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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Identifying a Practice Problem in Need of Improvement Suicide prevention amongst incarcerated inmates is a measurable patient-centered practice problem that I will address in my capstone paper. According to Nursing World (2015)‚ suicide rates within the correction facilities is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United Stated prisons‚ exceeding natural deaths and AIDS. It is estimated that at least one suicide attempt occurs every three seconds with one actual death every four minutes (American
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INTRODUCTION Pediatric nursing or child health nursing is the specialty nursing care of infants‚ children and adolescents. Pediatric nursing is an excellent career for those who love kids and don’t mind hard work. The day of a pediatric nurse can be hectic‚ working with patients that range from newborns to teenagers. No two days are ever the same. Pediatric nurses work mostly on the pediatric halls in hospitals‚ although some may also work in a doctor’s office. The work involved
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Research: Its Significance to Nursing Practice I guess the greatest reason (I could think) why we are studying Research today is that someday as a Nursing Practitioner we are not only going to stare at the walls of our hospitals and scratch the bottom of our multi-colored (red‚ blue‚ black and green) pen in our heads whenever there are significant problems happening around our future working environment‚ those problems that are causing bad effects to our profession and to the kind of care we will
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abide by to practice nursing. First there is the Board of Registered nursing(BRN). This agency is responsible for communicating what is appropriate and legal for a nurse to do in the state of California. The BRN also enforces an education requirement‚ which forced graduates to pass the NCLEX prior to practicing (What is the board of registered nursing‚2016). By doing this‚ the agency is protecting the public and community from unsafe nurses. For example‚ after I graduated the nursing program‚ I studied
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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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[pic] Douglas College Faculty of Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Nursing Practice Decision-Making Worksheet highlight or * to identify patterns contributing to salience |DATE: ________________ |AGE: __________________ |CODE STATUS: ___________________________________ HT:__________cm | |ROOM: _______________ |GENDER: ______________ |ALLERGIES: ___________________________________________
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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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Coaching should be considered a core competency of advanced practice nursing. Coaching‚ as defined by Hamric‚ Hanson‚ Tracy & O’Grady (2014) is a process by which an advanced practice nurse can use skills that have been learned to guide patients and families through health related issues that have been identified for the patient and can be used to improve overall health for the patient (p. 186). Since advanced practice nurses have been trained in communication skills and providing care for patients
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Health care is forever changing‚ but there is one constant. That constant is giving patients the care and attention that they deserve. If I were explaining exemplary professional practice to others I would say that it involves staff that are willing to do whatever it takes to give their patients and family members excellent service. Exemplary professional practice does not occur over night‚ it takes time and dedication from all staff members involved. Luzinski (2012) states that professional practice
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