assessment and give medication at the right time....
Introduction It goes without saying that leadership is regarded as an absolutely necessary skill in nursing practice as it enables professionals to influence the medical staff and provide high-quality health care focused on the patients’ needs. However, in-hospital environments, the practice of leadership is negatively affected by working overload, a...
Many changes are taking place in Ireland’s health care setting, including an increase in people with chronic and comorbid disorders. In addition, life expectancy has increased, leading to an influx of the elderly population who are dependent due to age-related disabilities. In 2015, Ireland had a bed occupancy rate of...
Critically ill adult patients admitted in intensive care units (ICU) require assistance in the form of mechanical ventilation to meet the body’s oxygen demand. However, the discontinuity involved in mechanical ventilation, the process known as weaning often contributes to clinical complications leading to mortality in patients who are weak in...
Abstract Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) are among hospital-acquired infections, which makes their reduction in many healthcare settings a priority. Among other environments, nursing homes may experience significant rates of CAUTIs. A 100-bed unit was involved in a quality improvement project which was designed to reduce the relatively high CAUTI...
Introduction The process of adapting to new work duties and responsibilities, as well as to a new team of colleagues, can be rather challenging. Furthermore, the process of applying the theoretical nursing knowledge gained in educational institutions to nursing practice can also be associated with certain barriers and problems. Natalie,...
Study Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate an effective intervention that would facilitate successful implementation of Evidence Based Practice (EPB) in the Singapore’s clinical settings (Majid et al. 2011). In this article, the purpose of the study broadens and clarifies the aim of the study, as it...
Executive Summary This paper compares and contrasts the roles and educational requirements of nurse practitioners and nurse anaesthetists. Compared to nurse practitioners, this paper shows that nurse anaesthetists draw from an older and richer history of the practice. The nursing practice is therefore a more recent discipline. This paper also...
Introduction Nursing is a noble profession that involves the provision of services to patients in a holistic manner. Since patients have different illnesses and conditions, they require varied healthcare services for them to recover well. Nursing theorists have formulated a number of theories that elucidate the nursing practice and nature...
Introduction My career objective is to join a challenging nursing organization that requires the deployment of core leadership skills in order to address the challenges facing the organization. This will typically entail the practical application of nursing leadership strategies through appropriate decision-making, problem solving and critical thinking. In addition, I...
Nurse Educators A growing body of evidence suggests that there has been a gradual increase in the demand for nurses over the past decade. This situation has escalated as researchers affirm that the supply of healthcare professionals from the nursing faculties has decreased sharply. The shortage can be attributed to...
Cultural competency in nursing refers to the ability of the health care provider to satisfy the needs of patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. One acquires it through having an understanding of the different groups of cultures. To be culturally competent, the health care provider must evaluate their knowledge of different...
Introduction Middle-range theories play significant roles in the development of nursing. The theories are divided into three main categories namely descriptive, explanatory and predictive theories. While descriptive theories classify a phenomenon, predictive theories forecast precise connections between concepts. On the other hand, explanatory theories identify links between multiple concepts. Examples...
Introduction The improvement of the health condition of society has always been one of the priorities of the United States of America. Every individual has the right to health that is crucial for happy living. The government’s interest in the health condition of the society demonstrates the aim to make...
Assessment for Beliefs Traditionally, trained healthcare providers played dominant roles in dealing with patients. Patients’ concerns regarding treatment procedures were not considered. It was later discovered that patients have important roles to play during treatment. Serious problems have been encountered whenever healthcare providers deal with patients from varied cultural backgrounds....
How to use Empathy Most people tend to confuse empathy and sympathy because both concepts are emotionally charged feelings of care towards a patient’s predicament (Erskine 1999, p. 5). However, the two terms are not the same because empathy is characterized by making a patient feel that the nurse is...
Executive Summary The present project sought to explore the factors influencing turnover intentions of nurses working for the Ministry of National Guard. The study aimed to collect data on the drivers of nurses’ turnover intentions, thus identifying predictors of turnover intentions. The factors explored in the research were organisational, personal,...
Every child deserves to grow in a healthy environment that can guarantee a high standard of social, mental, and physical development. However, the wellbeing of children can suffer through neglect, mistreatment, and abuse from a quarter of parents/guardians (Kimberly & Brooks, 2009). If unchecked, child abuse will lead to an...
Introduction Nursing informatics involves the use of relevant information tools and technology to improve the profession of a nurse. An example is the use of computers. The nursing practice posseses standards of practice to ensure its accountability. Therefore, integrating tools and technology into nursing practice is a great challenge. Knowledge...
Sanyu, M., & Everett, B. (2012). STD and HIV Risk Factors among U.S. Young Adults: Variations by Gender, Race, Ethnicity and Sexual Orientation, Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 44(2), 125-133. Summary The article hypothesizes that different people have differing levels of risks of infections with STDs. Consequently, it scrutinizes...
Assessment When I did clinical at ICU, I interacted with several patients who were admitted for congestive heart failure, and almost all of them were readmitted for a similar history of symptoms. My patient R was readmitted to an A hospital’s ICU due to heart failure (HF) and aortic valve...
Title, Author and Abstract As some of the elements that could influence the believability of the study, Coughlan, Cronin and Ryan (2007) stipulate that the title, the author and the abstract should be properly scrutinized in any critique of quantitative research. The author of the study under review has a...
The work of the committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Initiative, made four recommendations aimed at improving and transforming nursing in the US. One of the recommendations made by the committee is that nurses should be allowed to discharge all the services, which are within the scope of their...
Skilled Nurses Facility (SNYF) is a healthcare facility certified to provide healthcare services to members of Medicare. As such, Medicare reimburses SNF once they provide the services. Medicare is a program for retirees who contributed to the program during their term of service. SNFs are ranked highest in terms of...
Purpose Statement The leaders in nursing have acknowledged the significance of hourly rounding meant to improve the patient’s and staff satisfaction. However, leaders have not yet set the standards that will serve as indicators for the evaluation of their initiatives in the pediatric hospitals. The leaders have been emphasizing to...
Introduction The article highlights the limited knowledge by patients regarding pain control therapies, which acts as a hindrance to managing pain during cancer intervention programs. A majority of patients experience inadequate treatment of their pain from various caregivers, which makes their recuperation difficult (Schmidt, 2012). The education programs that target...
Personal Perception Upon visiting Mrs. Thomas, I realized that facing a terminally ill patient was a fearful and traumatic experience that affected her and her husband, Mr. Thomas. I noted that my own perception would also affect the quality of care that Mrs. Thomas would receive. Mrs. Thomas has lingering...
Critical thinking is thoughtful, rational thinking that makes an individual decide on what to do and what to believe in. Critical thinking is a vital constituent of nursing as a profession. Using critical thinking, an individual can consider perspectives included in the ways of justice and acting (Rubenfeld et al,...
Introduction The essay is an in depth critical examination-a quantitative critique of an article (Journal of Nursing) titled “characteristics of work interruptions during medication administration” written by Alain D. Byron et al published in 2009. It has been noted with concern that it is important for researchers and scholars to...
Introduction Paterson is a great proponent of humanistic nursing theory which is multidimensional. The theory describes the essences of nursing and considers the dynamics of being, becoming and change (Patterson, 1976). This nursing theory is interactive and offers a methodology for reflective presentation of nursing essences. The theory also offers...
The Canadian health care system is notable for its public funding and availability to everyone, which has its benefits. However, it also limits the system’s resources and the patient’s choice, being an unfortunate price to pay. By expanding the private sector, the underlined issues can be resolved without damaging the...
In life, people always contract various diseases some of which are curable, and others that are chronic and end up causing lifelong effects. People are forced to live under one form of handicap or another, and their lives completely transformed, turning some who were breadwinners of the family into dependants....
Introduction The ever increasing demand for quality healthcare services has pushed scientists and other stakeholders to identify solutions to healthcare problems. Nursing forms an integral part of healthcare since it is a supportive department and without it doctors and other specialists will be stranded. Even though, nurses have less training,...
Critical thinking is important for people’s orientation in the world and their reactions to definite phenomena, objects, persons or situations. The developed critical thinking habits of the personal mind are the necessary conditions for a successful life because they are directly connected with the peculiarities of the individuals’ activity and...
Nursing-skill mix involves the combination of employees in a specific post. This is often done amongst posts that are related in a particular way (“Nursingtimes.net,” 2004, p. 34). While nursing-mix has been applied in many instances within the medical field, its significance has continued to bear positive results in the...
Information to Provide Students With In a Reproductive System Class First, the nurse has to ensure that students understand the structure of the reproductive systems of males and females. The students must know various organs in the female reproductive system, like the uterus, vagina, urethra, cervix, ovary oviduct, and bladder....
In the journal article, “Family nurse practitioner scope of practice issues when treating patients with mental health issues,” Balestra (2019) examines the challenges which family nurse practitioners (FNPs) encounter when providing care for patients with various mental health conditions. These nurses attend the clients presenting different mental health problems and...
Introduction Around the world, family members and other informal caregivers serve as the primary line of care for close relatives living with Alzheimer’s disease (Vellone et al., 2008). Extant caregiver literature demonstrates that in the United States, an estimated 8.9 million family caregivers provide assistance to a relative aged 50...
Introduction Violence in the workplace is a growing concern in the healthcare profession. Non-physical violence or lateral violence is synonymous with intimidation, disruption, and unprofessional-like attitude of nurses toward fellow nurses. This should not have a place in the healthcare profession that must bear culture of safety and care for...
Introduction These models were introduced after World War 2 when the world had a shortage of nurses. Ginzberg filed a report that accelerated the implementation of the models. In his report, he advocated that nurses were to be trained for two years instead of four years to provide safe care....
According to the American Nursing Association, Holistic Nursing is defined as; “all nursing practice that has healed the whole person as to its goal” (Lundy & Janes, 2009). This, therefore, implies that holistic nursing is a type of nursing that approaches the healing process from a holistic perspective, whereby the...
Emotional intelligence(EI) In the ever-changing modern world, human life is intertwined with a spectrum of day-to-day requirements. Meeting challenging tasks by sustaining pressure or stress can be the major concern for individuals who are work- or job-oriented. Very often, the role of the brain in executing the job function under...
Introduction Environmental cleanliness which includes management of waste within communities entails various activities. Usually, these activities are associated with health care sector which is a body endowed with responsibility of providing preventive and curative measures against diseases. In the waste management, there are processes involving collection, storing, handling and disposal...
Introduction The human race has been grappling with a plethora of undesirable health conditions for a long time now. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are prime examples of these undesirable health conditions. Its first official diagnosis was in 1981 in California, in the USA...
Patient Description Neurological pain, which was the main problem in this situation, could be felt on his/her skin and other body tissues including the bone, viscera and muscles. The nature of their pain ranges from simple to severe cases, depending on the type of injury, extent of the tissue damage...
Accessing the Foley catheter policy/process is quite easy for nurses at my institution since the hospital has fully implemented a directive that all patients requiring catheter be given Foley catheter. Besides, the facility has complied with another requirement that all facilities should have Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Prevention...
Summary Gapstur, R. (2007). Symptom burden: a concept analysis and implications for oncology nurses. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(3), 673-680. This is an article on symptoms burden authored by Gapstur a director of nursing at Methodist Hospital in Louis Park Minnesota. According to the author, the concept of symptom burden has...
Providing optimal healthcare to all patients is possible with a high level of staff professionalism. Each person who comes to a medical facility needs an individual approach. This is necessary to provide him or her with timely assistance and a comfortable stay in the clinic and better understand the patient’s...
Introduction The vision of nursing, whether it is in the health care systems or education, is to guide those taking up the profession to acquire the skills and deliver the standardized care to the public as well as the organizations/institutions providing the skills and the health care. Policies are formed...
Introduction For a long time now, pharmacologic interventions have been used in the treatment and management of health problems in human beings. When sick people visit a healthcare facility, they expect to be given medicine or injections that will cure their ailments. In fact, there have been cases of patients...
Introduction Today, the medical and health care sector is one of the most vibrant disciplines undertaken by man. The sector has been using huge amounts of money to carry out sophisticated and high quality research annually. Consequently, there has been a tremendous growth in medical as well as health care...
Philadelphia Nursing Home is a long-term care facility with a large community of nursing care providers and patients. It is located in Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania, with a population of 1,517,550 people (Data USA, 2020). Its geopolitical and financial features include 18 representatives in the U.S. House, a...
The major component in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular diseases is antiplatelet. Traditionally aspirin has been used as a modality in the treatment and reduction of vascular events. Randomized controlled trials have been carried out to establish if adding clopidogrel has any benefits. The results of such experiments have...
Introduction It is important for every organization to ensure that it addresses the issue of job dissatisfaction among its employees before things get out of control. Job dissatisfaction lowers the productivity and performance of employees. This then makes the quality of services being delivered by nurses to drop considerably. In...
Introduction Nurses play a significant role in health care planning at a national level. This is due to their expertise in the field and their deep knowledge of what should be incorporated in health care plans. Some of the individuals who benefit from health care plans are ageing people since...
Introduction Jean Watson’s theory of caring is of great value and essential to help guide nursing practice and evaluate care. The theory of caring is concerned with preventing illness, caring for the ill, and restoring health while promoting health through caring. The theory, which may seem complex at first, requires...
Frequent and effective nursing research is essential for healthcare practitioners and healthcare organizations because it encourages improved care. Through nursing research, nurse practitioners are able to identify work-related issues that jeopardize patient safety or subject nursing care to risks. This essay is a nursing research utilization project proposal that identifies...
Diabetes is one of the chronic diseases that have caused many deaths and injuries among many people both within and without Australia. Diabetes is a condition that arises when the amount of glucose in one’s blood is high because the level of insulin produced is inadequate or when the insulin...
Abstract Preceptorship within nursing care is a form of support, which fresh graduates from the nursing school receive, and it assists them to know the organization of the clinical area and roles of the nurse (Clynes & Raftery, 2008). According to Epstein & Carlin (2012), nurses can use a preceptorship...
Introduction Philosophy serves as every person’s guide. The study delves into Boyer’s model of scholarship. Scholarship relates to the academic learning process. My personal philosophy includes continually gaining more knowledge and adapting to the needs of society, especially the students. Implementation of the Philosophy Within the nursing academe, the implementation...
Introduction The importance of the stress concept has been increasing in behavioral and health sciences in the last six decades. Initially, stress was a term used in physics to describe how manmade structures can be designed to carry heavy loads and resist distortion by external focus (Eberhart & Hammen, 2009)....
Introduction Nursing practice in the modern day has evolved from the known way of practice several decades ago. What was treated at that time as a simple work for women has now evolved into a twofold component involving both theory, practice, men and women. When compared to a building, nursing...
Introduction There are several current concerns about the healthcare workforce that promise to affect the future of the industry. The first is the shortage of nurses. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2008), if there is no change in current practices, there could be a shortage of...
Introduction Motivational interviewing is an imperative component of care because it assists clients to change health behaviors. Most of the clients give reasons against behavior change, yet they have the necessary strategies of solving the problems. Health care professionals should assist clients explore problems at hand and guide them in...
Introduction The study by Smith and Hewison (2012) aimed at analyzing and evaluating the nurses’ level of preparedness in the event of a bioterrorist event. The authors saw the need to carry out the study due to the fact that terrorism is a global issue and several attacks have been...
Introduction A SMART goal is an approach for establishing objectives and missions for activities or processes. The scope of the nursing profession that includes interaction with management teams in workplaces, patients as well as the work environment prompts for personal measures to improve the performance and adaptability of an individual...
Introduction Constant arguments surround what constitutes nursing knowledge and nursing theory. However, deficient accords in the professional literature have dearly confused nurses. It is causing a majority of the nurses to refute nursing theory as immaterial and long-drawn-out in the current practices. Nursing theory must perfectly offer principles underpinning the...
Literature review Matrix Literature review analyses sources in a particular field. Literature review tries to explore particular subjects in depth. Additionally, the literature review analyses quality of sources as well as the reliability of sources. The literature review also explores the effectiveness of sources. In essence, a literature review determines...
Utilizing conjoint analysis to explicate health care decision making by emergency department nurses Goals and purpose of the study The pilot study aimed at testing the applicability of conjoint analysis in making decisions by nurses in emergency sections in hospitals. The study also aimed at learning the individual nurse’s experiences...
The concept of quality improvement is vital for any organization that strives to meet the competition rates set in the market of its choice. The application of benchmarking plays a vital role in healthcare since it allows controlling the quality and efficacy of the administered treatment. By delineating key quality...
Introduction Adaptation Theory, Development Theory and General System Theory are all theories of nursing. Roy’s theory is an Adaptation Theory. There are other theorists like Watson who stated that human beings were the central point of all the nursing theories. The nursing theories are further classified according to their theoretical...
Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is among the most dangerous infections affecting patients in intensive care units (ICU) around the world. Almost half of the patients in the ICU, who undergo intubation and mechanical ventilation for more than 48 hours, develop ventilator-associated pneumonia. About forty-eight percent of patients suffering from VAP die....
The title of this article indicates the focus of the research. “Implications for postoperative visual loss (POVL)” gives a clue on the direction of the study. The reader can tell that the research explores the subject of postoperative visual loss. In addition, the extension of the heading; “Steep Trendelenburg position...
The concept of caring is frequently put under study, via analytical and phenomenological methods, in order to provide the researchers with an understanding of human nature. The concept of caring has been applied in nursing, whereby the attitude of a nurse is evaluated by observing the moral, cognitive and emotional...
Overview of clinical decision support systems Clinical decision support systems are used by healthcare professionals to offer quality care to patients through quality data flow and interpretation. They are also used in the diagnosis of patients to improve patient care outcomes. The use of clinical decision support systems ensures evidence-based...
When it comes to defining the field in which the theoretical and the practical components stand apart the furthest, nursing doubtlessly takes the first place. No matter how well one might study the theoretical aspects and approaches design, in practice, every single element seems different. Perhaps, the causes of the...
Introduction Nurse-managed centers (NMCs) have developed to form an important part of the healthcare system in the United States. Implementation of vital health policies has facilitated the transformation of community nursing into an independent healthcare profession that provides quality and cost-effective healthcare to underserved and underprivileged communities (Bruner, Davey, &...
Introduction The main focus of nursing is to give patients professional care so as to assist them to maintain good health, recover their health optimally, and improve on the quality of their lives. Nursing is different from other aspects of health care in that their scope and approach to offering...
Introduction The health care system has different people who are involved in the running of the health care institutions; this include people in the health administration, doctors, nurses and the subordinate staff. Among these people, nurses are at the centre of health care in each community or health institution; this...
Issues into the mandatory nurse staffing ratio policy Reports of deteriorating working conditions and the quality of patient care are believed to have led to the creation and establishment of the mandatory nurse staffing ratio by the federal and states governments. Since it was established, there have been various debates...
Introduction Staffing has always been an important issue in nursing practice. Inappropriate staffing methods affect many people negatively (Marguis & Huston, 2012). For instance, they threaten the safety and health of patients and increase the complexity of patient care. Improper staffing also poses a negative impact on the safety and...
Introduction and theoretical framework The knee joint is composed of ligaments, cartilage, bone, and fluid (Gandhi & Viscusi, 2009). These structures work together with the tendons and muscles to enable the knee joint to move. Injuries caused to any of the structures can result in a variety of knee problems...
This paper is aimed at discussing the article Culturally Tailored Education For African Americans with Type 2 Diabetes written by Berkley Carter, Beth Barba, and Donald Kautz. The authors examine the peculiarities of education programs and self-care plans that should be offered to African-American patients who have type 2 diabetes....
In the contemporary world, technology has become the core sector of development in every industry. This has also been experienced in the health care sector where technological innovations are being implemented to increase efficiency. This paper will major on nursing informatics which describes the role played by technology when practicing...
Personal philosophy of nursing My philosophy on nursing is centered around the belief that all healthcare institutions, whether public or private, need to focus on client-centered care as the primary basis of their operations. Taking such a belief and attributing it to the healthcare system as a whole through the...
Introduction A qualitative study includes customer questionnaires as well as surveys, which help an institution to enhance an improvement in their services as well as product (Miller, 2009). A quantitative study assists them to make decisions that, in nature, are informative. It is all about gathering opinions from individuals in...