Caring in Nursing Essay

Compare and contrast treatment options and nursing implications when caring for the patient with bleeding esophageal varices. When an esophageal varice begins to bleed, there is really only one treatment option or nursing implication and that is to stop the bleeding. This can be achieved in a few different ways, but it is important to note that if the bleeding isn’t controlled quickly, the result is often shock and death. One way an esophageal bleed is managed is with placing a rubber band…

Positive patient outcomes are a very important part of nursing. These outcomes are achieved by providing holistic care of the patient, as well as treatment of the underlying disease. There are four different models of patient care; Total Patient Care, Primary Care, Patient-Centered Care, and Team Nursing. Each model carries a different level of risk for obtaining adverse patient outcomes. King, Long, and Lisy (2015) stated, “The organization of the work of nurses, according to recognized models…

Living with the Dying in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Nursing Perspective Critique Anna Evangelio, Von Vidal and Patricia Pineda University of St. Thomas NURS 3252 B: Clinical Inquiry Spring 2017 Living with the Dying in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: A Nursing Perspective Critique Statement of the phenomenon of interest In this article, the focus is on the phenomena of palliative care from the perspective of nurses who have provided care for children with life-threatening…

Telenursing: Is It In My Future? Holly Thomason Chamberlain College of Nursing NR361: Information Systems in Healthcare September 2015 Telenursing: Is It In My Future? Telenursing can be described as a way to examine, treat, monitor and assess patients remotely using telephone, video conferencing, and other technology. Using it in a home setting has many benefits to patient’s that are living at home with chronic conditions. In the USA, about 80% of older adults have one chronic condition,…

Nursing had experienced abundant transformation in the last 20 years. The advancement of the profession, and progression from care worker to knowledge worker has shown the survival and value of nurses. It has also given a preview of the future of nursing. Finding nursing’s path in a world of innovation and technology has been complex. Looking to the past, there has been a shift from nurse’s responsibility lying mostly in patient care tasks and concentrating on doctor orders, to the focus being…

Nursing is a profession, so being a student; I can learn to socialize in to professional practice. This learning will help me to develop myself to the professionalism of nursing. I will develop the characteristics of autonomous and accountable of my practice. Not only that, I will be committed to my work and profession. Being a member of a committee responsible for deciding which nursing research projects to provide fund for, I believe, who are the participants in the research have high priority…

In my journey of nursing career; first as a nursing student and then a professional working as an RN, I learned a lot of new things. It was a matter of time when some of the professional characteristics started becoming second nature to me. As a nursing student, I studied hard and always desired to earn higher grades in my studies. I was successful in keeping my GPA above 3.5 by managing my time effectively in study and turning my assignments and exams on time. I developed my communication…

Evolution of nursing from a socio-economic stand point “In the context of health care, the idea of care has two principal meanings: (1) taking care of the sick person, which emphasizes the delivery of technical care, and (2) caring for or caring about the sick person, which suggests a virtue of devotion or concern for the other as a person. At times these two aspects of care have been united; at other times, they have been in conflict.” (Reich, 2014, Vol. 2, pp. 489-495). This point emphasizes…

According to Nursing Journals and Articles (2014), one of the current nursing management issue is the nursing shortage, opportunities for lifelong learning, and workforce development. The factors of nursing shortage in the acute and long term care is due to: 1) the nurses of the baby boom generation are about to retire, 2) women today have numerous career opportunities…

With the set of Code of Ethics and professional conduct to abide to, this made nursing more known as professionals. “Being autonomous, carrying out responsibility towards others and being accountable for our own actions are three major components that measure the professionalism of a nurse. Autonomy is having independence on a particular…