Nursing diagnosis

knowing M.M. was going to seize more responsibility around the house and allow her to have more time for herself. Desired Outcomes (NOC) The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) provides standardized and measurable patient outcomes (University of Iowa, n.d.). Specifically, nursing outcomes are one's behavior or perception that responds to the assigned nursing interventions (Head, Aquilino, Johnson, Reed, Maas, & Moorhead, 2004). NOC allows the…

When I became a Registered Nurse, I was unsure where my nursing career would take me. I didn’t yet have any particular area of interest. While attending school to complete my BSN, I bounced around on a handful of med/surg floors. I worked in long-term care. The jobs I was working in were fine, but I never really felt passionate about them. A year after obtaining my nursing license, my older brother took his first step toward recovery and entered treatment for substance abuse. Shortly after…

their findings are arranged and decided upon so people will actually benefit from them. It is very clear that it takes time to gather information needed to be able to help the communities and society. To understand how information is gathered in the nursing profession, we have to examine the technology and computer programs that nurses use. In our society technology, including computers has become the engine for how information is processed. Nurses use this computer technology because it`s…

Nursing philosophies vary from nurse to nurse but are rooted from the same tree. They all stem from similar ideas of acceptance, morals, advocacy, knowledge compassion, and fair treatment to all. My nursing philosophy stems from the golden rule to treat others how you would want to be treated but instead, to treat others how you would want your family to be treated. This is vital in my practice and ensures the best possible care given because that is how I would want my loved ones treated. With…

90 mm Hg and above is regarded as hypertension. For one to make a diagnosis of hypertension three different readings need to be obtained in different settings (Bothe, 2014). This paper discusses hypertension as a disorder and its process when it affects someone, its relation to the HFSON conceptual framework including the integration of the nursing process. It will also expound on the nursing practices, nursing care plan, diagnosis and evidence based practices linked to hypertension.…

which leads to differing scopes throughout the United States (Hansen-Turton, Wade, & McClellan, 2007). Depending on where you live, your scope could be vastly different. Traditionally, the majority of APRN’s are governed by their state board of nursing and physicians are governed by the American Medical Association. The dissimilarities in the governing bodies lead to a difference in the standard of care they are held accountable to. Physicians and APRN’s are trained under differing models, but…

to fever, fatigue, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, nausea, and vomiting. During the emergency room visit, an assessment was performed on the patient to collect information. According to Dr. Carol Taylor’s Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Person-Center Nursing Care: 8th Edition, an assessment is done to collect, “all pertinent patient information… to develop a comprehensive and effective plan of care” (Taylor, 2015, 232). In other words, Mr. Smith needed an assessment to measure…

escribe the precautions and personal protective equipment required to care for this patient. Patient should be placed on Transmission-Based isolation. "Droplet transmission occurs when the pathogen travels in water droplet expelled as infected person exhales, coughs, sneeze, or talks."(pg. 608 Treas). " Droplet can spread by direct spread with mucous membranes or indirect contact touching bedside table that was containment with most droplets then rubbing your eye."(pg. 623 Treas). "Standard…

Nursing. What is nursing? Many people would have many different answers to this simple question. Growing up, I always saw a nurse as someone who just helped the doctor by giving medication, treating and healing wounds, and doing all the so called dirty work. After going through the nursing program, I realize that there is so much more to the profession than what people give nurses credit for. The American Nurses Association states that "Nursing is the protection, promotion, and…

century but was later modified to Florence Nightingale Pledge in 1893 to guide professionals in the nursing field. The Nightingale Pledge established the ethical principles and standards nurses should follow in their profession. As a result, nursing bodies have used the Hippocratic Oath and Nightingale Pledge to further develop guidelines and although the Nightingale Pledge remains at the core of the nursing practices and ethics. Since decision making in the healthcare practice is characterized…