Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Erica Walters Aspen University November 2014 Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Multiple ways of knowing are employed in the discipline of nursing. Traditionally‚ four patterns of nursing knowledge‚ or ways of knowing‚ have been used in the field of nursing. These include empirics‚ or the science of nursing‚ esthetics‚ or the art of nursing‚ personal knowledge‚ and ethics (McEwen & Wills‚ 2011). By combining these ways of knowing‚ a nurse develops
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that remains unresolved is assigning patients to nurses based on acuity. This issue has been ongoing within the hospital and no one has been able to come up with a reasonable solution. The hospital has been faced several challenges due to the unsolved problem of unfair assignments by the charge nurse. Favoritism has been identified as the major cause of this ongoing problem whereby the charge nurse favors some staff by assigning them to lower acuity patients than other staff. Some charge nurses
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CASE STUDY IN NCM-103 (CARE OF CLIENTS WITH PROBLEMS IN OXYGENATION‚ FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE BALANCE‚ NUTRITION AND METABOLISM AND ENDOCRINE) Submitted to : Mr. Darren N. Constantino Submitted by : Olive Keithy Ascaño CASE STUDY 1 1. a. The possible fluid and electrolyte imbalances that the 78-year-old woman may experience are hyponatremia‚ hypokalemia and hyperkalemia because of nausea and vomiting that are common in these imbalances. b. The following interventions are
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decided to improve your practice by “Setting examples of continuing to comfort the afflicted.” Nursing is all about caring. Since the time of Florence Nightingale‚ the nursing goal is to provide safe and comfortable care to the patient. This will promote health and wellbeing (Selanders & Crane‚ 2012). Mr. Rory Rochelle‚ Director of Nursing and Allied Health Education Nursing says that caring‚ altruism and holism are important qualities to have as a nurse (Qualities in Nursing‚ n.d.). The primary role
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NURSING CARE PLAN Nursing Assessment: Ms. F.E. is a 20yr. old female who was involved in a motor vehicle accident (M.V.A.)‚ and was admitted on 04.03.12 to the surgical unit with Spinal injuries‚ Polytrauma and fractured right humerus. She started complaining of severe abdominal pains‚ one week after assessment by Doctor‚ she was scheduled for emergency laparotomy with ?diagnosis Perforated Hallow Viscus. Following surgery patient was diagnosed with Fecal Peritonitis and was transferred to the
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Nursing care plan Name of client: Miss Ng Sex: F Date of assessment: 31/10/2014 Medical diagnosis: Caesarian section Diagnostic statement: Impaired comfort related to tissue trauma and reflex muscle spasms secondary to surgery as evidenced by vomiting Assessment Nursing diagnosis Goals & expected outcome Nursing interventions Rationales Method of evaluation Subjective data: 1. Patient reported of abdominal pain. 2. Elevated scoring of 8/10 of pain score Objective data: 1. Restlessness 2. Facial
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NURSING CARE PLAN GUIDE ASSESSMENT OF UNIVERSAL SELF CARE REQUISITES DEFINITION: Organized and systematic process of collecting data from a variety of sources to evaluate the health status of a patient. |ASSESSMENT |PLANNING |EVALUATION | |Universal
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Nursing Care Plan Assessment equals Data Collection + Analysis | Nursing Diagnosis – Actual/Potential | Nursing Goal(SMART) | Nursing Interventions/ActionsInclude Rationale/Reference | Evaluation | Female Age : 85Code status: Full Code initially but changed to DNR on 14/Jan-2012Primary diagnosis: PancytopeniaReason for Hospital Admission: Fall at home. Allergy: PenicillinMedical History: Pacemaker‚ Hypertension‚ Fall at home‚ Bradycardia‚ Hyperlipidemia.Neurological: Alert‚ Oriented x 4.Diet
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After reviewing the post‚ there are many aspects that I agree and disagree about the nursing care method. I definitely agree on the first priority of nursing care should be to address the patient’s cramping and bloating. The cramping and bloating was essentially the primary concern of the patient and was the result of the constipation. Additionally‚ I agree that the SMART outcome should involve the goal of the patient having a bowel movement by the end of the nurse’s shift‚ because having a bowel movement
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Patient’s safety and care is an important facet in any health facility. That is why I‚ Susan‚ decided to take a professional approach in caring for Josie when she was admitted with severe body burns in the Hopkins hospital (King 14). In fact‚ a fair share of challenges should be faced by a renowned health facility‚ patients‚ and their family members. Medical practitioners are supposed to observe high level of professionalism when discharging their services. Despite the high expectations‚ medical
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