Running Head: CONCEPT ANALYSIS OF HOPELESSNESS 1 Hopelessness: A Concept Analysis by Linda Gouthro A Paper Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for NU 607 Critical Analysis of the Scientific Underpinnings of Advanced Nursing Practice University of South Alabama College of Nursing Fall 2010 Running Head: CONCEPT ANALYSIS OF HOPELESSNESS 2 Hopelessness: A Concept Analysis Introduction Paragraph: Hopelessness is a familiar term generally used to denote a negative emotional
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glance of reading the ANA code of ethics it seemed way beyond my “scope” of practice. I took a lot of time to read since it was kind of repetitive in a sense. I’m a new graduate to nursing field and without experience I don’t have ample nursing philosophy yet. I have worked as a hospice nurse now for 3 weeks‚ and have a nursing perspective of 3 weeks. It’s hard to imagine the code of ethics being realistic‚ 100% of the time. As nurses we are humans and not robots. The ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses
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goal. I graduated from Highline Community College last year with honor degree. Even though I already obtained my AA degree in Pre-Nursing‚ gaining my knowledge in the medical field is not enough for me. I want to gain more clinical patient experience and help people with all my heart. In order to strengthen my clinical experience‚ I also took the CNA class at Blossom Nursing Assistant Training School while studying at HCC and received the CNA license. Currently‚ I’m working at Stafford Suites Senior
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The beginnings of nursing can be traced back to many ancient cultures‚ such as those in Egypt‚ Greece‚ Rome‚ and Israel. In its early years‚ nursing was closely entwined with religious orders and faith communities. During the Christian crusades‚ nursing orders such as the knight of st. John‚ the Teutonic knights and the knights of st. Lazarus was established‚ persisting even today. Individual deacons‚ deaconesses‚ and roman matrons cared for sick individuals and were instrumental in the organization
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Patients with diabetes need to understand what diabetes is. Patients who understand what diabetes is and the complicated process associated with the disease are more likely to comply with the prescribed regimen. Diabetes Mellitus is a syndrome with disordered metabolism and inappropriate hyperglycemia due to either a deficiency of insulin secretion or to a combination of insulin resistance and inadequate insulin secretion to compensate (Davis‚ 2001). Diabetes is a chronic progressive disease that
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patient’s danger of getting harmed and the patient’s wellbeing (Henneman‚ Gawlinski & Guliano 2012). This essay contains a rationale‚ a case scenario of a patient who shows respiratory deterioration and the appropriate nursing actions to be undertaken in such a case. Nurse’s role Nursing assessments and interventions which reduce unpleasant patient outcomes are vital. There are various reasons for worse patient outcomes like improper diagnosis‚ lack of administering the right medication and poor control
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nurse. My terrifying event is one of the influences that made me decide on declaring nursing as a major. I want to become a nurse because there will always be people who are going to get sick and need someone there to help ease their pain. Because of the nurses who helped me through my struggle have made such a huge impact on how I saw their profession. Nurses are meant to be there for you. Over the years Nursing has been dominated mostly by females. There are still men in this profession but are
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framework for concept analysis The purpose of conducting a concept analysis of a word or term‚ or create meaning for it‚ as Chinn and Kramer describe (2008)‚ is to produce “a tentative meaning of the concept and a set of tentative criteria for determining whether the concept is useful in a particular situation” (p. 190). The definition of a concept is not closed and can be changed when new understandings of the term are discovered. The framework by Chinn and Kramer (2008) for concept analysis comprehends
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Students in their first semester of year one‚ attached to the ward for 3 weeks. • The skill that will be taught to them will be blood pressure monitoring using a stethoscope and sphygmomanometer. • Cork A (2007) suggest that nursing students should be using manual BP monitoring I l practice instead of depending on automated monitors• Learning takes place in surgical ward and hospital’s stimulation lab. • The first debriefing session was conducted in stimulation lab. The
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her obligations of employment. Working extra shifts‚ teaching‚ and membership in NAPNES are personal values‚ not accountability. 4. The LPN reminds a group of students that the values they demonstrate in their practice have their roots in: 1. nursing school education. 2. family influence. 3. peer relationships. 4. agency policies. ANS: 2 The family shapes values that are demonstrated in later life. These values may be enhanced or challenged by life experiences‚ but the base is forged in
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