Evaluations that reflect judgments about the performance of the graduate student from nursing students, the preceptor, and the graduate student are examined. Clinical Practicum Analysis and Synthesis The purpose of this practicum was to provide an opportunity to gain experience and knowledge about the role of an academic nurse educator. The objectives of the practicum were developed using the National League for Nursing (NLN) core competencies for academic nurse educators. The responsibilities for which academic nurse educators are held accountable are related to the eight core competencies described by the NLN (NLN, 2005). The analysis and synthesis will utilize the NLN core competencies to discuss issues related to the application of the nurse educator role, strategies and approaches that were applied to the role, and a description and analysis of the clinical project that was undertaken.
Person Centered Care HCA333: Introduction to Long Term Care (BTJ1227A) Instructor Debra Storlie Tinel C. Virgil July 9, 2012 During the course of this paper I will summarize key points made by the author concerning patient-centered care. I will answer the following questions: Why is this form of care important? How does it affect outcomes? How can we overcome obstacles to the adoption of these culture-change practices? I will also discuss a several barriers/challenges to implementing person-centered care in nursing homes, and in addition to person-centered care practices mentioned in the article, I will identify two other examples of person-centered care practices.
Importance of Theory Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice Spring B, 2014 According to nursing-theory.org (2013), nursing theory is defined as "an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing". In the later part of the 1800s, there was a strong weight pressed amongst the importance of nursing education. It was during this time that the first nursing theories were developed. Dorothea Orem developed The Self-Care Deficit Theory beginning in 1959. This particular theory is a grand nursing theory.
Standard nursing care: Isn’t that what it is all about? Dynamics of Critical Care, 23(2), 40. Retrieved from the CINAHL Plus database. Gillen, S. (2012). Lessons from history offer insight into today’s professional practices.
For example, a nurse knowing his or her scope of practice and being able to back it up with evidence based practices while maintaining professionalism is the cornerstone of holding a baccalaureate education in today’s healthcare. I was involved in a situation at work where I was in charge, and a nurse received an order to change a patient’s epidural pump settings. I felt this was beyond our scope of practice and did some research on the subject. According to Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN, 1997) and the Office of the Professions (Practice Alerts and Guidelines # 18) this is beyond a registered nurse’s scope of practice. I spoke with the nurse and anesthesia care provider, provided the facts and evidence, and maintained a professional attitude, and we were able to come to a professional understanding.
Evidence Based Practice Nursing Implications The professional practice of nursing has transformed over several years. Gone are the days of providing patient care based on habits or tradition. The patient desires for the nurse to provide evidence related the medical condition to support them in their decision making process. Evidence based practice (EBP) is a recipe for clinical expertise. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of evidence based research on nursing practice, define EBP, explain the importance of EBP research to improve nursing practice, and barriers to overcome in research utilization.
Nurse Leader Interview Nurse leadership has the distinct responsibility to manage “challenging workplace and workforce issues” (Cummings, et al., 2009, p. 1). In the past, nurse administrators believed that leadership was simply the process of ensuring the completion of specific tasks while providing care to patients. As the nursing profession grew, nurse leaders are now held responsible and accountable for financial, administrative, and patient care management. Future nurse leaders must become educated on various leadership styles that can be used independently or in collaboration depending upon each situation’s needs and the people involved. The objective of this paper is to present the views of a nurse administrator regarding leadership and the application of various leadership styles.
Fairman’s Work In “The Visit: Nurse Practitioners and the Negotiation of Practice”, Julie A. Fairman (2011) illustrates how nurse practitioners have negotiated over time, using various methods, to collaborate and make a place for themselves in primary health care settings. She frames her discussion in the space of “the visit”. The visit serves as the context of “provider-patient interaction” (p. 190). It is defined not only by the environment in which providers and patient interact, but also the external factors that influence such interaction. Fairman (2011) claims that she used the visit as the unit of analysis because it is known to be “flexible” and exemplifies “how nurses’ clinical practice changes over time and location” (p. 190).
Confidentiality in Nursing Introduction: This essay will give a brief definition regarding the principles of nursing practice, state why there are important to nursing practice. It will then explore confidentiality as a principle E of nursing practice, report why confidentiality is extremely important within nursing practice and will discuss the patient’s rights in relation to law. Relevant reference of published literature will be put forward in this essay to support the author statement. Main body: RCN (2010) states that the Principles of nursing practice “describe what everyone can expect from nursing practice, whether they are colleagues, patients, the families or carers of patients”. There are eight Principles of nursing practice such as; Principle A: “focuses on dignity, equality, diversity and humanity” Principle B: “focuses on ethical integrity, legal integrity, accountability and responsibility”.
Hawse explains that a critical thinker tries to develop the capacity to transform thought into reasoning at will and uses the ability to make his or her inferences explicit. Critical thinkers use critiques in order to redesign, remodel, and make better. Critical thinking is an attitude of being disposed to consider in a thoughtful way the problems and subjects that come within the range of one’s experiences (hawse 2010). Healthcare professionals must gather, analyze, and process information in order to make a logical decision. These decisions can be complex and require multiple levels of decision-making.