Advanced knowledge for nurse educators
Essay - 6 pages - Medical studies
Concerns are raised concerning the safety of patients as cases of error and injury escalate globally. To improve the security of patients, nurses are thus supposed to recognize variations in the condition of the patient. Besides, they should be in a position to anticipate orders, prioritize and...
Expression of Cell Cycle Proteins at Different Stages of Nurse Cell Development in Trichenella spiralis Infected Muscle
Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies
Trichenella spiralis commonly referred to as pork work is a parasite belonging to the phylum Nematoda, Class Adenophorea and the order Trichocephalida. Despite being the smallest nematode parasite known to man (1-3mm), the Trichenella is among the most prevalent and clinically significant...
Research Critique: Meta-Analysis of Nurses' Job Satisfaction
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Job satisfaction in nursing poses a critical challenge to healthcare institutions since the cost of labor is high, and shortages are common. The supplies are not sufficient to meet the requirements as the nurses' demands increase. As projected by the Bureau of Labor statistics (2005),...
The evolving role of the nurse practitioner and consensus model
Essay - 1 pages - Medical studies
Full Practice Authority for NPs is a significant legal issue that limits the role of NPs and affects health and care delivery. The range of activities that the nurse practitioner should practice is legally regulated by the licensing state and is a controversial issue in the medical community.
An assessment of a nurse's work with an elderly person within the mental health environment
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
This account will reflect on the skills of a nurse, observed at an older person functional mental health unit. It will focus on the organization of care, and skills used when dealing with a Multi Disciplinary Team. (MDT) It gives an understanding of the skills used to clearly establish and...
An essay discussing and analyzing issues that influence the nurse's role as a teacher in clinical practice
Thesis - 7 pages - Social sciences
This assignment will discuss the nurse's role as an educator in clinical practice and the factors that influence it. It will focus on two scenarios faced by the student nurse and will reflect on the issues raised. This topic has been chosen as the nurse has an interest in mentorship and education...
Workplace stress among the Nurses
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
Disturbing events leave ineradicable marks on those closely associated with the incident. Those persons who are left to air or care for individuals who are undergoing traumatic events may also experience stress levels that they are not really aware. These kinds of people are oblivious of the...
The role of the district nurse in relation to the problem of malnutrition in older people
Thesis - 5 pages - Psychology
Following the census in 2001 it was estimated that the population of England and Wales was over 52 million. Of these 52 million some 8 per cent are between the age of 65 and 74 years and further seven and a half per cent are over 75 years (Office of National Statistics (ONS) 2003). The statistics...
A reflection on one student's preparation to transition from student nurse to graduate nurse
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
This author's personal philosophy of nursing draws from a variety of sources to form a comprehensive whole. Feminist ethics, and the ethics of care which derives from it, encourages health care professionals to look at clients as whole people, who fit into a social framework, and who...
Web-based intervention among cancer survivors
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Medical studies
Patient empowerment is linked with the improvement of patients' health outcomes. It is said to help patients to take care of their health conditions, and in return, improve their health outcomes. Web-based intervention has been one of the methods used to empower patients. It has been used to...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey (1962) - The 3 main characters
Essay - 3 pages - Literature
At first sight, this quotation makes me think that in reality it is our acts which determine the person that we are. We can be judged by our acts. It is particularly true in Ken Kesey's novel... The example of the three main characters: The Chief, the Big Nurse and McMurphy.
Community Health Promotion Program: Transition to Ontario Long-term Care
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
This is a community health promotion program designed to promote the transition to long-term care in the province of Ontario, Canada. According to a report by the Ontario Long-term Care Association in April 2019, more than 115,000 elderly people in Ontario are in long-term care support. It is...
The Crucible - Arthur Miller (1953) - Act-by-act summary
Book review - 8 pages - Literature
This document is a synopsis of the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, in which we can first read of presentation each character, followed by an act-by-act summary. John Proctor is a serious man who keeps all of his thoughts private. He protects his position of power in the community but sees...
Student nurse placement within a health center
Thesis - 5 pages - Educational studies
The objective of this essay is to analyze the mentor role of a pre-registration student's placement in the field of district nursing. During the essay the student's true identity will not be revealed for reasons of confidentiality and so will be called Jane. Jane was due to start a six...
Critical Examination of the Role of the Mentor
Case study - 12 pages - Educational studies
Over the years, the global advancements spreading in the field of medicine have gradually revolutionized the health care delivery spilling a new wave of nursing requirements in the patient units. For that reason, professional progressions for entrants in the nursing field require a...
Structuring the communication process between the nurse and patient/client
Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies
Communication is possibly one of the most important tasks nurses perform in the execution of their duties. We may as a matter of habit take for granted the way we greet and end encounters with those around us, not considering what these actions portray. As professionals greater emphasis must be...
Genetically modified foods: a feeding system in need of improvement?
Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies
Genetically engineered food has become a very controversial topic over the past few decades, and the issue continues to gain importance as more companies are producing genetically engineered/modified foods. The process of genetic engineering involves taking food products, alternating their...
Analysis of care with regards to patient admission into a high tech area within a medical high dependency unit
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
The aim of this essay is to discuss the nature of illness and dependence in relation to the issues that the nurse should take into account when providing evidence-based care. The issues that will be analyzed are the nursing process and nursing models, the implications of...
Drug error in a practice placement
Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies
For this summative assignment using a reflective model of my choice, I am going to critically reflect upon an aspect of my professional development which has been chosen from my professional portfolio. Reflective writing is considered a key component of portfolio assessment because it provides...
Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort-Clinical case of depression
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
Since time immemorial, comfort has been consistently aligned to nursing both in- and out-of-the-hospital settings. Historically, nurses were bestowed with the responsibility of providing comfort to not only their patients but also families of patients through the comfort interventions. The...
Legal aspects of the law and legislations
Case study - 5 pages - Civil law
The purpose of this essay is to analyse a case scenario at the Sunnyland Day Respite Center with focus being on the legal aspects of the law and legislations. The paper will analyse the various aspects of the law in relation to the case that resulted in the unnecessary death of the patient. In...
The care of an elderly person in the mental health system: A patient-led approach
Thesis - 6 pages - Medical studies
This account will reflect on the skills of a nurse, observed at an older person's functional mental health unit. It will focus on the organization of care, and skills used when dealing with a Multi Disciplinary Team. (MDT) It gives an understanding of the skills used to clearly establish and...
A discussion and analysis of wound care
Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies
The aim of this essay is to explore the underlying theory of wound care. This will be broken down and looked at in terms of comfort, safety, and status and assessment of the nursing model - activities of daily living concerning wound care. Under examination will be definitions of care and...
An analysis of patient care on an acute medical ward
Thesis - 6 pages - Medical studies
The aim of this patient care study is to discuss the care and nursing interventions that a particular patient received whilst staying on acute medical ward. Clause five of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code of Professional Conduct (2002) states that as a registered nurse...
Business plan for serenity center company
Business plan - 42 pages - Services marketing
Our modern society privileges from many technological dimensions. Consequently, for institutions such as nursing homes, it becomes paramount to control this last and to have great adaptabilities concerning the environmental changes. The project of medico-social establishments falls under...
Case study of the "The Garling Report"
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
So as to provide quality care for the patient, giving efficient care is essential. Most important is putting into consideration the factors that affect patient care. A medico-legal expert, Peter Garling found that regardless of the NSW health receiving twenty-seven percent of the state's budget,...
The importance of eating whilst recovering in a hospital
Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies
The Hungry in Hospital report concerns the importance of food in relation to nutrition, and how nutrition is important when people are ill in terms of the healing process. It explores how food is therefore part of a patient's treatment, the reputation of hospital food, and suggests that health is...
Development and Implementation of Electronic Medical Records System
Essay - 4 pages - Medical studies
Abstract In recent years, nursing practice has been notably impacted by the development of computer technology. As a result the practice of nursing informatics has increased drastically. One of the most notable technologies to develop in this area has been the electronic medical...
A study of human resources development climate in hospitals and its impact on patient satisfaction
Tutorials/exercises - 43 pages - Human resources
Combining medical technology and the human touch, the health care industry administers care around the clock, responding to the needs of millions of peoplefrom newborns to the critically ill. Industry organization - About 580,000 establishments make up the health care industry; they vary...
Can the use of EHR in healthcare settings increase patient safety and efficiency of work?
Essay - 7 pages - Electronics
Electronic health records come at a time when the hospital environment is undergoing a revolution with the idea of fully utilizing the benefits of communication technology. This is driven by the need for quality and efficiency of work in the hospital environment through improved record-keeping...