think this was challenging because I remain more neutral on this topic; Meaning I understand both pros and cons of evidence-based treatment. Although‚ I can say this discussion encouraged me to think more about the importance of evidence-based treatment. There are many pros to using evidence-based treatment. First and foremost‚ I think the most beneficial part of using evidence based treatment is that since there is proof of success with the treatment both the client and therapist can have confidence
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Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Nursing is the art and science of caring for individuals with potential or actual health problems. Nursing is the art of providing quality‚ compassionate care while evaluating the patients’ biopsychosocial and spiritual needs. Nursing as a science evaluates the patients’ health and response to disease. Nurses assist individuals and groups to maintain or attain optimal health. They implement care to accomplish
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Clinical practice issue Introduction Medical Statistics reveal that the number of deaths has increased over the years because of lack of critical care by nurses depending on the condition of a patient. Patients admitted to the Intensive care unit sometimes lack the proper care and treatment to allow for quality treatment in the care units. The clinical practice issue‚ in this case‚ entails the provision of critical nursing services within non-traditional care sites as an advancement of patient monitoring
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Nursing as a professional discipline places the greatest demands specific to the development and refinement of the caring concept for nursing. By exploring the caring concept‚ within the boundaries of professional nursing practice‚ both the capabilities and constraints of caring relative to nursing‚ can be identified (Kaur‚ Sambasivan‚ Kumar‚ 2015). For nurses‚ caring behaviors enhance feelings of self-accomplishment and well-being and enable them to better know their patients’ perceptions and thus
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Nursing has become one of the most important professions in healthcare however; there are many aspects as to what is needed for nurses to become more efficient in their skills. The IOM report has much information as to the impact of nursing in regards to nursing practice‚ education‚ and leadership. In each of these‚ the IOM report explains the importance of these subjects as well as the impact it has on future nursing. In this paper‚ the explanations of the importance of each of these skills are
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One aspect that I believe to have been a successful part of my practice over these past few weeks is my increased confidence and ability to recognize assessment results that stray from the norm‚ such as a blood pressure of 90/60. This was particularly made apparent a few times within these past few weeks‚ but more particularly when working with a patient whose temperature averaged around 34.5 degrees Celsius. As that is well below what one’s average temperature could be and could be a warning sign
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Advanced practice nursing seems to have many different definitions and interpretations. When looking at different definitions from our text‚ the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)‚ and the APRN consensus model‚ we are able to get an idea of what exactly an advanced practice nurse means. According to our text‚ advanced practice nursing is believed to be an overall concept. It is not considered a role‚ a replacement for physicians‚ or even an array of skills. It is more like a strong
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Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Denise Streater GCU Family Centered Health Promotion NRS429v Turner‚ Hortense March 18‚ 2012 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Health Promotion has been defined as the process of enabling people to increase control and improve their health (WHO Ottawa Charter 1986) along with optimizing the quality of life. Ennis et al (2006) has described health promotion as behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and an emotional
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Basis for Nursing Practice Seema R Sulemani Homeland University NURS 211 SF12 October 14‚ 2012 Abstract Theory development is the fundamental step for expansion of nursing knowledge. The knowledge has been borrowed from different disciplines to build the nursing theories. The categorization of theories is based on their scope of practice. The grand nursing theories are the most complex and abstract in their nature. Middle range theories are inducted mostly from grand nursing theories. Orem’s
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Diabetes: Evidence Based Diagnosis Tool Diabetes: Evidence Based Diagnosis Tool Diabetes is a major health concern in the United Stated affecting 29.1 millions or about 9.3% of the population with new diagnosis of 1.7 millions in 2012 (ADA‚ 2014). According to ADA‚ there are about 8.1 millions undiagnosed diabetic patients in the US. With this figure‚ it is important that we have a proper tool to diagnose diabetes accurately. This will help to devise a proper intervention if the disease
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