AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR NURSING Concept Analysis of Acculturation in Filipino Immigrants Within Health Context Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ is a Doctoral candidate in Nursing (Research & Education) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Keywords Acculturation‚ Filipino immigrants‚ concept analysis Correspondence Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene‚ University of Hawaii at Manoa‚ Honolulu‚ HI 96822. E-mail: reimund@hawaii.edu nuf_231 128..136
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Douglass‚ “Leadership and management are achieved through effective communication.” (1992‚ p. 151). Communication is key in the field of nursing‚ without proper delivery‚ reception‚ and interpretation of the message‚ patient’s safety is at risk. According to Gardezi et al. (2009) “inadequate communication is a primary cause of medical errors” (p. 1391). Though nursing schools encourage and support the importance of good communication‚ there isn’t a formal class or training specifically addressing this
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Delegation: An analysis of delegation to unlicensed personal Cheryl R. Klinkner Ferris State University Abstract This paper will present an analysis on nursing delegation to unlicensed assistive personal (UAP) within the healthcare setting. Delegation is a responsibility nurses are expected to do in order to coordinate safe and timely care for their patients. With the increase in patients loads‚ increase in acuity of patients and an increase in shortage of nurses; there also comes
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The advantages of a nursing assessment is that problems become clearly defined and this can be easily communicated to others where the patient is the focus. A nursing assessment highlights nursing priorities and plans to aid patients overcome any obstacles with clear evaluation of what has happened. Disadvantages would be the patient’s potential limited awareness of the nursing assessment process and understanding of phrases and plans put in place to help. Once the patient has been assessed then
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Personal ethics What personal‚ cultural‚ and spiritual values contribute to your worldview and philosophy of nursing? How do these values shape or influence your nursing practice? Ethics and values form the basis of nursing. Nurses provide nursing care by preventing illness‚ reducing suffering and promoting restoration of health in individuals‚ families‚ societies and communities. Nursing involves technical skills and abilities‚ duty and service to others with compassion and efficient decision-making
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role in medicines management Kenyatta Young Freshman English 1 Matt Forester April 29‚ 2013 In this article they are arguing about which words (adherence and concordance) is better used in the medicines management of the role of nursing fields. Also in the article it stated there are many reasons for non-adherence that relate to the patient experience and perception. Such as age‚ gender‚ social demographic variables age‚ sex‚ gender‚ educational level‚ phase/severity and illness
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conditions. Critical care nursing entails a holistic perspective to the care of patients bringing a unique set of knowledge‚ skills‚ attitudes‚ as well as competencies. Critical care is not only intellectually challenging‚ but also emotionally draining (Alasad et al. 2). Little is presently known regarding the perceptions of student nurses’ experiences working in this demanding environment. Many university nursing programs offer
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Nursing Today Nurses these days have positive and negative images from the general public. Negative stereotypes portray nurses as being overbearing‚ sexual‚ and incompetent. For example: Naughty Nurses‚ Airheaded‚ and Doctor’s Handmaiden. These stereotypes are portrayed in the media constantly even though nursing is a challenging respectable profession. Some of the positive images that are portrayed by the public are strong‚ patient advocates‚ dedicated‚ trustworthy‚ profession highly in demand
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Personal Ethics The individual standards that establish my personal world view and the philosophy of nursing are the nurses in my opinion breathe and live nursing. This profession of nursing is all encompassing‚ self-governing‚ and mutual. Nursing involve providing care to all without any discrimination of age or sex‚ well or sick‚ communities‚ families‚ groups‚ and this takes rest in all setting. This view of nursing enables me to consider the psychosocial‚ the spiritual and the physical
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Application of Theory in Nursing Process Introduction * Theories are a set of interrelated concepts that give a systematic view of a phenomenon (an observable fact or event) that is explanatory & predictive in nature. * Theories are composed of concepts‚ definitions‚ models‚ propositions & are based on assumptions. * They are derived through two principal methods; deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning. Objectives * to assess the patient condition by the various methods
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