Introduction The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDG) that were set in 2000 are supposed to be completed by the year 2015 (United Nations [UN], 2015). They include the following targets: “to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; to achieve universal primary education; to promote gender equality and empower women; to...
Background The problem affecting Mr. P is associated with the challenges that people face when they become old. His organs and cells have become weak and this explains why he experiences health problems because of his age. There is no single disease that affects him but a general body weakness...
Introduction Core competencies in any field refer to the set of recommended proficiencies unique to the labor pool of a profession or organization. Nursing, like any other avocation, has detailed core competencies that serve to raise the general standards of the practice across the board. Additionally, both tributaries of professional...
The number of inpatient days for children admitted in national healthcare facilities has been on the rise since the year 2002. Statistics indicate that the increase has been as high as 50 percent. In addition, an increase of 55 percent in the number of emergency visits has been witnessed since...
The main leadership traits that a nurse should have include self-management, social awareness and social skills. Social Awareness A leader in a health care setting should be able to understand the situations of others. Besides, he should be able to understand the political atmosphere of his institution and use power...
Introduction Health informatics is the process of designing and adopting effective information based health care practices. It provides health professionals with the requisite incentives that foster communication, exchange of ideas, management of patient data and planning. In US, health professionals have been advocating for teamwork approach to enhance the provision...
Five Components of Magnetism The first constituent of magnetism that should be listed is Transformational Leadership. The second one is Structural Empowerment. The third one is Exemplary Professional Practice. The fourth one is New Knowledge, Innovation, and Improvement. The last one is Empirical Outcomes (see Figure 1). Description of Components...
Introduction Nurses are seen as caregivers. However, there is more to nursing than being a caregiver. This is not an attempt to glamorize the role of nurses. The need to change the perception of nursing is not the work of nurses, but rather the consequence of society’s growing expectations regarding...
Introduction Extant literature demonstrates that the first generally accepted code of ethics for nursing in the United States was written in 1893 by Lystra Gretter and named the Nightingale Pledge to embody the highest ideals of nursing as demonstrated by the founder of modern nursing Florence Nightingale (Fowler, 2010). The...
Some time ago, I was engaged as a social worker in Canada where I performed very stressful nursing tasks. The demanding work coupled with the view that the work presented enormous strain and burnout made me gradually unsuccessful in my duties, which turned me into being very hostile towards my...
Introduction A home-based patient is the one who receives healthcare attention and comfort at home (Huber, 2009). One of the major reasons for receiving healthcare at home is because the patient cannot travel to the hospital, due to physical complications (Turkoski, 2005). Moreover, it could be that the needed health...
Introduction Currently maternal issues make up one of the most critical global-health challenges. Consequently, this health issue was included in the globally sanctioned Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). According to the MDGs, the world endeavored to reduce instances of maternal mortality by at least 75% in the year 2015. However, this...
Introduction The standardization of nursing policies involves the review and revision of current policy documents. This is aimed at achieving a standardized policy framework that can be used by all practitioners. It also involves the identification of policies that should be used on various topics. The general objective is to...
Application to Research and/or Practice Provided The Community Nursing Practice Model (CNPM) has a variety of applications. For instance, it can be applied in research. Barry, Gordon, and Lange (2007) state that researchers and practitioners have applied the model to expand the scope of knowledge in nursing as well as...
Nurses are part of the larger healthcare community that comprises other professionals like physicians, therapists, pharmacists, dieticians, and researchers among other professionals. The primary role of nurses is to ensure that they discharge healthcare services to promote the health of patients. As members of community healthcare, nurses operate in an...
Plagiarism means copying the works of other writers/authors. There can be various reasons for students resorting to copying and these suggest three main motives. First of all, the ambition and stress of competition provoke students to copy. Secondly, students who are engaged in extracurricular activities do not have time for...
Introduction Saudi Arabia is the country that has considerably improved its nursing education. China is another country that has also been working on its nursing curriculum defining it as emerging due to the leading positions in different spheres around the whole world. It seems that the Chinese nursing education system...
A number of theories that explain the nature of nursing have guided the evolution of the practice. This paper will compare Henderson’s Need Theory and Benner’s From Novice to Expert by discussing main concepts and relationships between their nursing philosophies. Benner’s theory reflects on nursing expertise and proficiency by showing...
Subjective Data Client Complaints: acute abdominal pain, gnawing and acute umbilical pain, nausea without vomiting, last night fever, heartburn. HPI (History of Present Illness): The patient thinks he has a heart attack in addition to umbilical and abdomen pain. He had the same symptoms during the past 24 hours that...
The use of the nursing process The article written by Dolan, Pachis, and Skelton (1990) is aimed at showing how various stages of the nursing process can be applied to home visits. The authors identify such stages as assessment, diagnosis, planning, and implementation; this procedure should be used by nurses...
Introduction Ethics refers to a metaphysical study area that examines engagements, principles, and choices that define the correct and mistaken decisions. On the other hand, laws are the obligatory procedures of conduct that are enforced by a particular authority. In most cases, the two concepts overlap. In the event of...
Introduction The theory chosen for this nursing issue is the Nursing Services Delivery Theory (NSDT). Nursing theory affects nursing practices in several ways, which could have significant impacts on nursing practices. Any nursing theory offers a fundamental framework to guide and clarify nursing practice, sustains quality of care to patients...
Introduction The existing nurses shortage in United States of America, as well as globally, brings a major problem in hospitals in providing adequate patient-to-nurse ratio (NEPPC, 2005). Good outcome of patients’ medication is a resultant of several factors such as availability of medical facilities, severity of illness and most importantly...
The Neuman’s Systems Model offers the best nursing ideas in order to provide quality care to different patients. Neuman’s model encourages every caregiver to help his or her patients using a collective approach. The model also encourages clinicians to use the four meta-paradigms of nursing towards better health outcomes. These...
The case under discussions exemplifies common mistakes of a health care worker. A nurse shares her medical experience with her colleagues. First of all, she mentions constant complaints of her patient, Mrs.Fraser. Then she tells them about treating the woman with some medicaments without informing her. Taking into consideration the...
Introduction Nursing is a process which involves several phases which include: Assessment Diagnosis Planning stage Implementation stage Evaluation Inadequate capital, increment in disease transfer rates and the discovery of new medical treatment methods highly demands the use of established policies in order to improve population health. Making decision on issues...
NYU College of Nursing is one of the most well-known nursing institutions, which deserves to be taken a closer look at. It has several competitors, including the College of Staten Island of the City University of New York, Molloy College and St. Joseph’s College). Judging by the fact that the...
Introduction In healthcare institutions, nurses often need to work in teams to provide better care to their patients. The practices of Teamwork and Collaboration permit nursing specialists to share each other’s knowledge and skills, which allows for significantly better patient outcomes. These practices improve the quality of service provided to...
Organizations across the world aim at achieving quality and efficiency. Hospitals are not left out of this bracket, making it an important aspect for the nurses to perform by the hospital’s objectives and goals (Saunders, 2010). For this to be accomplished, a chief nursing officer has to come into play....
Introduction Similar to other sectors, the health care sector has experienced numerous transformations over the years attributable to changes in technology. Despite the fact that technology benefits nursing practitioners in many ways, it has also been blamed for creating a complex operating environment. Typically, a patient admitted into a hospital...
Advanced Practice Nursing Role in the South University Clinical professionals play a critical role in ensuring high-quality healthcare delivery to patients across the world. They maintain high standards of primary care that entail physical, psychological, and emotional well-being of the patients. In various hospital setups, role and setting of the...
Increase the proportion of nurses with a baccalaureate degree to 80% by 2020 The individuals in the academic field of nursing need to work in collaboration with all the schools that offer nursing education. The increase in nurses is projected to range between 50 percent and 80 percent by the...
Overview The African American cultural group is constituted of individuals of African ancestry, raised and residing in the U.S. It was through slavery that many African Americans were enslaved and moved to America against their wish. In the early years, these cultural groups were restricted from assuming active roles in...
The quality of nurses’ training plays the crucial part in the health care system. Nowadays nursing education implies numerous tests’ completing and essays writing, that are aimed at monitoring students’ knowledge level (Halstead, & Frank, 2010). However, one should note that this kind of work does not contribute to the...
Introduction The world of nursing is faced with a lot of challenges that keep on emerging every day. Some of these challenges subject nurses to ethical and professional dilemmas. Nursing practices that raise ethical dilemmas require caution since the professionalism of the nurses is put into question. For many years,...
The major human resources (HR) management skills include organization, negotiation, problem solving coupled with conflict management, communication, and the ability to multitask. The human resources department is tasked with addressing the employees’ issues together with the hiring of new workers. Therefore, the success of any company or institution largely depends...
Nursing Philosophy Main concept of Philosophy Project significance Holistic care The main concept of the philosophy is proactive patient engagement for ideal healthcare provision (Fielding & Briss, 2006). This philosophy will aid in addressing the nursing care actions that will be applied to create a complete intervention plan for the...
Sample Murrells, Robinson, and Griffiths (2008) choose the following sample for their study: they focus on “all qualifiers from the adult, child, and mental health branches of the diploma program in England in 1997/98” (p. 3). At first, Murrells et al. have to elaborate the information about 986 child figures,...
A widespread belief in nursing education and practice is that nursing practice should be holistic, and patient centered. Consequently, there is a focus among nurses to promote patient-centered care supported with holistic nursing. In this regard, holistic care should promote values, the right to self-fulfillment, culture, and quality of care...
Overview African Americans are the second-largest ethnic minority in the United States of America. The African Americans trace their ancestry to slaves from Africa to the U.S in the 18th and 19th centuries. The African Americans are not limited to African racial descent only; through intermarriages, they also comprise of...
The practice of nursing is very demanding compared to other careers. In most cases, nurses are called upon to provide patient care in hospitals and homes. For this reason, nurses must be committed to provide quality healthcare. This paper will assess qualities that make a nurse to be competent. Personal...
The nursing profession is guided by a set of core values that nurses are expected to observe to deliver professional quality care to patients. These core values include professionalism, integrity, compassionate care, excellence, communication and collaboration, nursing knowledge, diversity and inclusion, and life-long learning. Nurses should inculcate core values into...
Introduction Nurses are important personnel in the health care industry. However, some problems occur while offering patient care despite nurses trying to avoid them. Such difficulties could be caused by many factors and lead to medical costs skyrocketing (Sherman & Pross, 2010). Some of the causative aspects include medication errors...
Preventing a disease is traditionally considered easier than addressing the emerging health concerns; therefore, logically, it is most reasonable to put the emphasis on health maintenance and disease prevention, which has recently become the focus of the present-day nursing service. Over the past few years, a number of models allowing...
Introducing the role model is essential for the career development of future nurses while cultivating particular characteristics such as confidence (Klunklin et al., 2011). I am glad that I have chosen nursing as a path for my career development. Nonetheless, I have considered dentistry as a potential career. The administrative...
Introduction The primary role of the nurses is to provide an optimal care to both the inpatients and the outpatients. This form of a healthcare commitment within the highly sensitive areas often requires the nurses to remain alert and vigilant in the hospitals throughout their working durations (Carayon & Gurses,...
Introduction Genomics refers to the study of the assembly, organization, role, and evolution of an organism’s genome. Genetic research, particularly the Human Genome Project, has revealed a lot about the genetic mechanisms of common diseases like diabetes, stroke, and cancers. It has also generated “new gene-based technologies” for disease diagnosis...
Improper Access of Patient Information Nurses are expected to adhere to several ethical and legal requirements in their professional roles, including the need to protect and maintain patients’ privacy and confidentiality. Thus, the nurse acted in an improper manner by accessing confidential patient data in another unit of the facility....
Being the type of social services that is completely indispensable for the regular functioning of any type of society and the satisfaction of its members, nursing has recently become the number one source of concern for the residents and the authorities of the United States. Because of the shortage among...
Introduction Butts and Rich (2010) believe that “healthcare is one of the most critical human needs” (p. 28). Many governments across the globe use powerful frameworks and policies to ensure their citizens receive quality health support. Such governments attract different players and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to have stable health delivery...
Introduction Nursing is one of the fundamental components of the medical profession. This arises from the fact that it contributes towards improvement in the patients’ wellbeing and that of their families. However, nurses are faced with numerous ethical dilemma cases that make the profession very challenging. Some of the ethical...
Introduction Nursing surveillance is a procedure aimed at determining safety risks to patient’s health by means of focused attainment, understanding, and analysis of information for medical decision-making (Kelly & Vincent, 2011). Other than the physical actions linked with provision of nursing care, nurses use their expertise, instincts, and early detection...
Summary Six health practitioners, namely, Mary Baker, Lyn Lednik, Karen Sullivan, Lucy O’Quinn, Marylyn Pointer, and Carolyn Smith authored an article, called Is Self-Administration of Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin Therapy Safe in a Home Care Setting. All of them were from the Home Healthcare Nurses group (HHC). The article goes through the...
Abstract This article explains what is entailed in nursing together with my personal philosophy in regard to this issue. Furthermore, it focuses on my views on the nursing career and its importance in society. This paper further examines the reasons for the need to train more nurses today since it...
Problem/Background Nurses all over the world are tasked with the responsibility of taking care of sick people both in hospitals and at-home care settings. Many researchers and scholars have shown that nurses are very important in society. However, the nurses have been overburdened with duties. Such workload can be attributed...
Abstract Philosophy is the process of understanding the fundamental ideas around human nature and their environment. The discipline is applied in different areas of nursing, including education, research, and administration. The nursing personal philosophy discussed in this paper is parallel to Florence Nightingale’s philosophy, which was deeply enshrined in promoting...
During the hospital admissions whether for in-patient or out-patient, the nurses have to provide care to the patient. The way the caregivers respond to the patient’s concerns determines the acceptance of the patient. It is critical to provide physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual care. At the onset of any medical...
According to Talley, Thorgrimson, and Robinson (2013), there is an urgent need for a high level of preparedness among the Chief Nursing Officers (CNOs) due to the rising number of children who stay in hospitals for too long after admission. The authors emphasize that CNOs should heed the call for...
Introduction One of the main issues in defining nurse practitioners’’ (NP) roles in the mental health area have to do with the fact that, whereas the scope of nursing responsibilities continues to be perceived through the lenses of the euro-centric (symptom-eliminating) paradigm of healthcare, this state of affairs no longer...
This study employs a qualitative research approach with the view to identifying the extent to which chief executive officers and chief nursing officers in American health institutions are engaged in ensuring quality and patient safety at the leadership and governance level, and also how chief nursing officers can support board...
Background Patient falls after sedation is a significant part of nursing care (Oliver, Healey & Haines, 2010). Given that the nurses spend more time with patients, they hold the key to addressing the clinical problem related to patient falls. Patient falls after sedation is a common occurrence in most institutions....
Introduction Over the years, allopathic medicine has achieved a lot in terms of introducing successful methods and procedures for disease treatment and eradication. In most cases, the use of various scientific methods such as surgery and pharmacologic treatment options have seen the prevention and elimination of dangerous diseases through studying,...
Introduction A case management model in care delivery integrates provider and patient satisfaction. A case management model provides an approach for managing the health concerns of people and offering cost-effective services. Nurses use the case management approaches to decrease fragmentation, optimize care given to clients, provide clients with quality life,...
Introduction Many nations are characterized by different ethnic groups. Such groups have unique cultural values, social norms, and religious practices. This scenario creates a sense of diversity. Lum (2013) believes that “diversity might affect the provision of culturally-competent health care” (p. 25). Many ethnic minorities tend to get inadequate medical...
Introduction I am a community health nurse, and I have worked in this field for the past five years. In addition to offering nursing services to the community, I also involve myself in offering hospice care in one of the sites. I have worked in hospice care for the past...
Introduction Concerns about improving care at the end of life began to surface as far back as the 1950s. Clark (2002) states that while the decades before were characterized by a fatalistic resignation of the doctor, the following decades adopted an active approach where new and imaginative ways to continue...
A nursing career is widely adopted by millions of young people throughout the world. Despite it presenting a rewarding sphere, the healthcare sector reveals a vast number of challenges that have to be overtaken by nursing students. Three significant barriers engraved my attempts to become a professional nurse. These are...
Introduction In four sections, this paper evaluates Watson’s transpersonal caring model by describing its key concepts, evaluating its main assumptions, and understanding how it applies to the nursing practice. Within the same framework, this paper explores the criticisms surrounding the theory, investigates how its concepts relate to one another; and...
The purpose of this essay is to highlight the roles of Family Nurse Practitioners in hospital settings and community health care centers. A Family Nurse Practitioner offers evidence-based care to patients in different healthcare facilities. A Family Nurse Practitioner offers the best care to every patient. The practice improves patient...
Research is vital to nursing because it is mainly used to come up with improved methods of caring for patients in what is commonly known as evidence-based practice (EBP) nursing in the contemporary society. Research refers to a systematic inquiry that adopts scientific methodologies to answer the inquiry. This paper...
Any nurse may look for a way to become a confident advocate as long as s/he has interests in influencing the process of policymaking. Methods of involvement range from writing simple letters, calling the involved parties, or holding a public office through an election. Some of the health care policies...
Introduction Nurses and Advanced Role Practitioners (ARP) in nursing work hard in order to improve the quality of healthcare in many organizations. Nurses should promote the quality and level of clinical practice, education, primary care, and research. Nurse Practitioners are advanced-practice caregivers in the United States (Iglehart, 2013). These professional...
Several solutions can play a significant role towards dealing with the problem of nurse understaffing. The first solution entails the use of nurse aids and volunteers. Keenan and Kennedy (2003) argue that “nurses should be intrinsically-empowered to provide quality health support” (p. 6). They can also volunteer in order to...
Definition of Statement Although the recent technological innovations did provide for more opportunities in communication between nursing specialist and their patients, including better chances for providing healthcare services remotely and offering guided assistance to the patients, the basic structure of the doctor-to-patient communication system has not been changed over the...
Employers and employees usually have different interests and ideology towards work. As a result, it is imminent for these two parties to agree upon specific terms and conditions that regulate their work relationship to ensure that work is conducted in an effective and efficient manner. Collective bargaining is an approach...
Introduction Nursing leadership and management have become a solution to matters of continued quality improvement and patient care practice. In quality improvement and patient practice, the key driving force for successful and sustainable quality improvement depends on how change is incorporated and implemented. The responsible agents for driving these changes...
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) for healthcare practice is a prerequisite for augmented patients’ outcomes. However, adopting optimal services and procedures has never been attained (Weston & Roberts, 2013). Each time an objective is accomplished, a new and a higher goal is set to ensure the best results. As such, organizational...
The nursing profession is subject to a variety of rules and regulations that are enforceable by various stakeholders including the government. In addition, nurses are guided through their practice by a code of ethics. These two forces (ethics and the law) are prominent features in the activities of any nursing...
When it comes to the trustworthiness and validity of the quantitative and qualitative research, it is essential to focus on such concepts as credibility, confirmability, transferability, and dependability. These concepts are manifested in the analysis of the size of sample, representativeness of the sample, soundness of procedures (including the experiment...
Did Ms. Robaczynski kill Mr. Gessner I believe that Robaczynski killed Mr. Gessner. I believe so since whatever she did does not relate to a case of mercy killing. The patient or the family members of the patient must be consulted before such proactive measures are made. Medical practitioners are...
Introduction and Background The nursing profession is critical to the advancement of positive health outcomes. Nurses play a crucial role in the health sector; they provide direct care in hospitals. Across the globe, the need for nurses has been on the increase. This is against the backdrop of nursing faculty...
Type of organization Santa Paula Hospital is a fully fledged healthcare center within the region of Santa Clara Valley. The hospital services such as infection control, ICU, pediatric unit, oncology unit, surgical services, neonatal ICU, and full time acute care among others. Number of clients it serves The hospital has...
Introduction: The Concept of the Multisystemic Fall Prevention Model Despite being a seemingly basic problem that does not need to be spelled out compared to other topical issues, such as obesity or diabetes, falls still remain the cause of a range of injuries, especially among the elderly population (Shever, Titler,...
Strategies and/or Powers used to assure a Busy Legislator Will Consider Information In strategies, I can write letters or make calls to the legislator to draw his attention to the underlying problem involving nurse-patient ratios in the hope of influencing his vote. As a nurse, I can also work with...
Introduction In nursing and healthcare settings, sentinel events are described as significant unexpected negative outcomes that point to potential flaws or discrepancies in care provision (Connelly, 2012). These events are caused by factors such as medical errors, incapacity or unwillingness to follow health practices, poor communication, and weak or unclear...
Introduction The issue of how the alignment of nurses’ values and the organizational core ideologies can affect the performance of the practitioners has attracted vast concern. Researchers and scholars seek to determine how the alignment of these values or the lack of consistency can affect the quality of care provided....
Middle-range theories aid nurses in bridging the gap between nursing practice and grand theories. Since grand theories are broad in scope, remote from empirical findings, and complex in abstraction, middle-range theories narrow down the scope, enhance proximity to empirical findings, and simplify abstraction (Jaarsma, Riegel, & Stromberg, 2012). In the...
Weeks one to four have been productive and rich in gaining new knowledge in different areas of nursing. For example, during the first week I have learned a lot of new information about time management, or as it is also called self-management. I have found that I am good at...
Summary The study uses a pretest/post-test research design, with the aim to improve the quality of care provided by nurses to patients presenting in emergency department (ED) settings with acute stroke, particularly by facilitating the utilization of evidence-based practices on prevention of early complications. Using a total of 104 patient...
Introduction It is imperative to note that the role of evidence-based practice has been increasing over the years, and many organizations are determined to develop systems that are based on this approach. Also, it is necessary to mention that the patient should also be able to participate in the process...
Leadership traits and styles in today’s health care organizations Leadership has been defined as the ability of a person to influence other people to do things that they would not have done without the influence. People with this ability are referred to as leaders. Leaders are found in different settings...
Background information Ethical and moral debates on euthanasia have emerged in the last couple of decades. Pro-euthanasia campaigners consider the process ethical because it alleviates suffering, emotional anguish and prevents the accumulation of hospital bills. However, other groups find the process unethical because it contradicts the professionals’ Hippocratic Oath. Nurses...
Obesity remains a major challenge affecting many citizens in the United States (Akresh, 2010). Bermudez and Tucker (2011) believe strongly that “obesity is a risk factor for different conditions such as diabetes, stroke, and cardiovascular disease” (p. 446). The targeted aggregate for this exercise is comprised of many Hispanics aged...
Introduction Organizational change “is relevant towards promoting the best practices” (Hussain, Rivers, Glovert, & Fottler, 2012, p. 43). Such a change will ensure every health institution provides quality services to its patients. Our health organization is facing a major problem. I have collaborated with my Nurse Leader (NL) to identify...
Introduction In the contemporary world, some deaths occur due to recklessness occasioned by medical errors. Despite the efforts to guarantee quality health care and reform the current systems in the healthcare sector, sentinel events and severe errors still occur. The oath of Hippocrates requires medical experts to refrain from practices...
Is the literature review comprehensive? The literature review in this article is not comprehensive. To begin with, the thesis of the research is not clear. In addition, there are no research questions that need to be answered in the literature review. The authors have not formulated questions that require research....
Obesity has become one of the greatest health risks worldwide. The Hispanics, in particular, have a higher prevalence rate in America than the white population. As obesity increases so do the prevalence of diabetes. The paper would analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the aggregate and discuss the risk assessment....
Methods of obtaining necessary approvals and support The initial step is to obtain approvals and buy-in from hospital leadership and support from fellow staff. Through leadership approval, resources would be provided to support the efforts to combat nurse shortage and secure possible changes in procedures and policies on nurse staffing....
Nursing is a dignified profession in the healthcare industry. In the past few decades, this noble profession experienced various changes regarding knowledge and practice of practitioners. The challenges faced by the contemporary nursing profession led to the formation of nursing schools and training centers. They help nurses to focus on...
Introduction The importance of hand hygiene should not be underestimated in health care settings. The need to decontaminate patients’ hands via washing has been investigated at the beginning of the 19th century. Labarraque introduced his findings proving that timely washing of hands may decrease the incidence of maternal mortality, for...
The nursing profession and nursing practices continue to change. Change is mainly driven by new technologies, further research, and inquiries, and emerging challenges in the healthcare sector. Consequently, nurses are encouraged to embrace a culture of nursing inquiry and research to support nursing excellence. Nurses therefore can question current practices...
Introduction Nursing is a profession that entails helping the needy people to achieve independence. This independence could be physical, social, or even psychological. Nursing research is critical in analyzing physical, social, and psychological problems. This analysis contributes greatly to identifying the best practice in nursing. Additionally, nursing research endeavors to...