Introduction Telenursing uses the technology for the nurses to do follow-up care with patients. The modern approach of follow-up care comforts the patient. Telenursing, the use of technology to allow nursing from a geographic distance, is used in many different settings including hospitals, home care, and other health related facilities. Telenursing is communicated via many different devices of technology. These are many different advantages in using telenursing rather than disadvantages.
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Gibbs (1988) noted that in recent years reflective practice has been embraced by professionals such as nurses, social workers and teachers. He said the process of reflection provides a systematic way of describing how a learner’s performance grows in complexity when mastering academic tasks. This work will employ a reflective model to analyze the therapeutic engagement with one of the patient that I was involved with. The central theme of this assignment is to explain the condition of a client
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Safe Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes Regina Valenzuela Northern Arizona University Abstract Proper nurse staffing has been a debate since the modernization of nursing for many years. This paper examines the results of five researched based articles on the effects of nurse staffing and the outcomes of patient care within a hospital setting. The articles do vary in their methods of gathering information. One study used organizational data from 799 facilitates in eleven states to examine the
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spiritual needs. Nurses should use therapeutic communication to do holistic assessment that helps create nurse patient relationship. If the nurse patient has trusting relationship then the nurse would be able to best assess patient as a whole and patient feels confident to share all confidential health information. Nurse patient relationship is very important for holistic assessment and care of patient, patient safety and for positive patient outcomes. The entire care, diagnosis and patient outcome are
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November 2011 Candace Cane Abstract Due to the ever changing health care system nationally and the increase need for qualified nurses worldwide, nursing responsibilities and patient load have intensified. Nurses are expected to care for higher acuity patients in more complex health care situations. Despite increased hardships in the work place, nurses must continually try to find ways to preserve their caring approach. Jean Watson’s caring theory can be seen as indispensable to this goal
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in HC November 5, 2011 Introduction Nurses make decisions every day that must take into account laws and ethical standards. In order to make appropriate decisions, nurses require an understanding of how laws, ethics, and nursing interface. Nursing is a profession that deals with the most personal and private aspects of people’s lives. It is through the intimacy and trust inherent in the nurse-patient relationship that nurses become critical participants in the process of ethical
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or therapy. In order to address the diverse beliefs of today’s population the advance practice nurse must be culturally competent. Barker and DeNisco (2013) defined cultural competence as a “compilation of the clinical skills and professional behavior of a healthcare provider focused on the cultural values, beliefs, and perceptions of the consumer while both are engaged in the therapeutic relationship” (p.486). According to Higgins and Learn (1999), the Hispanic population includes a diversity of
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can influence people’s health and safety (Human Factors in Patient Safety Review of Topics and Tools, 2009). Work performance determines the quality and quantity of work expected from each employee. Acknowledgement of the relationship between human factors, work performance, patient safety and quality in healthcare can promote a positive work environment. This essay mainly focuses on human factors and work performance and the relationship between these and quality and safety in healthcare. The focus
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is a man to whom a person looks up to and whom he treats like a father. Fathers who have an involved relationship with children are more likely to have an impact on their social and emotional development (Rosenberg). In the play, Henry IV ,Part 1 by William Shakespeare, there are two main plots that converge in a melodramatic action at the end. One of the plots is between Hal and his relationship with his father whereas the second plot is about Hotspur and other noblemen that form a rebellion against
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Methodological differences between questionnaire & interviews are seen as having differing & possibility complementary strengths & weaknesses. While questionnaires are usually views as a more objective research tool that can produce generalizable results because of large sample sizes, results can be threatened by many factors including: faulty questionnaire design; sampling and non – responses errors; biased, questionnaire design & wording; respondent unreliability; ignorance, misunderstanding
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