Nursing-Sensitive Indicators Efforts to define the quality of nursing practice began with Florence Nightingale‚ as she worked to improve hospital conditions and measure patient outcomes. (The Sentinel Watch‚ 2011) Nursing-sensitive indicators are measures used to evaluate the quality of nursing care patients are receiving and to improve the quality of care given. Healthcare workers should be identifying the root causes of outcomes‚ regardless of the outcome. Tracking of these outcomes‚ recognizing
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Spiritual Needs Assessment Spirituality is an essential component of patient assessment. Healthcare providers must need to know that genuine feelings‚ then they can truthfully discover and recognize a patient’s spiritual troubles. By knowing the patient spiritual needs‚ it can make a patient health care understanding more optimistic as it supports them cope with sickness and get good outcome. Not only health care workers should concentrate on providing physical treatments to their patients
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MY PROFESSIONAL NURSING CAREER GOALS My love for nursing started from a general love for the medical field and my fascination with medicine and technology. At first I had started out on a study path that would lead me to become a doctor. I had majored in Microbiology and wanted to apply to medical school. During an internship as a microbiologist in one of the hospital in my country‚ I noticed that the nurses actually had more contact with patients than the doctors. I also observed that the doctors
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13‚ October 2010 The Power of Nursing “When you are a nurse you know that every day you will touch a life or a life will touch yours” (Author Unknown). Growing up I always had some interest in nursing but the past two years have removed all doubt that this occupation is meant for me. I find this field extremely interesting and believe that it is the perfect job for me. Between seeing my dad in the intensive care unit and being enrolled in a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) class‚ I have been
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decisions on their patients care. Intuition is a basic piece of nursing science that becomes possibly the most important factor when healthcare providers get to oblivious learning without restraint or speculation. One can also assume that intuition is also based on their overall experiences and knowledge acquired during their nursing practices. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the article based upon the concept analysis on nursing intuition towards the description of method used‚ and the application
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Kimberly Lewis NUR 408 May 7‚ 2012 Theresa White‚ MSN Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Paper Preparing for an emergency and knowing what to do in case of an emergency is an important aspect every community should know. Preparedness can be the difference between life and death in certain situations. This is the case in Season two Episode five of this week’s assignment. A forest fire is raging out of control near the Neighborhood
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Personality Assessment and Theories Perla M. Flores BEH/225 October 21‚ 2011 Professor: Jennifer Shultz‚ Ph.D. The personality assessment method is how psychologist tests personalities where they measure what is intangible or invisible. According to Morris & Maisto (2005) who states that these personality assessment methods is like “testing the intelligence.” They also say that when “measuring personality‚ psychologist’s use four basic tools such as the personal interview‚ direct
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what I have wanted the most in my life. There is nothing comparable with the happiness and satisfaction that I believe I will obtain from this profession because I have always dreamt of becoming a nurse I have always wanted to pursue a career in nursing but decided to wait until after my child was of school age. When my mother got diagnosed with 4th stage of colon cancer and admitted into hospital it was a difficult time for me. I am really grateful to the
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Child and Family Assessments Families are unique‚ special and debatable among many cultures and ethnic groups. Today‚ the definition of a family has changed greatly because of cultural and social changes across the world. A family consists of a parent or parents with their children or child in a dwelling with the household who respect and looks out for each other. In pediatrics‚ family-centered care founded on the consideration of the family‚ and the family is the child’s primary support and strength;
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into the hospital in the last few years so it for the most part was a common thing. Usually after the hospital she is placed in the nursing home and after rehabilitation she is released to go home. This time after she was released she had home health care which is a nurse that comes out a few times a week to evaluate her (HHN). After this last stay with the nursing home they requested that she not drive anymore. My mom and I were in total agreement with that. My grandma is 89 years old and not
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