responsibilities of a mentor will be discussed. Finally, the importance of effective teamwork within a clinical setting environment will be examined. To comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC 2008) all confidential information will be withheld and names changed. According to the NMC (2006) students on an NMC approved pre-registration nursing course must be supported and assessed by a mentor. The mentor must be registered on a local register and must demonstrate their knowledge, skills and competences
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Literature Review: Our thesis aims to evaluate work based learning approaches in developing acute skills for nurses in critical care wards. In this section of the literature review, we will discuss policies in the nursing profession, case studies and various approaches to work based acute skills learning programmes. For our purposes we conducted a literature search using popular medical databases and terms such as ‘acute skills’ ‘learning programmes’ and ‘critical care learning’. Our review highlights
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In nursing, reflection enhances one’s learning by reflecting back to an experience or situation that involved nursing care. Keeping that thought in mind, I shall reflect on an experience that I had during a simulation and analyse the practises used and should have used while encountering a patient. With the use of Borton’s (1970) work, I will be structuring my reflection based on the three ‘what’ model. Before proceeding, I shall raise the issue of confidentiality which is stated in the NMC code
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community. She currently holds the position of professor and nurse theorist at Boston College Connell School of Nursing. As a researcher some of her research interests are conceptualizing and measuring coping, basis of adaptation nursing, implications of individual and common good for clinical nursing, and emerging nursing knowledge and practice outcome. She developed the Adaptation Model of Nursing in 1976. The theory was influenced by observations of practice; insights derived from existing theories
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Finger Lakes Health College of Nursing Nursing Science III: Mental Health Mental Health Recreation Group Facilitation As a result of this Learning Activity the student will: 1. Recognize the elements of a creating a therapeutic milieu 2. Collaborate with peers 3. Utilize evidence based research in planning care 4. Demonstrate clinical leadership skills including planning and reflection. • The students will plan and facilitate implementation of a therapeutic recreational activity involving
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goal of nursing practice is to provide the patient with the best quality care possible. Therefore, there are tools aimed to track if this is being true in the health care setting. A quality indicator is an evidence-based measure of health care quality, which has been obtained from comparative data in regard to the organizational framework of nursing care, the nursing process, and the outcomes obtained (NDNQI, 2010) In other words, these indicators are a reflection of the quality of the nursing staff
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Professional Nursing Reflection M. Ott University of Wyoming Introduction to Higher Education in Nursing NURS 3010 April 14, 2013 Professional Nursing Reflection Nursing is a practice that has been described as a science an art. It has many definitions and many philosophies that guide its practice. Nursing lacks a singular, definitive theory or philosophy. Individual develop their own philosophies and theories based on their values, beliefs and professional identities. As registered
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safe quality of care. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing stated “education has a significant impact on the knowledge and competencies of the nurse clinician.” (Fact sheet AACN). My choice to return to school is a direct reflection on my commitment to give the absolute best care possible. In my nursing career I have been privileged to work as both a floor nurse and a management nurse each requiring their own level of nursing and understanding of all aspects of patient quality. As nurses’
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Leadership Cumulative Essay Introduction This essay will give insight into the author’s point of view on several facets of nursing today. The information provided will speak to lessons learned in the Everest College Nursing program. Topics covered shall consist of a reflection of the personal nursing philosophy, impact and concepts of the Nursing Code of Ethics and how it applies to Nursing as a profession, the concept of patient centered care, use of technology in documentation, and the leadership aspects
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and how this experience may affect my future practice. Throughout the account, in order to protect the identities of people, trust and clinical setting involved confidentiality will be maintained via the use of pseudonyms or omission of names (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), 2008a). The function of practice based learning is to provide experience, serving an important role in developing the skills of the student in interacting with patients and their families assisting in technical, psychomotor
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