care system, we are needing a more educated nursing staff and here are some facts on that. The baccalaureate nursing practice incorporates the roles of assessing, critical thinking, communicating, providing care, teaching and leading, as noted by the Grand Canyon University of Nursing Philosophy. The professional approach includes the values of autonomy, altruism, human dignity, integrity, and social justice with unconditional regard for people. Nursing practice includes health promotion, disease
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Based on viewing the video of the nursing student’s experience in clinical working environment in Hong Kong, this paper mainly focuses on communication between nurses and clients by using my recent experiences and observations as a volunteer in Queen Mary Hospital. First of all, effective communication works as a treatment for clients in need. In my experience, a male client was admitted with the complaint of urine retention and lower abdominal pain. The doctor advised him to have catheterization
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Nursing Expertise Self-Report Scale Based upon the results of my questionnaire I have realized that I typically go on gut feeling for my nursing process with some data input. I tend to look at the patient, obtain verbal information of how they are feeling and what has been going on that caused them to have to come to this facility. I haven’t focused much on the policy and procedure guidelines at facilities until recently and after completing the questionnaire I feel that I really need to look
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Changes in the Health Care System and the Practice of Nursing have become complex. Technological changes, complicated client needs, short hospital length of stay, and departure from acute care to community based care, all these changes have underscore the need for professional nurses to think critically in order to provide safe and effective client care. A better educated nursing workforce can provide good health education to patients and their families. The affordable care of 2010 has required the
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Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory While the history of nursing can be traced back to the early first and second centuries, or even earlier, the study of nursing research and theories is a 20th and 21st century phenomena. The act of nursing is rooted in the Greco-Roman tradition of humanista, which core values are respect for the dignity of person, and the right to be free of pain and suffering; and the Judaic – Christian tradition of Caritas, with core values of solidarity with the sick
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development needs from which I will formulate a Personal Development Plan. This undertaking demonstrates my commitment to the need for continuing professional development in order to enhance my knowledge, skills values and attitude needed for effective nursing practice (proficiency 4.1) and will address deficits in my knowledge and skills and identify any shortcomings within my own or others practice and help me cope with practice related issues experienced within my previous placements. I have chosen Gibbs
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issues facing health care, one area of focus is a nursing shortage in health care facilities. Three economic tools that will be focused on in this essay are choice and opportunity cost, supply and demand, and marginal analysis. Registered nurses (RN) are the largest group of health care professionals in the United States, strengthening the entire health care delivery system (Caron, 2004). It is important to understand the effects that a nursing shortage has on the economy and the health care system
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History of Community Health Nursing and Health Promotion/Risk Reduction Cumberland University History of Community Health Nursing and Health Promotion/Risk Reduction For this assignment, I have chosen two articles from the American Journal of Nursing written in October of 1900. Article 1 The first article obtained is titled Work for Nurses in Play-Schools written by Mary Boyle O’Reilly for the first edition of American Journal of Nursing (O'Reilly, 1900). The article discusses how district
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needs of homeless pregnant women. (1995, December). Advances in Nursing Science, 18(2), 44-56. This article explains in detail about homeless women through different stages of pregnancy. It provides a great insight about the issues that these individuals have and some of the reasons behind their homelessness status. Many different interviews have been done to come up with the information provided in this article, including nursing staff, shelter staff, family and friends of individuals. This article
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THEORY 2 Abstract Jean Watson, professor, nursing theorist, developed her theory of Transpersonal Caring from her own experiences of nursing and information she received during her higher education years. Her idea was to bring attention to professional nurses. Nursing is becoming more interdisciplinary and involving. Watson's theory is centered to subjective inner healing and a person's experiences. These
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