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Research Analysis: Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions We are asked to explore and utilize what is considered quality or qualified types of research. In our world of advanced technology, the amount of positive or reliable information that an individual has access to can be considered a good thing. Unfortunately not all available information is reliable and is just something that someone decided to make available without proper research. As nurses it is critical that when utilizing research to…

I chose to interview Dawn Buchanan, RN, BSN for this Management-Leader Interview Write-up. She is currently my direct supervisor in the MDS department. Her management experience includes three years as MDS supervisor and twenty plus years as a director of nursing at Francis Marion Manor Health & Rehabilitation. Seventeen years ago, Dawn was also my Certified Nursing Assistant instructor whom vastly influenced my own nursing career. I consider her my nursing mentor and role model in this dynamic…

My experiences working with APA and MLA have been useful. I have learned to properly communicate a message using these formats. I did not know much about these formats until English Composition I—my Professor started us on APA for a couple of weeks and that made the MLA learning process much easier. Writing in these documentations has opened my horizons and has educated me to speak about a project with more of a choice. I am majoring in Pre-Nursing and I know that nurses (especially RNs) use…

In case study 1, one of the key professionals that could be involved in planning support for David is a nurse. The nurse has played a huge role in not only planning support for David but also helped to maintain his quality of life. The nurse has played an important aspect in writing his care plans. The nurse has helped in administering and checking his medications and made sure that he has taken it on time. The nurse have carefully observed and recorded if David was having any health as well as…

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Literature Review: Simulation Based Education in Undergraduate Student Nurses and Experienced Nurses in a Surgical Clinical Setting. Simulation is not technology but it is a technique that is used to replace or supplement real life experiences in an interactive way (Gaba, 2004). A simulation based method of education in the nurse clinical setting improves student learning enhances confidence and communication skills in learners, aids in recruitment and retention of nursing in the clinical…

Saint Vincent Hospital Strives for Organizational Culture Saint Vincent Hospital, a part of the Allegheny Health Network, is an acute care hospital in Erie, Pennsylvania. Throughout the hallways of our facilities is the essence of our mission, values, and core behaviors. The core behaviors are critical to our cultural organization and based on four pillars. The four pillars consist of placing our customer’s first, transformational leadership, trust (working together), and purposeful execution…

Stress & Coping and How it Affects Nursing Students Stress is one of the few symptoms that is commonly shared throughout the world. What causes it is what separates cultures, societies, and social networks. College students in general have a unique array of stressful experiences. Advanced education such as the field of nursing can only intensify stress because of high expectations, workload, and the environment. Reasonable amounts of stress is needed for mental and physical wellbeing, it…

My physical and emotional needs and expectations of my night nurse regarding both symptom management and psychological/emotional support are I expect my night nurse to assit to eat, to go to the bathroom, to brush my teeth, to asses my vitals signs regulary for any abnormalities/new symptoms development and to help me turn back and forth in terms of my physical well being and needs. For my emotional needs, I expect my night nurse to guide me through the process of the surgery and the recovery…

In some parts of the world, nursing is still striving to be considered a profession (Sabatino et al., 2014). Nursing pioneers have defined concepts and established theories and frameworks in order to lay a strong foundation on which our profession can stand. One of these pioneers, Jacqueline Fawcett, knew that in order for the discipline of nursing to advance, nursing knowledge needed to be developed and tested (Fawcett, 1984). After reviewing the literature on nursing theories that had been…