DEVELOPING THE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY | | | |Birth is a crucial stage in the reproductive life of a woman. It is an affirmation of the life-giving | | |function of the human species and a celebration of life itself. Yet, it can be life-threatening when | | |complications occur
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Tools to manage care, such as clinical pathways, practice guidelines, and best practices have increased as the health care insurance industry has put more pressure on health care providers to improve care and provide more cost-effective care. These tools offer health care providers the opportunity to determine the best approaches to clinical problems based on current research and expertise (Finkleman, 2011). Best Practices Best practices are those treatments, procedures, tests, therapies
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philosophies, attitudes, actions, experiences, interests, and more importantly my professional role in nursing and in society. As a new graduate with my Associate Degree in Nursing, the first feeling I experienced was fear and uncertainty about my future as a nurse. This feeling was due to my observing of how demanding this profession was during my clinical rotations. I had this strong sensation that nursing was my niche but I was afraid of failure. My perception was limited with what was expected in
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Conditions (LTC) within Primary Health Care (PHC) that requires practice development processes and adaption to models of care that are person centred. Within my clinical setting implementation of a pilot scheme is underway with a common vision to work alongside the accompanying community pharmacy for better sharing of knowledge and information to enable optimum care for our mutually registered LTC patients. Analysis of evidence based practice, facilitation of roles and responsibilities, and appropriate
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teenage, school setting, and physical education Assignment Questions Guidelines What two guidelines were used? (AHRQ, n.d.) “Pathogenesis, prevalence, diagnosis, and management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction: a practice parameter.” (John M. Weiler, September 26, 2010) “Evidence-based care guideline for management of acute exacerbation of asthma in children aged 0 to 18 years.” (Acute Asthma Guideline, Cincinnati Children's Hospital
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What is nursing? ‘What is nursing? It has been called an art, a science, a profession, a vocation, a heaven-born gift, a laboriously acquired task’ (The Nursing Record 1889 p.131). This definition is one of many ways to describe nursing. It was written over one hundred years ago which shows that even at this earlier period, nursing was recognised as a hardworking, privileged and intelligent career. Nursing is a very comprehensive subject where a lot of topics could be discussed. The areas that
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Mentoring has been established in a variety of fields for many years. Within nursing, the term ‘mentor’ denotes “A nurse, midwife or specialist community public health nurse who facilitates learning and supervises and assesses students in a practice setting”, (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2005). The essay will explore the role of the mentor in the field of nursing, with personal reflection on the authors experience as a mentor in my current role as a community mental health nurse (CMHN)
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Quantitative Research article Critique Grand Canyon University Introduction to research NRS 433 Citation Mancuso, J. (2010) Impact of health literacy and patient trust on glycemic control in an urban USA population. Nursing &health sciences 12(1), 94-104.doi:10,1111/j,1442-2018,2009.00506.x. Introduction This critique examines the research reported by Mancuso (2010) that examined the health literacy and patient trust as predictors of glycemic control. This study also examined others factors
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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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Do X-rays Requested By Triage Nurses Decrease Waiting Times? Research in Health and Social Care Introduction: Since 1991 when the patient’s charter (Department of Health 1991) was introduced, Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments have been under pressure to see, treat and discharge patients within a certain time period. In 1991 75% of walking wounded who presented to the department had to be discharged within one hour. It was subsequently changed in 2004 when the government decided
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