Nursing care

Nursing profession has improved over time in its efforts to provide the best care for individual patients in conjunction with other health care providers. The improvement in technology has been of value to this profession in assisting patient to recover optimally and assume their normal life, the new brand of nurses are more focused on the patient and their recovery process, developing the best care plan and works closely with the physicians in other nursing bring all the factors required for…

Culturally Competent Nursing care Cultural competence is dividing into two categories: organizational and individual. According to (Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, n.d.), “Organizational cultural competence requires a set of value and principles and demonstration of behaviors, attitudes, policies, and structures that enable them to work effectively cross-culturally” (Andrews, 2008, pp. 17). According to (American Academy of Nursing, 1992, 1993; Campinha-Bacote,…

people, and treats health issues for families and other patients? Nursing. Nursing is the protection, promotion, and Optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response,and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Nursing is more than just providing patient care and helping prevent accidents or things. Nursing is providing patients about many health conditions,…

Nursing practices are ever changing as the environment, technology and time changes. Therefore, nurses? responsibility, the nature of care, and nurses? role has also changed. This paper is centered around the evolving health care changes and its impact on the nursing profession, including a continuum of care, accountable care organization, medical home, and nurses managed health clinics. Furthermore, this paper is presented to three nurses colleague and their opinion and feedback are discussed.…

Cultural competent nursing care is an imperative part of healthcare, out casing patient satisfaction. Culturally safe practice involves actions in which the provider recognizes and respects the cultural identities of others. In correlation, culturally unsafe nursing practice is referring to “Any actions that diminish, demean or disempower the cultural identity and well being of an individual.” (Nursing Council of New Zealand 2002, p. 9). How does the CLPNBC professional standards relate to…

While most people consider nursing to be extremely rewarding for both the patient and the nurse, when regarding the impact both will have on each other 's lives, very few people truly understand the pressures nurses deal with on a daily basis. A large portion of this stress is due to the nature of work that comes with the job, such as mandatory overtime and labor intensive work, a majority of the stress is induced by health care system 's tendency to be understaffed. Being understaffed simply…

My second patient to be concerned with is the elderly confused patient who happens to be incontinent and tries to get out of bed occasionally. This is a task that can be delegated to a LPN. It does not involve invasiveness, and a priority nursing intervention would be to make sure the patient is safe and has a regular toileting schedule. Making sure the patient’s bed alarm is on is key to knowing when the patient is out of bed, having call light in reach, and possibly moving patient to a…

To provide comfort care, one must first define the meaning of comfort care. Comfort care for nursing is defined by Kolcaba (2009). Kolcaba explained comfort care as a principles of health care that focuses on physical, psychospiritual, sociocultural, and environmental comfort care for the patient. It’s also well-defined as, given care to progress the quality of one’s life especially in patients who has a life-threatening illness. Working in the oncology unit for cancer patients, has often…

Patient-Centered Care in Nursing Practice Originating in 2005, the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) is a project created to educate future nurses on specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes obtained through completion of their pre-licensure or continuing nursing education program to improve quality and safety in the healthcare system (QSEN, 2014). QSEN is made up of six defined competencies, one being patient-centered care. QSEN defines patient-centered care as the ability to…

Long-term care is defined as health, mental health, residential or social support provided to a person with functional disabilities on an informal or formal basis over an extended period of time with the goal of maximizing the person’s independence. The goal of long-term care is help people achieve functional independence, in contrast to the goal of acute care, which is to cure. The fundamental reason that a person needs long-term care is because they suffer from one or more functional…