Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT USING FUNCTIONAL HEALTH Family Health Assessment using Functional Health Patterns Micaela Simon Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Melanie Escobar RN‚ MSN September 6‚ 2012 Family Health Assessment using Functional Health Patterns Assessment is the first tool in the nursing process in formulating health care plans for the individual as well as the family. A through assessment lays groundwork to promote family health (Edelman
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Nursing theories are imperative to better quality care for the nurses in the medical care facilities. This research acknowledges that there are three distinct type of nursing theories including grand nursing and middle range theory. Another type is the nursing practice theories. However‚ the research focuses on the Uncertainty in Illness Theory by Dr. Merle Mishel. The main concepts identified in theory are cognitive schema and uncertainty. Also‚ the research identifies illness construct as the central
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extended with the advancement in cancer treatment and the care that is put into advanced research. Caring is the nursing concept that I chose and aforementioned it can play an important role in extending the lives of many cancer patients or aide in their mental stability going through various treatment modalities. In this assignment the nursing theory to be reviewed is Marilyn Anne Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring. This assignment will also include the following: definition of caring‚ a literature
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Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice In this paper we will discuss the integration of evidence based practice into professional nursing practice. Scott & McSherry (2008) define evidence based practice as the combination of individual‚ clinical‚ or professional expertise with the best available external evidence to produce practice that is most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a patient. Despite literature surrounding what evidence based nursing is and isn’t‚ nurses struggle
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Nursing theory combines four common elements: the client‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Nursing theory guides nursing decisions and actions to explain a phenomenon and to give the appropriate care to a client. Madeleine Leininger incorporates all of these elements in her cultural care diversity and universality theory. She theorized and researched the importance of recognizing the client’s cultural differences and incorporating this knowledge along with caring in the client’s care. The goal
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Introduction Doctor Patricia Benner is a nursing theorist who is a researcher and highly-respected author. She has published nine books (receiving book of the year from the American Journal of Nursing four times) and many articles. She received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from Pasadena college‚ her MSN from UCSF and her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. In 1982 she published her novice to expert theory. In this paper I will discuss this theory and how it applies to me as a nurse. I will also discuss two
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and describes it as a fullness of being that allows the nurse to be authentically present with clients. Watson states that a humanistic-altruistic value system begins early in life but continues to be influenced through interactions with parents‚ family‚ friends‚ and others‚ including nurse educators. Furthermore‚ she asserts that such values can be developed through consciousness raising and introspection. Watson believes that the carative factor she labels as "faith-hope" interacts with the first
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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing In this discussion board I will discuss research and evidence-based practice in nursing. I will give examples of each‚ as well as a research and clinical question pertaining to nursing. Research and evidence-based practice are important for nurses because they help to find the most safe and effective way to care for patients. Research in nursing is used to aid in answering a nursing related issue (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber‚ 2014). Nursing research is important because
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Dorothy Johnson’s Behavioral Model: Theory Into Practice‚ Plan‚ and Evaluation Linda De Meule Walden University NURS-6125-16 May 15‚ 2011 Dorothy Johnson’s Behavioral Model: Theory Into Practice‚ Plan‚ and Evaluation The behavioral model of care was the result of many years of reflection and study by Dorothy Johnson. The major drive in her publications and teachings validates that nursing is a distinct and separate science from medicine (Parker&Smith‚ 2010). In this she focused
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users of mental health services’ because I am interested in finding out service user’s outlook of mental health nurses. When I qualify as a mental health nurse I would need to acquire the correct attitudes‚ knowledge and skills as this would make the nursing process more effective‚ because as McCabe and Timmons (2006) suggest I will be more sensitive to the client’s needs and preferences. Therefore being able to transfer findings to my own practice is highly substantial. The Author of the article‚ Sharon
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