The strategies implemented for diagnosing and treating this condition deserve serious consideration to define the possible drawbacks in current practices and identify the ways for enhancing the effectiveness of methods and improving the level of [...]
Also, my patient is at risk of diarrhea related to the removal of her gallbladder. As a nurse, my goal is to prevent or decrease the risk of diarrhea in the four hours after surgery, [...]
The present implementation plan is concerned with the main stakeholders of the proposed solution, who are the nursing staff from various departments, and administrative and managerial staff.
If the reason is due to a perceived lack of "self-efficacy" in doing the physical assessment, it can be controlled, if not eliminated, through constant practice.
My study of the leadership roles and management functions in nursing theory and applications both in class and in the clinical preceptorship is enabling an advancement of my skills and nursing practice by the knowledge [...]
The chapter Nursing Work Force and Health Policy by Linda O'Brien and Laureen Hayes focuses on the shortage of nurses that resulted from the intensive restructuring and downsizing of the Nursing sector in the 1990's [...]
Considering the weight of such precise statement and the persistent disregard of the congress to enact quality these stringent measures for violation of this staffing act requirement, it is then up to the nurses to [...]
The sole purpose of any nursing activity during any given kind of illness and end-of-life stage is to maximize the quality of life and functioning for individuals, families, and the community at large.
Managing of stress is a complicated thing due to the connivance of life course, daily activities, stress and the way the three intermingle with each other.
The key question is whether health care is the individual right that cannot be disputed and which is not determined by the income level, or the individual responsibility of the person, who has to take [...]
The relevance of the key points in this paper has to do with the increased stress experienced by nurses working for more than one agency and serving many clients.
Cherry insists that, one of the rewards related to being a professional nurse is the steady issuance of monetary motivational factors by the employers.
Even as there is a lot of published work on the ethical debate of palliative care research, nonetheless, there still lacks in literature a synthesis and exploration of the quality of the central debates.
This section also highlights the instruments that were used in the study and the pilot testing of the instruments. Demir conducted a study to examine the opinions of nurses about family presence during resuscitation.
Nurses are some of the professionals that need to communicate with their clients to promote understanding between them because it is only through communicating that they get to know the needs of their patients enabling [...]
However, most studies note that the most unique suicide warning signs include suicide threats, having a history of suicide attempts, and revealing statements insinuating the longing to commit suicide.
According to the American Nurses Association, corrective staffing of nurses per unit cannot be attained through legislation; rather, the decision on the number of nurses per unit should be made with special reference to skills [...]
The essay discusses occupational health assessment and how it can be used to enhance the quality of health. Occupational health refers to a specialty in the field of medicine which is concerned with understanding the [...]
The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of symptom cluster using the Schwartz-Barcott and Kim's hybrid model of concept development.
One of the conflicts evident in the case study is that the Chinese patient does not give the nurse a hard time and this makes it difficult for the nurse to determine whether the patient [...]
In order to evaluate the program accomplishment, a rubric will be developed, which will assess the outcomes of a project and the results of working in team.
Prior to the start of the study, Mr.G.stated he did not remember the information the researcher had discussed and did not remember signing the consent.
According to Jean Watson, the founder of a non-profit organization called Watson Caring Science, the nurse of the world should be united to revive the veritable nature of healing and caring through love and to [...]
A physical examination of the patient reveals no signs of illness, obesity, no signs of acute distress and she is wearing appropriate dress and is hygienically fine. The eyelids are normal and the conjunctiva is [...]
In the case of avian flu occurrence, it must be reported promptly to the authority in charge to put up measures of preventing further transmission, and care of infected persons.
In addition, the essay describes the critical stakeholders required to implement the CQI plan, and the importance of establishing a climate of a high-performance organization in the health center.
Advocates for the withdrawal of treatment for severely deformed infants base their arguments on the fact that treatment for severely deformed infants is futile.
Each source introduces a separate attitude to the problem of acute otitis media in children; the diversity of suggestions should help to define what kind of treatment is more appropriate in this case and how [...]
The Lao Democratic Republic is a landlocked country, sandwiched between Vietnam to the west, Thailand to the east, China and Burma to the North, and Cambodia to the south.
An assortment of insight has been achieved in this concept paper, and it is with no doubt that there are factors that lead to job fulfillment among nurses.
Nurses believe that overcoming difficult challenges in the course of their work ensures maximum exploitation of skills and abilities, hence ensuring job satisfaction and passion. The article elaborates job enrichment and satisfaction among nurses in [...]
These guidelines also offer information on the use of antiseptics and other hand washing or hand hygiene practices that will improve the process of preventing the transmission of pathogenic microorganisms. Hands should also be washed [...]
The report further asserts that they "receive little education in communication during training programs or as in-services in the nursing home" acknowledges that "effective communication and teamwork are essential for the delivery of high quality, [...]
Clare's wish for personal relationships with the people around her has to be taken care of in addition to medical and other health support for her condition.
The ability to carry out pain assessment and management determines to large extent the capacity to deal with the effects and symptoms of the disease.
The complexity of modern healthcare has generated new demand in the nursing practice, with the rising need for nurses to extend the scope of their skills and knowledge to cope with the situation.
This was adopted in scientifically identifying initial concerns related to the reluctance of community nurses in carrying out end of life care as part of their profession.
One of the strengths of the research study is the systematic way in which the study is presented. In displaying the steps that were involved in the process, the study exposes the samples, instruments used [...]
The article explicates the factors contributing to satisfaction and dissatisfaction with end-of-life care in the nursing homes, particularly among bereaved family members.
The term substandard patient care has been used in this report to take into considerations both the failure in clinical care and also some of the issues that may have caused a low standard of [...]
A family member selected to visit the patient will be in position to give feedback concerning the patient to the rest of the family members and friends.
For example in the case at hand, the nurse is required to do all that is geared towards the improvement of the health of Mr.
After the root cause analysis is conducted it is important to conduct a failure mode and effects analysis, this will help nurses indentify and establish the next cause of action. This analysis has exposed that, [...]
According to Butts and Rich, leadership in a clinical setting is a process that ought to shape the goals of the medical care organizations, motivate the behavior of the nurses towards the accomplishment of goals, [...]
However, in the highlighted case one should be conscientious of choosing tactics to diminish the emergence of the most challenging behaviors on the part of a patient.
Further, as it happens one of the worst things discouraged during the provision of health services is the inability of the voluntary information from a patient; as this helps the nurse in making the choice [...]
Cooper and Littlefield performed a study of occupational therapy interventions in oncology and palliative care and, focusing on patient contact activities performed by occupational specialists, they also stress the importance of goal setting.
One of the basic groups of these standards is the one that deals with patient-focused functions of hospitals, i.e.the patient education standard, or PC.6.10.
The latter theory is useful in nursing practice because it acknowledges the importance of maintaining relationships between different family members as lack of this aspect can lead to health complications.
The unit considered in this paper is a respiratory care unit in which medical services are presented to patients that experience respiratory disorders and difficulties due to such diverse reasons as pneumonia, cardiac problems, and/or [...]
The end of life of the greater part of the patients can be characterized by their experience of distressing symptoms and the seriousness of the issue accounts for the importance and necessity of application of [...]
In addition, it is important to note that leadership in this profession is not all about having the required skills and abilities; in terms of task allocation, but rather it is a practice that should [...]
The importance of primary prevention in program development is the fact that it is easier and less expensive to prevent an illness, disease, or dysfunction by promoting healthy choices and behavior in the first place.
The idea gets the services to the core of the community and hence the responsibility being shared. This group takes a lot of revenue in their healthcare and they do not add to the country's [...]
They state that it is hardly possible to present some statistical data because as a rule much depends upon the doctor, but the authors suggest that the participation of the family or relatives beneficially affects [...]
Kleinpell and Robert Grabenkort, the authors of the article under consideration, tell that nursing practitioners and physician assistants play a very important role in the intensive care unit, however, their participation is still not well [...]
One of the common themes raised in the articles under consideration is anticipatory grief or the effect of forewarning of death on the children's perception of one of their parents' death.
Most of the wheelchairs on the market are made of a rigid frame work and are not adaptable for the users, and the basic problem seems to be the increasing number of users.
Jean Watson probably had this worry of a fading caring heritage in the nursing profession when she joined the 'Theory of Human Caring.' Patient needs are in the increase and nurses face the challenge of [...]
Leaders in the nursing field empower or allow nurses and other individuals to assist in fulfilling the objectives of the organization.
Nursing history is as old as humanity Earlier centuries nursing care was disorganized, unsanitary, and lacking in scientific foundation The modern definition of Nursing: A science and an art that focuses on promoting quality [...]
The theories of the family include the historical theory, the stress theory, the functional-structural theory, and of course the attachment theory.
The purposes were clearly identified by the researchers in the objectives' section; however, the problem of the study was not expressed as a separate idea.
The concept of empowerment is deeply rooted in the 'social action' ideology of the 1960s and the self-help perspective of the 1970s.
The public health inspectors are involved in inspection of food premises and of vendors to ensure that they are licensed and have a valid license to operate; they also inspect the sanitation and hygienic conditions [...]
Advance Registered Nurse Practitioner Pediatrics is therefore a registered nurse and a nurse practitioner with advanced training in pediatrics and can provide high quality nursing care to infants, children and adolescents.
Hospice care in the UK as compared to hospice in Kenya is more developed and at a amature' and advanced level.
Here, the purpose of the study was to describe the characteristics of caregivers which include physical health symptoms, burden, HRQL, and overall quality of life, in the first and second years of caregiving.
They will be allowed to see the baby for several seconds and after that, they will have to leave. The calm but strict voice is going to convince the visitors and remind them that they [...]
In the labor and delivery process, there can be a number of emergent situations. The allegation by the nurse that there are not enough nurses in the labor and delivery department is a serious one [...]
While physical measurement of patient satisfaction would be required to get the patients improved physical health status, which would, in turn, prove the success of the applied physical therapy, the overall patient satisfaction would be [...]
I am sure that I was not alone in having a traditional view of the role of the nurse in the healthcare sector at the beginning of the semester; while the role of the nurse [...]
While the blood is within the dialyzer, the dialysis fluid is delivered by a mechanical proportioning pump to flow on the other side of the membrane from the blood to the dialysate.
In the United States, the average per capita income of Japanese Americans is about 15 percent higher as compared to the U.S.population in general.
By the latest study, the Food and Drug Administration has approved 30 antiretroviral drugs to counter the effects of the deadly AIDS virus According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the drugs, [...]
Defining the topic in the form of a question or statement and separating the question into specific logical components or concepts is the principal strategy to search the CINAHL database.
The aim of this essay is to review the use of tandem mass spectrometry in screening for inborn errors of metabolism.
However, there are certain limits set by the state election law for the maximum contribution a candidate can have from PAC and depending on the position and the office they will be elected for.
The objectives of my study were to find out the benefits of social interaction among these children, the different ways that can encourage the children to participate in social activities at the daycare center, and [...]
In order to understand the significance of evidence-based parameters to decrease the incidence of NCI in the acute care setting, the author would elaborate on an important aspect of the pathophysiology of NCI.
The investigation, discussed in the article, deals with the multidisciplinary work of the nursing staff provided the following results: the complications of the work in a team, because of different perceptions of responsibilities and different [...]
Nurses must examine their thoughts, feelings, and assumptions about the death of a baby and the bereaved family. To provide effective nursing care, nurses must show open and caring attitudes expressed through appreciation and acceptance [...]
Abstract Critical care and advanced practice nurses have a significant role in the creation of safe passage for patients in the hospitals in the United States Methodology This article written by three registered nurses have [...]
The article provides the rationale for taking a comprehensive history of health of the patient stating that the process of taking the history of the patient not enables the practitioner to gain valuable information but [...]
Harnessing the differences in the various aspects of our employees offers our facility and department the depth in handling various challenges while at the same time denying us the uniformity in perception and attitude that [...]
The discussion of basic and continuing education, a collaboration between a nurse and a physician, and the role of chart reviews and formularies will prove the significance of nurse attention and dedication.
It allows the search results to be filtered and organized by sample size and the number of articles about a specific intervention.
The bibliography intends to locate sources that provide the required theoretical foundation for the proposed research a multidisciplinary team approach in the prevention and reduction of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers.
Hyperplasia of the parathyroid gland is common in cases of secondary hyperthyroidism that is caused by renal disease. There is no evidence of uptake of the molecules in the normal parathyroid gland.
The critics accuscost-sharing care of the failure to implement the claimed outcomes, such as the higher quality and the lower costs of healthcare.
There are many definitions and circumstances as to why a patient might fall; that is why defining them is vital for improving the quality of healthcare.
As a representative of the Arabic community, various values are specified and displayed in society mainly due to the difference in religion.
The theoretical significance lies in studying the psychological characteristics of nurses exposed to occupational stress, determining the effectiveness of the psychological adaptation system and the severity of burnout, depending on the specifics of the activity.
The disengagement theory refers to a process when most of the relationships between the individual and surrounding people are intercepted as aging people are less involved in the life of the society.
The authors of the identified article wanted to develop a superior framework for understanding the importance of cultural competencies and their effectiveness in transforming care delivery.
However, the growing number of chronic illnesses and improved affordability leads to the demand for high-skilled nurses. In my opinion, this is an excellent idea, as conferences help to build a bridge between various members [...]
Individuals who strive to acquire the nursing qualification are required to follow the ideals and moral standards of the profession. This postulate ensures reducing the number of conflicts and contributing to the transparency in one [...]
I believe that these two issues will manifest themselves in a healthcare crisis because the industry might not be fully prepared for the waves of elderly and chromatically ill patients. Therefore, a potential nurse needs [...]
This paper investigates the influence of daily self-blood pressure measurement on compliance with antihypertensive medication intake since it is one of the most prospective and accessible methods for the patient.
The central difference between physical-body and body-mind-spirit models is that the former are concentrated on treating only the body, while the latter emphasizes the importance of interventions in mind and spirit as well.
Statistics relating to dementia, as a mental health issue, suggest that there will be an increase in the number of patients diagnosed with the disease as more people seek help for their mental health issues [...]
A considerable part of the course was dedicated to the fundamentals of genetics for the reason of its significance in today's medical studies.
Similarly, if the nurse manager or the physician blame the nurse for the error, it could affect trust within the team and create obstacles to teamwork in the future.
The essence of the family nursing approach is that the nurse communicates with all family members, even if providing care for only one of them. This approach is justified since family members can support each other when facing complex or difficult diagnoses (Bell, 2016). Also, acquaintance with all family members and their medical history helps […]
However, in addition to this, they are responsible for providing patients with an atmosphere of comfort, verbal and physical communication, emotional and psychological support, and a pleasant and calm environment.
While the subject of care quality is usually focused on improving the delivery of care by providers and institutions, patients play a significant role in supporting high-quality care provision.
Nursing was recognized as a science, and instead of a traditional model of learning from more experienced nurses, a science-based approach to the training of the would-be specialists in this occupation was implemented. Indeed, theoretical [...]
This paper includes an assessment of the current organizational culture at a skilled nursing facility and a description of the changes to be implemented to create a collaborative culture and improve the organization's performance.
It is worth noting that nurses start playing a greater role in the well-being of society, and the scope of their practice is expanding due to the requirements of the contemporary healthcare setting.
It is not necessary to satisfy the needs of a lower level fully in order for the next, higher level of the hierarchy of needs to be triggered.
The healthcare industry is one of the most significant of all, making the existence of any country and its development possible. The restricted involvement of nurses in research committees and medical hackathons leads to limitations [...]
The Institute of Medicine Report is the document that indicates the role nurses play in the process of treatment and provides recommendations for the improvement of U.S.citizens' health through the contributions of specialists.
The purpose of this study is to quantify quantitative outcomes of a practice change to a blended form of bedside nursing report.
The following analysis is related to the article, "The effect of nursing quality improvement and mobile health interventions on infant sleep practices" by Moon et al.
Therefore, to successfully investigate the phenomena based on qualitative analysis, it is necessary to identify the main themes and subthemes of the study.
Delegation of care is crucial to ensuring positive patient outcomes and the coordinated functioning of a nursing team. Patient advocacy and delegation of care are the core skills of every registered nurse that allow them [...]
Therefore, from a personal and professional point of view, to correctly distinguish between a normal and an abnormal behavior/disorder in a geriatric patient, there is a need to follow the bio-psycho-social framework in evaluating the [...]
At last, the nursing professionals must decide, the employees must be in control, and the staff must be the hero and get the credit.
The topic of serving the sick is also essential in enlightening the health practitioners on the suffering of the patients. The second stage is the preparation stage in it the patients get ready to undergo [...]
The nurses should then be left to manage themselves and have choices on the work that they can take in the organization.