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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By simply hand washing the government can save not only lives but money‚ that can go to improve people ’s lives. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) provides healthcare workers and patients with a variety of resources including guidelines for providers ‚ patient empowerment materials ‚ latest technology advances and educational tools (CDC‚ 2002). The findings have changed my nursing practice in that if I have to be a good advocate for my patients I have to educate them on life saving habits. During
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Nursing Practice and Palliative Care Palliative care is a specialized segment of health care which involves minimizing and preventing the patients’ pain and suffering. Patients suffering from chronic illness‚ end of life or curable illness may be placed in palliative care. The goal of palliative care is to improve the quality of life for the patient and family. The role of the BSN prepared nurse regarding palliative care is to be knowledgeable on palliative and gerontologic nursing practice. The
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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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Psychology in the Practice of Nursing Many people‚ especially of older generations‚ tend to think of a nurse as only a doctor’s assistant‚ a waitress‚ or a butt wiper. However‚ now nurses are doctor’s colleagues‚ their eyes and ears‚ and their primary goal is patient advocacy. But in order to care for someone‚ nurses must have knowledge of not only procedures‚ diagnoses‚ and treatment‚ but they must also understand what is going on with the patient on mental level‚ which‚ without an understanding
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Some of my strengths in this domain would be staying inside my boundaries as a student nurse and analyzing my own nursing practice. On one of my practice days I had a patient who needed gravel prn as she was experiencing nausea and vomiting. I read on her MAR that she could have in IV. Since she was already throwing up and was visibly upset I asked her if she would like this route because it would be faster acting and I didn’t want her throwing up the oral tablet. She agreed and I found her primary
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illustrated as the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to approach a state of optimal health (Edelman‚ Kudzma‚ & Mandle‚ 2014). It is also stated that health promotion is the practice of promoting health to enhance the probability that person‚ private‚ and public support of positive health practices will become a societal norm (Edelman‚ Kudzma‚ & Mandle‚ 2014). Nurses are pivotal healthcare professionals who guide health decisions by persons‚ communities‚ and families toward health promotion
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2011) Nursing practice is changing. With access to a search engine‚ patients are taking their healthcare into their own hands and keeping us responsible for staying up to date on evidence based practice. As nurses‚ we must be at the forefront of research to provide the best patient care. After I have earned my degree‚ I plan on improving evidence based practice so that nurses can incorporate cutting-edge patient care principles into our daily routine. Understanding evidence based practice is difficult
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have only been practicing as a nurse for a little over two years. With that said‚ what I expect to get out of Principles of Advance Nursing Practice is to further develop my nursing practice by exploring the different worldview and theories of nursing. I hope that by the end of this course‚ I will at the very least‚ have develop an idea of what I want my personal nursing philosophy to be. I expect both my peers and my instructors to be honest with me and let me know where I stand. As a new nurse I
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What is a nursing practice model you might ask. It is a model that reflects nursing values that exemplify the culture of an organization. The dominant attributes shared among models and featured in these organizations includes nursing autonomy‚ empowerment and cost effective quality care. The goal of the practice model is to support the relationship between the nurse and the patient. The nursing care model witnessed by this writer in the long term care facility was based on a team approach. A team
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