Nursing practice

Theoretical framework Planning and implementing change in nursing practice can be challenging. Using a change theory framework can help in increasing the likelihood of success (Mitchell, 2013). Kurt Lewin’s change model would be the most appropriate guide for implementing the protocol for removing the indwelling urinary catheter (IUC) within 24 hours of placement in postoperative patients to decrease the rate of catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in acute care unit. Lewin’s…

My practice placement this semester is in KLH o the medical floor. Every Monday and Tuesday we arrive on the floor for 7am. We work with one assigned client in providing all care for them that is within our second year student nurse scope. Additional skills we have acquired thus far in second semester are IV medication admin, insulin administration/glucose monitoring, sterile gloving, suture/staple removal and high flow oxygen and oropharyngeal suctioning. Student Comments: This semester…

method. Some nurses implement evidence based practice method without questioning the reason why are they putting it into practice. For nurses to get committed to evidence based practice they must know strategies to search for many relevant information from publications currently available. As we know that there is a relationship between research and practice it is imperative that nurses know what research qualifies any method that they have to put into practice In order to individualize…

Research for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice Outline In 2009, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was passed in efforts to modernize and use health care technology in a meaningful way (Huryk, 2012). As a result, there has been a dramatic shift in the way nurses care for patients at the bedside. With the introduction of the electronic health record (EHR), bedside nurses have been challenged with adopting new technology and workflows. In the…

As you observed the professional/registered nurse’s role in this setting, what evidence of a professional level of nursing practice? When I think of characteristics of a professional nurse I think of compassion, patience, good communication skills, critical thinking skills, and organization. While I observed my nurse I noticed that she applied many of these characteristics throughout the day. As we began our day by checking in on each patient my nurse informed me that she likes to start with…

Broadening the scope of nursing practice as put us nurses at risk for legal issues on a daily basis. We make decisions daily that can affect the lives of our patients. Due to the paperless charting we have access to the patient’s information and must use what we know at the time to make critical decisions for the patient (Black 2014) Another issue is dealing with informed consents when it comes to the patients who are having operations or other special procedures on a daily basis. Some…

There is a well know saying that goes like this, “all good things must come to an end.” Can you believe that eight weeks is here? In retrospect, my perception about nursing research and evidence-based practice had changed significantly. Research is time consuming and can be frustrating if you cannot find what you are looking for. To be quite frank with you, when I told my friends about the class that I was taking, they had nothing good to say, and that scared me. Anyway, I told myself that…

leader, and how to apply it to nursing practice. Characteristics of Servant Leadership One characteristic of servant leadership is being genuine. As nurses we have a huge responsibility to build trust with our patients. If there is not trust, then patients will have lower levels of patient satisfaction, and may not feel like they are in a safe environment.…

Patricia Benner sought to describe and discover the knowledge involved in nursing practice through her project, Achieving Methods of Intraprofessional Consensus, Assessment, and Evaluation Project (the AMICAE Project) (Altmann, 2007). This project applied a proficiency progression model formulated by Dreyfus to nursing practice. The Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition focuses on how skills advance based on experience, education, clinical knowledge development, and career progression through…

must be sensitive to its presence and its consequences in epidemiology and public health practices. As nurse practitioners, our focus should be to improve the health of the community. Eliminating risk in health care would be impossible.…