Quality Improvement The quality of services provided by nurses is key to secure patient outcomes and overall healthcare development. Hence, there are various factors that tend to affect the nurses’ productivity in the workplace, including interprofessional collaboration, qualifications, motivation, and communication skills. However, arguably the most important factor that contributes...
Nursing burnout is a considerable problem as it affects patient safety. Therefore, maintaining nurses’ mental health is essential in adverse events prevention. The possible intervention measures will involve workshops conducted by volunteers with online yoga and meditation classes held via Instagram Live. Recent studies prove that depression issues are common...
Knowledge and outcomes of practicum projects can be shared using various methods. They include communicating in front of the audience (e.g., podiums, panels, and round table formats) and using poster presentations and journal publications (Milner, 2016). Other ways of disseminating knowledge often consist of conducting clinical rounds, brief discussions, and...
A nursing intervention of any scope requires having adequate resources to improve the chances of success as well as provide the basis upon which further quality improvement changes will occur. In the effort to educate CHF patients about precautions they should take when traveling to prevent adverse events, the first...
Abstract Background Healthcare systems globally are experiencing a shortage of nursing personnel. The nurses comprise a critical portion of the healthcare workforce. It can be argued that within the healthcare industry, nursing is the largest profession whose roles in achieving patient wellbeing are critical. In any industry, an imbalance between...
Core Clinical Objectives Plan Resources Core Clinical Objective #1- Create a safe and effective care environment for clients and health care personnel Providing and being able to direct care to patients. While implementing proper PPE attire for nurses and other health care personnel. Discussing techniques on how to have proper...
The reform of regulations governing long-term care (LTC) in the United States by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aimed at enhancing services provided for the elderly. According to Wilensky & Teitelbaum (2019), “ the United States spends more on healthcare than most of the other developed countries,...
The combination of external and internal evidence-based practice (EBP) dissemination strategies seems to be a useful solution. The primary goal of dissemination is to make relevant information available to the members of interdisciplinary teams, while it is especially valuable for nurses, who are the main person responsible for direct care....
Introduction There are several numerous things that should be done before applying for a job. Select (2019), one of the leading HR companies, recommends cleaning the social media, doing research on the potential employer, thinking about what is expected from the job, and considering the strategy. Additionally, it is crucial...
The worldwide prevalence of social media platforms, as well as the extent to which people interact through social media on a daily basis, has inevitably led to the process of health professionals embracing various platforms in order to connect with the medical community and the general public. However, sometimes, when...
Introduction The challenging workplace conditions of nurses inevitably affect their decision to leave work or change the employer for the sake of a better working environment. Nurse turnover, which stands for the process of nurses either leaving their workplace or transferring to a different position within a unit, is a...
Low breast milk production is one of the most common complaints among mothers with newborn babies. A general recommendation is to abstain from smoking during pregnancy and breastfeeding, as this behavior can lead to various problems in children: from breathing problems to sudden infant death syndrome1. That is why this...
Postpartum hemorrhage is a serious condition that threatens new mothers’ lives everywhere in the world. Nurses have a very important role in preventing and managing the issues of birth-related bleedings. The three reviewed articles examine the potential the educational intervention has at helping nurses prevent postpartum hemorrhage and reduce maternal...
Introduction The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the welfare of numerous populations, resulting in multiple negative consequences. The professionals involved in the medical sphere were reported to have been most adversely impacted by the effects of the virus, manifesting both psychological and physical exhaustion due to the...
There is a clear distinction between evidence-based practice and research as far as project research in nursing is concerned. Research deals with testing hypotheses to create new knowledge, while evidence-based practices appraise research-based evidence and try to implement it (Thomas, 2017). Therefore, this leads to the conclusion that research generates...
Nursing is a critical part of healthcare systems that can be overlooked and ignored by the leadership. However, after the fatal COVID-19 affected dozens of countries, it became clear how nursing is one of the most vital aspects of healthcare institutions. When the first COVID-19 pandemic case was reported in...
A common practice on telemetry floor health assessment starts from a bedside overview. Later, tell monitor observation is done to ensure they are in rhythm. Then follows a comprehensive assessment of the patient through an evaluation of medical history, a general survey, and an examination of the patient. The comprehensive...
In her TED talk, Dr. Carol E. Gunn discusses medical errors and their impact on healthcare. Gunn shares the story of her sister Anna who for a long time complained of chest pain. However, the lack of sufficient physician’s attention to her symptoms resulted in a heart attack that Anna...
Emotional intelligence is defined as someone’s ability to use, understand, and positively manage their emotions. Hence, emotionally intelligent people can relieve stress, empathize with others, communicate effectively, diffuse conflicts, and overcome challenges (Rasooli et al., 2019). Self-awareness is a psychological state whereby the focus of attention is oneself. Moreover, it...
Introduction When addressing healthcare issues that affect multiple generations, it is vital to assess the underlying common cause. The patterns and established routines can be detrimental to the health of an entire household, which is especially harmful to African Americans due to the disparities in access to healthcare (Abbott &...
Introduction Mission and vision both define the purpose of the existence of an organization in an industry. In essence, they are written statements that outline the fundamental beliefs and values alongside the goals of the firm. The mission statement elucidates the reason as to why a company is set in...
The role of emotional intelligence or EI cannot be underestimated since nursing professionals are constantly in direct contact with individuals who require care and support. However, the importance of EI extends beyond the interaction between a nurse and patient because it can also be critical among nursing specialists themselves. Professional...
Orem’s theory of nursing includes three parts: self-care theory, self-care deficit theory, and nursing system theory. The first theory explains the actions that patients take on their own to support life, well-being, and development. The second theory has to do with prescribing care for people who are unable or limited...
In general, people’s health and vitality are critical not only for their products but for the nation’s future as well. For instance, healthy children will be healthy adults in the future, healthy students learn better, and healthy employees work more productively and help to develop and strengthen the country’s economy....
Nursing is a process of healing, which entangles both physical and mental recovery. In this regard, the nurse should remain compassionate and perceive their patient’s well-being as a main priority. However, the priority is hard to achieve. It requires advanced technical and soft skills, the latter being even more vital...
Executive Summary California registered nurse (RN) was introduced in 1999 but came into effect in 2004. The law requires hospitals to establish minimum nurse-patient ratios for different units. The law was enacted after the California nurse’s association (CNA) provided a proposal to the legislative assembly of the state. Before the...
Introduction The members of the baby boom generation are those that were born after World War II (Adams & Beehr, 2003). This is a significant number of people entering the latter stages of life. As a result many of them will begin to feel the effect of old age and...
In a clinical setting, interdisciplinary collaboration enables healthcare experts to improve the quality of data management, identification and prevention of health issues, and, therefore, health outcomes in patients. I agree that the use of interdisciplinary collaboration leads to a noticeable and quite significant drop in the number of medical errors...
Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) is a set of methods and strategies to consistently prevent and reduce the risk of spreading infections in medical institutions. The role of IPAC is to monitor and provide certain precautions to prevent infection and improve the health and well-being of patients and employees of...
Organizational culture determines how employees can express themselves, and sometimes, it is rather prohibitive. Such issues as fatigue and job stress directly affect nurse turnover, but the situation becomes worse when one is unable to address them and is forced to continue (Lee & Jang, 2019). While organizational culture does...
As every other profession, the healthcare sector has continued to rely on technological progress and trends to improve the quality of patient care. Nursing informatics is a nursing discipline that combines information sciences, computer science, and nursing to build and manage medical systems and data in order to promote the...
The present work is necessary for the review of contemporary medication error research, as it directly addresses the nature of this phenomenon, discussing the consequences of incorrect medicine application by trained nurses. The article allows gathering needed information on the topic of nurse qualifications and their impact on incorrect medicine...
Response 1 Patient safety is one of the primary concerns in the field of healthcare. There are multiple reasons why errors and safety concerns are still affecting stakeholders on so many levels. Many of the previous issues have been eradicated or minimized with certain efforts and new implementations. One example...
Qualitative studies aim to explore the meaning of one or another phenomenon to answer “why” questions, while quantitative studies focus on predicting possible results to address “what” questions (Polit & Beck, 2017). The paradigm of the quantitative article by Droulers et al. (2017) refers to calculating the size and measuring...
Randomized control trial design might be beneficial for the studies that explore the public health issue, and their results are frequently interpreted for a lay audience and published in popular sources. For instance, Newswise has recently posted an article, “Group-randomized Trial Showed Significant Improvement in Asthma Control Among Urban Black...
Abstract Many studies have been done to establish if there are gender differences in patients having a myocardial infarction. This paper looks at various literature materials written on the same topic. After the introduction, there is a review of various studies that have been done to establish if there are...
Oral hygiene interventions are commonly discussed in current studies to clarify the most effective techniques for specific population groups. The article by Petker et al. (2019) reports the results of the comparison of the effectiveness of powered and manual toothbrushes among daily users. In this discussion, data collection methods, purposes,...
The COVID-19 pandemic has had unprecedented impact on humans since the first case was reported in late 2019, changing the way humans, as social beings, operate. Due to the dangers of the virus, many governments across the world have been putting stringent measures for curtailing the further spread of the...
Introduction Haitian patients usually need specific care characterized by cultural or religious competence, education, and social support. On the one hand, Haitians are better prepared for COVID-19 social isolation and other restrictions due to Peyi Lòk, a new form of resistance when the country is in lockdown due to street...
The use of Epic Software Systems in the nursing workplace has unconditional advantages and conveniences, but some imperfections should also be highlighted. Application of Workflow Analysis could give a visual representation of the consistent functioning of the system, of its application in practice. This tactic of analysis is based on...
Major Demographics of Australia and Portugal Australia In the analysis of the Australian demographics, the understanding of various variables is critical, including the cities, the culture, and religion of the populace, and fundamental statistics. All these have a role to play as far as enhancing the health of the people...
Introduction Kidney disease is a health disparity that does not receive sufficient attention from the public and healthcare professionals. Despite this, it impacts millions of people in this country and leads to complications, among which there is kidney failure. The latter can be treated with transplantation, a cost-intensive and dangerous...
Background The frequency of pressure ulcers is expanding because of the aging populace and the growing immobility among old patients. Pressure ulcers (PU) are a condition when a part of hidden tissue or skin is harmed by an unrelieved pressing factor or pressing factor combined shear (Boyko et al., 2018)....
The area that is most helpful for a public health nurse to use is the “hazardous response capabilities” (FEMA, 2020, para. 1). This is an important area of public health that has received little attention from practitioners and policymakers since the focus has shifted towards epidemic preparedness. Nevertheless, communities can...
The worldwide demand for nurses due to the shortage crisis is critical and of great interest. The Bureau of Labor Statistics suggest an increment rise of 12% demand of nurses in the next eight years as compared to any other professions (Rajamohan et al., 2020). Globally, nurses are complaining of...
A larger proportion of nurses and medical officers cannot tell the truth and keep asking themselves when it is appropriate to lie or tell the truth to their patients. Nursing veracity is a nursing virtue with numerous criticisms because the medical practitioners may need to lie to solve dilemmas or...
The clinical field is undoubtedly one of the most challenging ones for leaders to shine in. The Healthcare system of the United States is well-known for its structural and organizational complexity that often decreases the efficiency of the provided health services. Nonetheless, several leadership styles are prevalent across the field,...
Introduction Among other medical staff, nurses possess a unique role in promoting and protecting the community’s health. They are present throughout the entire continuum of care, from prenatal to end-of-life care (Sekse et al., 2018). Spending time with patients, community health nurses often obtain a particular connection with people they...
Nursing Education and Positive Patient Outcomes Nursing is the only healthcare discipline with numerous entrance work paths. Treatment and expertise are important to ensure the quality of service and patient protection. There is a beneficial impact on the medical outcome as it promotes quality service delivery (Weber, Yingling, Jones &...
Leadership and management roles tend to differ in many ways, although they sometimes overlap. Leadership is defined based on personal characteristics such as the passion to achieve a certain vision or the ability to inspire and motivate others because leaders are usually action-oriented. On the other hand, management is responsible...
If a patient asks about treatment, drug or surgery, then it is the responsibility of the nurse to warn the patient about the potential risks associated with their inquiry about a drug, surgery, or treatment. According to the ruling made in 1914, in a case-law between Schloendorff v. Society of...
The nurse working in the catheterization laboratory recovery section or stationed either within a telemetry unit or coronary care unit plays a critical role in monitoring and evaluating a patient’s recovery. Post-PCI care is meant for the caregivers to closely observe the sick person for any indications and signs of...
Evidence-based practices (EBP) are diligent, problem-solving clinical studies incorporating the best evidence from adequately conducted research, the patient needs and beliefs, and a clinician’s skills to make choices on the treatment of a patient. EBP focuses on analyzing past evidence developed by past clinical research and applying the propositions in...
Stakeholders are the gatherings and people who will be compelling in the accomplishment of your change plans. It is expected to impart, counsel, and affect these individuals, which will decide the achievement of your change drive. In medical care, partners include people, organizations, or whatever other element has a personal...
Interview and Interdisciplinary Issue Identification I interviewed a nurse colleague employed in the wards department at our neighboring healthcare, and he disclosed alarming results of the vast cases of tuberculosis infection among hospitalized patients. He was involved in daily chores of care of patients, record taking and keeping, administering medicines,...
Introduction Everybody should enjoy the freedom of working in a safe, comfortable, and friendly environment (Australian Council of Trade Unions, 2013). However, bullying incidents are inevitable when many groups of people work together (Australian Council of Trade Unions, 2013). This is true for nurses because their jobs involve complex social...
Background and significance of Mindfulness-Based Stress among Nurses Contrary to the conventional beliefs, evidence-based practice and evidence-based protocols should extend well beyond just the care of patients to include a new focus on the health and wellbeing of medical practitioners. Nursing professionals are at risk of developing mindfulness stress because...
Delegation in nursing is a process when a registered nurse guides another person to accomplish some clinical errands and activities. During my first clinical experience at the Hebrew Home at Riverdale, I observed an instance where the delegation was a problem for the registered nurse who delegated some of her...
As a family Nurse Practitioner who is committed to fulfilling her roles, one requires a qualified clinical preceptor to provide him with mentorship. The receptor plays the role of maintaining the focus of the course content to the objectives of the course program (Cervero, 1988). They provide guidance to student...
Community nursing includes nursing practice and primary health care in communities. It combines preventive care, health services, intervention, and related education in the population. A nurse practitioner’s role is to focus on health within a particular community. For instance, the primary objectives are to provide health education and ensure a...
Introduction In our everyday activities, our hands pass through many places. They touch or feel almost everything that they come around. The places and the activities our hands’ touch include in the toilets, as we remove our shoes, as we play games, among many other places. While several people do...
Introduction Changes being experienced within the health care delivery systems across the globe have led to increasing demands on the part of the nursing fraternity in regard to their workloads and responsibilities. The nurses are required to deal with the emerging issues that characterize their working environment. Though nurses encounter...
Introduction The current study is based on the findings of an action plan by the DHHS. The plan was geared at establishing and recommending effective measures of preventing homelessness through the use of evidence based interventions (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), 2003). For people with mental illnesses...
Technological advancements have tremendously changed the field of medicine across all departments. As one of the professions providing health care, nursing has been forced to change its ways of handling both the patients and their information. Initially, the details of patients were manually documented and saved in the physical files.;...
The proposed algorithm for addressing the health problems of patients with CLABSI, particularly a patient checklist supplemented by an electronic medical record (EMR), is a justified approach to observing all the required principles of care. The listed advantages of this practice explain the value of utilizing digital tools to record...
Human factors play a vital role in health care provision. They ensure that patients get appropriate care as their condition demands. Incorporating human elements in health care is a valuable way to eliminate preventable medical errors. Many people succumb to medical errors that we can prevent each year. Some critical...
Nursing is one of the most challenging professions, as nurses work long hours and night shifts caring for severely ill and, sometimes, dying patients. Increasing the number of nurses taking care of patients in hospitals will greatly increase job satisfaction among nurses and make them more productive. It is, therefore,...
When confronting ethical issues, nurses should always strictly distinguish the difference between morality and ethics. Ethics and morality are two different ideas, and dilemmas related to ethics or morality should not be confused (Rainer et al., 2018). Ethical dilemmas include the decision that should be made for or against one...
Effective nursing leadership is a key strategy that can improve patient care results, contributes to the availability of high-profile staff, and enables effective preparation for patient care requirements. Productive nurse leaders certify the availability of a suitable workforce and resources to realize excellent care quality and outcomes (Bahadori et al.,...
The Advance Health Care Directive In health and nursing care, much attention is paid to understanding and learning advanced directives (ADs) that are the legal documents for medical decision-making. Regarding multiple changes in health and medicine fields and the impact of cultural and religious beliefs on care choices, the need...
The contribution of nursing is invaluable in almost every person’s life, especially those who resort to their help constantly. The main goal of nursing is to provide comfort and well-being conditions for patients and care and supervision of health. Nursing has many theories created for the most effective provision of...
The state programs implemented are addressed to different segments of society, so it is necessary to have information about other groups of the population in medical and social services. The improvement of the old and the emergence of new forms of medical and social care is possible only with new...
Being a nurse requires to take care of every patient and concerns about his or her well-being. When it comes to a child, a nurse should identify the signs of child abuse and neglect, as children are often afraid of sharing such information or cannot speak at all. This problem...
Abstract The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) demands all professional nurses to deliver healthcare to patients based on validated research, best practice, and current evidence. It is crucial that healthcare providers critically assess the reliability and credibility of available survey findings related to their practice to meet this requirement. This...
Introduction For many decades, nursing practice has changed globally. This involved major counties like Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America. These gradual changes have been due to, controlling operating costs, the strategic location of health care service, developing technology. In addition, changing economic, political, and social...
Evidence-based practice (EBP) is nursing care delivery based on the current scientific findings, professional expertise, and treatment options. EBP has been shown to significantly improve client outcomes by raising the quality of care provided in healthcare facilities. EBP should no longer be considered an abstract notion of an idealized proficiency...
Evidence-based practice is a therapeutic approach in the healthcare system that aids in bringing together past studies and gaps experienced. The aim of integrating challenges and practice is to improve care and reduce the morbidity and mortality of patients in healthcare organizations. For instance, infections and deaths resulting from CAUTI...
Introduction University Medical Center (UMC) acts as the cornerstone hospital of the Las Vegas Medical District, giving the highest quality of care to encourage excellent medical outcomes for patients. It is an academic medical center with a long tradition of providing life-saving treatment in Southern Nevada. UMC offers a wide...
Summary of Clinical Issue Hospital-acquired infections (HCAIs) are a fundamental health problem in the world, mainly in the intensive care units (ICUs). Hospitalized patients are susceptible to acquiring HCAIs, such as central line blood infection, surgical site infection, and catheter urinary tract infection when receiving care, jeopardizing patient safety. Research...
Amount and types of health information available online The use of the internet by healthcare professionals and consumers has transformed the healthcare industry in many ways (Keselman, Logan, Smith, Leroy & Zeng-Treitler, 2008; Hannah et al., 2011). The internet is a major source of health information where healthcare consumers obtain...
The quality of medical care available for the people is extremely important. It remains one of the most significant factors that define the standards of living for the members of the society. If we digress into a subject of dental care, it becomes clear that there is certain lack of...
Health care challenges are among the most important issues to solve at the governmental level. Although the U.S. spends more money on healthcare than any other country in the world, there is still a range of problems that need to be addressed. In the past decade, the Affordable Care Act...
Imogene M. King’s contribution can not be overestimated, as her works transformed nursing from a craft into a scientific field of knowledge. The goal attainment theory played a crucial role in the evolution of nursing as it expanded the basis for interactions between nurses, their patients, and the healthcare system...
Introduction Losing close people is always a psychologically painful experience. Bereavement and funerals allow people to find solace in the fact of death. However, the pandemic imposes certain restrictions, which compromise the ability to mourn the loss. The global tendency to move away from wakes for fear of the virus...
Introduction Allan’s case conceptualization incorporates the cognitive-behavioral theory (CBT) and social learning theory (SLT). The recovery and prevention plan strategies integrate action models, such as interventions and therapeutic strategies. Allan’s negative social and environmental risk factors may deteriorate his treatment plans. For instance, his inability to share his feelings with...
While being highly skilled professionals, healthcare workers in leadership and management demonstrate varying qualities and communication styles in the workplace, which define their responsibilities and, consequently, affect the procedures on a global scale. For example, nurse managers’ duties imply monitoring and maintaining the performance of day-to-day operations within nursing units...
Dongre, A. S., Inamdar, I. F., & Gattani, P. L. (2017). Nomophobia: A study to evaluate mobile phone dependence and impact of cell phone on health. National Journal of Community Medicine, 8(11), 688-693. Web. The article examines the dependence patterns, nomophobia prevalence, and health impacts of cell phone usage. The...
The examination of the importance of human existence has been a significant issue, and the debate about ending the lives of individuals has existed for years. People have strived to find an absolute response to it. Some individuals argue that life is supernaturally given and that no one has the...
Introduction The autoclave is validated to ensure that it is functioning correctly and full sterilization is achieved after usage. This ensures that pharmaceutical products are free from microorganisms and they are fit for consumption. In addition, effectiveness of an autoclave determines the quality and purity of goods obtained, high standards...
Introduction The role of advanced practice nurses has been a matter of increased discussion among scholars, healthcare professionals, and policymakers. Currently, all the stakeholders have reached a consensus concerning benefits that advanced practice nurses (APNs) can bring to primary care. However, several barriers on federal, state, and organizational levels reduce...
The American healthcare system is fragmented, as its elements such as private and public practice, service providers and their patients, training, and citizen’s needs are not sufficiently connected. Such gaps, the lack of cooperation between structures, leads to the fact that the patient does not receive the necessary treatment. Moreover,...
Access to health care is the most critical factor that determines whether a state will achieve a Healthy People 2020 goal. It has an impact on the quality of one’s life, social, physical, and mental health status. Disparities in the economic status based on residential location, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status,...
Anna, F. I. and Mander, R. (2011). The relationship between first-time mothers and care providers in the early postnatal phase: an ethnographic study in a Swiss postnatal unit. Midwifery, 27(5), 716-22. These authors highlight the role of ‘caring relationship’ as a therapeutic intervention between first-time mothers and caregivers. They concluded...
In the scope of nursing, empowerment may be one of the essential tools for the productive work of employees and the success of a health organization. There are many ways to empower the staff, implement assessment systems, and encourage employees with bonuses. For instance, money can be a reason for...
Healthcare professionals, including nurses, have the enormous responsibility of gathering accurate patient information consistent with the principle of patient-centered care. Moreover, clinical staff have the obligation of incorporating patient information with scientific evidence and professional expertise to deliver high-quality and safe patient care. Standard operating procedures and charts are essential...
Cellulitis is a disease mainly caused by bacterial infection to the skin that poor treatment leads to the spread across the skin. Therefore, it is important to address the issue with the aim of enhancing optimal patient care. As a medical practitioner, I recall an incident of a patient suffering...
Managing nursing staff in any medical unit involves adhering to a specific leadership style. Often, when taking on a new position, one can observe how nurses reproduce the management style in they developed as specialists. However, there is no arbitrary choice of the style of communication with subordinates, because the...
Researchers have found a certain relationship between a nurse’s educational level and their particular interest and participation in policy making. There are several entry points for nurses to start their professional career, which are associated with participating in the Licensed Practical Nurse Program, Registered Nurse Program, Associate Degree Program, and...
Introduction Due to a variety and number of errors stemming from the human factor, medical personnel needs not only wised-developed policies and guidelines but also reliable support from advanced technology. In this regard, healthcare providers possess health information systems (HIS), including electronic health records (EHRs) substituting the paper-based variety of...
Based on these articles, do you agree that vaccines are safe? Why or why not? After reading all three study materials, there is no reason to assume that vaccines could pose a health risk to the average patient. The safety of vaccines has a key priority in their development since...
The key element addressed by the two articles pertains to the problem of hospital-acquired infections (HAI). The infections mainly occur due to contamination and dirtiness in the hospital environment. Bacteria are hatched and spread under a dirty surrounding that is then transmitted to visiting people and patients. The problem is...
Introduction Measuring healthcare system performance and its direct effect on population health is important for the evaluation of healthcare management. One of the most widespread proxy measures of doing so is the infant mortality rate (IMR). It stands for the number of deaths in children aged 12 months or below...