of the greatest pioneer's in nursing. She lived ninety years and accomplished many great things for the field of nursing. Her descriptions of nursing, health, environment, and humankind are remarkable and still true to this day. Nightingale reformed nursing and changed the way nursing was viewed. Some of the issues during Nightingale's time, the 1800's, we still face today. Nightingale not only impacted nursing in the 1800's, but also still has an effect on nursing today. We do not need a new
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Instructor Regina McDade Health Care Communication Methods Customer Service is also known as communication which is definitely needed when it concerns an elderly loved one. Having an elderly family member is a very delicate situation and it is tough to face the fact that your Grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, and possibly siblings with illnesses such as Alzheimer’s and Dementia that would possibly need care in a nursing home. As an Administrator of a Nursing Home you could be confronted
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Nursing Philosophy Laura K NURS 391 March 10, 2014 Sharon Thompson, RN MSN/MBA-HCM Nursing Philosophy Introduction “Philosophies of nursing are statements of beliefs about nursing and expressions of values in nursing that are used as bases for thinking and acting,” (Chitty & Black, 2010). Having a personal nursing philosophy can help one provide better nursing care, as well as provide an outline for living one’s personal life. Developing a personal nursing philosophy requires
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Nurse Association (ANA, 2013). “Nursing is defined as the protection, promotion optimization of health and ability, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individual, families, communities and population. According to (Fawcett, 2005, P.52) metaparadigm is defined as the global concepts that identify the phenomenon of central interest to a discipline. Nursing focuses and revolves around the
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definition of nursing is “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (n.d.). Metaparadigm theories of nursing consists of theories that describe the four interrelated concepts, which are persons, environment, health and illness, and nursing. Persons are the recipients of nursing care
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definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing? The ANA defines nursing as “the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” The above ANA definition of Nursing focuses on the holistic health care of
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Degree in Nursing Babrin Guisha Grand Canyon University: NRS 430 October 7, 2012 From the beginning, nursing has been the way of caring for sick individual, who are unable to care for themselves. The concept has not changed till today, but event surrounding it has changed tremendously in regards to civilization, modernization and technological advancement. This knowledge of nursing profession evolved around education, community health nursing, and research
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M. Watson Lenoir-Rhyne University Kolcaba’s Theory of Comfort Introduction Today’s healthcare focus is on providing patient-centered, safe and effective care for improved patient outcomes. This focus is not only important for the patient’s health, but has become vital for the financial well-being of healthcare organizations. The United States has consistently ranked among the highest in healthcare costs and the lowest in improving patient outcomes when compared to other industrialized nations
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used in the study. Background and Rationale of the Study The School Health Nursing Program (SHNP)is an integral part of the total school program. The philosophy of the School Health Nursing Program is consistent with the socio-economic, cultural and political philosophy of the people. Therefore, health and nutrition education are aligned with their democratic way of life. The School Health Nursing Program is a health service offered by the DepEd for elementary school children in the province
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Approaches to Family Nursing The purpose of this paper is to discuss four types of approaches to family nursing. The four types of approaches are: Family as Context, Family as Client, Family as System, and Family as Component of Society (Kaakinen, Coehlo, Steele, Tabacco, & Hanson, 2015). Each type will be addressed from clinical experience and observation of a family in a health crisis. The family chosen for this paper was a young pregnant mother, her spouse, and their parents. This was her
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