Nursing practice

advance practice nurses as it is one of the most motivating factors for advanced practice nurses to practice based on the best research evidence. Numerous studies have been conducted on the beta-blocker use in patients who have had acute coronary syndrome or events. The goal for those studies are to provide evidence to the clinical practice and aim for the best outcomes possible to decrease mortality and increase the patients’ quality of life. Priority for Nursing Evidence based practice is…

Mental Health in Nursing Practice Evidence-Based Practice Brief Do mental health patients, who are subjected to the Unpleasant Voices Scale and the Harm Command Safety Protocol versus patients who are not subjected to these tools prior to command hallucinations to harm self or others, have better outcomes? Kymberly Moehring Methodist College N342 Mental Health Debra Murphy Mental Health in Nursing Practice Evidence-Based Practice Brief For this assignment, the student was asked to write…

Regulations for nursing practice is meant to protect the public from harm of negligent nurses. Negligent can come in many forms, nurses can be incompetent, unprepared or burned-out to name a few. It is very important that these regulations hold nurses accountable to their actions to prevent harm of patients. The two regulations I chose are 1) obtain instruction and supervision as necessary when implementing nursing technique or practices and 2) conduct practice without discrimination on the…

Abstract: “Imagery is an essential aspect of holistic nursing practice because it brings the nature power of the mind into the process of health and healing”. (Dossey & Keegan, p. 364). Imagery can act as a technique to interact with the image making function in the brain which in turn acts on the entire physiology of the body, promoting wellbeing. Guide imagery becomes a common practice in holistic nursing along with western practice to improve care, health of individuals. A vast range of study…

• Choose one (1) nursing practice discussed in the article that is considered a “sacred cow” and is not supported by the evidence. By diverting feces into a collection bag, rectal tubes can help prevent perianal tissue damage in critically ill patients with fecal incontinence. True: 75% False: 25%.(Miller, Julie 2015) As found by the answering of this question almost all nurses feel that this is the correct method when it comes to the collection of fecal material from critically ill patients…

The Neuman system’s model aligned with my nursing practice as well. This model is very applicable to many settings in nursing due to the multifaceted and holistic approach of this model. Other aspects of the model that can be appreciated are prevention as interventions and optimal wellness. As mentioned it is important that nurses address other factors affecting the patient, therefore if the nurse is able to identify stressors they can improve the environment for the patient and reduce possible…

Section 1: "What do I want to find out most from this module 's topic?" Module three offers many topics, but I chose to explore further the quality and safety in patient care. This pertains to Chapter 30: Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice in our book. The reason why I selected this subject is the fact that regardless of the existing policies and procedures in every health care setting, staff education, safety huddles, standardized handoff communication tools, and patient monitoring,…

Nursing has undergone a huge evolution as nursing research has become more robust, according to Polit and Beck (2012), and as a result there is the expectation that nurses are practicing based on current evidence. This means that nurses, in all practice areas, must be able to understand research and adopt evidence-based practice from the data and results available to them. Being able to dissect the components best practice from research will allow an organization to create a culture that…

revealed that “98% of registered nurses documented nursing actions taken after identification of a problem and provided a summary of the patients' condition at the end of the shift” (Blake-Mowatt et al., 2013, p.331). However, the research revealed that 26% of nurses documented nursing diagnosis that doesn’t correlate with the client's condition. In addition, it was founded that the main reported factors affecting nursing documentation practices were workload and staff to patient ratios…

Ethical practices in nursing play a huge role in the nursing profession today. Religions and different types of ethics have lead to many of those people to have different outlooks on how they are supposed to be treated in a life or death moment. Most experts say nurses should have a general understanding of the major faiths of the population they treat, but should not be as concerned with understanding the practices as they are with understanding how the patient uses practices. Nurses are…