Nursing theory

A Philosophy of Nursing The word nurse has five letters. To some this five letter word is just that a word. However, to myself this five-letter word means so much more. Within these five letters are tears, sweat, blood, joy, companionship, trust, reliability, compassion, and advocator. Being a register nurse ( RN) is so much more then a mere five letter word. Nursing is not a job for the faint of heart, it is not just a job, and it is a life long choice to care from someone rather than oneself.…

This portion of her theory uses a systems framework that focuses on internal and external influences. The main concept of her theory focuses on the personal system between a nurse and a patient. Lastly, she discusses a social system, which is comprised of a wider relationship than the nurse and patient. This concept is focuses on the authority figure of the specific society, who makes decisions, who has power, and what guides the system. King defines…

Nursing Change Identified Change Patient classification systems (PCS) tools are designed to dictate safe and appropriate staffing levels. PCS were developed in the 1970’s partly in response to the Health Maintenance Organizational act of 1973 aimed at controlling health care costs (Hoven, 2004). Hospital organizations began the institution of PCS tools to accurately measure staffing needs and to flex staff according to patient care needs and continuous fluctuations in patient census. The…

Introduction In the book, “Spiritual Care: Nursing theory, research, and practice,” the author define self-awareness as listening to what is within, to that “still small voice,” an “Inner wisdom,” or “Inward light,” maybe a way to listen to and be aware of God (Taylor, E.J., 2002). The author implies of one-self, it is the personal inner being that comprises of the truth, beliefs, and intentions. To achieve the goal of wellness for the patient, Taylor suggests evaluation of one-self to the…

Nursing in Theory Nursing is both an art and a science. In how one deals with the emotional stressors from both the job and the people one interacts with, to how to deal with a situation on the floor and to dealing with patients. The purpose of this paper shall be an in depth look into how a nursing manager uses the tools available to them to help their employees curb the overall stress load. This paper shall also look into the process of policy and the thought that goes into them. Literature…

In the world of nursing in the 21st Century there are many benefits that nurses did not have in the early centuries before. As with many changes that occur through time, culture being one of them, nursing professionals must be able to understand different ways to manage care, based on each individual client’s culture or belief system. Norbeck (1995) estimates “that by the year 2050 the Asian population will increase 9%, the African American 4%, and Hispanic 12%”. To understand cultural…

wealthy British family in 1820, is known as the founder of modern nursing. While she felt “called by God” to become a nurse, her training and experience as a nurse was not based a spiritual form of medicine, but rather increasing biomedical and direct observation based. Unlike most nurses at the time, Nightingale gained her knowledge of nursing through both hands-on experience and a (short) formal education: she enrolled as a nursing student at the Lutheran Hospital of Pastor Fliedner in Germany…

In our nursing 110 class, professional nursing practice has been studied, using the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia (CRNBC) Standards of Practice. In this paper, I focus on Ethical Practice Standard 4, and talk about the ethics involved in nursing by describing a narrative that includes many moral decisions that a nurse could potentially be involved in. The Narrative Ed (a name used to protect client confidentiality) is a 95 year old man living in a long term care facility,…

The behavioral theorist I would choose to utilize when confronting a patient that is having difficulty with adhering to their treatment regime, would be Carl Rogers, Counseling Theory: Person-centered perspectives. As described by Meerabeau and Wright (2011), “These core “conditions” are generally referred as empathy, unconditional positive regard (also called ‘acceptance’, ‘respect’, ‘non-possessive warmth’ or ‘prizing’ ) and congruence (also called ‘transparency’, ‘genuineness’ or…

workplace always has been and will be a major issue in any field of work. Whether it is on a sales floor or on a nursing unit, stress in the workplace is prominent. There are many causative factors that lead to why the amount of stress has increased over the years. However, the main priority in regards to workplace stress is finding ways to manage and rid the area of it. The last thing a nursing unit would need is for there to be factors that can alter the proficiency of patient care. As a…