The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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Prompt 1. “The amount of medical knowledge that a nurse practitioner must know today doubles every three years.” (Densen‚ 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
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The nurse leader worth writing about is Mary Eliza Mahoney. She is an inspiration who left behind a legacy for the nursing profession. Mahoney became‚ according to Black (2016) the first African descent to qualify as a nurse from New England Hospital for Woman and Children (p.29). Around her era‚ it was difficult for African Americans to obtain opportunities to have a profession or career. However‚ Mahoney was able to succeed by gaining acceptances into New England Hospital for Woman and Children
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The nursing shortage impacts the world in a prodigious way. The nursing shortage has an adverse impact on patient care‚ as well as on nurses. The causes of the nursing shortage are multi-faceted and there is no single measure that influences the declining issues. The most concerning issue of the nursing shortage is the decline in patient care‚ and positive outcome (Buchan‚ 2010). The research question in this study is the following: How does the nursing shortage affect quality of patient care
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00X-7489/97 %17.00+0.00 The evaluation of nursing theory: a method for our madness Sharon L. Dudley-Brown Assistant Professor‚ University of Maryland School of Nursing‚ Department of Material and Clinical Health‚ Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ U.S.A. (Received 20 March 1995;revised 13 January 1996;accepted 11 March 1996) Abstract The profession of nursing has‚ in recent years‚ been trying to further develop‚ test and use proposed nursing theory. To utilize theory appropriately‚ in all domains of practice
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Introduction Nursing is a profession that involved in identifying its own unique body of knowledge essential to nursing practice. To identify the knowledge base‚ nurses should develop and recognize theories that are specific to nursing. Parker and Smith (2010) define theory as a set of concepts‚ definitions and propositions that project a systematic view of phenomena by designating specific interrelationships among concepts for purposes of describing‚ explaining‚ predicting and controlling phenomena
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The nursing professional faces a lot of decision making process on a daily bases. The Effectiveness of decision making process is crucial to ensuring positive out comes in the clinical Settings. If the nursing process is misunderstood or misapplied to the decision-making process by failure to use critica thinking skills‚ the results can be damaging to the anticipated outcomes. Furthermore‚ an imaturity in critical thinking may influnce decisions because of insufficient knowledge and experience
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Middle Range Theory in Nursing Cindy Spain American Sentinel University Middle Range Theory in Nursing The credibility of a profession is based upon its ability to create and apply theory. Nursing as a whole has not been at the forefront of theoretical research being much more practical or hands-on in nature. Unless nurses increase the value placed on research and the body of knowledge that establishes the legitimacy of their practice then nursing will remain in a subordinate position in the
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Historical timeline of nursing theory development NUR/513 12/2/2012 Historical timeline of nursing theory development The evolution of nursing as a profession throughout time has proven to be both an art and science. Different events throughout history have shaped nursing into its current organization. Nursing in the future is improving‚ striving for better care and service to the community in whole. The objective of this paper is to discuss the historic development of nursing‚ the relationship
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The future of nursing theory discussion Nursing theory is the framework in nursing practice‚ so the development of nursing theory can alter nurses’ knowledge and behaviors‚ and so on influence the nursing practice. In this project‚ team B will discuss what has driven nursing theory development‚ what will drive future development in nursing theory‚ and how might nursing practice change as a result of evolving nursing theory. Specific examples will be applied to explain the points. What will
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