Nursing by country

Nursing Students experience a significant amount of stress and anxiety during their time in nursing school. In the article Biofeedback Intervention for Stress and Anxiety Among Nursing Students: A Randomized Control Trial, the researchers discuss the use of biofeedback measuring heart rate variability to control the amount of stress and anxiety second year nursing students experience during their clinical. The researchers decided use biofeedback heart rate variability (HRV), since there have…

Nurses are the backbone of the healthcare sector because they play vital role to deliver quality care of the patients in the country (Water, 2010). However, today’s world has different image and perception regarding nurses and their practice, although nursing and its practices have changed, but public stereotype image is still not changed (Wallace, 2011). “Nurse is a trained, formally educated person who care giver of sick person, especially in a hospital”. (Oxford, 2012). Image is known as “The…

from the study revealed that “98% of registered nurses documented nursing actions taken after identification of a problem and provided a summary of the patients' condition at the end of the shift” (Blake-Mowatt et al., 2013, p.331). However, the research revealed that 26% of nurses documented nursing diagnosis that doesn’t correlate with the client's condition. In addition, it was founded that the main reported factors affecting nursing documentation practices were workload and staff to patient…

am proud of where I’ve come so far as being an immigrant who came to this country as many others looking for their dream without knowing the language or even the culture. Fear and anxiety because I was nervous about having the feeling of not knowing anything, not knowing about what I would find there, the site or even the people. I believe that I felt anxious at 6:00 am in the morning because I was going to confirm if nursing was the profession, I want to practice for the rest of my life.…

than those of any other country yet the evidence does not point to superior outcomes in relationship to the cost of care [Institutes of Medicine, 2010 (IOM)]. To address this ongoing concern the Patient Protection Affordable Health Care Act [PPACA (2010)] provides structure for fundamental reform in health care delivery. This new paradigm in health care delivery includes three integrated models of care that are patient centered spanning across the continuum [American Nursing Association, 2010…

evolution of the nursing. It also reflects on one of the most frequent questions employers ask on job interview “What made you Choose Nursing as a profession?” Although, nursing was noted to be as old as time since the beginning, human has carried out a practice of care and nurturing from primitive era to this modern age. This fundamental core of caring and responding to human needs has been a guiding instinct that has driven the practices of nursing from one generation to another. Nursing…

initiative began in 2005, due to a need for nurses to be involved in the advancement of healthcare information technology. Basically, to get the nursing field "up to speed" with the growing field of informatics. Since, nursing is one of the largest workforces in the United States, the need for a large scale and coordinated effort to integrate informatics into nursing education became necessary to prepare professionals for a career in healthcare (Healthcare Information and Management Systems…

sufficiency may be judged” (Short, 1964, p. 201). In order for a person to be considered competent he/she must possess the “required knowledge, skills, and abilities to function in a given field” (Howsam & Houstan, 1972, p. 3). The profession of nursing has been continuously evolving and changing, and the advancements in modes of study have further accelerated the process of changes and development. After doing in-depth research this paper will be focus on three differences in competencies…

was interesting to find out about the population health and dynamics of Danbury and the surrounding cities. During the past five weeks, I have encountered many different diseases, people, environments, and professions in nursing that gave me a broader idea of what community nursing truly is. I got to experience four weeks first hand with two different visiting nurses in the Fairfield and Danbury area and one week with the Health Department going on health inspections at two different places.…

Nursing Leadership Priorities Health care organizations and the way patient care is delivered is rapidly changing. The ability to manage, promote, and facilitate change is one of the most important skills that nursing leaders need to be successful. Influencing change requires effective communication skills, and the ability to help other see the vision (Curtis, De Vries, & Sheerin, 2011). This paper will discuss leading change and effective communication as nursing leadership priorities for St.…