have been numerous events on the time line of historical research in nursing. The time line begins with Florence Nightingale and her contribution to nursing research and nursing research utilization. This paper will briefly discuss five historical contributions to nursing research that this writer feels have had the most influential contributions to nursing research‚ Florence Nightingale‚ the American Nurses Association‚ nursing research journal publications‚ research funding developments as well
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Being a nursing home administrator with in a nursing home‚ excellent communication is a necessity. Communication is how care providers determine the quality of care that is given and needed for the patients. By being a nursing home administrator‚ it is my job to make sure that the HIPPA rules and regulations are being used by all employees. By making sure that HIPPA rules and regulations are being upheld‚ the nursing home is providing quality care to the patients. When a change happens at a nursing
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HUMANISTIC NURSING THEORY By: MARY JOHN L. RENONG‚ RN August 10‚ 2013 Dr. Loretta Zderad Dr. Josephine Paterson I. BIOGRAPHY Josephine Paterson was born on the 1st of September of 1924 in Freeport‚ New York. Loretta and Josephine spent their early school years during the depression of the 1930’s. Josephine G. Paterson was also learning the role of a nurse as well as work responsibilities during this same time period. She had
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Public health nursing evolved to teach us that wellbeing needs to move outside the individual‚ to include the family and community‚ to make all of the population healthy (Truglio-Londrigan‚ & Lewenson‚ 2013‚ p. 5). Public nursing started out as district nursing‚ in England‚ where nurses transitioned from the hospital‚ to work with the sick poor in their homes. They took care of patients‚ families‚ and communities by protecting the poor from unsanitary conditions and teaching them hygienic routines
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Nursing leadership is multifaceted‚ meaning there are several aspects to nursing leadership; Political‚ psychological‚ ethical‚ and educational (Daly‚ Speedy & Jackson‚ 2004). Staff mentoring and education in Nursing is a leadership role‚ whether it is a member of a health care team or as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)‚ our purpose is to aid in the development of our profession and guide our fellow nurses to progress into confident‚ competent well-trained practitioners. Nurse mentoring
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Nurses use theory to help guide them in their nursing practice. Paradigms are the way we look at knowledge in a discipline such as nursing (McEwen & Wills‚ 2014). They take into account different values. Grand nursing theories utilize three paradigms: human needs‚ interactive and unitary process. These paradigms take into account the nature of human beings and how they do‚ or do not‚ interact with their environment and health care providers. The human needs paradigm evaluates basic human needs
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bilateral ankle edema. The possible cause of the the patient’s symptoms include underlying causes like kidney diseases‚ renal ischemia or heart failure‚ obesity or being overweight‚ old age‚ varicosities and tight clothing. b. These are the nursing priorities in the management of the patient’s bilateral ankle edema : • Administer diuretics • Limit fluid intake • Restrict foods rich in sodium • Elevate the patient’s legs without causing pressure • Use compression socks or hosiery to help poor
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information. Currently there is an estimated‚ “80 percent of medical errors are due to communication failure during the handoff process”(Robins & Dai‚ 2015‚ p. 264). The purpose of this quality improvement project is to increase the education of nursing staff in the critical care setting‚ to streamline the delivery of handoffs‚ as well as the implementation of a standardized checklist-based handoff tool that will narrow the gap in communication breaches.
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study the Microstructual influence on fracture resistance in 7000 seriers aluminium alloys. Fracture toughness is an indication of the resistance of a material to physical separation by a process of unstable macrocrack propagation. The microstructural features such as coarse particles of intermetallic (IM) phases‚ dispersoids‚ inter- and intragranular precipitates‚ precipitate-free zones ‚ grain size and orientation are known to exert significant effects on fracture resistance.So this paper focusses
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Understanding Dual Diagnosis: Case Study David For many people who suffer from addiction‚ there is usually a root cause of some sort of mental disorder dual diagnosis or a co-occurring mental health disorder. Having a dual diagnosis or co-occurring mental disorder can lead to many other difficult issues that will make treatment for a client a long process‚ and an understanding of what came first‚ the mental disorder or the addiction disorder (Phillips‚ McKeown & Sandford‚ 2010). Case Study David
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