Nursing Practice Act Cecily Davis ITT Technical Institute NU100 September 29, 2014 ABSTRACT The nurse practice act is a book of all the dues and don’ts of nursing. Anything a nurse or aspiring nurse wants to know can be found within this book. It in tells all the responsibilities of a nurse. The act tells the requirements to become a licensed nurse and what must be done to keep the license to be a nurse. If instances occur where a nurse has violations against the act it also details the different types of disciplinary actions that the nurse may be subject to.
Ida Jean Orlando 1 RUNNING HEAD: IDA JEAN ORLANDO Ida Jean Orlando’s Nursing Process Theory Krystal Farley, RN, BSN Maryville University October 7, 2009 Ida Jean Orlando 2 Abstract The profession of nursing has a very rich history that begins with the most fundamental concepts of caring for and restoring health to those who are impaired. The initiation of providing care requires that information be gathered and organized in such a way that is expedient and effective. It is also required that a nurse’s efforts be used systematically with ease and that through repetition, this basic “framework” that is being formed, is able to be analyzed for its effectiveness, and changes can be made to improve the process or series of actions. Nursing is comprised of objective, measureable data, subjective data, concepts, philosophy, phenomena, and science, just to name a few. With so many components and such a broad scope of information, a framework is required to build ideas and give direction to the ideas that will begin to evolve with this cohesion.
Qualitative research and Quantitative research appears in nursing research and clinical journals, National Center for Nursing Research to develop basic and clinical nursing research outcome research, training to the care of patient or determining the changes in health status. Examining nursing research from the past to the present enables us to identify what accomplishments that have achieved and understand the need to continue research by using evidence-based research. . History of Nursing Research Worksheet History of Nursing Research Worksheet There have been many influential publications, agencies,
As part of a nursing leadership team, we have been required to elevate our roles to accommodate the needs of the patients and help with admission and discharge planning. As nurses, we are not only capable of developing the plan of care but providing it as well. Nurses are the driving force of leadership in many hospital settings. In a teaching hospital, there are new residents that rotate every month. Those medical novices as well as their attending, rely upon the experience and valuable input in caring for complex patients.
The Roles and Ways of Knowing for a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner Through the practice of scholarship, theories, models and conceptual frameworks the Advanced Practice Nurse integrates clinical knowledge into evidence based practice. Healthcare reform has created a need for the advanced educated nurse at the Bachelor through Doctorate degree level. The nurse practitioner has become the norm in healthcare settings and is found in every specialty along the lifespan. Educational and clinical requirements defined by the APN Consensus Statement sets the standard for entry into clinical practice. According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s Position Statement on Defining Scholarship for the Discipline of Nursing (1999), the APN/DNP’s role of scholarship serves to benefit nursing research, teaching, education, and the practice of nursing itself.
It is an evolving new field of science that has a foundation in the discipline of nursing and evolving nursing as a science. The science of caring is becoming a science for many other fields. The science of caring involves ten carative factors that guide the care of nursing to developing transpersonal relationships and capturing caring moments. On a daily basis, nurses have the opportunity to provide care for many patients in some way. Care begins with developing a humanistic-altruistic system of care.
Another barrier to providing adequate care for CHF patients is the lack of resources available for nurses. Emergency department nurses lack information to provide patients directing them where to go for additional information once discharged. Nurses are able to care for the
Documentation for the Nursing Professional Lindsay Wishmier Nursing 232 Professor Steve Keiser October 29, 2009 Documentation for the Nursing Professional Documentation is a critical aspect in nursing. Documenting covers everything in regards to a patient’s care and stay in a facility. There are many things that need to be covered when documenting the care of a patient. Most of these things are related to treatments, medicine, procedures, doctor visits, and problems of the patient. There are also many skills to take into account when documenting.
Roles of the Professional Nurse Roles of the Professional Nurse Janet Taitingfong Western Governor’s University Nursing Roles & Values NVT2, Task 2 Roles of the Professional Nurse There is a wide diversity of the roles of the professional nurse. All distinctive roles involve compassion, leadership, and management. This task will exhibit the comparison and distinction between the nurse educator role and a staff nurse role from their point of view based on the same interview questions for each one. This will also provide a reflection on the findings including how the interview findings contribute to my professional development. Comparison Question number One The comparison of two nursing positions is a BSN prepared ICU staff nurse and an ICU nurse educator with the education preparation in MSN in Nurse Education.
According to the Fundamentals of Nursing textbook, an advanced practice nurse (APN) is an umbrella term for an advanced clinical nurse that includes nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, and nurse-midwifes. These people have advanced training in a specialized field of study. They also have a much greater deal of autonomy in their practice. For example, nurse practitioners are allowed to diagnose and treat patients independently and to prescribe certain medications. Licensure is something that is being looked at with some