Nursing practice

Nursing practice can be achieved by a nurse achieving an ADN degree or a BSN degree as evidenced by the ability to pass the NCLEX and be able to perform the required skills of a nurse. Yet, the nursing profession has been wanting RNs for the past 4 decades to have baccalaureate-degrees and it continues to do research to justify the cost of educating the nursing population to have higher degrees which is believed to be beneficial to patient care. The high demand for nurses after World War II and…

factors, and the person themselves. Indigenous Australians practices regarding death and dying are not dissimilar to Western but have unique aspects and it is important that nursing professionals are aware of and understand the process and cultural aspects of death in Aboriginal culture in order to provide culturally sensitive care to the patient as well as their family and community. The purpose of this essay is to explore some of the practices involved in Indigenous Australian death and dying…

Values are characteristics that are the driving force to the nursing practice. Every nurse has a different list of values that they exhibit through their care and practice. By seeing different areas from the hospital and clinic, I was able to see different values in action. One of the foundations that the nursing profession is based upon is the value of caring. Caring is a value that I saw used in every situation and experience that I saw while in this clinical rotation. One specific example…

I think that the findings of the presented study can be relevant to the nursing science. Palos (2014) states that “the science of nursing is a combination of performance, skills, knowledge, and attitudes” (p. 247). The results of the presented study show a possible improvement of the “performance” resulting in the lower readmission rate. In the discussion section of the presented article, the authors state that the previous study concluded that an addition of the NP in the process of transition…

Presentation on New Changes and Growth in the Nursing Practice I would to talk to everyone about the new changes I have seen that will make our nursing practice go in a different direction in this hospital. The practices that will make our hospital irresistible to come to by the people in the community and being number one. We will also be able to regain our Magnet status. It has been few years now that we lost it but I know if we follow these new practices, we will surely get back on…

Healthcare System Foundation funded to the cost of in-service production and telephone interviews (Morrison, T., 2012). The purpose of the study was to examine the experience and attitudes of registered nurses on specific units regarding evidence-based practice and the prevention of CLABSI’s, along with dressing changes and line care. A sample of fifteen full-time nurses was interviewed via a recorded, 45-minute, in-depth interview (Morrison, 2012). The findings identified many challenges for…

Extensive studies foster the development and integration of best practice. This paper explores three articles that relate to the issues of the evidence-based practice in nursing. The articles vary in purposes, but all relate to the topic of evidence-based practice integration in nursing. Debates over various professional topics continue, and there is no clear set of expectations for nurses on specific medical procedures and practices. By using evidence from conducted studies, three articles…

between the Advanced Practice Nursing: An Integrative Approachan academic resource, the American Association of colleges of Nursing (AACN) DNP Essentials and the advance practice registered nurse (APRN) consensus model. According to the conceptual idea of Hamaric (2014) “Advanced practice nursing is the patient-focused application of an expanded range of competencies to improve health outcomes for patients and populations in a specialized clinical area of the larger discipline of nursing” (p.…

An interview with B.J. has provided an opportunity to gain an appreciation for these qualities from someone in her area of nursing. Initially, she was a Licensed Practical Nurse until 1983, when she decided to pursue an Associate Degree in nursing the same year. After graduating in 1985 she went to work in Neuro rehabilitation. Later on she moved to orthopedics, rotated through other Intensive care units. Three years ago she assumed a position as a case manager for an addiction centre, then onto…

BSN Entry Level to Practice Amongst the most important people in society, included are the nurses. Through the provision of healthcare, nurses promote the physical, mental, and psychological well-being of people. It is better known as holistic care. Holistic care nursing is taking care of an individual as a whole. With the aim of improving the health care system, The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommends that nurses achieve higher levels of education regarding their practice. By 2020,…