Nursing practice

As nursing changes and evolves to keep up with changes in practice and technology. Nursing Informatics is a relatively new to the Advanced Practice Nursing field in comparison to a much older Certified Nurse Midwife specially. Both of these specialties have evolved over the last 30 years. Both are needed to help get the best possible outcomes for the populations they serve. The term specialist was coined at the turn of the twentieth century and was used to designate nurses who had completed…

evidence-base practice (Canada, 2016). This discussion post will focus on what the forces are causing changes in health care culture, comparison of nursing work group culture with other organizational cultures, and on evidence-base practice. This will include the role of nursing leaders in promoting the use of evidence-base practice, strategies in implementing an evidence- base practice change, and how the organizational infrastructure and culture influences the implementation of nursing…

For me, nursing is the most honorable and trusted profession in the world. It is a human science where we practice our caring tradition. No matter what nationality, race or sexual orientation nurses are; they are compassionate, empathetic, selfless, with a high degree of emotional intelligence and scholarly active with eagerness for knowledge. In my opinion, nursing a much higher spiritual calling than merely a job. It is a privilege to make such a positive difference in the lives of people who…

organization is the Academy Medical-Surgical Nurses or ASMN. The mission statement states “to promote excellence in medical-surgical nursing.” The vision statement is that “medical-surgical nurses use their powerful voice and focused action to continuously improve patient care.” Membership can be obtained by anyone who is fascinated about medical-surgical nursing. Memberships are due yearly and are separated into three categories: full members (RNs) which range from $75 to $101 dollars…

The purpose of this paper is to define demarcation and explain how demarcation cannot be reconciled with the concept of holism in nursing practice. The concept of demarcation was outlined by Reisch (1998) to identify the boundary between science and pseudoscience (as cited in Schick, 2000). First, he introduced the “ simple demarcation” criteria, which adapted the logical positivism view and its empirical methodology in recognizing the scientific knowledge. Then, he introduced the second concept…

Nursing is a profession that started in home, when care givers took care of the sick family members, women giving birth, or the care of babies after death of mother during delivery (Weatherford, 2010). In the beginning nursing was not considered as a profession and nurses followed orders of physicians, but modern nursing is continually evolving (Risjord, 2010). Modern nursing evolved from just following physicians’ orders to a complex and multi focused profession. The basic goal of nursing is…

Nursing was not considered a practical job for a young lady. Taking care of the sick, poor, and dying was thought of as a dirty job. Until Florence Nightingale came along and started the modern nursing program. Historically, nursing has had many changes, from the role nurses played. One change is the gradual increase in the required knowledge base and the licensing to practice nursing. Unlike the past where there was little to no training and no supervision, today nursing has changed to be…

in their practice has until this day been a difficult challenge. The article by McCrae (2012) stated many different factors that explain why or how the models of nursing fail to bridge the gap between theory and practice. This essay will describe some of those challenges. Discussion: Summary & Opinions The arguments about nursing models were the following. Nursing eludes definition; this meant that if the true meaning of nursing is yet to be identified how could there be a true nursing theory?…

discuss the nurse’s scope of practice as defined by the American Nurses Association and the Ohio nurse’s scope of practice as defined by the Ohio Board Of Nursing. The nurse standard of practice according the American Nurses “coincide with the nursing process to represent the directive nature of the standards as the professional nurse completes each component of the nursing process” (ANA, 2010 p3). In terms, the nurse should have a clear understanding of the nursing process, master the skills…

decide to transition into nursing leadership. I felt it was necessary to pursue a graduate degree in order to remain competitive in the job market, but most importantly, I believe that I will be able to affect improved patient outcomes through a knowledge of nursing research and evidence-base practice. RESEARCH TRAINING I do not have any formal training in nursing research, but during my nursing career I have participated in several…