Contemporary Issues in nursing practice Paper TOLAC vs. elective repeat cesarean delivery Since the early 70’s‚ the Western world has observed the trend of rising numbers of cesarean deliveries. In 2007 32% of all deliveries in the United Stated happened via C-section; the highest number ever. With so many cesarean deliveries many women face a dilemma regarding prospective birth. Cesarean section limits future childbirth choices‚ but available medical knowledge and research data overthrow the
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Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Nursing is the art and science of caring for individuals with potential or actual health problems. Nursing is the art of providing quality‚ compassionate care while evaluating the patients’ biopsychosocial and spiritual needs. Nursing as a science evaluates the patients’ health and response to disease. Nurses assist individuals and groups to maintain or attain optimal health. They implement care to accomplish
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Nursing as a professional discipline places the greatest demands specific to the development and refinement of the caring concept for nursing. By exploring the caring concept‚ within the boundaries of professional nursing practice‚ both the capabilities and constraints of caring relative to nursing‚ can be identified (Kaur‚ Sambasivan‚ Kumar‚ 2015). For nurses‚ caring behaviors enhance feelings of self-accomplishment and well-being and enable them to better know their patients’ perceptions and thus
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In Summary a Brief History of Advance Practice Nursing Jake Freeman University of St. Francis Abstract This paper primarily explores the article from the Journal of Nursing called “Demographic Profiles of Certified Nurse-Midwives‚ Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists‚ and Nurse Practitioners: Reflections on Implications for Uniform Education and Regulation”. It will also include insight from other resources in support to the information provided by the article preceding. The article
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decided to improve your practice by “Setting examples of continuing to comfort the afflicted.” Nursing is all about caring. Since the time of Florence Nightingale‚ the nursing goal is to provide safe and comfortable care to the patient. This will promote health and wellbeing (Selanders & Crane‚ 2012). Mr. Rory Rochelle‚ Director of Nursing and Allied Health Education Nursing says that caring‚ altruism and holism are important qualities to have as a nurse (Qualities in Nursing‚ n.d.). The primary role
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Paradigms and Theories in Nursing Practice Over the course of the past century‚ the nursing profession has undergone multiple periods of transformation brought by the evolution of paradigms in nursing theory. The three major paradigms of empiricism‚ interpretive‚ and critical social theory now each provide a distinct set of principles to the discipline‚ while a pragmatic perspective serves to guide their application in practice. The intent of this paper is to discuss the contributions of each paradigm
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scopes and guidelines that nursing professionals use in their daily practice and some examples in my practice that are affected by those guidelines. Also how ethics‚ morals and values affect nursing policies and ways the affect the nurse in providing care. Scope of Practice The nursing scope of practice was developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA). The ANA describes the scope of practices as “the ‘who’‚ ‘what’‚ ‘where’‚’ when’‚ ‘why’ and ‘how’ of nursing practice.” (ANA‚ 2010 p.2). This
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in Nursing Practice. This Kaiser Permanente research training is presented by June L. Rondinelli‚ RN‚ MSN. It is the twentieth video in a series of twenty that goes over nursing research. In this online lecture‚ she focuses defining outcomes research describe the components of Donabedian’s Model of Quality Health Care‚ listing nurse sensitive outcomes‚ and discussing places to find practice guidelines. Overall‚ the presenter discusses outcomes research as a way to evaluate change in nursing practice
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Friese‚ Christopher. "Nurse Practice Environments and Outcomes: Implications for Oncology Nursing."Oncology Nursing Forum. 32.4 (2005): n. page. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. Christopher Friese‚ a research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania‚ in his 2005 article‚ Nursing Practice Environments and Outcomes: Implications for Oncology Nursing asserts that nurses who work in hospitals with better training facilities have a lower rate of anxiety and also a lower burnout rate than those who work with worse
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Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Erica Walters Aspen University November 2014 Ways of Knowing in Nursing Practice Multiple ways of knowing are employed in the discipline of nursing. Traditionally‚ four patterns of nursing knowledge‚ or ways of knowing‚ have been used in the field of nursing. These include empirics‚ or the science of nursing‚ esthetics‚ or the art of nursing‚ personal knowledge‚ and ethics (McEwen & Wills‚ 2011). By combining these ways of knowing‚ a nurse develops
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