Healthcare reforms in the United States still remain highly emotive. When the current regime took over from the Obama administration, one of the primary goals was to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as the Obamacare (Glied & Adlan, 2017). It was viewed as...
Introduction Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a chronic condition that requires patients to constantly control their blood sugar levels, which leads to significant changes in their lifestyles. The number of people having T2DM is increasing throughout the world, and, according to the predictions of the World Health Organization, in...
Nurses should understand that the family has a vital task in the concern of health support for patients. Functions and roles in the family are crucial in helping every member and offering care that is effective to the health of patients and welfare of the entire household (Preston et al.,...
Abstract Nursing specialists have no significant level of involvement in the process of health policy creation and implementation. Although there are three points of legal influence over any form of health policy, the nursing community is not equally incorporated in all of them. These layers are microsystems, mesosystems, and macrosystems,...
The Definition of Nursing To my mind, nursing is a profession that holds hospitals and clinics together. A nurse is a person that educates and cares for patients, administers medication and manages the process of treatment, provides psychological help, and assists physicians and surgeons. The nurse profession exists because there...
Introduction Employee performance management is essential for the successful operation of any organization, and it is even more critical for healthcare providers. Poor performance among medical professionals can contribute both directly and indirectly to adverse outcomes for patients (Weenink et al., 2017). To perform well means not only carrying out...
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing, which is the core regulatory nursing body in the United States, is comprised of state boards of nursing. These boards have significant authority over the nursing practice as they issue regulations that affect nurses’ scope of practice and standards of conduct. Additionally,...
Introduction It is difficult to imagine modern nursing without Florence Nightingale’s contribution. More than a hundred years after her death, she is still considered one of the most influential people who helped to advance the profession’s development. Many people argue about what she would feel about modern-day nursing. Main body...
It is important for nurses and professionals to think about leadership, especially in times of rapid development and innovation adjustments in healthcare. It is essential for nurses and healthcare professionals to understand the concept of leadership and its influence on their practice. At the same time, it is even more...
Acute shortage of the advanced nurse practitioners in the US requires delegation of the routine tasks by the NPs (nurse practitioners) to assistant personnel. To ensure high quality of health care and minimize the danger of the procedure for the patient, the NP must adhere to strict regulations of the...
In her article, Fawcett (2017) elucidates the topic of existing nursing theories, models, and philosophies. This article is aimed at researching future perspectives of nursing science and possible trends and problematic issues that must be taken into account. The author focuses in particular on the so-called perspective transformation. I believe...
The paper reviews the role of a nurse in a healthcare setting and explains the key notions from theory and practice concerning communication. It provides an overview of such vital items as interprofessional collaboration, communication with colleagues and patients, and nursing education. It stresses the urgency of these topics, supports...
The 21st century is a time of rapid development in the field of nursing. Over the last twenty years, there has been an uneven amount of disease outbreaks, including a Covid-19 pandemic, which has stopped society’s normal functioning for several months (Suleman et al., 2020). Nursing informaticians are also contributing...
The high rate of readmissions after the previous discharge of adult patients is an urgent issue, as the existing ineffective protocols may lead to financial burdens or lethal consequences. Thus, there is a need to identify and eliminate the possible causes. The practically proved solutions to avoiding the readmissions are...
For submission of the research paper, the British Journal of Community Nursing was selected. It is a leading peer-reviewed journal in the UK with 12 issues per year and supplements. The journal contains publications devoted to modern clinical coverage, nursing care-related cases, and research projects. The journal quality and reputation...
The Definition of Nursing The official page of the American Nursing Association (ANA), defines nursing as the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of...
Euthanasia often seems the only option to ease suffering in end-of-life patients. When anesthetics do not appear to have an effect anymore, it is only just to grant the patient his or her wish to die peacefully. This would not only allow patients to die in tranquility but also unburden...
Introduction Florence Nightingale’s integral vision of nursing has inspired many intellectuals to advance theory and practice to achieve the best outcomes for patients’ health. Her global views on human health today are imbued with the United Nations and its Millennium Declaration that proposes the improvement of health and well-being of...
Fishbone Diagram This diagram shows that there are several causes of childhood obesity, the most critical of which are unhealthy lifestyles practiced by many children, a lack of involvement in treatment, ineffective policies, and prevention interventions. There is a need to design and introduce new policies that would guide nurses...
Contemporary nursing is profoundly connected with the application of middle-range theories and frameworks as they allow to enhance the process of caregiving. This paper aims to discuss the Scholarly Project (SP) theme, the approach to its application, and middle-range theories which are employed in support of the project. First of...
Introduction Unique client systems with its characteristics, structure Stressors as disturbing factors of health Normal/flexible line of defense (LOD) Dynamic understanding of patient’s health Internal resistance factors help improve health Three types of prevention: primary, secondary, tertiary Each person’s health is viewed as a dynamic mixture of interdependent factors or...
Introduction Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM) was created to assist nurses in caregiving for patients. The model’s concepts provide a framework for evaluating focal points in a patient’s environment that influence the individual’s health. Using this evaluation, a nurse can create a set of goals to improve the situation. Roy’s model...
As a nursing manager, I would choose total patient care for my team as a care delivery model. Total patient care is a method of care provision that allocates all the time of one professional to a single patient. This specialist is responsible for the whole treatment process during his...
Pain management is an important part of the work for healthcare professionals. For various reasons, however, implementing theoretical knowledge on the subject into practice in order to improve nursing care proves to be a challenging task. In the article, Tracy and DiNapoli (2012) introduce the theory of integral nursing, which...
The article analyzed in this paper is “Burnout in critical care nurses: A literature review” by Kirstin Epp (2012). The phenomenon of burnout is an issue that can affect anybody in any line of work regardless of occupation, but it is a serious problem for critical care nurses in particular,...
Introduction Nursing care modes are designed to guide nurses to provide a high quality of care through established principles. The better the model is adjusted to the setting in which a nurse is operating, the better health outcomes they may provide. Therefore, there is a necessity for adequate choice and...
The unfolding of My Personal Nursing Philosophy As the field of nursing undergoes constant changes regarding both theoretical and practical knowledge, it has become more crucial than ever to solidify people’s beliefs and convictions about the profession. To me, articulating personal values and defining the roles and focus of practice...
Educational Intervention The population to be discussed in this paper is older adults diagnosed with asthma, who need nursing education regarding the use of medication, inhalers, and lifestyle issues. It is essential to take into account that the mentioned population usually has well-established views and habits, and it is critical...
Nurses are the pillars of the healthcare system in the U.S. because they work at a ground level and bring into life policies that were adopted at other levels. They are the indicator of problems and successes of the system. The better nurses perform, the more coordinated the system is....
Nurses have to be cautious all the time to provide the best treatment possible. To do this, a nurse has to pay attention to every aspect of the patient’s well-being. What creates this focus is awareness – self-awareness, and awareness of surroundings and patient’s state in particular. Thus, a nurse...
My Personal/Professional Strategies to Increase My Power A number of different strategies are required to influence the legislature of the healthcare and nursing effectively. According to Abood (2007), these strategies include entering the legislative arena, understanding the steps of the legislative process, knowing the key players, understanding committees, and communicating...
Introduction In the beginning of the 21st century there emerged a need for a dramatic improvement in the approach to service provision in the sphere of medicine. The invention of patient-centered care philosophy seems to have marked a new era in nursing. It allowed for a whole range of techniques...
Introduction Childhood vaccination is a standing issue in Florida as 6.4% of parents refused to vaccinate their children (Florida Department of Health, 2017). Up to 93% of that number were exempt from vaccination due to religious reasons (Florida Department of Health, 2017). 6.4% of Florida’s population of children under 18...
Definition of Nursing The first nurses who appeared in ancient times were just doctor helpers. They helped with easy tasks and reduced the load on the physician. The modern nursing is very different. The basis for it was created by Florence Nightingale in the 19th century. She described a nurse...
Introduction The vision of nursing among officials and educators has recently changed and become oriented toward continuous education and raising the prestige of the profession through producing skilled and well-rounded professionals with a solid theoretical background (Davis, Taylor, & Reyes, 2014). In light of this, changes will likely occur in...
Nursing is a serious profession that requires plenty of skills. The most important of them are the skills of leading, managing, and following. Basically, leading in nursing is the ability to direct the members of the team, and help them with difficult patients (Yoder-Wise, 2014). Being a good follower also...
The problem of vertical and horizontal workplace violence in nursing has been discussed for decades. It is stated that healthcare specialists are more likely to be subjected to workplace violence than the workers in other sectors. Therefore, healthcare organizations should pay attention to this issue and develop strategies for preventing...
Introduction Conflict resolution process is of great importance due to the fact that it helps restore normal conduct in any work setting, provided the participants react adequately. A hospital can be a highly stressful environment, which affects inter-personal relationships and conflicts can arise rather frequently. Therefore, it is paramount to...
Introduction The goal of every nurse is to establish an excellent quality of care. If patient safety is well understood and more or less tightly linked to hospital policies, patient outcomes are less connected to them. Nurses have a variety of responsibilities pertaining to their duties. In the circumstances of...
Each type of a nursing practice model has a specific target, application, and influence on the patient’s state. It defines not only the skills, knowledge, and expectations of the nurse but also one’s career and ways of professional development. One of the most used approaches is a specialty nursing practice...
Introduction Maternal nursing is a highly important and responsible area of healthcare. It includes both prenatal and postnatal care for women and babies. This care affects medical parent and children conditions as well as a psychological state. It is difficult to overestimate the impact of the parent-child relationship on children’s...
Introduction Florence Nightingale can be considered a legendary figure in the history of medicine. Her efforts in providing proper education for nurses are partially responsible for the way nurses are taught today, while her global approach to medicine is more relevant than it has ever been. Utilizing similar ideas, contributions...
Introduction Implementing a sustainable staffing management system focused on ensuring professionalism and better teamwork is a demanding but necessary task. However, some issues may undermine the process of its execution that may arise six months to a year after the start. To secure the policy’s stable performance over a prolonged...
Direct vs Indirect Care: Introduction The most important part of every health system is the workforce. A lot of health care providers, who have quite a mixed variety of specific responsibilities, are involved in the health care process. Nurses are the largest and one of the most important groups of...
Introduction With the development of civilization, the world became not only more comfortable but also more dangerous. Environmental pollution, the spread of diseases, and various social aspects do not let humanity live happily. If we look back into history, we can notice that troubling concerns were very similar at different...
Obesity: Growing Concern Obesity is a disorder observed among children and adults almost equally. Nowadays, approximately one-third of the US population has serious obesity problems (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2017). It is characterized by an excessive fat accumulation in a human body with a number of adverse health...
Nursing is continuously developing as a profession, requiring more knowledge and the educational credentials to support it. Nurses are encouraged to study at specialized schools and attain degrees from baccalaureate to the recently introduced doctorate of nursing practice. Furthermore, even after finishing their education, nursing graduates are expected to engage...
Conflict management is a crucial skill that must be mastered by a graduate student during their internship. As nurses have to work side by side with health care professionals, such interdependent work roles contribute to conflict. Therefore, a contemporary nurse should be able to distinguish among conflict types and realize...
Florence Nightingale was a social reformer and foundational philosopher of modern nursing. Nightingale dedicated her career and life to helping the world. Throughout her career, she fought to improve public health service policy. “She advocated for better conditions for women, children and the poor and hungry, including better education for...
A metaparadigm is a core concept that defines a discipline, describing its boundaries and goals. Even though individual occupations and people have different needs and do varying things, they have some shared aims and similar methods as long as they share a metaparadigm. In nursing, four commonly accepted metaparadigms are...
In today’s ever-changing environment, a concept of a fully engaged nursing leader becomes rather meaningful. It incorporates a set of characteristics, each of which is essential and works in combination with others. The fully engaged leader focuses on value-based organizational outcomes, supports care quality, and adjusts leadership styles. The most...
What Is a Pressure Ulcer? Pressure ulcers, or bed sores, are a common problem among immobile patients confined to beds or wheelchairs, especially in intensive care units. These sores result from pressure and friction on the skin or tissues underneath, leading to local damage. Pressure ulcers often reflect the quality...
Introduction Compassion fatigue and burnout are two natural work-related consequences for an oncology nurse. It disrupts the high quality of services which the oncology nurse provides (Barbour, 2016). Hence, it is important to understand the roots of compassion fatigue and burnout as well as general understanding of how it develops....
Program Elements Pay for performance system in nursing implies remuneration provided in response to outstanding care quality. Nursing leaders are often overwhelmed with various tasks and may encounter difficulties with selecting the proper payment method to ensure the most appropriate care services, patient outcomes, and nurse satisfaction. The given case...
The article by Giltinane (2013) contains a comprehensive description of three leadership styles: transactional, transformational, and situational. The author also provides examples of each style and concludes that situational leadership is a preferred approach. The transactional leader tends to build relationships with employees based on a reward/punishment system. If a...
The Doctorate Nurse Practice (DNP) degree supposes a number of essential goals to prepare advanced nurse leaders, among which one might pinpoint the focus on both clinical and systems responsibilities, leadership, and administration. First, the DNP program prepares students for the clinical role that means that the focal attention is...
Case Summary The patient is a 35-year old woman. She has been suffering from rash for a week. The rash is constituted by erythematous plaques scattered across the cheeks and the bridge of the nose. The lesions are itchy and painful. The patient has noted fatigue, fever, and weight loss....
Patient care technologies can be described as the entirety of devices, medical and surgical procedures, and other technical means used in medicine to provide health care. It has significantly advanced over the last decades and has become an important part of the medical industry. Patient care technologies evolved from installing...
Theoretical Framework Roy’s adaptation theory seems to be a suitable theoretical framework for the study. According to Phillips and Harris (2013), Roy’s theory provides an invaluable mechanism of assessment of personal, group, and family adaptation needs. The identified PICO question deals with the comparison of the new status of nurse...
Introduction A nursing care model is a tool with which a patient receives a set of nursing services. A nursing care model establishes major values and policies for a specific facility. Hospitals implement the model which best satisfies their general approach to treatment and patient. All of these models are...
This week, I have completed an interactive case study involving the implementation and practice of human needs nursing theories. The case study was about Juan Duran, a Mexican-American who was prescribed to take insulin injections but was not instructed how to perform them. He arrived at the hospital to ask...
It has been acknowledged that communication with patients is one of the most important aspects of nursing practice. There are effective strategies that can make this kind of communication effective. The use of the patient-centered approach is crucial as patients have different backgrounds, peculiarities, needs, fears, etc. Mulder, Lokhorst, Rutten,...
Information about the Interviewee An interviewees name is Nancy Jackson. She has a Masters degree in nursing. She works as an NP and nurse educator in a local healthcare facility suggesting a nursing training program for individuals who want to enhance their skills and competencies. Her specific area of education...
I want to add some points concerning the role nursing professionals can play in cancer prevention. The role of educators is integrated into nursing practice (Maresso & Hawk, 2016). Nurses should provide recommendations regarding the most effective measures aimed at preventing cancer. Moreover, nursing professionals should apply the scientific approach...
Parse’s Theory: Introduction It is possible to say that nursing care models should consider the reality where people live and directly link nursing practice to individuals’ experiences. Such a holistic approach to nursing contributes to better patient outcomes and aligns with the nursing perspective of Rosemary Parse. I chose to...
The highest responsibility of healthcare professionals is taking care of people and improving their health. However, it is also crucial for medical workers to remember about their own well-being since their health conditions may impact their professional abilities. Thus, it is necessary for all nurses to integrate the premises of...
Major stress factors in nurses Nurses are often exposed to stress due to the peculiarities of their jobs and some features of American healthcare. It has been acknowledged that the workload caused by inappropriate staffing is one of the primary causes of nursing practitioners’ stress and associated health problems. However,...
Self-care is an essential aspect of any nursing as it helps to resolve numerous health problems or even prevent their development by introducing appropriate health practices. The modern healthcare system also accepts the enhanced importance of activities aimed at caring for self as they contribute to better outcomes. Cooperating with...
Self-care is a very important approach to deal with potential health risks. Regular people might apply multiple principles to reduce the chances of different illnesses. This paper’s main goal is to discuss aspects pertinent to the development of a personal health plan. Unhealthy Patterns Many unhealthy habits increase the chances...
Through the BSN program, a nurse receives practical experience in many health care services. However, the ASN program only provides nurses with basic nursing skills and teaches them how to tackle common health problems. The BSN program also provides management and leadership experiences to the nurses, which the ASN program...
Introduction Healthcare is one of the most important topics of discussion in the 21st century. Part of the reason is that a great percentage of the population – especially in the Western world – is aging. There are now many elderly people needing care. On top of that, breakthroughs in...
The value and life of disabled in the community is no difference from the rest of the population. The problems that affect the disabled most are the socio cultural factors that cause the most discomforts. This is due to the fact that the disabled community is seen as an ‘outcast’....
Plan In the introduction part, I will point out that this study is a critique of a journal article written by the above-mentioned authors and was subsequently submitted for publication to the American Journal of Nursing. The said article was published in time for the September 2006 issue of the...
Aseptic technique is a general term that involves the practice of procedures and processes in the care and treatment of patients, by reducing the introduction of micro-organisms to the patients. Asepsis is of two kinds, general asepsis, and surgical asepsis. General asepsis concerns the procedure and processes involved in the...
During a person’s lifetime, he is called upon to make decisions and choices that will have a direct effect on who he is as an individual and how he will interact with people in his daily life. Sometimes, these decisions take us down one path that finds the person leading...
The paper is an analysis of several findings which highlight the issues regarding ESL students in regard to the Nursing Programme. A background has been provided regarding the issues and the rationale behind such issues. At the same time, a relationship has been drawn between that of ESL in nursing...
Abstract This paper investigates the models and standards used by a particular healthcare agency for quality improvements. The findings indicate that the agency has implemented already established options for standards of care, care delivery models, quality improvement, leadership, and evidence-based care. The paper demonstrates that an agency can adopt such...
High-quality community nursing implies caring for people from highly diverse backgrounds who live in many different settings, including prisons, jails, and similar facilities. Healthcare excellence is particularly important in the latter environments because incarcerated individuals often face an extensive list of health risks and have multiple complex health problems. The...
The field of nursing is growing at a fast pace, which means that more consideration and understanding of the given health care sector are needed. Assessment of the patient’s attitude to health requires considerable and specific knowledge in the field of psychology and sociology. A number of issues in nursing...
The availability of affordable health insurance is a major prerequisite for maintaining an adequate level of healthcare access across various populations. The United States does not have a universal healthcare insurance system, whereas private and employer-sponsored forms of insurance dominate the market. Nevertheless, the country has two effective federal programs...
Artistic Representation of My Perception of Caring Why nursing? Why medicine? Why me, after all? Why choose the profession so daring? Because helping people is something I love, Because every person needs caring. For me, definition of caring is The help, the support, the attention; We patiently tend to the...
Introduction I am a master’s student, and I will be glad to expand your horizons about issues with financing nursing education while paying vehement attention to the Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2017 and its revision. Nowadays, being a nurse implies not only providing high-quality care but also being a...
Connection between Professional and Academic integrity Maintaining academic integrity is one of the characteristics that distinguishes a professional nurse. The philosophy that enables a nurse to be honest and transparent in their learning is a crucial component of the nursing ethics that serves as a guide for addressing professional dilemmas....
The Modeling and Role Modeling Theory was introduced and developed by Helen Erickson, Evelyn M. Tomlin, and Mary Anne P. Swain and borrowed its basic concepts from a large variety of sources (among which are Maslow’s Theory of Hierarchy of Needs, Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development, and Seyle and Lazarus’s...
Ear tugging, fever, copious discharge and cerumen, difficulty sleeping, as well as TM erythema are the major symptoms of AOM (McCormick et al., 2016). The redness of a TM is the local AOM symptom that may lead to hyperemia – as a result, the TM becomes red, and it can...
Introduction: Lydia Hall’s Nursing Theory Various conceptualized theories provide an efficient framework for improving and enhancing the quality of caregiving. It is critical to mention that contemporary nursing practice is vastly based on the early conceptualizations of nursing theory, which were suggested in the middle of the 20th century (Meleis,...
Introduction Nurses have to deal with many different varieties of conflicts constantly in care settings. Patients can be aggressive due to various factors such as pain, and other medical professionals can enter into disagreements over matters such as treatment. Such incidents are unavoidable, as conflict is an essential part of...
Examples of work stressors Working as a nurse in a hospital is a stressful experience mostly because this position puts a practitioner in a high-stakes environment. One of the biggest causes of stress in my experience has to do with the amount of time I spend trying to acquire authorization...
Abstract This paper presents an analysis of a particular clinical agency’s approach to treating depression. Specifically, its population health and case management processes are described. An evidence-based clinical pathway by the National Institute of Healthcare and Excellence of the United Kingdom is then applied to a case from the agency....
Barriers Encountered When I got a letter confirming that I had been offered a position to pursue a career in nursing in my preferred college, I was very pleased. However, I was not fully prepared for the challenges that lay ahead. Most of my friends pursued a career in social...
The problem of patient safety has received a lot of deserved attention recently. Numerous studies addressing the physical well-being of inpatients have concluded that patient falls pose an immediate threat to patients’ health (Reuben et al., 2017). In their articles, Sujan (2015), Hill et al. (2016), Roman et al. (2016),...
My Personal/Professional Strategies to Increase My Power As a registered nurse (RN), I am aware of the inadequate nurse staffing in healthcare facilities, resulting in a detriment for both nurses and patients. High workload and insufficient nurse-patient ratios put at severe risk the health of nurses and increase the likelihood...
While the development of medical technology provides opportunities for better patient outcomes, it also raises ethical and legal concerns that deal with patient integrity and autonomy (Park, 2009). This research discovers the ethical issues faced by nurses in hospitals. The reported ethical issues fall into three categories such as “end-of-life...
Comprehensive History and Physical Examination Name: Jessica Age: 32 Complaint: The patient’s vision has been dropping significantly in her left eye, with significant pain accompanying the problem. History of the illness: The patient claims that she has been experiencing a drop in her left eye vision since morning. Jessica has...
The success of the healthcare sector depends on its ability to acquire and implement emerging technologies. Such systems have the potential to improve the quality of medical available to the targeted patients. When implemented and supported efficiently, any patient care technology will guide decision-making processes and solve emerging problems. The...
The given CALS standards are partially used by my peers and me. In my nursing practice, I always strive to remove any communication barriers, such as language variations. Therefore, I undertake a nursing action of language assistance, where I deliberately focus on assisting people regardless of their English proficiency or...
Introduction Environmental health is becoming a relevant topic for discussion as man-made and natural hazards are beginning to affect human well-being severely. The environment and surrounding that we live in can have a profound impact on health, both positively and negatively. This paper will discuss the basics of environmental health,...
Personal Nursing Autobiography I have a strong academic background that supports my healthcare practice. I completed my Master’s degree in microbiology several years ago in Cuba. I currently work as a registered nurse (RN) in Florida where I offer evidence-based services to my clients. My employer is the Florida Health...
Introduction Nursing requires an understanding of components that affect an individual’s health and excellent professional skills. A nurse should be aware of personal values, which contribute to his or her work and can be reflected in a philosophy statement. This paper aims to identify my nursing philosophy, explain the four...
Pediatric obesity caused by fast-food consumption is a significant issue in nursing practice. Comprehensive family lifestyle interventions proved to be effective in reducing unhealthy eating behaviors and body mass in pediatric patients (Janicke et al., 2014). The nursing-focused plan is to design a lifestyle intervention that would reduce fast-food consumption...
Role Description A nurse practitioner (NP) in a primary care setting carries out the responsibilities of providing primary healthcare services to adults. The core responsibilities include direct patient assessment, diagnoses of illnesses, and treatment. NP’s role also incorporates adherence to a plan of care, provision of “a full range of...
Introduction Advocacy in nursing practice requires a well-informed perspective on ethical and legal contexts as well as ethical authority. The role of nurse advocates is to be the voice of patients in order to navigate the challenges of complex health systems and empower them in making informed decisions. In daily...