Working with Values and Beliefs when Providing Patient Care My Personal Philosophy of Nursing By: Michele Combs NUR 391 Working with Values and Beliefs when Providing Patient Care Nursing is an art and a science. The profession is an art of compassion and caring in a creative way. Creativity allows nurses to individualize nursing care. Through science‚ nurses obtain the skills and technology they rely on to achieve each patient ’s optimal health ("Nursing"‚ n.d.). Florence Nightingale became a nurse
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Implications to Patient Care Abstract There are constant changes to laws and legislation regarding patient care and safety. The purpose of this report is to inform the reader of recent and upcoming changes to legislation that may affect nursing care of patients. Research by L. Aiken‚ et al. and A. Tourangeau‚ support the need for higher education of registered nurses. Their research proves that patient outcomes are improved when registered nurses carry a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Research
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Nursing Management 1 Running Head: OVARIAN NEW GROWTH Nursing Management of a Patient with Ovarian New Growth Nursing Management 2 Nursing Management of Patient with Ovarian New Growth S.‚M. she is a 49 year old female‚ and nulligravida‚ under Dr. Cabanela. S.‚M admitted that she smokes and drink liquor. She was diagnose with Ovarian New Growth and had her surgery last March 5‚ 2013 at Valenzuela Medical Center. She was admitted last March 4‚ 2013. At first S.‚M feels pain on her lower
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SPOON RIVER COLLEGE NUR 215 ISSUES OF NURSING Unit I Development of Nursing Objectives Learning Content Learning Activities 1. Summarize health practices through the course of history. 2. Describe the image of nursing in art‚ media‚ and literature over time. 3. Analyze ways that have shaped the image of nursing throughout the years. 4. Argue how nursing fits criteria of a professional. 5. Compare social forces that have affected roles of American nurses. 6. Integrate knowledge of current
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Diabetes‚ "diabetes" urine disease About illness Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disease leading to high blood sugar. There are also more than 370 million people with diabetes around the world. There are two main types of diabetes: Type I ‚ which rarely happens‚ and second type is the most common and represents 95% of the incidence. However‚ there are other types of diabetes‚ but they are rarer. In addition to the disease‚ "gestational diabetes". Known diabetes generally any disease colloquially
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Professional Development Plan As the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) for a small rural forty bed Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital (IRF)‚ the professional development plan of the staff is very near and dear to my heart. Poorly prepared of nurses who have not engaged actively in personal and professional growth are less than optimal for either the patients or the facility. Years past I have worked for companies that was not invested in professional growth nor spending the necessary funding for staff education
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Hospital care differs from care at a nursing home facility. Hospitals specialize in short-term patient care. On average‚ a patient stays at the hospital for about four days. Hospitals treat and release their patients rather quickly because of the lack of rooms to accommodate them all‚ and the many demands from the insurance company. Patients come for numerous reasons that differ for all individuals. Patients come to the hospital in crucial situations‚ for which teams of medical specialists come
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What is diabetes Incidence Type 1 dibetes accounts for around 10-15% of diagnosed diabetes‚ with the estimated increase in Europe being 4% per year (2004). The difference in incidence is vast with the high frequency in finland and Sweden and low frequency in china. It is thought theat the variation in incidence is due to environmental factors in each country and genetic factors in dierent races. Causes Although it is unknow what exactly triggers the autoimmune reaction‚ evidence suggests
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Journal of Advanced Nursing‚ 1999‚ 29(3)‚ 584±591 Integrative literature reviews and meta-analyses Primary nursing: a mode of care or a philosophy of nursing? David Pontin PhD RN RSCN RHV Senior Lecturer ± Health Studies Research‚ Institute of Health Studies‚ University of Plymouth‚ Somerset Centre‚ Taunton‚ Somerset TAI 5YD‚ England. E-mail dpontin@plymouth.ac.uk Accepted for publication 19 March 1998 Journal of Advanced Nursing 29(3)‚ 584±591 Primary nursing: a mode of care or a philosophy
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author of this essay will be discussing a patient with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and will also be discussing the nursing care that will be received by the patient following a hypoglycaemic attack. The patient being described is a fictitious seventy year old lady called Mabel Gordon; she lives in a flat in a city centre with her husband Bert. Mabel has had type 2 diabetes for years which has been poorly controlled by medication and diet. Mabel’s diabetes has now progressively worsened; she has been
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