Nursing practice

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. The certification standards and certified courses of study are accepted by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). They develop the Standards, codes and guidelines required for nurses and midwives. When trained practitioners from other countries have a desire to practice in Australia they are assessed by NMBA. In addition to that the complaints and investigations of nurses and midwives are managed by NMBA. Finally, it is the function of Nursing…

a fundamental aspect of nursing, and traditionally the major type of interaction has been the nurse delegating to competent medical staff. The importance of working with others and the ability to delegate and supervise have never been as challenging as they are today, especially with the nursing and staff shortage and the increase in patients with acute or chronic diseases, nurses are stretched to the limit but nurses must still be able to provide safe and effective nursing care. What are the…

A two year initiative committee was appointed by Institute of Medicine (IOM) in 2008 in collaboration with Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) with the great purpose to produce a report to recommend action oriented blue-print for the future of nursing.…

Nursing History In nursing history, Florence Nightingale is known as one of the most influential person in professional of nursing. Nightingale believed in well-educated and intellectual nursing involving science and patient education on healthy lifestyle (Antonio, n.d.). In 1854, Nightingale was asked to lead a small group of nurses to the military hospital in Uskudar, Turk. Nightingale and her nurses had managed to sanitized walls, window, and provide nourishing foods which resulted in…

my personal philosophy of nursing. To do this I will address some of the key concepts of my theory, including the four metaparadigms of nursing. Also, I will relate my philosophy to an existing nursing philosophy. By the conclusion of this paper, the reader will understand my personal philosophy of nursing. Personal Philosophy of Nursing A nurse’s philosophy involves contemplations of that person’s beliefs, principles, and values within themselves and their practice. The journey to…

theoretical basis such as gate control theory. The technique can be adapted to the nursing education and to the nursing practice so that the quality can be ensured. Conflict of interest The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests. Financial competing Interest No funding sources were provided Implications The findings of the study have the following implications in nursing. 1. Implication for Nursing Practice • Helfer Skin Tap Technique can be adapted to the procedure of intra…

learning environment that enables the nursing graduate to deliver safe, quality, evidence-based health care in today’s diverse society at an individual, community and global level. The nursing program here at Aleutian Island College of Nursing, in conjunction with the University of Anchorage Alaska, is to provide the student with core values, ethics and research information. This will be under the guidelines of the American Association of College of Nursing (AACN). We strive to deliver a…

agencies in nursing and how they pertain to my practice in nursing. I will also discuss examples of provisions from the nursing code of ethics along with the traits from the code of ethics which I bring to my interdisciplinary healthcare team. Patricia Benner’s nursing theory and Florence Nightingale have also influenced my professional practice in several aspects. I will discuss these aspects along with different scenerios in which I have safeguarded different ethical principles in my…

beings and their environment, is widely considered as one of the pioneer holistic nurses. But what exactly is holistic nursing? Is its definition and application different from how Nightingale understood and practiced it? As the AHNA (2014) continues to afford, holistic nursing can be defined as “all practice by nurses that involves healing of the whole person as its goal.” This practice, as the AHNA (2014) continues to state, recognizes the entirety of the human being in regards to the…

education for nursing students: Shaping future clinical leaders Curtis et al. (2011, p.309) stated that clinical leadership is an important part of nursing practice which should be started ‘at the earliest stages of basic nursing education and training’. I propose to critically examine clinical leadership education for nursing students, overcoming barriers to clinical leadership education and developing future clinical leaders in the implementation for health care policy and practice I intend…