the role of theory in nursing research. At the beginning of this class‚ I had very little understanding of the way theory and nursing research are related. I knew nursing research was useful for practice‚ and I had had much experience with finding and analyzing nursing research. However‚ I was having a hard time making the connection between theory and its usefulness in practice. The presentation by Lori Loan really helped me to make some of those crucial connections between theory and research
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Applying Theory to a Problem On a daily basis‚ any professional practice‚ may it be in the medical field or not‚ is faced with a lot of issues. In line with this assertion‚ this paper will seek to explore and apply middle-range theory to problem on physician-nurse relationship. Summary of the Problem The physician-nurse relationship has been and continues to be the most disappointing and unfortunate issues because many nurses have become victims of disruptive behavior‚ angry outburst‚ and verbal
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In my facility‚ the main issue to evidence-based nursing practice is the shortage of nurses. The staff lacks can make a profession exhaustion‚ tension‚ and as well as put the patient at risk (Hogan et al; 2009). In the hospital‚ the lack of nurses is a very big problem‚ but for the solution management and organization methods to the matter could support to recover the nursing situation and ignore several of the bad influences of unsuitable nurse ratios. Some time I am thinking of evidence based practice
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legal environment‚ accountability‚ professional autonomy‚ health care technology‚ and relationships between staff members. If a nurse does not have the full concept of the nursing practice here in American he or she cannot give quality care to patients. My plan of action to ensure that a new foreign nurse understands the nursing process is by incorporating a training session before the preceptor program even begins. This educational course would cover communication skills‚ documentation‚ and the expectations/policies
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Contingency Theory Applied to Nursing Bethany McQueen Olivet Nazarene University Leadership and Management in Nursing BSN 118 NRSG 463 Beth Michalesko‚ Professor February 10‚ 2011 Fiedler’s Contingency Theory Applied to Nursing In order to determine the type of leader one will become‚ it is necessary to know the different styles of leadership exist and how they are used. It is also necessary to understand one’s self to know which style is most fitting. There are several theories that have
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The different nursing theories discovered by nursing pioneers have provided most of the foundation on which modern nursing stands. Back then‚ when the nursing profession had just started‚ nursing care was pretty much basic. Originally‚ the role of the nurse was to primarily care for a patient as prescribed by a physician. This then led to the discovery of the biomedical model of nursing care which still strongly influences nursing practice today. This model however focuses heavily on pathophysiology
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Hospice use is increasing but less than half of nursing home residents with advanced dementia receive hospice care. The focus of care should always be the comfort of the person with dementia. Physical comfort is a paramount human need‚ yet pain is experienced by at least one-third of nursing home residents with advanced dementia in the last year of life. This is frequently undetected and undertreated. Person-centered care honors preferences in social‚ emotional‚ spiritual‚ and physical care (Kuhn
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stubbornness‚ nurses had a difficult time trying to work with her during therapy appointments‚ however‚ they wouldn’t give up on her or lose their patients. This got me thinking if all nurses and doctors‚ in all nursing homes‚ are as friendly and caring to elders such as my grandmother. Elder abuse in nursing homes is a big issue due to the emotional‚ physical and finical problem it causes to that elderly person. Many people believe that its easy taking advantage of an elder and it’s not going to hurt them
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understanding of these theories‚ nurses can promote healthy habits and relations for all families. It also‚ help the nurse to recognize that family plays a huge role in the well-being of the patients since “family members are the first influence on a person’s view of health” (Grand Canyon Univeristy‚ 2015); therefore‚ they need to be part of our nursing plan in order to better achieve the health care needs of our patients. I have found it very difficult to decide which theory would be the most helpful
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world of an individual or corporate life. Specifically‚ Contemporary Rhetorical Theory offers a way to understand the communicative process and what the communicative process is. Contemporary Rhetoric itself is not communication - rather‚ it provides important aspects into understanding what communication is; rhetoric is praxis. “Praxis is when theory and action are combined…” (Farrell‚ 1999). Contemporary Rhetorical Theory establishes theoretical assumptions of human society and the communicative act
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