Nursing practice

According to Halcomb, Davidson and Patterson (2008). Australian general practice nurses are key practitioners in primary health care. Yet, their leadership and management functions have been invisible. Although, nurses have been functioning discreetly for many years over the last five years their role has evolved significantly. The General Practice Nurse Conferences indicated that general practice nurses undertake very specific roles, such as, managing chronic disease clinics or pap smear…

wrong, but the end result of those actions consummates whether the actions were good or bad. This view encompasses application of actions that provide the best outcomes for the majority of people. Application: An example of utilitarianism in nursing practice is triage during mass casualty disasters. These victims are categorized based on acuity and life expectancy rather than solely on acuity. These patients are categorized and attended to as follows: Immediate, meaning must be treated now or…

Health Content in Nursing Practice. "Environmental Hazards for the Nurse as a Worker." Nursing Health, & Environment: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the Public 's Health. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 01 Jan. 1995. Web. 05 Dec. 2016. "Pope, A.M., Snyder, M.A., Mood, L.H. (1995). Nursing, Health, & the Environment: Strengthening the Relationship to Improve the Public 's Health. Washington, DC: Institute of Medicine, National Academy Press." Image: The Journal of Nursing…

With rising health care costs and the high harm and mortality rate of hospital acquired infections nurses must continue to deliver their care based on best practice and available evidence. There is always a need to continually update practices to improve patient’s outcomes. Benchmarks have been set for state and national levels to be achieved by year 2020. Joint Commission and organizations, such as the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, have set quality improvement goals by implementing the…

Introduction (150ish) The aim of this paper is to critically analyse a short video which demonstrates poor professional nursing practice. This paper will analyse the video in response to professional practice, identify and justify 10 parts of the video which exhibits both verbal and non-verbal misconduct. The paper will also discuss how these identified parts of misdemeanours will have a negative impact on the patient’s wellbeing and the overall professional standing of the nurse involved.…

Cultural Competence in Nursing Practice There are many different cultures in the world, and it is important to realize that not every culture is alike. Every culture has a different way of doing things, and a different perception on how nursing care should be received. I think it is important for nurses to take into consideration their patients culture before providing care. Cultural competence is what “guides the nurse in understanding behaviors and planning appropriate approaches to patient…

1.2 Evidence based practice In nursing, practice is a dynamic function which changes over time due to new scientific and empirical evidence (Sackett, Rosenberg, Gray, Haynes, & Richardson, 1996). Regardless of this concept, some provide care as a routine and this can be avoided by combing the right professional approach with the best known recent evidence (Gerrish, Communicating and Disseminating Research, 2006). EBP is guided into practice by various valid processes. First of all, a problem…

Dialysis nursing is a specialty that has potential for evolution in the advance practice setting. This subspecialty is currently in the second stage of organization, since it is an organized specialty and it is “progressing to a certificate training”(Hamric, Hanson, Tracy, O’Grady, 2014, p. 114). According to the University of Villanova, dialysis nursing is a subspecialty that not only requires an associates or baccalaureate degree in nursing, but it also requires years of experience and…

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). In 2010, there were 153 DNP programs being offered and an additional 106 programs in the planning stages (AACN, 2011). The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) survey found significant growth in research-focused doctoral programs, an increase in 124 programs from pervious year (AACN, 2011). As more people seek research-based degrees and more programs are available, I project nursing research will increase in the next 10 years. Nursing research…

THE NURSING THEN AND NURSING NOW INTRODUCTION Nursing is a highly skilled health care profession which combines the art of caring with the scientific knowledge and skills developed through education. Nursing practice is controlled by the Nursing Act 50 of 1678 as amended by the Nursing Act 33 of 2005 such as regulation R2598 which is a scope of practice for all nursing practitioners (enrolled or registered). Nursing practitioners wore a certain attire to look uniform and easily identified from…