Background Nurses are challenged by the Institute of Medicine (2010) to practice to the fullest extent of their licensure and scope of practice in order to deliver results that will provide value to the healthcare consumer in a cost effective, customer satisfying, high quality and safe way. Understanding one’s ability to perform in the nursing leadership role requires insight and self-reflection. This exercise in the self-evaluation of learning, using the American Nurses Association’s scope and standards of practice, provides a platform for future educational actions that will enhance and help fulfill the greatest potential for one’s nursing practice. The following questions address the learning needs of this MSN student, and will serve to guide the Waynesburg University Practicum experience.…
Case Study Paper Ohemaa Asantewaa Ofori-Addae Liberty University Author Note Ofori-Addae Ohemaa Asantewaa, Department of Psychology student at Liberty University, Lynchburg. This research is supported by Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association.…
Capstone Reflection As I reflect on the past two years of the education that I have participated in, I am excited about the conclusion and completion of my Bachelor of Nursing Science (BSN) degree. I have long anticipated completing my BSN. Twenty plus years ago I was accepted into the University of Washington nursing program, but was positioned as third on the waitlist. Unfortunately, I did not move off the waitlist to start in that BSN program.…
I primarily addressed the issue from the perspective of professionals within their chosen field. Personal one-on-one interviews were conducted with three nurses. One was a department head from a specialized hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. Another both her and her spouse are employed within the State of Oklahoma at Alliance Health Seminole. The third is employed as an NICU/PICU at St.Vincents Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida.…
When nurse leaders connect past experiences with current situations, this allows them to get closer to their staff, to become more accessible to them and creates an environment of trust. More importantly, creating goals and innovating ideas from previous experiences can help the staff become united and to the growth of the organization. Nurse leaders should work actively in making changes that are significant to…
Clever Answers To Very Tough Interview Questions Here are a number of examples of tough interview questions and their associated answers. Sometimes, it is not a matter of saying what “sounds” right. For example, if you are asked how many hours you usually work per week, you may think it sounds good if you say you work a lot of overtime. Instead, you could say, “However many are needed to get the job done.”…
To explore the practice of nurses working with Bar-Coded Medication Administration Technology (BCMA), in order to gain insight into how BCMA might impact their work. Background The widespread presumption of using BCMA is that it will effectively reduce the number of medication errors. However, it is as of yet unclear whether this is the case in actual practice. Method Two distinct but overlapping research methodologies of Institutional Ethnography and Praxeology were combined as a means to uncover the highly complex practice of BCMA by nurses.…
In this assignment I will clearly state the mission, vision, values and stated goals of my organization Ohio Health. Examples will be provided to demonstrate my understanding of these items. In addition, the nursing mission and philosophy will be described. I will discuss my own role in meeting the mission and stated goals of my work unit. A connection between the nursing department, nursing unit, and Ohio Health’s mission and philosophy will be made.…
1. Are you authorized to work in the U.S.? A. Yes, I am a U.S. citizen born in Grand Island, Nebraska. 2.…
In today’s dynamics of health care, nursing researchers play a significant role in joint partnerships with other health care disciplines to develop evidence-based practices that improve the care and outcomes of their patients (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2014). The identification of a better way to practice patient care in my workplace has been discovered and descriptions of the steps required to implement this change are reflected upon. My organization encourages changes that promote the safety and quality of care of our clients as long as it is supported by the evidence. Nursing research, research utilization, and evidence-based practices are separate entities and in combination will provide the evidence that supports change to improve patient…
This essay will discuss the work of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee Initiative on the future of nursing. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) “Future of Nursing” report in relation to nursing practice, education and workforce development will also be explored. Finally, California’s progress in implementing the changes set forth by the IOM report will be discussed. In 2008, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Institute of Medicine (IOM) completed a two-year program that assessed a need to transform the way patient care was delivered through the nursing profession.…
It contributes to greater nurse efficiency and professionalism which helps results in better health outcomes for the patients. EBP is a crucial element of quality care since individual nurses are able to position themselves to provide optimal care to the patients by using the competencies acquired from the practice (Polit & Beck, 2010). Patients will often have an improved outcome where EBP has been used because it promotes the collection, interpretation and integration of reports from the clients, observations of the practitioner and the research obtained from evidence to give maximum results. As a result, the preferences of the patients themselves, their families and those of the community as a whole are served (Polit & Beck,…
In 2010 the Institute of Medicine published a report called The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health. It discusses how nurses can make changes to create a greater role in America’s healthcare system. It encourages nurses to become more educated and to take on leadership roles. It also talks about nurses working in partnership with physicians and other highly trained healthcare professionals. Therefore, nurses should study this report and see what kind of changes they can make in their own practice.…
There are three types of interviews: structured interviews, semi structured interviews, and unstructured interviews. Structured interviews are interviews that are formal such as telephone interviews, survey research and political polling. The interview is set up with a designed place ahead of time and a set of questions preplanned. Semi structured interviews are interviews that allows the interviewee to talk about a topic more “open minded” (pg. 87) rather than structured and to the point. The interviewer follows the lead of the interviewee when talking about a topic.…
“Before interviewing occurs, criteria and questions for a structured interview should be developed (Saylor.org, 2012, Pl 144). I feel these are the interview questions that are relevant and should remain. Why did you apply for this job? It’s important to find out why they are applying? Did they just obtain a degree, are they changing jobs, did the last one not make them happy, do they change jobs often?…