Fundamentals of Nursing Informatics Technology can be very helpful in improving safety and quality of health care. Nursing informatics refers to the combination of technology‚ nursing as well as the assimilation of data. It deals with the use of technology in order to organize and provide health care in the best and most resourceful manner. Computerized systems allow quicker and more accurate charting or record keeping. These systems save time and improve the quality of information furthermore
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Nursing Theory‚ Research‚ and Practice Response Team Jordan NUR 532: Week 2 Discussion Response 13 September 2013 Nursing Theory‚ Research‚ and Practice Response As noted in the lead group’s forum‚ “through observation‚ [Florence Nightingale] collected empirical evidence that supported her environmental theory and used it to develop evidence-based guidelines that other nurses faced with similar circumstances might find useful” (Selanders‚ 2010). Nightingale
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It is important to understand how theories are developed and that is‚ using the why and how. For example‚ why did something happen and how can it be fixed. With this understanding‚ then one can realize and understand how nursing theories are developed and how important it is to be able to borrow theories from other disciplines. It is important to understand that most professions developed their theories from other disciplines so as to make a stand and to develop a foundation that they can base their
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The book that I read was Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick. An 18 year old boy named‚ Matt Duffy awakes in a ward called The Green Zone after being injured in war. He has no idea what happened to him‚ all he knows is he has been awarded the Purple Heart‚ but he doesn’t want a metal-he wants answers. With doctors asking him questions he can’t answer and people telling him things he doesn’t want to hear‚ Matt scrambles to recollect what happened the day he got hurt. Only bits and pieces are coming
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In this essay I will define good moral character and describe the reasons why I believe my mother in-law‚ Patricia Festa to be a person of good moral character. I believe a good moral person puts somebody else’s best interest in front of their own and that’s exactly what my mother in-law did. Even though she has passed on and I had only a year to the exact date of her passing with her‚ I strongly looked up and connected with her. She was one of the most amazing woman I have ever came across in my
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The Use of Nursing Informatics in Health Care Today Melissa Morrison University of North Carolina at Pembroke Abstract Nursing Informatics is a specialty in Nursing in which a nurse will use technology such a computer in order to document data such as vital signs and to make an educated decision based on the data. A nurse who specializes in Nursing Informatics must display several roles in his or her line of work. The roles are as
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There are two distinct models of disability that seek to empower those with disabilities- the medical model and the social model. The medical model refers to a disability as a “physical or mental impairment of the individual and its person with social consequences. It regards the limitations faced by people with disabilities as resulting primarily‚ or solely‚ from their impairments” Wasserman et al (2011). Under the medical model people are defined by their illness or medical condition. The medical
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Jean Watson Theory of Caring Moment Nicole Sherrod Theories and Models of Nursing Practice Professor MaryLouise Martin April 20‚ 2015 Jean Watson Theory of Caring Moment The caring moment is a critical decision in another person life‚ as well as your life. It is an act of humanity. In essence‚ there is more to giving physical treatment; your presence and support shows the connectivity with another person at every given moment. It is a shared journey in this life‚ we should always take care of our
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Introduction Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos‚ computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information‚ disease monitoring‚ health promotion and disease prevention services‚ as well as nursing diagnosis‚ treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping patients
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turnover Nursing shortage is a phenomenon that is affecting nurses and the provision of adequate patient care in today’s health care industry. Nursing shortage is said to occur when the demand for employment of nurses is far greater than the number of nurses willing to be employed at that time (Huber‚ 2010). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (A.A.C.N.)‚ “the nursing shortage is expected to increase as baby boomers age‚ and the need for health
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