Nursing is considered a science because you have to know the disease process‚ how medications work and which ones to give‚ and be knowledgeable about new policies and new technological equipment. The University of Mary Hardin-Baylor states that the science of nursing is applying theory to the practice. (p.5) One science of nursing would be the use of evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice is when nurses use the practice that has the most evidence of success in making decisions to treat
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"Could You Live with Less" Stephanie Mills in her essay "Could You Live with Less" states her opinion about technology. According to this author‚ "technology comes at a serious cost to the planet and most of its people" (Mills 2). It is hard to argue with this author about how we can restrict our needs by using less technology. However Mills believes that technology has a more negative then positive influence in our lives. Mills is proud to live simply‚ restricting herself to technology. This
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patients. This project aimed to assess if moving nurse to nurse handover to the patient’s bedside could promote safety and decease the length of time that it took to complete the process. The study was designed to evaluate if moving shift handover to the patient’s bedside could lead to more cost effective care and if by reducing the amount of time that nurse were away from the bedside during handover could result in improved patient safety. Review of Literature When reviewing the literature‚ the researchers
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CMI LEVEL 5 CERTIFICATE IN MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP INFORMATION BASED DECISION MAKING UNIT5002 DEBORAH KIRBY FEBURARY 2013 TASK 1 This assignment aims to address the need to reduce drug errors whilst taking into account the reason why they occur within a ward setting. The overall outcome of this essay is to address key precautions nurses can take to avoid mistakes when dispensing medication utilising the implementation of Chang and Kelly problem solving model
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Personal Work Environment This paper will explore organizational communication and its application within my work environment. I will explain the main types of communication within each organizational structure. I will also analyze communication in my personal work environment to include amount‚ types‚ options‚ location‚ and speed. The essay‚ Sharing Organizational Messages Through Effective Lateral Communication‚ by John E Spillan‚ Mary Mino‚ and M Susan Rowles (2002)‚ focuses on studying and
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University. I am learning about Evidence Based Practice‚ or EBP for short‚ which is a fairly new concept for me. I work in a relatively small environment for an extremely large healthcare company. I work in an outpatient hemodialysis clinic where we provide approximately 250 hemodialysis treatments per week to about 100 patients. My company is an international company with nearly 3‚000 clinics in the US and abroad serving
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Write an explanation of how you will create and ensure a Healthy and Safe Home based environment that you can show to parents and as evidence for CSSIW. Take into consideration: • What steps you take to make your setting healthy and safe • The three levels of supervision and how you might supervise children in different environments. • The checks you can do to ensure equipment is suitable and safe. • Where you can access up to date guidance on risk assessment and health and safety and
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Evidence Based Practice Anonymous A 3. Analysis of the five areas The literature reviews and other studies suggest that hourly rounding have positive effects on patient fall rates‚ call light usage‚ and patient satisfaction. This study also resulted in a decrease in patient falls. Although statistically patient satisfaction did not improve‚ patients did however express increased satisfaction. Post discharge patient satisfaction surveys were analyzed. It is possible that the surveys did not
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Hostile Work Environment Holly Finch April 2‚ 2013 Grantham University Transition to Professional Nursing Professor: JoAnn Workman Hostile Work Environment There are many challenges in the work environment for a nurse; understaffing‚ forced overtime‚ and insufficient qualified managers and experienced staff. All of these problems affect the outcome of patient care and the possible recurrence of admissions. The Nursing Organizations Alliance‚ developed and presented its Principles and Elements
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thereby increasing both self –management and determination and contributing to recovery. More recently‚ professional mental health practice has seen an increase in practice guidelines which describe key interventions and models of service provision that reflect the evidence from research in terms of effectiveness and efficacy.(Ryan & Pritchard 2004). This essay is meant to integrate both practice component and academic knowledge component which I have used to work with a client‚ I shall discuss
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