Philosophy of nursing occurs in four domains: person‚ health/illness‚ environment‚ and nurse. This writer intends to explore and explain philosophy in nursing in all four of these areas. The earliest theorist‚ Florence Nightingale‚ identified the main concerns of nurses to be the person‚ the environment‚ and the relationship between them (Williams&Wilkins‚ 2008). The idea of the nurses’ main concern to be on the person and the environment and the relationship between the two has shaped this students
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Anorexia Nervosa In Children and Adolescents 1 Anorexia Nervosa is a rapidly growing issue in today’s society. The disease is identified by the refusal to maintain a healthy weight‚ an irrational fear of gaining weight despite weighing too little‚ loss of the menstrual cycle in women‚ and an inaccurate view of one’s body‚ often referred to as dysmorphia. At one point in time‚ this illness was mainly associated with adolescents. Now‚ children as young as five years old are being treated
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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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them out of the door in a timely manner leads to nursing workaround. Workarounds are observed or described as behaviors that in a way “fix” a hindrance to meet an expected goal or achieve it faster in a way boost a nurse’s speed in patient care. The clinical dilemma of nursing workaround leads to a downfall in patient safety. The problem of workaround leads to nurses not scanning a patient’s wristband before medication delivery or performing nursing interventions. Caring and treating patients in
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revitalized by administration of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) and the influx of calcium can be limited with the use of calcium channel blocker. 8. Which of the following is not a symptom of CVA? Lumbar pain 9. As you walk to the nursing station‚ the charge nurse is talking to N.T.’s doctor. She ordered a modified barium swallow study and referral for speech - language pathologist‚ OT (occupational
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There are five steps of the nursing process. The nursing process is an approach used by nurses to give an efficient and effective quality of patient care. The first step of the nursing process is assessing the patient. During this phase‚ the nurse will consider the patient’s overall health status. The nurse can interview the patient‚ refer to the patient’s health and family history‚ and do a physical examination. A major portion of this phase is to interact with the patient in order to evaluate
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University of Phoenix Material History of Nursing Research Worksheet There have been many influential publications‚ agencies‚ and people in the field of nursing research. Write 1–3 sentences in each cell of the table below to describe the importance‚ goal‚ or influence of each item. |Publications |First publication date and importance: | |Nursing Research |First published:
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Running Head: A PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 1 A Philosophy of Nursing Megan Cole‚ RN Georgia Southern University NURS 3139 Fall 2012 A PHILOSOPHY OF NURSING 2 A Philosophy of Nursing The American Nurse’s Association’s Nursing’s Social Policy Statement (2003) defines nursing as the “protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response
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320). When analyzing the cause and effect relationship of adolescent obesity‚ two major theories come to mind‚ the most prevalent of these is the correlation between socioeconomic status (SES) and rates of obesity in America. For a long period of time in America‚ the obesity epidemic has thought to be solely due
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This is the diagnosis for Mr. Holden Caulfield. Mr. Caulfield is a sixteen year old‚ white‚ male‚ whos residence is in New York City‚ New York. He has brown/gray hair and is about 6 foot. Caulfield is in high school and was recently expelled from Pencey Prep. After analyzing Caulfield‚ I have come to determine that he has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD). Mr. Caulfield has multiple symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. After speaking with the patient and observing his actions‚ several
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