Nurses are taught to care for patients in the order of severity. Prioritizing nursing care is very important, and when nurses do not use the proper nursing skills to prioritize nursing care for a patient then, it could compromise patient care. Therefore, the following is the priority I would place my patients in. 1) Chest Pain patient, 2) Elderly confused patient, 3) Post-op Cardiac patient, 4) Crohn’s disease patient. The patient being admitted from the emergency room is the highest…
The Effect of Cultural Competence on Antepartum and Postpartum Nursing Care Just as nursing care has evolved over the decades since Florence Nightingale, so has the patient population around the world. During the past forty years, the United States has become drastically more racially diverse (Lewallen, 2011, p. 5). Immigrants have taken their own cultures and values to other places, causing the population to have mixed cultures, beliefs, religions, traditions, and customs. Particularly in…
imaging.) 5. Completion of the tests triggers a pull signal to the ED doctor to collect the results, diagnose and recommend treatment. 6. The doctor then initiates treatment. 7. Initiating admission kicks off a pull signal for a bed in the appropriate…
The decision of when it is to be used would depend on the seriousness of an incident, learning potential & resources available. The process could be performed by individuals or teams and has a certain degree of standardization for analysis of minor or even serious incidents. Particularly in ICU environments there are many factors that contribute to occurrence of incident, like patient…
Effective communication is such an imperative process in nursing practice. Whenever there is a communication breakdown, the success of health interventions is compromised. Poor communication can be as a result of several factors, such as language barriers, misinterpreting non verbal cues, poor listening skills, or even the existence of prejudgments. Nurses should make efforts to be able to eliminate any inhibitions to effective communication. In addition, the medical practitioners should be…
will focus on dealing with substance abuse in the nursing profession. Statistics show that 1 in 7 Registered Nurses (RNs) are at risk for addiction and that RNs have a 50% higher rate of substance abuse than the general public (Epstein, et al., 2010). This paper will show the relevance of substance abuse in nursing while also providing ineffective and effective ways of dealing…
Incorporating this writer’s proposed solution of using alcohol disinfectant caps (ADCs) to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) or any new evidence-based practice (EBP) into an organization is a multi-step process that includes: planning, engaging, implementing, and evaluating (Spring, Ferguson, Pender & Starin, 2011). This paper will focus on creating an ADC implementation plan, including methods used to obtain approval and procure proposal support; a background on…
chapter an overview is given of what motivation is and how this can be translated to the daily practice of teaching English to nursing students. Motivation in learning It is no news that the success of a lesson depends on how well the students cooperate in class. In order to gain satisfactory learning results, students have to be motivated to put effort in their learning process. Moreover, the higher their motivation to learn the better the outcome will be. How do we, as teachers, meet this…
questions, as well as asking or giving a scenario where a patient can demonstrate their understanding will increase the compliance of that patient. The motivation behind both the teach back and discharge packets was to reduce the amounts of calls that nursing received from the nurse line about documents that were highly requested and not remembering information that was presented during the…
are steadily appearing closer within grasp. However, the steps I need to take in order to get into medical school have, to this point, escaped me. Until now I was only aware I needed to take Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) along with some volunteer work to go to medical school. This paper will provide a better understanding of what it is like to work in a health related field along with supply information for the admissions process and requirements for attending a medical school in the…