increase nurse efficacy in SGA patient management. Research vs. Evidence-Based Practice Advanced-practice registered nurses(APRNs) are expected to take part in new knowledge that is identified and supported by evidence to promote optimal care delivery to patients while supporting the professional practice of nursing. The healthcare system has been moving toward evidenced-Based Practice…
difficult, given the complexities of the task and the growing context of the healthcare setting. Ethical practice is generally accepted as an indispensable feature of good nursing, yet determining what comprises such practice is complicated. This essay reviews aspects of ethical practice from the context of healthcare professionals. The relationship between decision-making and ethical practice…
individuals for making proclamations that harm the notoriety of others. Applying NMBA implicit rules, 2018: Principle 3: Cultural practice and respectful relationships. The code unmistakably expresses that bullying and harassment are not adequate or endured in nursing calling. The lecturer who has been harassed ought to counsel the accompanying set of accepted rules to make the nursing student at risk. Specifically: Principle 3.2(f) Nurses must make a constructive, socially safe workplace…
bullying as part of initiation for new nurses. For a novice nurse, the experience must be endured to be accepted in the team. As a result, many nurses felt disheartened, burned out and those who have overcome the bullying sometimes, continued the practice to succeeding nurses. Bullying must stop and not add to the other stress imposed on nurses’ responsibilities. It is every nurse’s task to create a healthy working environment for every team. When one has a good intention, determination, and …
policy affect your nursing practice? I will see HIPAA every day in my nursing practice. I will always have to protect patient information by keeping their records to myself as I care for them, by locking my computer so no one else can look at it, and by being knowledgeable about who can and cannot know information about the patient. HIPAA is an extremely important policy to follow in my nursing practice and can have severe consequences if I do not follow it; such as lose my nursing license. 7.…
provide the best care for their patients. Rounding received its resurgence in 2006 and is believed to be the answer to improve patient satisfaction rates by providing more interaction and addressing problems proactively. BACKGROUND Rounding, an old practice, involves health professionals going around their unit, on a regular basis, to assess each of their patients…
The proposed Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project will take place in two of three ambulatory pediatric specialty clinics part of the University of North Carolina (UNC) Health Care System. The UNC Health Care System is a not-for-profit health care system that consists of UNC hospitals, its provider network and various clinical programs through the UNC School of Medicine (UNC Health Care, 2015) The proposed clinical sites include the pediatric pulmonology clinic, the pediatric…
Religious practice is widespread in the United States. About 40 percent of the population admits to attending religious services at least once a week, but the effects of spirituality on health were unclear. In the absence of scientific evidence, this group of researchers used the statistical data of 74,534 women, who participated between 1992 and 2012 in a report on the Health of Nurses. Over the course of 16 years, nurses answered questionnaires every two years about their diet, lifestyle and…
pressure reading for a patient in the pediatric ward and the nurse going against wishes and using an oscillometric device instead. Clinical practice guidelines can help standardize treatment plans and assist healthcare professionals when making educated clinical choices (Jun, Kovner, & Stimpfel, 2016). This essay will discuss guidelines, updating practices, nurses being educated on guidelines and forming a question surround guidelines Clinical guidelines must have the best evidence…
My Philosophy of Nursing Practice Nursing to me is a fulfillment of a lifelong dream. Caring for others has always been inbuilt, a priority and what I have always considered being human from my childhood. I marveled at God’s creation and appreciated the beauty in it, something I still do. However, I would always frown at how humanity lacked ‘sympathy’ for the creation and fellow humanity. From then, I have always taken it as a personal initiative always to care, and it has gradually become my…