The way in which a nurse practices can greatly affect the outcome of the patient (Potter & Perry, 2006). For this reason, nursing practices based on theories and concepts should be researched. The process of using concepts, theories, research and practices to form rationales usually begins with a concept or theory and is cyclic in nature, as each component may lead to the other (see Appendix A). In the nursing profession, several concept-directed theories guide both research and practice. The purpose of this paper is to select and analyze one of the many nursing theories that exist.
Midwives need to advise women, explain the options and help them make informed choices about their care. You'll need to be able to provide reassurance and counselling and must also be a good listener and respond to what women are saying. Women who have babies come from all sorts of backgrounds and life stages, so you'll be supporting a diverse range of women during one of the most emotionally charged times in their lives. You'll need to be able to stay calm and alert in times of stress, and enable women to feel confident and in control. It is also important to gain as much knowledge as needed about anatomy and physiology in the job.
Most patients require gender specific nursing care during treatment (Stainton et al, 2011). Themost important three gender specific nursing care needs of Mrs.Green are to have theassistance of a female physiotherapist in performing exercises and also the help and assistanceof a female care giver in performing ADLs. 3. Describe two (2) priority needs to be considered in planning for Mrs. Green’s discharge? The major priority needs that has to be considered in planning for Mrs. Green`s discharge areeducating the patient and the family regarding the after-discharge care and medical treatmentby initiating patient specific – care plans, establish patient referrals with other teams likephysiotherapy and primary care providers (Lees, 2004).
It is also important to know where and how theories can best apply to current nursing practice. Compare and Analyze a Common Core Concept A common core concept among Virginia Henderson’s need theory and Dorothea Orem’s self-care deficit nursing theory is nursing. Both theorists use the nursing concept in their theory to define the role of nursing. Henderson defines nursing as the unique function of a nurse to help a person sick or well in the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery that the person would perform unaided if he or she had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge. Nursing can also consist of assisting an individual to a peaceful death.
Health care marketing analysis Brandy Marsh HCS 539 May 14, 2012 Debbie Schrager Health care marketing analysis According to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (n.d.), “prenatal care has been recognized as the cornerstone of our health-care system for pregnant women since the beginning of the twentieth century” (public health importance). Prenatal care is an important aspect of a woman’s pregnancy. For some women obtaining prenatal care can be difficult so prenatal clinics have become a valuable resource. Organizations such as Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey offer reduced or sliding scale pricing for women who cannot afford prenatal care. Marketing for Planned Parenthood is vital to the organizations success.
W if she and I could schedule a private meeting to discuss Ms. R’s case? Tell her how I’ve notice how hard she has been working with Ms. R without a lot positive results. As nurse supervisor I would help her to recognized the value of delegation. The ANA defines delegation as “ Transfer of responsibility for performance of a task from one individual to another (1996). The Five Rights of Delegation include 1.The right task.
Learning Needs Assessment Paper Coral R Williams NUR 588 November 25, 2013 Monie Nuckles Learning Needs Assessment Paper “A needs assessment is the systematic exploration of the way things are and the way they should be. These things are usually associated with an organizational process and an individual evaluation” (American Nurse Association, 2002, para. 3). For the nursing practice a systematic exploration would be the nursing problem-solving process. Nurses use problem-solving when they perceive a gap between an existing state (what is going on) and a desired state (what should be going on).
In her research Van found that certain aspects of modernization had a large impact on childbirth in Tamil Nadu, which include the growth of the obstetric field, assistance in managing the pain of birth, developing companies aiming to spread a medical thought process for childbirth, as well as an international law to reduce the population in India. Van proposes that these aspects have changed the perspective of not only childbirth and reproduction, but also the women’s role and level of independence to make decisions regarding her body and her child. Due to the evolving knowledge and options to the general public, many women choose to
UPNG SMHS-BCN MIDWIFERY STRAND EASSY TOPIC: ROLE OF A MIDWIFE Midwifery is a process for caring for women and her baby. Midwife is a person who went to a midwifery training school and has a licence to practice. The role of a midwife is to care for the pregnant mother, during antenatal, labour, postnatal and postpartum. Midwives play an important role to advise on early parenthood, promote normal labour and to avoid complications (Cooper M and Fraser D, 2009).The aim of this paper is to help us the midwives to know our responsibilities and to carry out our roles as expected during our scope of practice as midwives, in treating mothers and babies fair, aim to advice on family planning in which families wanting how many kids they want, spacing their children and knowing the importance of benefits relating to the mother, father, children, community and country as whole (Mola G, 2008). Advice on antenatal visits and its importance like, four visits upwards is regarded as booked antenatal mother, nutrition during pregnancy and childbirth is also a vital role to advise mothers on, like a balanced diet with water to take.
According to Dietz and Lehozky (1963), the discipline of nursing slowly evolved from the traditional role of women, humanitarian aims, religious ideals, common sense, trial and error, war, and feminism. To truly appreciate where we are going, it is important to know where we have been. Sullivan (2002) mentioned that in many societies, the provision of nursing care was a role that was assigned to female members. As caretakers of children, family and community, it was natural that women were the nurses, the caregivers, as human society evolved (Sullivan, 2002). Because women traditionally provided nurturance to their own infants, it was assumed these same caring approaches could be extended to sick and injured community members as well.