Use of Incentive Spirometers Sheila Aranda Spokane Community College November 1, 2012 Evidence Based Nursing Practice The purpose and direction of this paper is to first choose a nursing procedure that is commonly used on the nursing unit where I was assigned for my Capstone experience. There is a brief description of the care unit. The reason why I chose this particular procedure for my paper. Then I describe the process of finding the hospital’s policy on performing this individual nursing procedure. Was the hospital up to current practice standards?
The need for more nurses after world war 11, the advances in medical practice, with new skills and knowledge for nurses made it apparent that the practical method of nursing education was negatively affecting the standard of care provided to patients and it was felt that this method of teaching nurses was not meeting the standard of modern teaching theory and practice. Baccalaureate degree as stated by Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia “is a 4 year academic degree in the science and principles of nursing, granted by a tertiary education university or similarly accredited school”. It further explains “Though one is eligible to sit for the licensing examination to become a registered nurse after
Below par wages are not the only reason nursing positions are hard to fill, nurses have a job that requires physical as well as mental strength and their employers must provide good working conditions to retain nurses. Reasons for the Shortage From 2006 to 2007 nurses pay increased only 1.34%, which is well below inflation (Herbst, 2007). RN’s are highly trained and skilled members of the workforce but their average pay is only $58,000 compared to $36,300 for average U.S. workers overall (Herbst, 2007). Clearly nurses don’t
Critical Appraisal Of Care Of Older People Dementia Nursing Essay Introduction The author of this assignment will critically appraise a qualitative research report in the Nursing Standard titled Care of older people with dementia in an acute hospital setting. (Fiona Cowell, 2009) (appendix 1). He will use the Polit and Beck (2010) and Roe (1998) framework to help him critique this article. The article was chosen mainly on a personal reasons that as a third year student nurse the author has witnessed how healthcare professional act differently towards patients with dementia and how there is a need for education to improve Health Care professionals skills in dealing with dementia patients. Also according to the Alzheimer’s society (2010) there are approximately 750,000 people with dementia in the UK.
Library Research Paper The Journal of Nursing Scholarship is exclusively a nursing research journal. The articles in this journal are research articles and they contain various steps of nursing research. Almost all of these articles have a specific topic with an abstract, followed by a review of the evidence and literature, then a purpose/problems are identified in the article, followed by a hypothesis or a research question, then methods are listed and then result/analysis is done, followed by conclusion and a work cited list. While some of the articles do not have every single step of nursing research; the order is slightly different in the other articles. Critical Care Nurse is a hybrid nursing research journal.
Nurse Competency Howard County Community College March 2, 2013 Many studies are completed and competencies of bachelors prepared nurses and associates prepared nurses are the focus; in a study released in May 2008, the issue of the Journal of Nursing Administration stated there is a strong connection between an increase of 10% BSN nurses among staff with a result of 4% reduction in the possibility of death (American Association of college of Nursing 2013). The different entry levels permissible by the United States for a registered nursing license prove difficult to increase the prestige of nursing as a profession. The American Nursing Association began recommending individuals to obtain their Bachelor’s degree in nursing since 1964. The ANA believed that nursing has become more complex due to technological, and organizational change, thus requires a higher level of education (American Nurses Association 2014). Throughout history, research has proven that nursing at the bachelor level increases the groundwork for critical thinking, delivers a stronger basis to integrate knowledge, and incorporates an inclination to provide leadership.
Sheen, S.H., Chang, W.Y., Chen, H.L., Chao, H.L., Tseng, C.P. (2008) E-Learning Education Program for Registered Nurses: The Experience of a Teaching Medical Center. Journal of Nursing Research, 16 (3), 195-201. Retrieved August 1, 2012, from Medline database. These authors from Tapei Medical Center in Taiwan used a 3-stage study (planning, implantation, and evaluation) to describe Registered Nurses’ experiences with using the e-learning education program.
But for the patient who becomes critically ill during surgery, being in a facility with an ICU and extensive resources for the very sick patient can make a tremendous difference in the outcome. Here are some of the risk factor that included with cosmetic surgeries: * Poor Cosmetic Outcome: This may be the greatest fear of a plastic surgery patient: a result that not only fails to improve appearance, but actually makes one's appearance worse than before the surgery. * Scarring: One of the greatest risks to achieving an attractive outcome, scarring is not always predictable, but can be controlled in most cases. (Lickstein, 2013) Patients can decrease the risk of scarring by not smoking and following
Psychotherapy is generally considered to be the most important component of treating patients with DID. Psychiatrists often try to help patients build relationships with others around them and try to help patients cope with experiences from the past. This treatment could take anywhere from months to years because the psychiatrist does not want to overwhelm the patient with extreme feelings of anxiety from remembering any horrific experiences from the past. Psychiatrists often try to integrate all the personalities and have them work together to overcome a fear or anxiety, but sometimes psychiatrists try to “kill” the personality so that the anxiety is gone
While most initiatives have previously focused on medical staff, some now offer training to a wider range of healthcare professionals (Blok et al, 1999). Over the course of a career, a busy clinician may disclose unfavorable medical information to patients and families many thousands of times. Breaking bad news to patients is inherently aversive, described as “hitting the patient over the head” or “dropping a bomb”. Breaking bad news can be particularly stressful when the clinician is inexperienced, the patient is young, or there are limited prospects for successful treatment. Bad news must be told because of the following reasons: Patients Want the Truth Ethical and Legal Imperatives Clinical Outcomes However, breaking bad news is also a complex communication task.