Nursing practice

Professionalism in Nursing Practice Professionalism is defined differently according to workplace and environment. Professionalism in the television show is slightly different from the healthcare setting. This paper is talking about professionalism only in the healthcare setting, specified in the nursing profession. “Nursing is an art and science.” (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2015, p. 1). Professionalism in nursing practice bases on these two aspects: art and science. A nurse must have…

In the year 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) produced a declaration that was started by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), on Nursing Future which encourages to increase the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses in the workforce to 80% by 2020. In addition, the fifth recommendation by the IOM to increase by two the number of nurses with doctorate degree by the year 2020. Engaging in lifelong learning for nurses is a very important achievement because it will help nurses to be aware of…

If any professional should be thought of being united is the nursing because of its reputation if being the most trustworthy profession. However, that notion is far from the truth. Throughout my long career, the support among my colleagues had always been a challenge and noticeably depended on workplace environment which remains face-paced with unpredictable workloads plus limited resources. Consequently, the concept of teamwork among nurses is dissolving due to a lack of trust, commitment, fear…

Federal Laws and the Impact on Clinical Nursing Practice Registered nurses are the most prevalent group of clinical healthcare professionals within the United States healthcare structure. Registered nurses are educated and practice inside a holistic context that respects and recognizes the individual, family and community as an interrelated and unified entity. Registered nurses are central to the critical changes necessary for effective healthcare delivery in today’s ever changing society.…

characterize or mark a profession or a professional person. These two words are intertwined in the medical industry, especially in the field of nursing. In the article “Accountability in Nursing Practice: Why it is Important for Patient Safety, the author details how and why it is not only necessary but critical to exercise accountability and professionalism as a nursing practitioner. Without utilization of these two traits, the patient’s safety can be put in grave danger, compromise the…

Nurses are without a doubt stood up to with different moral difficulties in their expert practice, so they ought to be comfortable with moral sets of accepted rules and the basics of moral basic leadership. In nursing, as one the most-confided in callings, the moral codes have been likewise distributed by almost every perceived proficient gathering around the world. The codes diagram how the nurses ought to act morally as a calling, and how they ought to choose when experience hindrances keeping…

In recent years, our ever increasing information and technology has played a vital role in changing nursing practice. Evidence based practice (EBP) will continue to have a positive impact on the care that we provide our patients and will continue to advance our healthcare system. There have been various quality improvement initiatives that have been adopted to advance patient care and safety. In these articles, a major goal that has been identified in the hospital setting is effective…

The history of nursing has impacted my individual practice through many different ways. When I look at nursing as individual based, I have and am learning and gaining knowledge from ever nurse that I interact with. I have been able to learn new skills, techniques and pick up on small patient cues that other nurses have learned through their personal experience. This has changed the way that I care for my patients, by allowing me to provide, recognize and treat them with better care. When I look…

Since researching this topic, my nursing practice has changed in the way that I interview, assess, and treat my clients. Throughout my education in nursing school I was always taught a more holistic approach, however I was never truly conducting my assessments and interviews with clients within this matter. I am always respectable and caring towards clients, but in my past practices within clinical, my focus was primarily on the disease process and preventing the disease from worsening. Within…

the week was Hygiene. It helps the nursing student to develop a skill on how to shower and bed wash a patient and how to promote Hygiene. According to World Health Organization (2016), hygiene is about practice that will help in maintaining good health or preventing spread of infections. Cleaning the environment, sterilizing the equipment’s, performing hand hygiene, using hand rubs, disposing medical waste are examples of basic skills that a nurse must practice in the hospital (World Health…