Nursing process

The world of healthcare is plagued with many obstacles that challenge the delivery of quality care, one such challenge is that of mentoring in nursing leadership. Mentorship has been identified in the development of staff nurses, to become future leaders and enhance leadership skill within the workplace. Mentoring in nursing is not a new concept however, the question is why it is not being utilized consistently and effectively as a means to increase valuable leadership in the healthcare system…

Original Mission Statement: The mission of Hammer College Associate Degree School of Nursing is to provide the journey of a lifetime in becoming a Registered Nurse. Revamped Mission Statement: The Hammer College Associate Degree Nursing program challenges students by using critical thinking, evidenced-based practice simulations, and professionalism to promote quality healthcare for the multicultural diverse patient population. Philosophy Statement: The Hammer College core values include…

The main goal Orlando’s nursing process is to figure out the patient’s immediate health needs (Masters, 2015). Her theory focuses on improving the patient's health through the positive relationship developed between the nurse and patient (Masters. 2015). The nursing metaparadigm is based on the nursing process discipline (Masters, 2015). The nursing process discipline is made up of three key factors: patient’s behavior, how the nurse reacts, and the actions the nurse takes to better the health…

In this article, the authors (Groves, Manges & Scott-Cawiezell) discusses the use of nursing bedside shift report (NBSR) and has been reccomended to serve the purpose of maintaining patient safety. The method use in data collection was Grounded theory from year 2014 to 2015 with bedside nurses in a pediatric ward. They also states the critical side of handing over patients to incoming nurses to provide safe and effective care with the use of correct information relating to their clients…

Clinical reasoning is a process and term used regularly by health care professionals that includes nursing. It consists of expert skills that are learnt through knowledge, cognitive thinking and experience. Clinical reasoning is essential to nursing care as it shows the thinking process of the nurse and that the nurse can competently and safely deliver care to diverse patients (Harmon & Thompson, 2014). In conjunction with clinical reasoning, the terminology critical thinking, clinical judgement…

established standards. Nurses therefore requires ethical knowledge in order to manage situations and give safe and proper care. By using this framework, nurses seek the best way of taking care of patients while respecting values and beliefs, and in the process, establish a therapeutic nurse/client relationship. Nurses also require successful collaborative practices that facilitate better patient outcomes. After exploring the story of the patient Jane Doe(patient X) and her relationships with her…

Personal Nursing Philosophy of Care According to Kim (2015), a nursing philosophy can be defined as the affective and intellectual outcomes as the result of the efforts by a professional nurse. These efforts are being made in understanding the ultimate relationships between humans, their surrounding environment, and health, approaching nursing as a scientific field, integrating sense of values, and articulating a personal belief system about human beings, their health, environment and nursing as…

Telenursing: Is It in My Future Sukhpreet Kaur Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-361: Information Systems in Healthcare November 2015 Telenursing: Is It in My Future How about telenursing? Could a position as a telenurse be the career change I have been seeking? These questions have been playing over and over in my head from the moment Tomika suggested that I should apply for the position; it seems to offer many benefits. She says that I would be able to monitor my patients, assess and…

" Nursing informatics was created by the merge of three well-established scientific fields: Information science, Computer science and Nursing science " ( Topaz, 2013). With that in mind, while reflecting on my current position of the Outpatient Diabetes Educator, I must admit, we have learned to rely in our practice on computers and became dependent on technology in every aspect of our profession. Let us for one moment entertain the idea of going back in time and imagine nursing care with no…

Professional identity can be defined as ‘A sense of oneself that is influenced by characteristics, norms, and values of the nursing discipline, resulting in an individual thinking, acting, and feeling like a nurse (Giddens, 2017). The profession of nursing represents many values that need to reflect in a nurse’s beliefs and behaviours. There are many factors involved in excelling in the nursing discipline such as acquiring knowledge, which can be used in all given situations throughout…