but now I am more open to the idea. However, I still believe that therapeutic touch is not a true form of medical healing. To begin with, the Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary states that this alternative medicine is a practice where the nurse or practitioner treats a patient by passing his or her hands over a person’s body to promote relaxation, pain reduction and or healing. I must say that the thought of someone’s hands hovering over my body kind of makes me giggle. I keep replaying
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publications that leadership in nurses should be fostered throughout their education. Key words: Nursing leadership n Management n Factors that enhance leadership n Undergraduate programmes he importance of effective leadership in health care has been emphasized by a number of authors (Dunham and Fisher, 1990; Hewison and Griffiths, 2004; Carney, 2006; Greenfield, 2007; Sutherland and Dodd, 2008), and nursing leadership is pivotal to this as nurses represent the largest discipline
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Nurses are urged to integrate and use evident based practice in everyday nursing. Evidence-based practice (EBP) is a problem-solving approach to the delivery of health care that integrates the best evidence from studies and patient care data with clinician expertise and patient preferences and values (Melnyk et al, 2009). I have been working at Virginia Beach psychiatric center and during a replacement on psychiatric rapid stabilization unit this nurse noticed that medication nurses face many disruptions
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Organizational Change Plan- Part II Betty Martinez HCS/587 Creating Change Within Organizations Donna Ferguson To achieve anticipated outcomes, monitoring the change process throughout the implementation is vital. Problems not anticipated or other potential solutions that affect the outcomes could become visible during this phase. Feedback from the individuals affected by the change during this step helping the change agents to stay the loop on how the implementation is
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largely centered on the care of war victims and in improving sanitary conditions of military hospitals (Grand Canyon University, n.d.). The presence of women in the field of nursing grew with these frontier figures. With the influence of female nurses during the Civil War, nursing evolved to become a female dominated profession. Women such as Linda Richards, Henrietta Edwards and Lavinia Lloyd Dock worked tirelessly not only to define the role of nursing, but also
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T. Perez Reaction on the Role Development of Nurses The role development of the nurses came about during the second wave of feminism (1960-1980) during which education for nurses moved from the hospitals to universities. During this time nurses wanted to broaden their knowledge and have their own distinct function and autonomy in the health care system. They wanted to break the traditional view of the nurses as handmaiden to the doctors. As nurses pursued their ambitions to be an effective member
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actionable intelligence from alarm signals makes it impossible for nurses to effectively triage their multitasking among multiple patients,” noted Dr. McFarlane. “Each alarm feature considers only local conditions on separate sensors on separate instruments for separate patients. The result is an overwhelming rate of alarm signals from multiple devices associated with multiple patients that do not carry the context of information needed for nurses to understand the signals relative to their responsibility
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Baccalaureate Prepared Nurses April 7, 2014 Baccalaureate Prepared Nurses “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” Nelson Mandela The profession of nursing has always been an evolving and demanding job. With each year the responsibilities of nurses grow and the demands for higher education increases. There are several ways to obtain a nursing license in the United States: a diploma program, associates program, and a baccalaureate degree. Even
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nursing has many different meanings depending on whom you ask. To some a nurse is simply the person who brings you your medication and takes your vital signs. To others, including myself, it is someone who keeps you safe and watches over you while you are in a healthcare setting. A nurse along side a physician with the patients best interest in mind to care for them not only physically but emotionally and mentally. A nurse must have the knowledge of that exact medication you are receiving. I must
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PROVIDING QUALITY CARE Nurse staffing, quality of nursing care and nurse job outcomes in intensive care units Sung-Hyun Cho, Kyung Ja June, Yun Mi Kim, Yong Ae Cho, Cheong Suk Yoo, Sung-Cheol Yun and Young Hee Sung Aim. To examine the relationship between nurse staffing and nurse-rated quality of nursing care and job outcomes. Background. Nurse staffing has been reported to influence patient and nurse outcomes. Design. A cross-sectional study with a survey conducted August–October 2007. Methods
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