Good clinical practice

teaching presence) since your first term in your midwifery, family nurse practitioner, or women’s health nurse practitioner program? Please describe the role the three (3) components played in your education during both your didactic studies and your clinical practicum. The educational framework used by Frontier Nursing University fosters high levels of cognitive presence. Throughout the program I felt compelled and motivated to study. I found the quality of the coursework not lesser than…

assignment is to pinpoint an area of practice that has significant concerns surrounding it, the issue has been identified through the most recent (August 2016) parent and carer questionnaire. In addition to this it is also to identify at what point in time these issues may have occurred and why these particular issues arose. Next to devise a plan on how the organisation, both management and staff are going to respond and resolve matters, therefore this creates a better practice. And finally to…

a “moral art” which is combination of responsibilities and caring for the patients. She divided the care in three categories including, health, illness and disease. The core of this theory is talking about the main goal and foundation of nursing practice. Nursing is not only about the knowledge even though having the knowledge is essential in providing the care for the patient. However, nursing foundation is based on providing a knowledge based care for the patient. If the nurse has tremendous…

impact on the knowledge development in the nursing practice (Bonis, 2009). Grace (2002) emphasizes that nursing has a disciplinary goal to contribute to the health of individuals and the overall health of society. That would lead me to believe that lifelong learning is essential to our success and the growth of nursing itself. Patricia Benner’s Novice to Expert theory is an example of a theory that connects the knowledge development and clinical experiences of nurses to their growth (Urden,…

A Novice Nurse Journey I much-loved reading Patricia Benner (1984) book “From Novice to Expert”: it provided an insight in to the nursing practice and skills level. Many questions raised about where do I stand and where would I take my skills in the nursing field. Benner talked about the Dreyfus model for nursing skills development levels. The model described five levels of competence that any student must pass through. They are: novice, advanced learner, competent, proficient and the expert.…

nursing, statistician and social reformer. Nightingale’s theories were hugely powerful and her concerns for sanitation, military health and hospital planning established practices which are still in existence today. By Nightingale’s footpath, there are a lot of nurses doing well and success in their carrier. They also perform a very good role in nursing. One of the famous ladies is Dr. Patricia Benner. She is a Professor Emerita at the University of California, San Francisco. She had done…

affiliation Introduction A nursing theory is a combination of different ideas that guides the nurses in providing better health care to their patients (Smith & Liehr, 2013 p.44). Different people have developed different theories that guide the nurses’ practice. Virginia Henderson developed the nursing need theory. The theory ideas came from her nursing experience and the nursing education she had acquired. She was a well known nurse, an author of books and a researcher. She defined nursing as…

Clinical Reflection #1 Genita Balkissoon Western Connecticut State University Describe the clinical situation, i.e. VNA, school rotation, homeless shelter, hospice). Provide clear examples of clinical activities. Include your actions, thoughts and feeling both positive and negative. Discuss any circumstances that made you feel uncomfortable or triggered emotions. The Visting Nursing association was only something I had heard about from the case managers at the hospital I work in but…

and control encountered in a ward while on placement as a student nurse. Duffy (2008, p.1405), describes A reflective practice as an active and deliberate way of critically examining practice in a situation where one is challenged to undertake the process of self-inquiry. It helps an individual look back at an experience and how it makes him/her feel and react, asking what is good and bad and what can be learned (Sellman & Snelling, 2010). Gibbs reflective cycle (1988) will be used to…

For theory to be important to nursing, it needs to be closely linked to its clinical significance or practical value, it must be forward looking, usable in practice, education and research (Chinn and Kramer, 2015). The theory of urine control derived from Roy’s adaptation model can be used by nurses to reform practices and guide research (Jirovec, Jenkins, Isenberg, & Baiardi, 1999). To understand how to use this nursing theory, they must first understand the conceptual framework. Once the…