Ernestine Wiedenbach Ernestine Wiedenbach was a pioneer in nursing theory and nursing philosophy. She was an author, nurse-midwife, and teacher. Clinically she specialized in nurse midwifery and it was at Yale teaching that her nursing theories were developed. Wiedenbach was recognized for her work in writing the first maternity nursing text book that focused on family-centered care. (Barger, Faucher, & Murphy, 2015). Her theories were influenced by Ida Orlando, Patricia James and William
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The Educational Preparation of The ADN vs BSN Degree in Nursing Nursing consists of many different avenues and specialties that may play a part in what route a student takes when deciding on the educational aspects of pursuing a career in nursing. Some nurses are educated on an Associates degree (ADN) level and some are educated on a Baccalaureate- degree (BSN) level, or
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Nursing Knowledge Resources Vicki J. Green Georgia Regents University Nursing Knowledge Resources Sigma Theta Tau International Sigma Theta Tau International (SSTI) was founded in 1922 by six nurses at the Indiana University Training School for Nurses which is now the Indiana University School of Nursing. The founders chose the name from the Greek words Storgé, Tharsos and Timé meaning "love," "courage" and "honor." STTI became incorporated in 1985 as Sigma Theta Tau International
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Nursing, as a profession, continues to be a growing and changing entity. As nurses, we must consider that our future is going to be much different than our past. This presentation will review four major topics that are worth consideration, and hopefully provide food for thought about each nurse’s plans and goals for his or her own career in the future. We will discuss evidence-based practice, nursing theory, research, and nursing roles and opportunities. Each of these topics includes a myriad of
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Nursing Outlook is one of the leading periodicals in the discipline of nursing. The journal was established in 1909 and has since been expanding in their zone of research were today it “examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research”, while at the same time not focusing on just one of the sub-disciplines of nursing but the overarching discipline ("Ulrich Web Global Serials Directory," n.d.). They examine fatigue management, a nurse’s personal health and how to make
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Vision for the future of nursing Currently, health care in the US has been made accessible and affordable to everyone, as evidenced by the increase in the number of patients in the health care system. The nursing profession is already facing numerous challenges to deliver good quality and safe patient care. Therefore, there is a need for growth in remodeling the nursing profession to meet the high demand of an aging population with more complex needs. The nurses have to quickly adapt to a new
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Nursing Interventions for Patient Safety Nursing Interventions for Patient Safety The evolution of nursing is one that is rich in history and clinical practices and has existed for hundreds of years for health care issues. This author has work experiences from 1978 to 1996 as a nurse and nursing consultant in long term care and has a personal interest in how the use of restraints has evolved to a patient focused and caring approach that has reduced the rates of restraint use and patient injuries
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Publications First publication date and importance to nursing research: Nursing Research First published: 1952 (Burns & Grove, 2011). Importance: The Nursing Research Journal was published to provide a “basis for nursing practice” (Burns & Grove, 2011). The Nursing Journal published research data, which have become the cornerstone of nursing care standards. Sigma Theta Tau Journal published by this organization is now called Image—The Journal of Nursing Scholarship First published: 1967 (Burns & Grove
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interested in exploring perceptions of reiki therapy in end-of-life care amongst nursing students. Some people do not believe reiki to be an effective form of therapy, or may not even know what reiki is to begin with. I am curious to research how much nursing students know about reiki and to what extent they believe it is effective in end-of-life care. Caring for patients at the end of life is a special kind of nursing, as nursing skills and priorities may contrast from those regularly seen in typical medical-surgical
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Historical Development of Nursing Timeline Development of the nursing practice has e started as early as the 1850’s with Florence Nightingale. She was the founder of the first nursing theory. From her foundation over the years nursing has blossomed into a great career and practice to where nurses and patients both benefit from the advances in theories and practice. Theory is an essential part of the past, present and future of nursing. Timeline: (1860) Florence Nightingale: - Florence
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