Nursing theory

Career planning and development is an ongoing process, which requires individuals to self -assess to discover their personal values, professional values, and work setting interests (Waddel et al., 2015). Marsland (1995) emphasizes that for nursing students to attain a meaningful career it is essential to engage in career planning and development. As well, by engaging in this process, individuals can discover their strengths and what skills they need to refine, in order to achieve an occupation…

from specific cases and have a universal application. The second stage is the advanced beginner stage. This individual will demonstrate acceptable performance as they have gained experience in actual situations and recognize recurring components of nursing. Their experience has taught them principles, which begins to guide their actions. The main problem the advanced beginner faces is that, although…

A Midwife’s Tale is the story of Martha Ballard’s life based off her diary written from 1785-1812. The film depicts what the life of Martha Ballard was like, including sickness, birth, and death. The film showed the life of Marth as a town midwife and doctor in the 18th and 19th centuries. The film was told through reconstructions of the past based on Martha’s writing throughout her life. Historian Laurel Ulrich told the life of Martha Ballard based on the primary source, Martha’s diary.…

Reflection is a vital skill that all nurses should be competent at. The Royal College of Nursing (2017) suggests that reflection is a way to think about an activity or experience and consider what was positive and negative about it, enabling us to plan how we could do something differently or improve on for the future. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursing (2014) defines reflection as “the careful consideration of one’s own professional practice, including the ability to review, analyse, and evaluate…

stroke? Or what thoughts or feelings do I have towards my patient’s condition? The Code (2015) includes treating people with kindness, respect and compassion, Ragaisis’s personal reflection request will help nurses to meet this element of their nursing practice and deliver high quality, professional care (NMC 2015). Oral health assessment tool (OHC) is a tool designed to help all health care professionals working with stroke…

Quality Assurance is a system that safeguarding a desired level of quality in the progress, manufacture, distribution of commodities and amenities. Example: Quality assurance for nursing homes begins with a set of standards. Abbreviation: QA (n.d.). Dictionary.com Quality Control is a system for confirming and upholding a preferred level of excellence in a current manufacture or facility by carefully preparation, use of correct equipment, continue inspection, and remedial actions required.…

Research utilization and Evidenced Based Practice (EBP) have been discussed in many areas of care throughout my nursing career. I set out to discover how research is collaborated where I work and found out some eye-opening results. I asked different staff nurses about how they felt about EBP and if where they worked based current practice on research. The nurses felt that they were using EBP, but couldn’t give examples of specific research. None of the staff nurses, knew what resources where…

The SBAR style of reporting is used at Rochester General Hospital and throughout the Rochester Regional Health System as seen in their nursing policies and procedures online. This reporting is used to efficiently communicate with providers when a patient may be deteriorating. The four sections are described as S=Situation, B=Background, A=Assessment, R=Recommendation. In the S section, a nurse would explain what patient they are calling about and where they are located as well as the patient’s…

I am particularly drawn to UW’s DNP degree, as it facilitates the development of autonomous nurses who perform “at the highest level of leadership in practice and scientific inquiry.”1 Furthermore, I believe UW’s doctoral study will propel me into a desired culture of lifelong learning. UW will promote my growth as a leader in scientific inquiry to continuously appraise emerging data in order to effectively manage current and future problems, and improve standards of care. This is highly valued…

By relating these findings, both the personality of the nurses and the general population, there is a possibility of improving the nursing shortage crisis through the implementation of EBP. The methodology of this article is descriptive, which is suited to discovering the quantitative nature of its aim. Descriptive research allows one to compare the significance of one population’s…