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34, No. 11 p. 1146-1152. | Background Information | This study reports, in 2004 hospital infections accounted for 99,000 deaths, affecting 1.7 million patients. The authors also present the argument hand hygiene practices among healthcare workers average 5% to 89 % compliance rate. Several interventions have been implemented by hospitals to improve hand hygiene compliance.
Baccalaureate nurses due to their education and evidenced based approach on tackling patient’s issues, they do a better evaluation on patients than their counterpart, associate degree nurses. The article ,Conceptual and theoretical approaches to patient
Lateral horizontal and bullying Concept Analysis: Nurse-to-Nurse Lateral Violence * Jennifer L. Embree RN, MSN, CCNS, NE-BC, Ann H. White RN, PhD, NE-BC Article first published online: 3 AUG 2010 DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6198.2010.00185.x © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Issue Nursing Forum Volume 45, Issue 3, pages 166–173, July/September 2010 Nurs Forum. 2013 Apr;48(2):106-13. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12014. http://ilera2012.wharton.upenn.edu/refereedpapers/kaminskimichelle.pdf (research study) Professional comportment: the missing element in nursing practice. Clickner DA, Shirey MR. Nurs Forum. 2013 Apr;48(2):106-13. doi: 10.1111/nuf.12014.
This analysis guides the development of a framework for entry-level nursing practice that incorporates specific client needs as well as processes fundamental to the practice of nursing. The second step is the development of the NCLEX-RN Test Plan, which guides the selection of content and behaviors to be tested. The NCLEX-RN Test Plan provides a concise summary of the content and scope of the licensing
The journalist argument is that we can save cost in healthcare by using Telehealth monitoring systems. She believes that if you provide patients with education and this suggested monitor, that the admission rates would go down, and patient would be able to same money. The cost is about the same as a one day admission. The monitor would educate the patient and alert them of warning signs if their condition is worsening. This in return will prompt the patient to alert his or her physician.
Another study reveals that the more medical knowledge Poles have, the less confidence they exhibit in their physician. Poles respect physicians, but they want to understand the purpose of the medical treatment (Giger et al, 2004). In Purnell et al’s study of elderly Poles, the compassionate nurse was described as one who knew the patient’s feeling without being told by the patient, had a calm tender approach, was proficient with treatments, provided timely medication, looked clean and neat, and enjoyed the work of nursing. References Giger, F. N., & Davidhizar, R. E. (2004). Transcultural nursing assessment & intervention (4th ed.).
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