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Critical Care Outcomes and Nurse Work Environment: An Article Critique Meghan B. den Hartog Missouri State University Critical Care Outcomes and Nurse Work Environment: An Article Critique “The Critical Care Work Environment and Nurse-Reported Health Care-Associated Infections” is an article on a retrospective, cross-sectional study. The four authors associated with this article are highly credentialed and work in either a critical care or educational setting or both. The…

controversy and meditation,” women were originally the first nurses and were taught how to treat minor illnesses and other health related complaints as a strategic method to prolong life. As time progressed, “the significance of nurses became more apparent” (Pierson, A Collision of history, controversy and meditation) and thus the building blocks for its formal training were laid out. In being a nurse, there are many responsibilities…

The administration of medications as a nurse is one of many skills a professional nurse, recent graduate nurse, and even a nursing student should take seriously and be proficient in practicing. Medication errors are common in many of the healthcare settings around the world, the causes may be different in each facility, with deviation from the protocol being one cause (Gill, F., Corkish, V., Roberston, J., Samson, J., & Stewart, D., 2012). As future nurses, we as students need to recognize the…

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 beginning…

This education is important so the nurse is able to keep Jack’s family informed and educated on his current and possibly changing health status. Finally, communication is a professional standard crucial to ethical decision making in Jack’s case because in order for the family to cope with the stress from Jack’s hospitalization they must be able to convey information to the family in “communication formats that promote accuracy” (D. Hatteberg, Class Notes, October 27, 2015). The American…

provide future nurses with the skills to effectively communicate with all of their clients. When caring for terminal pediatric clients, nurses need to understand what factors shape a child’s concept of death, how to create opportunities for clients to discuss his/her feelings, different techniques for exploring a client’s feelings, and how to incorporate the family into the process of communication. When communicating with a terminal pediatric client, it is important for the nurse to understand…

Nurses make a positive difference everyday by providing the best care and quality they can. In order to provide quality care workplaces need to embrace diversity among the healthcare professionals. The quest to promote a multicultural workplace starts with…

number of registered nurses in Ontario dropped by 8000 from 1995 to 1998) (Baumann &…

More specifically, new graduate nurses lacking self-confidence when interacting with physicians created a barrier in disseminating information and voicing legitimate concerns regarding patient care (Pfaff et al., 2014). This is also applicable to communication with families of patients…

In my life I have always gone above what was expected to help others, whether I am holding a door open for someone coming in or giving someone a smile that may make their day. I have always wanted to help others whenever opportunity approaches. Helping others reminds me of when it rains and after the rain comes a rainbow. At this time I started with medical assistant being that I would be able to help many people with such things like making an appointment, recording what is needed for the…