Costello Chamberlain College of Nursing NR501: Foundational Concepts and Applications March 2016 Importance of Theory Paper The nursing philosophy is a group of concepts that help provide a method for treating and caring for patients. Nursing theory also can be an instrument of effort that emphasizes scientific facts, it will also show the trends of views of the wellbeing -disease course of action and the practice of healing care. The different nursing theories that have been planned
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DISCUSSION PAPER JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING The use of theory in qualitative approaches to research: application in end-of-life studies Hung-Lan Wu & Deborah L. Volker Accepted for publication 24 July 2009 Correspondence to D.L. Volker: e-mail: dvolker@mail.nur.utexas.edu Hung-Lan Wu PhD RN Nursing Instructor Meiho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan Deborah L. Volker PhD RN AOCN Associate Professor The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas, USA W U H . L . & V
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Diversity in Nursing In this paper, I will summarize what I have learned about diversity in nursing and the effect that diversity has on the nursing community as well as the impact it has on the public related to health disparities. Diversity comes in many forms such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, culture, and ethnicity. The purpose of this paper is to discover the importance of diversity in the nursing profession. Importance of Diversity in the Workplace The lack of diversity in
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of Lateral violence (LV) within the nursing profession and how it directly affects the work environment. The concept of LV is also known as abusive behavior, horizontal violence, bullying, aggression, horizontal hostility, verbal abuse or “nurses eating their young”. There are four main themes that appear throughout the five articles. The negative effects that LV has on nurses’ health, moral and sense of worth. The negative impact that LV has on patient care and outcome. The negative impact that
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Heritage assessment tool is a set of questions used on individuals to determine how their culture and beliefs determine the way they carry themselves on matters of health. Each culture is unique in a way such that the individuals who conform to it end up having unique ways of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. In this case, having studied three different families on their cultural beliefs then it is possible to point out the importance of applying the heritage assessment to evaluate the needs of families
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My Nursing Philosophy Miami Dade College Transition to Professional Nursing NUR 3805 ABSTRACT Nursing is a profession that besides of caring and showing compassion focuses on serving the people that need it most. This article basically talks about a personal philosophy of nursing where the main points are being shown through the definition and purpose of nursing. Other important points include the cultural diversity between nurses and clients, the role of the nurse in the community, and
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Organizational Culture and Climate Organizational culture characterizes a work environment. It comprises all of the life experiences each employee brings to the milieu. Culture is made up of the values, beliefs, attitudes, assumptions and behaviors shared by a group of people. The organizational climate is the way we fell about where we work. Climate can be seen as that which quantifies the culture; it is the collective perceptions about the organization. (Huber, 2010). I currently work in
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Educational Preparation For one to understand the difference between Associate degree Nursing and Bachelors degree in nursing it is important to define the two. Barchelors degree is a four year degree program that includes practical and theoretical aspect of nursing but more in dept of physical, social sciences, nursing research, humanities, nursing management and community health. It prepares the nurse for a better understanding of the cultural and social issues that affects the patient and the
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Running Head: INDIVIDUAL: PERSONAL ETHICS Personal Ethics of Nursing Crystal Kingcade Grand Canyon University Ethical Decision Making in Health Care NRS 437V April 30, 2010 Personal Ethics of Nursing Ethics in nursing is a set of principles relating to what is morally right or wrong. It is used in the health care field as a standard of conduct or code for how healthcare workers should behave. As nurses it allows us to analyze information
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adherents’ understanding of disease and illness, their health-related behaviors, their interactions with and expectations of the healthcare system, and their adherence to medical recommendations” (p. 1334). Thus, in order to provide culturally competent care to patients that practice Islam, nurses must have an understanding of the Muslim patient’s religious practices and influences. Muslims believe in the integration of daily prayer, spiritual medicine practices, and reading of the Qur’an, the religious
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