Notes on Nursing

With predictions that this nursing shortage will be more severe and have a longer duration than previously experienced, traditional strategies implemented by employers will have limited success. The aging nursing workforce, low unemployment, and the global nature of this shortage compound the usual factors that contribute to nursing shortages. For sustained change and assurance of an adequate supply of nurses, solutions must be developed in several areas: education, healthcare delivery systems,…

Nursing theories are the cornerstone of nursing practice. They assist in molding the nurse to provide the best possible care for the patient by guiding nursing practice, fostering health promotion, integrating health education, and advancing nursing knowledge. Nursing theories provide a framework that influences the present and future of nursing practice. Nurses utilize a number of theories in daily practice throughout their careers. In this way, the nurse is able to choose the specific…

My current nursing path is leading me down community nursing therefore the research article gave me an insight on areas to focus to assist my patients to remain in the homes. As a student nurse, I found the OASIS assessment difficult to understand and I can see where true compliance may be difficult. Also, the documentation is only as good as those doing the assessment. I would not think that any professional would assess a client as at risk for fall and then note that they did not do anything…

than in numbers (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber, 2014). This research study gathers the feelings and perspectives of family members on the advantages of incorporating nursing bedside handover with enhancing the care of the patient. This study is qualitative in nature and included the gathering of data by means of interviews, observations and field notes of participants in their natural role of visiting a patient who was a relative (Tobiano, Chaboyer, & McMurray, 2013). This study evaluates, through…

education for health outcomes, the nurse role and the nursing practice education 1.1 Personal context. It was a good experience looking at the aspects of education in 3 dimensions, the patient, the nurse responsibility and the nursing profession. It is interesting to be able to identify myself as a patient educator and to take it as my independent role. It is an aspect of nursing practice that needs to be emphasized as it is losing its value in nursing milieu.…

Running head: NURSING THEORY EVALUATION Jean Watson: The Theory of Human Caring Malgorzata T. Guzda NUR 410 Professional Roles, Issues and Nursing Theories 5/25/2014 Introduction Jean Watson was born in southern West Virginia and grew up during the 1940s and 1959’s surrounded by extended family and community oriented environment. She graduated in 1961 from the Lewis Gale School of Nursing in Roanoke, Virginia. Throughout her career, Watson’s Theory of Caring continued to evolve.…

that you may not even be in control over. For example in one of the handwritten notes he left slipped under the door he states that “supper on Sunday was lame” and that the residents complained that they would rather have soup and sandwiches for lunch not dinner because that type of meal seems more appropriate for a lunch meal. To me this complaint…

NUR 495 Reflections Writing a reflection on a completed course, a recent commitment, or just a note written at the end of the day, leads us to awareness and helps us to think carefully about our own experiences and actions. These reflections are as unique as those who create them. NUR 495, “Public and Global Health in Nursing”, has provided numerous topics and activities for reflection and practice integration, a sampling of which are discussed here. As a nurse in my current practice (I am a…

through multiple stages in my nursing education as well as my nursing career. While in nursing school J.C. was one of my favorite clinical instructors. She exuded pride and joy for the job that she did every day, and her enthusiasm was contagious. I now have the pleasure of having J.C. as my nurse manager at the cancer center that I work at, and she truly does a fantastic job of not only being a manager, leader, and mentor. J.C. received her Bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1997 and her first…

A Theoretical Approach to Psychiatric Nursing The importance of theory within the psychiatric nursing setting is to develop foundations for one’s practice. Once a foundation is established nursing theory improves patient care, enhances professional development, improves interpersonal relationships and provides the framework necessary for further educational enhancement. By definition theory is described as “a set of interrelated concepts that provide testable relationships and direction or…