The nursing process is described as being an individualised problem solving approach in which patients receive nursing care. The nursing process consists of four distinct phases‚ each having a discreet role in the process‚ theses phases of the process are: assessment‚ planning‚ intervention and evaluation. (Oxford Dictionary of Nursing 2003) It is important that the four stages of the process from assessment to evaluation are carried out sequentially because each phase follows logically from
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Jarrett in respect to the care of a patient during a night shift from 30th September 2011 to 1st October 2011. RN Jarrett was rostered as the Hospital in Charge [HIC] and Nurse in Charge [NIC] of a general ward. The patient first presented to Ballina District Hospital emergency department [ED] at 1428 hours on 30th September 2011 with increasing shortness of breath [SOB]‚ muscular aches and pains and a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [COPD]. The patient was triaged as category three and
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Deysi Serrano Outline: Patient Safety in Hospitals Chamberlain College of Nursing Outline: Patient Safety and Medical Errors General Purpose: To inform nurses and the general public about programs and policies in place to further decline the rates in medial errors and keep patients safe. Specific Purpose: To provide examples of why implementing proper procedures and having an open communication within the staff can prevent minor medical incidents and potential fatal medical accidents
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The Nursing Role Going the Distance in Nursing Education In the dynamic world of increasing health care technology‚ specialized care units‚ and higher acuity patients‚ the nursing profession must upgrade its currently accepted Associate’s entry level degree to a higher beginning educational level in order to meet the needs and demands of today’s sicker clients. Although the National League for Nursing (NLN) has stated Associate degree nursing programs account for the majority of new graduate
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Is Nursing a Profession? As I have begun the pursuit to further my education I have been faced with the question of whether Nursing is a true profession. During the 19 years that I have been a nurse I have thought nursing was a profession but as I have learned in my reading not everyone feels this way. For example‚ World Book (1999) states that there are two main groups of nurses‚ the professional nurses and the technique nurses. They define the professional nurses as graduates of four-year or
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“Shipwreck from the Bottom of the World” by Jennifer Armstrong) and Holling HoodHood (from “The Wednesday Wars” by Gary Schmidt). Please read along and enjoy this awesome essay. In this paragraph I will be talking about how Holling Hoodhood is an Ill-Fated. Once in the story Holling Hoodhood had to clean Mrs.Baker’s room. But that day Mrs.Baker brought in boston cream puffs to class when everyone but Holling left because all the students go to church on Wednesday. Holling is the only kid in the
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How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice Wenda Johnson Grand Canyon University NRS 437 V-Ethical Decision Making January 20th 2011 How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice In the nursing profession we have a respect for our patients but obtaining trust and maintaining the confidentiality of the patient’s information has been established from years ago starting with the Oath of Hippocratic. The patient’s confidentiality includes protecting any information the patient divulges to medical personal‚
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One of the most serious pieces of patient care is the handoff. This is the point of time when crucial evidence on the patient’s care is transferred to the patient’s new care provider. Significant outcomes from current and appropriate studies on patient safety and clinical handoffs are concise and studied. After concisely revising process management the purpose of this paper is to discuss how these disciplines can be combined to further improve patient safety in handoff. After Analyzing root cause
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and considerations associated with patient consent and confidentiality. The seeking of informed consent is an essential precursor to medical intervention‚ being at the core of the collaborative relationship between the patient and the health care professional (Freegard‚ 2006) and contributing to the overall duty of care. This essay will describe the basic elements of informed consent and broach some of the associated ethical considerations. The rights of a patient to maintain privacy and control over
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inductive reasoning. Objectives to assess the patient condition by the various methods explained by the nursing theory to identify the needs of the patient to demonstrate an effective communication and interaction with the patient. to select a theory for the application according to the need of the patient to apply the theory to solve the identified problems of the patient to evaluate the extent to which the process was fruitful. Definition Nursing theory is an organized and systematic articulation
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