Nurse educator

The standard protocol might be used to make sure that all nurses are implementing oral care and following the same steps during implementation, however, there are no specific tools provided in the guideline on how to put the recommendation into practice. Therefore, this project will apply the modified Beck Oral Assessment Scale and oral care policy as a useful tool to ensure a higher quality of oral hygiene is implemented(appendix1&2). However, this scale does not assess the ability to swallow…

1. Discuss what you have learned about the role of the nurse in this setting with the information in your textbook regarding the role. (10 points)  Answer here:  Health promotion and prevention is a key aspect of the nursing role for Correctional Nursing because the time that they are incarcerated it presents an ideal opportunity to provide access to interventions to improve the offender’s long-term heath. Correction nurses have multiple roles by being the caregiver as well as the custodian…

significance or possibly lack of it in the nursing profession, I came to the conclusion that indeed the framework supporting my practice is quite crucial. The evidence of my initial findings is rooted in the simple fact that either novice or expert nurse, either a layperson or any medical professional is familiar with Florence Nightingale, the pioneer of modern nursing and theorist who established the thirteen cannons as a path towards health through meeting patients' physical needs. Moreover,…

figure 2.1 on page 41 of School Leadership and Administration. Describe a decision that you have made in your career. Identify your thought process in each step of this decision making process. Step 1 - Define the situation The position for the nurse educator in my company had been vacant for a long time. The applicants were not suitable because either they lack the required educational credentials or they lack the experience. I have been working with Human Resources in the recruitment process…

on ensuring health service for every patient. The nurses are required to undertake all their professional practicing duties to ensure safe and available practice to patient. It is also the duty of nurses to maintain a high level of compassion and empathy to the patient (Tharpe et al., 2012). The centre of nursing work provides a motivational aspect to the nurse and the energy for the purpose of patient care. This understanding also allows the nurse to establish a link as how the patient is…

as an occupation than a profession. The previous nurse image failed to show and autonomous provider of care, rather a subordinate “handmaiden” to the physician, who is implementing routine and repetitive care (Hoeve and Roodbol, 2014).In contention with physicians, nurses exercise independent judgment, accountability, and responsibility for self-actions in the care of the patient. Despite the attitudes and the stereotypical image of a female nurse, significant developments in education, research…

Since 1854, nursing has been recognized as a profession. It could be said that nursing is as old as mankind since people have always needed nursing care when ill or wounded. The word nurse is derived from the Anglo-French nurice and the Latin nutrica, both of which mean nourish(nursingtheory.org). This is exactly what nurses have always done. Nursing has a very extensive history. With many misconceptions of what the field is, as well as how it started. In 1854 Florence Nightingale started the…

This reflective essay will discuss about Gibb's reflective cycle (1998) that is used by various professionals such as health professionals, educators and people who are in leadership positions. Gibbs reflective cycle assists professionals in reflection and ensure that a person is learning and improving continuously. Gibbs reflective cycle helps structuring thoughts about any situation into a coherent and clear evaluation of the situation leading directly into an action plan for further…

Board), and Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC). The competency standards are useful in a way not only to access the professional markup for the license of registered nurse, but is also intended to maintain the standard of nursing (Chiarella, 2008). The prime objective of a nurse is to be involved in planning, assessment, identification, evaluation and implementation of specific health concern or health conditions within the working department. Along with this, the…

Throughout my career, I have heard about the “nursing shortage”, but I was not aware of the impact on the future, as I now know. Working most of my career in the hospital, I was not aware that nursing educators were subjected to the similar budget cuts as hospital nurses witnessed. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2017) wrote, “budget constraints, an aging faculty, and increasing job competition from clinical sites have contributed to this crisis” (pg. 1). Through the years, many…