If a nursing intervention follows the nursing process, e.g., assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate – it demonstrates the clinical reasoning that supports the patient care. As cited by Alfaro-Lefevre (2012) Skip the principles of assessment and diagnosis and it’s easy to jump to conclusions, miss risks, and give care based on assumptions rather than evidence. Assessment errors and omissions are a major cause of adverse outcomes. If you fail to plan before implementation, the risk of adverse outcomes also increases. Skip evaluation, and reflective nursing practice (not to mention patient safety) goes out the door (p. 1).…
The six stages of ASPIRE involve a problem solving approach that helps nurses to identify patient’s problems and nursing diagnosis. Yura and Walsh (1967) present the nursing process that comprise the four stages which are assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation (APIE). The nursing process was presented as is a systematic method of planning and delivering care to patient. (McCormack and McCance, 2010). It also a process by which nurses obtain information, then record the information in order to evaluate whether the care implemented is proving successful (Barrett, Wilson and Woollands, 2012).…
This paper delves into a existing treatment plan for a client whom I have been working with over the past year in an in-home setting. The client is a five year old male diagnosed with Autism. Exhibiting a tantrum behavior has proven to be problematic. Parents have stressed that they are unsure of what to do when he engages in a tantrum behavior.…
Provision 7 of the American Nursing Association Code of Ethics was extensively revised in 2015. The provision is accompanied by three interpretive statements to expand its ideas and help clarify its intent. Provision 7 states: “The nurse, in all roles and settings, advances the profession through research and scholarly inquiry, professional standards development, and the generation of both nursing and health policy.” This provision is primarily concerned with the nurse’s role in advancing the profession.…
Ms. Leep, a 51-year-old, white, divorced, female was self-referred after being hospitalized for sensing and feeling like she had bugs all over her body. She reported that she was sent to the psychology floor after the doctors did not find bugs on her. She reported that she does not see or hear bugs anymore, but still feels as though she is under stress. Behavioral Observations…
This essay will explore how the nursing model and process is implemented in practice, considering how the RLT model assists nurses to adapt a…
In the article presented to read for this assignment, an incident took place where employees in a Burger King in Minnesota were caught breaking, and smashing over 20 windows at the restaurant. A call was made saying that the windows were being smashed and when police arrived it was discovered that is was in fact the employees of the restaurant. The reason the employees were performing such an act was because of alarming phone call that the business received. The caller posed as fire department official and made a claim that if the employees did not smash out the windows, to relieve the pressure, then the building would explode. The incident was recorded by civilians and in fact you can see the employees breaking and smashing out the windows…
( Alligood& Tomey , 2006, p.373) Helps the APN to utilize motivational interviewing and observational skills to obtain an extensive view of the patient. The goal of nursing is to promote adaptation, the Nurse practitioner is geared towards recognition of the stimuli- focal, contextual and residual stimuli specific to the situation at hand for the patient to determine appropriate…
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 182-185. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-618X.2010.01166_1.x Thoroddsen, A., Saranto, K., Ehrenberg, A., and Sermeus, W. (2009).…
Infection Prevention Megan Scott Rasmussen College Author Note This research is being submitted on February 26th, 2017 for Julie Deane’s NUR2155 Fundamentals of Professional Nursing course. Every year National Patient Safety Goals are set by the Joint Commission to acknowledge specific concerns in each health care setting. The purpose of these goals are to improve patient safety by identifying the problems and how to solve them (Joint Commission, 2016). Although prevalent, infections remain an ongoing concern in all heath care settings, especially in long term care.…
Introduction In the field of behavior analysis we may encounter ethical situations that we would need to address. BCBA need to provide quality services in an ethical manner at all times (BACB, 2014). Continuing or education and knowledge of the ethical guidelines are an essential tool behavior analyst need to use often. Below are five scenarios that could happen while collaborating with other professionals in the school environments.…
After describing a specific health behavior I’d like to change in part one, this essay will describe how successful I was in implementing a healthier lifestyle. My previous essay described how I wanted to change my exercising habits, and the effect of not exercising has on my physical and mental health. Now that I have had one week to adjust to a more rigorous exercise schedule, I will reports on my result. In the following, I will list the frequency of this behavior for week two, as in week one I had yet to apply my new schedule. Also, I will talk about what strategies I used to help me change and overcome the obstacles I discussed in the previous essay, and whether or not they have been successful.…
An assessment is used to gather various forms of information which include both objective and subjective data. Next, the nurse uses the data obtained during the assessment phase to formulate a nursing diagnosis. Diagnose are formulated using clinical judgment regarding in response to both current or potential health problems. Intervention must be established for each diagnosis determined by the nurse. Outcome verification is developed to evaluate the interventions that accompany the nursing diagnosis.…
Applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children with autism spectrum disorders, can be very impacting for their present and future lives. Children who are artistic, stands a greater chance of being ostracized from community and other social evens because of not knowing appropriate behaviors for such settings. Applied behavior analysis or early intensive behavior is just what these children need, whether it be home, school or public spaces shared by all. For the arguments of this paper, the top reasons for this intervention will be established.…
The first habit is being proactive. Being proactive is good because teenager could take control of their action and determine how exactly life is going to be treating them. For example, if you were to do something bad you would get a consequence. If you were to do something good, then life would treat you fair and give you something fair, but it all depends on your action. Being proactive could lead to success in the future.…