2) Was there clinical significance? Expalin. Research question 1 asked what relationships exist between healthy lifestyles and the six dimensions of nurse self-concept. The findings showed that every aspect of nurse self-concept was significantly related to total lifestyle. According to the author, nurses with healthier lifestyles perceived that they were better able to engage in caring relationships with their patients, use nursing knowledge,
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disease which I have learned to live and cope with. For the past 11 years, I have grown accustomed to the hospital setting and the health care system in the view of a patient. I have grown up around nurses, physicians, dieticians, physical therapists, psychologists, and many other health care professionals. I have learned to be patient and knowledgeable about the disease process I have and have educated myself accordingly. I have learned and experienced how difficult and stressful it can be at times
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focused on delivering quality patient care that is individualized to the needs of each patient. My philosophy of nursing incorporates the knowledge of medicine while combining it with relational, compassionate caring that respects the dignity of each patient. I believe nursing care should be holistic while honoring patient values. A crucial aspect of nursing is interprofessional relationships, and collaborative efforts among healthcare professionals promote quality patient care. My philosophy of nursing
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based on morals/ethics and grounded in a foundation of having love for your fellow man. Her theory has three primary concepts, carative factors, transpersonal caring relationships and caring occasion or caring moment. Watson (1988). “According to Watson (1988) a caring occasion is the moment (focal point in space and time) when the nurse and another person come together in such a way that an occasion for human caring is created. Both people with their unique phenomenal fields, have the possibility
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Networking Sites As nurses navigate web-based social networking sites there is a dangerously thin line between professional and personal online etiquette. Health care employees must maintain patient confidentiality and privacy at all times, as well as serve as a positive representation of their place of employment. Inappropriate use of social media often leads to disciplinary action; and in the most serious cases, can negatively affect a nurse’s career and license. A violation of patient confidentiality
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the best patient outcome. In collaborative rounds, the team members share their patient knowledge and their experiences with a particular problem (Fewster, 2015). Doctors share the information about diagnosis, while nurse share the lab values and condition of the patents. A hierarchical relationship is found to be existing in hospital settings (Lancaster,Kolakowsky-Hayner, Kovacich, & Greer-Williams, 2015). Studies by Lancaster et al., (2015) suggest the adoption of a hospital patient care system
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Phenomenological study describing the lived experience of nurses caring for prisoner-patients by Christopher Veal i A Phenomenological study describing the lived experience of nurses caring for prisoner-patients ABSTRACT There are close to five thousand prisoners in custody in Queensland prisons and this number is on the increase. Prisoners have complex health needs and it is the role of the correctional health nurse to care for prisoner-patients and their health needs. Yet there is a paucity
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Ventilated patients Brea Blais Southern New Hampshire University Advanced Nursing Concepts Dr. Bladen May 13, 2015 Jean Watsons: Daily goals for ICU Ventilated patients An estimated 85% of errors occur in care when communication is not clear (Pronovost et al., 2003). When Nurses or doctors do not know how to properly care for their patients, then these patients cannot recover in an appropriate time frame (Pronovost et al., 2003). “At baseline less then ten percent of nurses and residents
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What is so stressful about caring for dying patients? Trisha Day Grand Canyon University Intro to Nursing Research NRS-433V June Helbig February 27, 2011 What is so stressful about caring for dying patients? Here is an article that can be used as research within our field in which we practice every day. Death is inevitable part of life and a cycle that will never stop. This article deals with how being a nurse can be stressful and tests the limits with death. How much death can one
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self-concept, confidence, the extent to which they are willing to question or conform to poor practice and their future career decisions are influenced by the extent to which they experience belongingness (p.316).”Acceptance by senior and experienced nurses plays a pivotal role in the development of self-concept and application of theoretical perspectives into practice. Negative experiences with staff are detrimental to the learning process by creating environments of stress, anxiety, and an overall
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