Lorde did express her feelings clearly stating that, “Prosthesis offers that empty comfort of “Nobody will know the difference”. But it is the very difference which I wish to affirm, because I have lived it, and survived it, and wish to share that strength with other women. If we are to translate the silence surrounding breast cancer into language and action against this scourge, then the first step is that women with mastectomies become visible to each other, for silence and invisibility go hand in hand with powerlessness”. “The Cancer Journals, 1980”. Lorde did talk about the process she had to endure on a personal level that took her on a journey of denial through acceptance.
The Second question in the interview has to do with working on an interdisciplinary team. The staff nurse believes that nursing is holistic and not only staff but families are part of the interdisciplinary team. The Nurse practitioner believes that patient advocacy is unique contribution made to nursing in her field. Through advocacy she is able to help her clients and educate her clients. In this question even though they are worded differently both nurses interviewed are in agreement that the interdisciplinary team not only encompasses staff but also patients and their support people.
Applying Standardized Terminologies in Practice Standardized Nursing terminologies (SNTs) are classifications, or taxonomies created to be shared among healthcare users. In the nursing field, the use of SNTs is essential to help nurses to document accurately, and clearly patient care information. The use and implementation of Standardized Nursing Terminologies add descriptions of nursing practice into the health record in a way that nursing personnel understand. The use of standardized terminologies is vital to the development of nursing as a profession. This article main purpose is to provide evidence of the importance and application of standardized terminologies in the Nursing practice.
The ANA code of ethics has provisions in place to assist in a decision for this case. Provision 1 protects human dignity, the right to self-determination. Provision 2 protects the patient's interests and facilitates collaboration among health care providers. Provision 3 and 4 provides standards, accountability, responsibility for nursing judgment and action. In the case of malpractice witnessed by a nurse against a fellow nurse and the facility that they worked, the code of ethics also has provisions to protect nurses as well.
Heritage assessment offers an affirmative holistic structure for measurement and provision for racially proficient care. Health tradition evaluation form visualizes health as “the state of equilibrium inside the body, mind, and spirit, and with the family, community, and the powers of the natural world (Spector, 2004b). It helps nurses detect one’s classification with hereditary traditions. At first, nurses need to understand their own beliefs in order to respect each individual’s wishes to facilitate communication that can lead to healing process. Nurses intermingle with people from diverse branch of the world with a mixture of civilizing practices, so cultural alertness seems essential in creating a patient-nurse relationship during the interview phase of the health assessment, initial step of the nursing process.
The Nurse and another member of the Multi Disciplinary Team would present the sessions. Health promotion is seen as an important aspect of nursing in raising awareness and responding to the health needs of individuals and communities (NMC 2004, NMC 2008). Health promotion has been defined as a concept that encompasses health education, heath awareness and health improvement, to empower individuals and communities to take control over the choices made to improve their health (UK DoH, 1999). The World Health Organisation neatly incorporates these ideas into their definition ‘Health Promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.’ (WHO, 1984). Health Promotion is not only concerned with direct support to individuals and communities, but
I will be able to understand that the interests of the patient are primary in my career. I will need to include the patient in the planning of care provision and ensure that there is no conflict of interest, enhance collaboration and create professional boundaries at all times. I will be keen on bringing in key professional traits from the American Nurse Association’ code of ethics. One of the key traits is being responsible to the public and as such I should be aware of any health threats to the public (Reed, 2006). The second trait is the facilitation of a healthy work environment based on moral virtues and values.
The aim of this assignment is to develop a deeper understanding of client centered-care by exploring its meaning, misconceptions, significance, how it relates to professional caring and how it will influence and affect my practice as a future registered nurse. This will be done by exploring a clinical scenario that I recently encountered during one of my clinical days. As mention above the concept I chose is client centered care because it is an important framework for conceptualizing health care. So what is client centered care? According to the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Best Practice Guidelines (RNAO BPG), the client is viewed as a whole person; therefore, client-centered care involves advocacy, empowerment and respect for the client’s autonomy, voice, self- determination and participation in decision-making.
As such it enables health practitioners of all varieties to address healthcare questions with an evaluative and qualitative approach. EBP allows the practitioner to assess current and past research, clinical guidelines, and other information resources in order to identify relevant literature while differentiating between high-quality and low-quality findings (EBP Website) . Click here to complete the EBP learning tutorial. Activity 2: How well do you know CNO's Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship Standards? At the core of nursing is the therapeutic nurse-client relationship.
The BRN serves to protect patient. A PNO consist of groups of nurses that gather for the purpose of education, and overall growth of the nursing profession and the patients they serve. PNO’s give a nurse peer support and continuing education. Regulatory agencies’ primary role is to protect the public through the Board of Registered Nurses (BRN). It is responsible for the writing of the Nurse Practice Act, which governs the scope of practice for all levels of nursing (ANA, 2012).