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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EBP:Definition & Explanation As I go through my research regarding evidence-based practice and its importance to my profession‚ I came to encounter different authors who had stated numerous definitions and explanations for the term. One definition that succinctly captures the essence of evidence-based practice (EBP) is that of Ingersoll’s (2000). She defines EBP as‚ “the conscientious‚ explicit‚ and judicious use of a theory-derived‚ research-based information in making decisions about care delivery
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The Importance of Critical Thinking Skills in Nursing‚ and the Difference in Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses Using These Skills There has been lots of discussion on the importance of critical thinking in the acute setting. Comparisons have been made if registered nurses are better at critical thinking than licensed practical nurses. What is Critical Thinking? At the 8th Annual International Conference on Critical Thinking and Education Reform‚ in 1987‚ Michael Scriven & Richard
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relationship within themselves‚ staff‚ and other elderly within the nursing home. By providing nursing interventions in every aspect of the patient’s health he or she can achieve an optimum health outcome and wellness (Nurse Groups‚ 2015). Practice-Specific Concepts Caring and Education are two specific practice concepts critically important for the nursing practice. Caring. According to the theory by Jean Watson‚ nurses and nursing professions goal is to help people achieve a higher level of or harmony
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Critical Thinking Related to Nursing In researching the process of critical thinking‚ you find many definitions and explanations. An example of the definition of critical thinking (Shriven & Paul) is the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing‚ applying‚ analyzing‚ synthesizing‚ and/or generated by‚ observation‚ experience‚ reflection‚ reasoning‚ or communication‚ as a guide to belief and action. In her article‚ Learning
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Advanced nursing practice is a broad field of nursing career path that expands a generalist nurse’s role to specialize in a field that is highly developed and complex. Their roles extend from being a frontline nurse who practises basic nursing skills at bedside or community to becoming a nurse practitioner‚ nurse educator‚ nurse researcher or a nurse manager. The foundation of their advance critical thinking stems from pursuing continuing education‚ research‚ trainings and studies. Advanced nursing
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Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Erica Walters Aspen University November 2014 Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Multiple ways of knowing are employed in the discipline of nursing. Traditionally‚ four patterns of nursing knowledge‚ or ways of knowing‚ have been used in the field of nursing. These include empirics‚ or the science of nursing‚ esthetics‚ or the art of nursing‚ personal knowledge‚ and ethics (McEwen & Wills‚ 2011). By combining these ways of knowing‚ a nurse develops
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Paradigms and Theories in Nursing Practice Over the course of the past century‚ the nursing profession has undergone multiple periods of transformation brought by the evolution of paradigms in nursing theory. The three major paradigms of empiricism‚ interpretive‚ and critical social theory now each provide a distinct set of principles to the discipline‚ while a pragmatic perspective serves to guide their application in practice. The intent of this paper is to discuss the contributions of each paradigm
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Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Jenny Curie Grand Canyon University NRS-429V March 15‚ 2013 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Over the last decade an increase in focus on health promotion and the critical role nurses play in its future have developed. Nurses over the years have been linked to their success in patient education and providing resources for optimal health care outcomes. Formerly the emphasis in nursing practice has been in the capacity of caring for those that are
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To non-nursing individuals‚ specialty nursing and advanced practice nursing may be similar. However‚ for the nursing professionals there is a huge difference between the two practices. Advanced practice nursing is more than a specialty nursing practice because of the incorporation of the different competencies‚ such as higher education/knowledge‚ autonomy‚ and expertise (Hamric‚ Hanson‚ Tracy‚ and O’Grady‚ 2014). Beitz (2000) has stated that "specialty nursing practice is the application of a range
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