Informatics is part of the knowledge and skills a nurse must have to be successful in the healthcare field. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) recommends informatics as a nursing competency for nursing students to develop in undergraduate academic programs. With the influx of patient numbers‚ the emergence and expansion of new medical procedures‚ medical discoveries‚ and an elaborate healthcare system‚ informatics is inevitable. Health informatics combines healthcare‚ informational
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Knowledge development in nursing has been somewhat of a hot topic in the more scholastic endeavors of the profession for quite some time. As the profession grew from a focus centered on treating physical symptoms and conditions to a more well-rounded approach that considered psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual needs in addition to physical illness‚ the need to break down the process of knowledge development arose. By utilizing nursing theories‚ which support the use of evidenced based practice in
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When reviewing nursing theories there is one common word that is expressed and that word is caring. Nursing theorists across the time have implemented caring as part of their theories. There are two nursing theorists that I feel epitomize the word caring and make that simple but powerful word the center of their theories‚ Madeleine Leininger and Jean Watson. Madeleine Leininger Theory of Culture Care Definition and Explanation Madeleine Leininger stated that the‚ “ theory of culture care provides
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the outcomes-based focuses on producing individuals who can demonstrate the evidence of competencies in designated areas in education. Also‚ the quality to recognize and improve the nursing curricula to meet current health care challenges is an advantage for all‚ including stakeholders - students‚ administrators‚ colleagues‚ and patients (Hesook‚ 2014). It is essential that nurse educators instill in students the standards of quality‚ safety‚ and professional excellence of the existing and future
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Since graduating from Pittsburgh Technical Institute in January 2015‚ I have been working at a nursing home and recently a hospital to help build my experiences in the nursing field. I have also been studying for the NCLEX. Unfortunately I have failed the test twice already‚ but this will not stop me from pursuing my dreams of becoming a labor and delivery nurse. I know that I have to study three times as hard as other students and I will not let a minor road block stop me from reaching all of my
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of realistic people? In a survey of nurses one out of five plan on quitting in the next year‚ and over forty percent didn’t like their jobs. As an aspiring nurse this is of great concern. There are a handful of reasons that I decided to enter the nursing field. Helping people is a great‚ personal satisfaction. Flipping burgers might pay the bills‚ but it gives you no sense of purpose. The pay is pretty good. However‚ the more I learn about the job‚ the more I realize the pay doesn’t nearly match the
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of a given discipline. It is the linking vehicle where the knowledge of science‚ logic and theories encounter to provide the perspective of a profession. In nursing‚ metaparadigm directs our activity and includes four elements: 1-The person‚ communities‚ groups‚ family or any other participant involved‚ that requires individualized nursing care based on different
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frequency of pap-smear exams for women. The new frequency recommendation was designed to address the family histories of the patients. The optimal frequency should be where the marginal benefit of an additional pap-test: Answer Selected Answer: equals the marginal cost of the test Correct Answer: equals the marginal cost of the test Question 3 5 out of 5 points The flat-screen plasma TVs are selling extremely well. The originators of this technology are earning higher profits. What
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the individuals interested in my topic‚ so far I am trying to organize the information I want them to see first when the open up the booklet. I have the information I want to introduce them to‚ such as the other types of communication and how the nursing community functions as a central component to communication for them to gain knowledge on. The key to explaining my information to them clearly depends on how I organize the information in the booklet. I want there to be enough space and visual stimulation
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I see nursing informatics as a specialty title to health care informatics. Informatics is dealing with information‚ computerized information and telecommunications. Nursing informatics deals with these also but how they impact patient care. Nurses in to days world are almost all familiar with some sort of nursing informatics such as a computerized medication system or charting systems as well as discharge instructions or patient education. Every nurse at my facility uses the computer‚ internet
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