Nurse education

Since nurse step on the floor the main activity is patient safety and number one priority. Nurse attentiveness at the bedside is for the patient’s safety and in many cases, averts predictable and unpredictable conditions (Nikitas, Middaugh, & Aries, 2016, p.141) or in other hand places patient at risk. The fundamental way to protect patients is consistent hand washing that may prevent nosocomial transmitted infections from direct contact and deliver safe patient care. Following policy and…

practice has been described as a way of self-examination in which an individual looks back on what happened in their practice as a mean of professional growth (Williams, Gerardi, Gill, & Soucy, 2009). Incorporating reflective journaling in nursing education is useful in developing thinking skills, self-understanding and coping with critical incidents in practice (Williams & et al., 2009). Self-reflection is a means by which students may develop self-awareness (Williams & et al., 2009). This…

of self-efficacy among a group of North Carolina pediatric nurses in acute care. This study was conducted because the authors believed in the importance of pain management and they wanted to see how pediatric nurses managed patients pain. The authors also wanted to understand the cross-sectional…

Nurses have always comforted patients with caring demeanors. However, a small, additional commitment of time results in vastly improved patient experiences. During patient visits, communication and uninterrupted attention play a critical role in making clients feel comfortable. The final key to improved service interactions, states medical executives, is ongoing and specialized education. Patient Sentiment in the Current Caregiving Setting A Health Science Journal research study recently…

we follow these feelings and become nurses. I feel that, spiritually, Florence Nightingale is the nursing theorist that I could compare myself to. Florence Nightingale was born in England in 1820 to two wealthy and well-connected parents. Her parents both came from Unitarian religious backgrounds, but because of her father’s association with the Church of England, Nightingale grew up with varied religious influences. Nightingale’s father believed in education and supervised it closely; she…

Administration for the Nurse Manager –Introduction to Nursing Management Introduction: Organization refers to a group of people who work together to achieve a common goal. Administration is the act of managing resources to ensure an organization’s goal is achieved 1.1 Personal Context: Personally, there is no way the nursing education can impact nurses without a properly organized system. 1.2 Social Context: Nursing education is the bedrock of continuity of nursing care. Nurses, viewed in a…

Bernaix (2008) study “Success of a Lactation Education Program on NICU Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes, nurses were measured on the study’s outcome at multiple time points on the educational intervention to overcome barriers to breastfeeding. Outcome actions were measured 2 weeks prior to nurses attending a 4 hour educational program and 3 months after the program. Mothers with infants in the NICU were sampled prior to…

the patient. However, nursing foundation is based on providing a knowledge based care for the patient. If the nurse has tremendous amount of information but is not able to pass it on to the patient who gets the benefit? The patients need the care and this care is the main responsibility of the care provider. This…

• (System-wide; knowledge based) A facility wide education would need to be developed on sleep fatigue, including all allied staff at the social dynamic level, to invoke a change. Numerous studies on fatigue in the healthcare setting have demonstrated its extensive and numerous consequences including, increased risk for medical error, compromised patient safety, decreased employee satisfaction, and risk to personal safety and well-being (Johnson et al., 2014; Wallis, 2014; Geiger-Brown et al.,…

meet their performances based on their current position in the unit. While providing education to providers and staff, healthcare facilities play a key role by engaging in patient health education. All staff members are required to have training in order to maintain proficiency. Education and training activities directly impact across functional areas of the healthcare team. The educational…