Patient care and treatment is an ongoing challenge full of changes and new procedures. Nurses provide patient care using evidence-based practice, which provides scientific evidence of the best current care available. The purpose of this discussion board post is to describe the roll of nurse leaders when promoting. I will provide several strategies to implement evidenced based practice within an organization. I will also provide reasons for changing health care due to cultures, current issues, and
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Culture is defined as “shared values, beliefs, and practices of a particular group of people that are transmitted from one generation to the next and are identified as patterns in society” (Berry & Jacob, p. 207). After watching the video link on YouTube titled Cultural Nursing What Not to Do, I found it interesting how the example showed what not to do and then showed how the nurse should have provided the proper care to the Mexican-American patient as well as managing his pain. The video was
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Running head: MY NURSING ETHIC My Nursing Ethic Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS-437V July 21, 2011 My Nursing Ethic There are several factors that contribute to who humans truly are as individuals. We are all shaped by our personal experiences, memories, emotions, and knowledge affecting our perceptions, reasoning and judgment of people and situations. The collection of these factors makes up the basis for an individual’s personal ethical philosophy
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. There are many factors that contribute to medication errors resulting in consequences to both patient and nurse. Factors that can contribute to errors include illegible handwritten drug orders, confusing drug names, and the use of nonstandard or unclear abbreviations (Neal, 2006). For the patient, the effect of drug errors can range from no side effects to death. For the nurse who commits a medication error the consequences can range from additional training and supervision to lawsuits and
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A. There are many different functions of regulatory agencies and the nursing practice is regulated by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). BRN is a state government agency that was established to regulate the practice of registered nurses. The BRN is responsible for implementation and enforcement of the Nursing Practice Act: the laws related to nursing education, licensure (NCLEX), practice, and discipline. BRN is responsible for issuing and renewing the licenses of nurse practitioners
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to health care differ from one culture to another and are evident in the human race. In the health care field, having the knowledge that different people are usually shaped in life through the traditions that they were brought up with, some do use these traditional ways of health maintenance for their need for better health status. Due to the vast population in the United States coming from other countries it is of the utmost importance for nurses to care and understand different cultures and thus
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VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF NURSING 10 Human Genome Project completed the initial mapping and sequencing of a composite set of human genes in 2003” (p. 392). This is an area of nursing practice that nurses will question their own morals and ethics. With technology on the rise, there will be new ethical dilemmas and nurses will be more active in exploring ethical aspects of patient care. Nurses’ ethical perspective will be respected by other professionals and as a result, nurses in larger numbers will
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Nursing Ethics Tomi MS Grand Canyon University NRS 437 V December 22, 2013 Personal Nursing Ethics As per the Code of Ethics every nurse is expected to practice with compassion and respect the dignity and uniqueness of every person without considering their socio economic status or disease condition. We all have our own values and beliefs as normal human beings. But when it comes to nursing profession, patient is the main focus and nurses are committed to give care that is not biased or
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One also has to try and be the best father or mother and thus promote common family values that ensure commitment, guidance, respect and openness in the family relationships. I upholds these values as a consequence of ill-upbringing. There was no care for me during my early life. There was also no such a thing as rights to be provided. After a deep soul-searching, I
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displaying attitudes and emotions convey non-verbal communication. Therefore, the importance of effective communication in nursing cannot be overstated as miscommunication causes misunderstandings, misdiagnosis and even a lack of trust in the professional. In agreement with this, Walker et al state that interpersonal aspects of care are central to patient’s perceptions of quality of care. (2007:149). In this reflective essay, I will discuss the issues of prejudice and discrimination and how communication
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