As indicated by the American Nurses Association‚ "the Standards of Professional Nursing Practice are legitimate proclamations of the obligations that all enlisted nurse‚ regardless of role‚ population or specialty are relied upon to perform skillfully" (2010‚ p. 2). The American Nurses Association further expresses that the standards can change as the flow of expert nursing develop and that particular clinical conditions or conditions may influence the utilization of the guidelines at any given time
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With an increase in the number of premature babies requiring acute hospital care‚ new and experienced nurses are finding more career opportunities in neonatal nursing. Neonatal nurses work in general maternity wards and in neonatal intensive-care units (NICUs). Those caring for premature and critically ill babies spend their shifts diapering and feeding the infants‚ checking vital signs‚ administering medications and tests‚ and teaching families how to care for their children properly. “For
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Concept in Nursing Practice Communication is a process that occurs within physical and social contexts regularly. Whitehead et al (2008. pg. 63) .The aim of this essay is to discuss Communication as a concept of Professional Nursing Practice. Presently‚ communication is an area of benchmark the government is focusing on to improve the quality of nursing care. The Department of Health [DH] [2001] explained that communication comprises of a number of skills used to promote professional practice. These
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Applying Ethical Frameworks in Nursing Practice Disclosing patient information to a third party‚ without a patient’s consent or a court order is considered a breach of confidentiality. Legal liability for a breach of confidentiality covers a broader spectrum than ethical guidelines‚ which lend to doing what is morally right. Confidentiality in nursing comes with an ethical need for creating rapport with patients. Trust established facilitates increased communication and comfort
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Information literacy‚ health literacy and information technology skills is essential in the nursing practice as it helps nurses to find‚ evaluate‚ understand‚ interpret and use information for the right purpose. With the high use of technology in our society‚ it can be confusing to find the right sources‚ evaluate it and use it. Nurses need to be information literate to recognize when information is needed and have the ability to find it using the right sources‚ evaluate the information and use
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Nursing research has provided interventions and best practices that provide safe and quality services to the patient and their families. Nurses have a commitment to use research‚ evidence-based practice‚ and quality improvement as their foundation when making clinical decisions and using new programs to improve the health of the patient (LoBiondo-Wood & Haber‚ 2014). This discussion will define‚ compare‚ contrast‚ and provide examples of research and evidence-based practices affiliated in the nursing
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the field of healthcare. Nursing theory is useful to the profession in that it provides a foundation for professional practice. It is used to distinguish how science and the expansion of medical knowledge have impacted the advancement of nursing theories over the years. Florence Nightingale’s Notes on nursing (1859) is the first identifiable action taken to differentiate the field of nursing from other medical professions. After which nursing theory evolved into theories that are practical to the
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Nurses’ Practice Environments‚ Error Interception Practices‚ And Inpatient Medication Errors. Teresa Tan Nursing 323 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY Flynn‚ L. ‚ Liang‚ Y. ‚ Dickson‚ G. ‚ Xie‚ M. ‚ & Suh‚ D. (2012). Nurses’ practice environments‚ error interception practices‚ and inpatient medication errors. Journal of Nursing Scholarship‚ 44(2)‚ 180-186. Purpose: Medication errors remain a threat to patient safety. Therefore‚ the purpose of this study was to determine the relationships
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Effect of Change on Nursing Practice Leadership and Management in the Changing Health Care Environment NU420-02 August 11‚ 2013 The future of nursing is evolving at a rapid rate due to a changing health care environment. Nursing practice and leadership must adapt to these changes through ingenuity and advanced practice professional roles. “With an estimated 32 million newly insured Americans set to have health care coverage by 2014‚ and a predicted shortfall of 40‚000 primary-care
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Running head: Advance Practice Nurses A Promising Solution 1 Advance Practice Nurses A Promising Solution For America’s Health Care Needs T R D August 31‚ 2012 The recent approval of the Affordable Care Act will result in major changes for the Running head: Advance Practice Nurses A Promising Solution 2 health care providers in America. Advance Practice Nurses (APN’s) will be in a position to have a positive impact on the provision of safe‚ compassionate‚ affordable and efficient healthcare for
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