As nurses we all know how to measure a patients vital signs and what they are used for. We have blood pressure‚ pulse‚ respirations‚ and temperature. All of the previous are objective they can be seen and quantified some way. However‚ the fifth vital sign “pain” is a relative and subjective term. It can’t be measured on any scale expect by what the patient tells us‚ we as healthcare providers can’t see it. We can only trust what our patient is telling us‚ and we can’t say otherwise. A person who
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A Human Rights-Based Approach to EDUCATION FOR ALL A Human Rights-Based Approach to Education © United Nations Children’s Fund/ United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization‚ 2007 United Nations Children’s Fund 3 United Nations Plaza New York‚ NY 10017‚ USA pubdoc@unicef.org www.unicef.org United Nations Educational‚ Scientific and Cultural Organization 7‚ place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France ‚ bpi@unesco.org www.unesco.org Cover photo: A girl reads outdoors at her
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Nursing as an Entity Casey Berling‚ BSN Student Eastern Kentucky University NSC 252 Intro to Professional Nursing Department of Baccalaureate & Graduate Nursing‚ College of Health Sciences October 31‚ 2012 If the question was asked‚ “What is your definition of nursing‚” to the thousands of nurses in the world today‚ there would be one word that would unite them all‚ and that is the word care. Nursing strives to be a very unique profession where selfishness‚ and self-serving
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The Nursing Process The nursing process has five key steps in it. There is an acronym to remember these by steps by; it is ADPIE. Assess Diagnose‚ Plan‚ Implement‚ and Evaluate. The assessment step is exactly as it states; a nursing assessment. The nurse assesses the patient and gathers information to make a diagnosis. The next step is diagnosing; in which means forming a nursing diagnosis based on subjective and objective data; and on the patient history. Once a nursing diagnosis is formed;
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Nursing Metaparadigm Nursing has various definitions depending on every culture and generation from around the world. In my opinion‚ I defined nursing as a healthcare profession‚ which focuses on the care of people‚ their families‚ and communities to achieve an overall goal of relative health and quality of life throughout life. From this worldview I can define the metaparadigm concepts (Person‚ Environment‚ Heath‚ Nursing) of nursing to develop my own philosophy of nursing which‚ addresses the
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the Metaparadigms of Nursing Selina Bickle Camosun College Understanding Metaparadigms of Nursing The metaparadigm views of nursing involve the understanding and analysis in four parts: the person‚ environment‚ health care‚ and nursing care (Potter‚ Perry‚ Ross-Kerr & Wood‚ 2010). In the past‚ nursing theorists have shown that the language used when referring to individuals being cared for has an impact on the person‚ the care provided and the entire scope of nursing practice (Potter et
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Nursing Theorists 1. Florence Nightingale - Environment theory 2. Hildegard Peplau - Interpersonal theory 3. Virginia Henderson - Need Theory 4. Fay Abdella - Twenty One Nursing Problems 5. Ida Jean Orlando - Nursing Process theory 6. Dorothy Johnson - System model 7. Martha Rogers -Unitary Human beings 8. Dorothea Orem - Self-care theory 9. Imogene King - Goal Attainment theory 10. Betty Neuman - System model 11. Sister Calista Roy - Adaptation
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Nursing Care Plan- Assessment & Diagnosis Anabel Debrand 07/05/2013 Nursing Roles I Instructor- Neala Asser Abstract In this document you will learn about the Nursing Process and how it works. This process is the way every nurse is supposed to take an event into action and encounter the situation‚ whether evidence- based or research. Nursing Care Plan- Assessment & Diagnosis The Nursing Process is a patient centered method of caring‚ that provides a framework to nursing care
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RUNNING HEAD: NURSING THEORY Nursing Theory: Explanation and Relevance to Nursing Practices Katherine Lott Azusa Pacific University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing UNRS 306 Professor Cone May 20‚ 2009 Merriam Webster defines the word "theory" as "a belief‚ policy‚ or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action." There are various categories of theories accepted and practiced throughout the world and throughout professional practices today. One example of a type of theory
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“Advanced nursing practice is the deliberative diagnosis and treatment of a full range of human responses to actual or potential health problems.” (Calkin‚ 1984). Advanced nurse practitioners attempt to maximize the use of knowledge and skills and improve the delivery of nursing and health care services. The field of advanced nursing practice differs from basic practice as the former requires clinical specialization at the master’s level. At this level‚ nurses become expert practitioners whose work
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