and realized that leadership is a must in all healthcare facility where effecting change and achieving high standards of patient care are stipulated in job titles, such as Director of Nursing, Nurse Consultant, or Modern Matron (Sulivan and Garland, 2010). One of the most challenging nurses faced today in nursing profession is
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League for Nursing Evaluation and Learning Advisory Committee (ELAC) ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION ELAC Members: Marilyn H. Oermann (Chair) Karen Saewert (Chair-elect) Pamela Rutar Suzanne Yarbrough Sub-committee Members: Reba Childress Dawne-Marie Dunbar Sally Erdel Barbara Haas Evelyn Hayes Debra Hurd Sheila Kyle Gayle Preheim, Chair Linda Siktberg Gale R. Woolley, Chair A comprehensive literature review was completed, reflecting best practices in assessment
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Introduction In line with the preparation of mentors, this assignment will aim to look at mentorship in depth. A variety of aspects around mentorship will be discussed, the first being the emergence of mentorship. This will explore what emphasis was placed on learning prior to Project 2000, and then moving to present day and the different documents that were implemented and the benefit these had on the mentoring process. Several definitions of mentorship will be addressed due to the lack of consensus
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Promotion in Nursing Practice February 22, 2014 Family Health Promotion Health promotion is defined as the science and art of helping people improve their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The World Health Organization (WHO) believes health promotion allows health to be a resource and not the objective of living (WHO, 2012). This paper will review the purpose of health promotion as related to nursing practice, and how nursing roles and responsibilities
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Running head: REHABILITATION CARE IN A SPECIALIZED SETTING Rehabilitation Care in a Specialized Setting: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis Dorota M. Loney University of Texas at Arlington school of Nursing In partial fulfillment of the requirements of N5327 Analysis of Theories in Nursing Rhonda Mintz-Binder, RN, MN, DNP April 29, 2012 Rehabilitation Care in a Specialized Setting: A Multidisciplinary Concept Analysis First we need to understand what Rehabilitation is to be able to
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Adverse Events Associated With Organizational Factors of General Hospital Inpatient Psychiatric Care Environments Nancy P. Hanrahan, Ph.D., R.N. Aparna Kumar, M.A., M.P.H. Linda H. Aiken, Ph.D., R.N. Objective: Although general hospitals receive nearly 60% of all inpatient psychiatric admissions, little is known about the care environment and related adverse events. The purpose of this study was to determine the occurrence of adverse events and examine the extent to which organizing factors
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This essay will be divided into two parts, one will be focus on the aspects of communication while the second part will be concentrate on the nursing care. In both parts of this essay the focus will be on the same patient Mrs D Campbell which is not her real name. This is to make sure that the patient privacy and confidentiality will be maintain at all times. According with NHS England, confidentiality Policy, (2014) all members of the staff need to understand the safeguarding of patients confidentiality
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NRS433V, Conwell, Critique 2 Existing studies indicate nurses’ use of research in their practice, i.e., evidence based practice; however, little evidence is available as to the extent to which nurses utilize the available research in their practice The stated objective of the study was “to systematically identify and analyze the available evidence related to the extent to which nurses use research in clinical practice and contribute to the body of work assessing the state of the science” (Squires, Hutchinson
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my patient and predisposing factors. This essay will include an explanation of the significant pathophysiological changes and related clinical manifestations and a critical analysis of the nursing interventions implemented during the acute episode of care, focusing on holistic care, rationale and evidence base. It will then describe the actual deterioration in the patient’s condition, and discuss the nurse’s role in the recognition and assessment of the actual deteriorating condition following the
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religious faith as a Jehovah witness she and her husband reject blood products and blood transfusion as option. The ethical dilemma “A conflict can be experienced when there is evidence to indicate that a certain acts is morally right and evidence to indicate that the act is morally wrong, but no evidence is conclusive” (Burkhardt, 2008, p. 118.). The ethical dilemma faced by the health care providers in this case is the patient’s decision to refuse blood transfusion in other to stay true
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