Broadening perspectives on reflective nursing practice
Diploma Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies
Reflective practice is an approach to learning through experience. It promotes the continual development of a nurse and helps nurses gain knowledge to challenge their prior concepts and ideas. Reflection involves seeing what happened through a new perspective that helps in personal growth and in...
The impact of evidence-based methods in nursing
Dissertation - 7 pages - Medical studies
In the field of nursing, evidence-based practices have been frequently utilized as a way of improving the practice and the quality of care that nurses provide to their patients. This approach is founded on the independence of research and patient experiences where nurses are supposed to...
Why does nursing care differ for patients who suffer from dementia?
Essay - 2 pages - Medical studies
Dementia is one of the most difficult symptoms for patients to cope with. There are three main forms of dementia. The most common cause, Alzheimer's disease, is responsible for dementia. It afflicts 4 million Americans (Dolhi and Rogers, 2001). It is a degenerative disease that affects the brain...
Impact of Nursing Shortage on the Healthcare Industry
Case study - 20 pages - Educational studies
The shortage of acute care nurses had been one of the primary concerns in the healthcare industry across the world. The issue created a substantial impact on the fitness activities efficiency in hospitals and healthcare centers. Several studies have shown that the nursing graduates...
Nursing field career
Essay - 2 pages - Human resources
Children have a dream regarding their future occupation. Some even bring their childhood imaginings to fruition. Nursing is a career choice that is fulfilling for anyone, regardless of the age. It requires hard work and dedication. The work input is rewarded in a variety of ways. An...
Nursing Services respectful - place in the health care system
Case study - 1 pages - Biology
A nurse, who takes the role of advocate, must promote a climate in which the individuals, groups, families or a population can act in their own interest, and this includes having access to resources and intervenes when they are unable to act in their own interests. The role of client advocate is...
Professional Roles and Leadership in nursing
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Legal differences: these two perform differently because they have different jurisdiction. For example, it is the obligation of the regulatory authority to set the minimum requirements for nursing qualification. The professional authority on the other hand ensures that these regulations...
Nursing Informatics: Case study
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
Advancements in information technology and quality problems in healthcare have become more pronounced; public policy has had a focus on methods of dissemination of the principles of informatics to a larger audience for a broader benefit. Focus has primarily been on adoption of electronic health...
Performance Project in the Nursing profession
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
When dealing in paediatrics, the majority of the health care professionals often face a number of challenges due to their delicate nature. This is because this category of patients is composed of children, infants and adolescents who are quite sensitive to handle and thus deserve high quality and...
Importance of psychology in nursing
Case study - 1 pages - Psychology
Walker, J., et al (2005), defines psychology as “the study of human behavior, thought process and emotion. It can contribute to our understanding of ourselves and our relationships with other people, if it is applied in an informed way.” Sharing the same sentiments is the definition of...
Nursing management of the client with respiratory failure
Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies
This paper focuses on what respiratory failure is, its classification and nursing management of the client with respiratory failure. It includes clinical manifestations, nursing assessment, potential nursing diagnosis and nursing interventions plus patient teaching....
The Fair family: Nursing, healthcare and ethics
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The factual scenario raises complex issues pertaining to ethical and legal considerations with regard to the rights of Mr Fair and his daughter. As an initial observation, patient autonomy and consent will be a central factor in determining the appropriate course of action and from a...
An outline of the various opportunities available for those pursuing a career in nursing
Thesis - 7 pages - Educational studies
There are thousands of different job opportunities throughout the world. Most of these jobs have branches that give a person even more opportunities. Although nursing has not always been broad, nursing in the present day has many different positions that a person can fill and is a...
Entry level nursing preparation and its impact on health care delivery
Essay - 13 pages - Educational studies
Few professions have changed to the degree that nursing has in the past one hundred years. Despite the obvious challenges, most notably the ongoing nursing shortage, it is crucial to update the requirements of being certified as a registered nurse. The only logical approach to this,...
The Link between poverty and health: Implications for nursing
Thesis - 12 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The World Bank estimates that there are around 1.5 billion extremely poor people in the world. Poverty has many dimensions. It is defined by the International Council of Nurses as" a condition that extends beyond lack of income and goes hand in hand with lack of power, humiliation and a sense of...
A critical analysis of issues in nursing management
Case study - 12 pages - Medical studies
As nurses strive to be recognized as professionals, the expansion and application of evidence in nursing is progressively becoming vital within the nursing discipline (Achterberg et al 2006). Patients have the right to expect the best care that will promote their well-being. This...
Analyzing district nursing in relation to the diabetic patient
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
In today's National Health Service (NHS) developments in technology, changing patterns of disease and reduced length in hospital stays are putting district nurses at the heart of Government policy. Liberating the Talents, the governments framework for nursing in primary care (Department of...
Nursing initiatives: Application of mental health project
Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies
The following paper will describe the home health nursing program previously promoted and approved for implementation concerning mental health outpatient care. It was discussed that patients with mental disorders receive considerable benefits from home care supplemental to their treatment...
Home health nursing initiatives: Mental health outpatient care
Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies
Extending the accessibility of home nursing care for patients with mental illness will greatly improve their health and well being. A psychiatric home care nurse (PHCN) can assist patients with a primary diagnosis of mental illness; in particular, those with a history of not following...
The mentorship role in the nursing profession
Thesis - 9 pages - Management
The following discussion will attend to review the different aspects of the mentorship role. The main points of focus will be on identifying learning needs, a discussion of the role model, the environment and how it impacts upon learning, the prevalence of research to support practice and...
Nursing: Preparation for mentorship
Thesis - 11 pages - Educational studies
The following discussion will look at the role of the mentor within the nursing profession and utilize my experience as an associate mentor to date to explore the issues raised. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (2007) considers a mentor as being a registered nurse who is a...
A critical analysis concerning one aspect of the nursing care of older people who require palliative care
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
Cancer is a significant health problem in the UK today and according to Redfern and Ross (1999) is a major cause of mortality in the ageing population. Brooker and Nicol (2003) added that cancer is a medical diagnosis that covers the most distinctive diseases. Cancer Research Campaign (1999)...
The importance of communication in nursing practices
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Within this essay appropriate references and where possible recent literature will be used to support the different forms of communication used in nursing practice. Potter and Perry (2001), describe communication as being the basic element of human interactions. It allows us to establish,...
Nursing/Health care: A critical incident report
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
The aim of this report is look at a critical incident that occurred in practice and relate this to the theory and knowledge regarding communication and interpersonal skills, that is to say, what skills were and were not used at the time of the incident. Carl Roger's necessary conditions for...
Lewin's change theory and the problem of addressing nursing shortages using technology
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
Introduction - Nursing shortages are a world-wide problem that negatively impact many areas of the profession's goals, from level of job satisfaction to patient care, with an inverse proportional relationship between higher patient-nurse ratios, noted in much research. (Al-Kandari and...
A nursing management perspective of a critical incident report
Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies
The assignment will discuss a critical incident from a nursing management perspective, being an admission assessment experienced during placement. It is not a care study. There will be an overview of the nurse-managers responsibilities during the admission assessment and attention drawn to...
The importance of communication in nursing practice
Thesis - 7 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This assignment explores the importance of communication within nursing practice and identifies the different aspects, such as verbal and non-verbal communication and the barriers which may be encountered and overcome. It will examine and explicate the different concepts of communication...
Study of nursing management
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Nursing management remains a critical component in today's healthcare. Due to a wide array of factors, the number of nurse managers is diminishing, and the healthcare industry is scrambling to stop this trend from continuing. Research and surveys have shown that the nurses are...
Considerations when recruiting foreign nurses and the ethics of international recruitment
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
The nursing shortage has always been one of the biggest concerns in the healthcare field. Since nurses make up the majority of the healthcare workforce, many solutions for this problem have been presented: improving recruitment, offering opportunities for advancement, suggesting contracts...
Legal risk of Nurses
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
In today's litigious society, it is possible for a nurse to be involved in legal matters of the country she or he works for, either directly or indirectly. By understanding the cases involved, nurses can avoid many of the high risk areas of trouble. Due to the shortage of nursing officers,...
