care for her mother at home. It was important the nurse described and explained everything in detail so she would understand the importance of the treatment and the correct way to deliver it (Cherrington‚ 2011). Peri was educated on Kate’s drugs learning their effects and possible reactions and shown how to correctly perform any procedures (Cherrington‚ 2011). Peri was also shown how to monitor Kate’s saline to avoid her getting dehydrated and what to do in case of an emergency if the nurse was not
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Assignment Four Dated: 16th‚ May‚ 2013 Assignment 1: Nursing Story and Reflection Name: Date: 16th‚ May This is the story of my previous experience in nursing back in 2001‚ which I would like to share with you. I used to work in the out- door patient of the chemotherapy department as a Registered Nurse in Pakistan. The hospital name is “Fatima Memorial Hospital”. The department
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Persuasive Essay Nursing‚ as a profession‚ involves the advanced development of many different skills. Nurses not only need to be experts when it comes to the concrete scientific side of nursing (medicines and treatments)‚ but also in the abstract side of nursing; the X-factor of nursing (caring and reflection). Relational practice is central to nursing and the development of these “X-factor skills” because it promotes an increase in the capacity to care‚ teaches nurses to be properly engaged in
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The elements of the nursing knowledge sums up what nursing is all about. Right from its inception through Florence Nightgale’s work‚ nursing has approached patient care with a holistic ideology. It was not surprising to come across the metaparadigm of the nursing knowledge including‚ the person‚ health‚ environment‚ and nursing practice. The metaparadigm share light of the ideology of nursing. With that said‚ it is essential we produce more research work and come-up with knowledge unique to the profession
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LEGAL & ETHICAL issues in Nursing Nursing Etiquette concerned with moral principle governing the conduct of nurses towards patients‚ physicians‚ colleagues‚ the nursing profession and public Ethics part of philosophy that deals with systematic approaches to questions of morality a term for the study of how we make judgments regarding right and wrong a system of MORAL PRINCIPLES or moral standards governing conduct Moral human conduct in the application of ethics Concerned with JUDGMENT
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Nursing Assessment Joann Campbell Palm Beach State College August 26‚ 2012 Nursing assessment is one of the main stages of the nursing process. According to Webster’s dictionary‚ “nursing assessment is the gathering of information about a patient’s physical‚ psychological‚ sociological‚ and spiritual status”. As professional nurse’s‚ we are responsible to use skills to complete assessments on every patient that we care for. Collecting this information allows
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Nursing Today Nurses these days have positive and negative images from the general public. Negative stereotypes portray nurses as being overbearing‚ sexual‚ and incompetent. For example: Naughty Nurses‚ Airheaded‚ and Doctor’s Handmaiden. These stereotypes are portrayed in the media constantly even though nursing is a challenging respectable profession. Some of the positive images that are portrayed by the public are strong‚ patient advocates‚ dedicated‚ trustworthy‚ profession highly in demand
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question‚ “Why nursing?” in my mind is in comparison to the benefits of a career of long lasting education‚ opportunities‚ job rate‚ and helping those in need of cure. I wish to contribute to the pediatric career of nursing. Nursing is not only about the “big” things in life‚ but about all the small things that can make people better. I believe if people think positive the outcome of their illness will be positive with the assistant of their nurses. My mom works at a nursing home‚ so I
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essential foundation of nursing practise; it is primarily dependant upon verbal and non-verbal communication. Encompassing both speech and behavioural aspects‚ efficient delivery and receiving of the nurse-patient messages initiates advantageous relationships‚ or contrarily‚ generates significant repercussions if applied ineffectively‚ thus affecting the quality of the nurse-patient relationship. This essay will discuss how effective verbal and non-verbal communication in nursing practice will facilitate
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The Application of Humanistic Nursing in Patient With Asthma Nurses dedicated themselves in caring others therefore biases and personal prejudice is put aside in order to care to every client. Knowing the person intuitively and scientifically helps the nurse synthesize the most appropriate intervention. In the case study‚ the Theory of Humanistic Nursing by Patterson and Zderald serves as the framework in caring for the patient with asthma. Nurse knowing the other “Intuitively” The nurse must know
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