Nursing process

at Golden living nursing home on a warm Saturday afternoon. I interviewed him at a nursing office to maintain privacy and confidentiality. In order to make him feel comfortable and share some personal information with me, I asked about his favorite vacation locations. He did not have any because he did not go on vacations…

fundamental to nursing professionals. The Board of Nursing and other professional organizations have always been essential to keeping these practices in place. However, The Board of Nursing and professional organizations have differences. These differences include the number of members, implementing regulations, issuing nursing licenses and providing support for nurses nationwide. The Idaho Board of nursing is a regulatory agency composed of 12 members which ensures public safety and nursing…

In relation to my Nursing 495learning plan, my identified goal was to increase my independence and enhance my critical thinking so that I will be able to make sound clinical judgments. This goal was developed before the start of the clinical and influenced my decision to complete a practicum on a medicine unit because I wanted to build a strong foundation for my nursing practice. This topic, therefore, influenced my transition from student to beginning graduate nurse by enhancing my ability to…

The purpose of this discussion post is to understand the scope of nursing practice. I will discuss the nurse’s scope of practice as defined by the American Nurse’s Association, Pennsylvania Nurse’s Association, and to explain a clinical scenario in which I have successfully applied the scope of practice in a clinical setting. As defined by the American Nurse’s Association, nursing is to improve the health of the public through prevention, diagnosis, treatment and advocacy (American Nurses…

1. Introduction- What went wrong? Delegation is a process of decision-making based on assessing, planning, communicating, supervising, and evaluating the care provided (Marquis & Huston, 2015). The nurse is accountable for the decision to delegate the tasks/activities and responsible for ensuring the nursing care is performed correctly according to a standard of practice and facility policy (Marquis & Huston, 2015). In this case scenario, violation of delegation was presented. It illustrated…

delivery as one of those methods in which “various professions miss the opportunity to improve efficiency and effectiveness by failing to collaborate sufficiently (para 2).” RWJF offers examples of the model working in complex care situations in which nursing leads the development of a plan of care, consults with specialists, and coordinates the patients care. Another example extends the team to include many disciplines, support services and external resources including social workers,…

ACCOUNTING AND BUDGETING It is imperative that a nursing home Administrator understands the concept of accounting and budgeting. The Administrator must have a thorough understanding of the financial process. While the decision-making processes of nursing home administrators tend to revolve around the needs of senior residents, they must also balance the needs of personnel to be equally effective. Nursing home administrators also take charge of the financial aspects of their facilities by…

In addition, current nursing shortages are proving to be a disruptive hurdle (Ells et al., 2011). When dealing with heavy patient loads, mandatory overtime, and time constraints with moving patients through the system, clinicians are facing a reduced amount of energy than required to engage in individual patient concerns and needs (Ells et al., 2011). While being faced with the challenges cited above providing individualized holistic nursing care appears daunting. Advocacy for…

Using standardized nursing terminologies are important to reveal the uniqueness of nursing care and furthering nursing research. Nursing has always faced challenges to separate nursing contribution of patient care from medicine. This become more observant as the introduction of electronic health records and the implementation of nationwide health information network. It is impossible to implement electronic documentation, without having a standard language or terminology to describe the key…

The Blumberg’s Nursing Home (BNH) must hire professional, ethical staff members to care for the residents and provide support for the facility. Unfortunately, the inappropriate actions of a few employees have caused them to lose their jobs which place the nursing home in a predicament since they are now short staffed in vital areas. Maintaining a safe, law-abiding organization is essential, and in this instance, corrective measures would not suffice. Moreover, there are specific guidelines in…