of human behaviour. The word ’critical’ means that the incident must have a discernable impact on some outcome; it must make either a positive or negative contribution to the accomplishment of some activity of interest." (P.332) In this essay the outcome of the incident must be positive but it may contain some negative factors or issues. Reflection and reflective practice is not a new idea and not only nursing professionals use reflection. It wasn’t brought about to confuse or make a practitioners
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Communication in nursing To listen to another person is the most caring act of all. Listening and attending are by far the most important aspect of being a nurse (Burnard 1992). One of the basics of good nursing is good communication skills with patients. Being unable to communicate well with a patient immediately can destroy the nurse/patient relationship and therefore the patient may not trust the nurse (Anon 2007). The purpose of this essay is the realise the importance of communication in nursing. Without
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References: BALZER RILEY (2008) Communication in Nursing‚ 6th edition .MOSBY ELSEVIER. GOLDSMITH‚ MALCOM (1996) Hearing the Voice of People with Dementia HARGIE‚ O (1986) The hand book of communication skills‚ 2nd edition LEY PHILIP (1990) Communicating with Patient Improving communication satisfaction and compliance NORTH WALES DEAF ASSOCIATION‚ (2001) Good communication with people who have a hearing disability NURSING &MIDWIFERY COUNCIL‚ (2004) the Code of Professional
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As nurses we all know how to measure a patients vital signs and what they are used for. We have blood pressure‚ pulse‚ respirations‚ and temperature. All of the previous are objective they can be seen and quantified some way. However‚ the fifth vital sign “pain” is a relative and subjective term. It can’t be measured on any scale expect by what the patient tells us‚ we as healthcare providers can’t see it. We can only trust what our patient is telling us‚ and we can’t say otherwise. A person who
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NURSING AS A DISCIPLINE. Is nursing a discipline or just a profession? The term discipline describes the practise of training people to obey rules or a code of behaviour‚ so can nursing be placed under this classification? The term profession described as a paid occupation or a body of people engaged in a particular profession‚ so can nursing be placed under this classification? Yes nursing is a paid occupation‚ thus allowing it to be placed under the classification of nursing as a profession. However
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Orlando developed her theory inductively through an empirical study of nursing practice. * For 3 years‚ she recorded 2000 observations between a nurse and patient interactions. She was only able to categorize the records as "good" or "bad" nursing. * According to records: Good Nursing nurses focus was on the patients immediate verbal and non verbal behavior from the beginning through the end of the contact * Bad Nursing nurses focus was on a prescribed activity or something that had nothing
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History of Nursing Many people believe that Nursing started with Florence Nightingale‚ however nursing itself dates back to the beginnings of motherhood when nurses were traditionally female. In fact‚ nursing and medicine have been closely intertwined throughout the ages. The history of nursing has its origins in the care of infants and children‚ so all mothers were in fact nurses. Gradually an evolution started developing into dedicated caregivers who practiced the art. In fact‚ nursing has been
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the nursing theory to identify the needs of the patient to demonstrate an effective communication and interaction with the patient. to select a theory for the application according to the need of the patient to apply the theory to solve the identified problems of the patient to evaluate the extent to which the process was fruitful. Definition Nursing theory is an organized and systematic articulation of a set of statements related to questions in the discipline of nursing. "A nursing theory
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Nursing is a profession which has evolved tremendously in the past century. From the dawn of time nursing has existed‚ in one form or another. This has contributed to it gaining recognition as a profession. According to.............profession has been defined as “an occupation that requires extensive education or a calling that requires special knowledge‚ skill‚ and preparation”. Since healthcare varies between cultures‚ nurses have historically taken on many different roles‚ these include folk
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to address why it is important for nurses to study the discipline of nursing. This is an ideal question for me to answer because being a nurse; an enrolled nurse to a registered nurse‚ I‚ have not really ask myself this question until you proposed this question to the class as an assignment question. I‚ personally‚ recommend that I write to you. Nurses have a responsibility to articulate the unique contributions that how nursing have significantly impacted in the healthcare system and why it is beneficial
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