Nurses are a vital part of the health care scene, but nursing shortages have appeared in many areas, shortages that are predicted to worsen over time. Chaos theory talks about dissolution of old patterns and development of new. The nursing profession needs to begin to recognize new trends and patterns that are emerging in health care. Change theory tells us that unsettled a time, a form of unfreezing of old patterns, is also an era of opportunity. Changes are inevitable, and both nursing and especially nursing education are in an excellent position to lead rather than follow.
This paper will critically review how Sister Jones could improve the privacy and dignity practice on Vauxhall ward using effective change management and change strategies theories with focus on factor 3 of the Essence of Care Privacy and Dignity Benchmarks (Department of Health (DOH), 2001a) (Appendix 1). By using Lewin’s Theory of Change Model (Cited in Baulcomb, 2003), Action Research (A.R. ), a process of organization development, will be explored to assist in the required change. (McNiff and Whitehead, 2006) describes A.R. as an enquiry that allows practitioners to constantly refine practice and continue their professional development using the evidence based outcomes.
By: Kimberly R. Patton Strategies for the Professional Final power point Abstract This paper is being written as my final exam for Strategies for the Professional. I will discuss what Total Care Nursing is and my position on it. All though I am open minded to as to why such a thing is coming into play, I strongly believe that this new way of nursing will not be very beneficial and the patient will suffer the most. I do believe that the way nursing roles are performed now is ideal and it works. If any changes need be made to better the care that patients receive it should done by enforcing more supervision.
Watson developed her theory influence by the Eastern culture, international travels, and experiences obtained from her sabbatical leaves. Caring theory, which has been developing over the years, serves as a guideline to educate nurses how to apply the theory in nursing practice. Later, Watson expanded her theory publishing her book Nursing: Human Science and Human Care to Human Caring Science: A Theory of Nursing. Watson’s job evolves “framing and naming caring science as the disciplinary foundation for nursing profession” (Watson, 2012, p. ix-xi). This theory has been used to help the new generation of nurses to view the human being as a whole with a connection between body, mind, spirit and the environment, understand transpersonal relationship, and create caring moments in nursing practice to improve patient care to obtain positive outcomes.
Critical awareness is crucial to being a registered nurse or midwife. Hamer and Collinson (1999) suggest nurses should be more questioning, try to see more than one side of an argument; try to be objective rather than subjective; weigh the evidence; make judgements based on reason, evidence or logic; look at the meaning behind the facts; identify issues arising from the facts; and recognise when further evidence is needed. “A nurse is responsible to ensure that the standard of the nurse’s practice conforms with professional standards with the object of enhancing the safety of the individual, any significant other person and colleagues” (ANMC 2007 clause 2). This is echoed by the United Kingdom Nursing and Midwifery Council in their Code of Conduct which states: “You are personally accountable for your practice. This means you are answerable for your
This is why empowerment in health promotion is key to individuals with mental health problems (Morrissey et al, 2008). In order to empower service users, nurses should apply health promotion theories to their approach to care (Mutsatsa, 2015). Theories include the Health Belief Model (Becker et al, 1974) and the Self-Efficacy Theory (Bandura, 1977b). All these theories are based on actions by the nurse provide the service user with sufficient information that allows them to understand their health, triggers, their ability to improve and how they go about doing so. Nurses should also provide cognitive behavioural therapy in their approach to person-centred care when dealing with service users as it can have a positive impact on the way
The changes in the health care delivery systems around the world have intensified nurses’ responsibilities and workloads. Nurses must now deal with patients’ increased acuity and complexity in regard to their care situation. Despite such hardships, nurses must find ways to preserve their caring practice and Jean Watson’s caring theory can be seen as indispensable to this goal. Watson’s theory attempts to move nursing from the modernist view of the human body as machine and reality as discrete, elemental, and concrete into a world of the metaphysical where the interdependent and nondiscrete nature of a world and the spiritual nature of humans is of paramount importance (George, 2011). Jean Watson is an American nursing scholar born in West Virginia and now living in Boulder, Colorado.
If nurses are applying Watson’s theory to their practice, the result should be a continual transformation in health care. Watson developed her theory in 1979 and revised it 1985 and 1988. Most of the revisions were done to her carative factors that she believes is the guide for the core of nursing (Cara, 2003, p. 52). Her theory is based on human caring relationships and the deep experiences of human life (Suliman, Welmann, Omer, & Thomas, 2009, p. 293). According to Suliman, Welmann, Omer, & Thomas, (2009), Watson’s theory suggests that, “Caring is a different way of being human, present, attentive, conscious, and intentional.
The five phase nursing process is a cyclical process which allows nurses to recognise the patient’s nursing diagnosis in order to plot appropriate care. These phases involve assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation (ADPIE). The assessment phase forms the foundation for appropriate diagnosis, planning and intervention (Ackley & Ladwig, 2014 p. 3). Evaluation of nursing care allows for reassessments, restructuring of priorities and continuing review of care plan if the needs of the patient are not met (Davies and Janosik, 1991 p99; Brooker and Waugh, 2013 p304). Nurses need to be able to document a complete, systematic, and precise
The core concept of nursing is the diversity in healthcare settings dealt with the disparity between theorist of Florence Nothingale and Jean Watson. Florence Nothingale environment theory and metaparadigms will help establish the criteria which identify where and when nurse apply the core concept of nursing practice on a daily basis. Jean Watson theory is the philosophy and science of caring which is interrelated theories of Florence nightingale concepts. To understand these theory we have to understand the core concept of knowledge that will establish the path of explanations and give the meaning of a phenomena of nursing practice. These nursing practices must base on nursing theories we are using in the clinical setting of practice.