First‚ Masters (2012)‚ in her book ‘Nursing Theories: A framework for professional practice’ describes a person as “individuals‚ families‚ communities and other groups who are participants in nursing” (Masters‚ K‚ 2012‚ P3). This statement refers to patients as individuals in need of the care of nurses. In fact‚ these individuals can have very complex needs and health problems requiring specialized and attentive care to facilitate healing and improvement of their condition. The term patient can
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COMMUNICATION IN NURSING PRACTICE. In order to fully discuss effective communication in nursing practice‚ one first should define communication. As stated in the business directory‚ communication is “ the two way process of reaching mutual understanding‚ in which participants not only exchange (encode – decode) information but create and share meaning. “ (www.thebusinessdirectory.com : Nov 25th). Or as in the free dictionary‚ “The exchange of thoughts‚ messages or information by
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the process of reflection I will use De Bono ’s Six Thinking Hats (1985) methodology of thinking. Although‚ traditionally‚ this method is used in business and management‚ I feel that it is applicable to nursing as it has enabled me to dissect my thinking. De Bono suggests that we need to practice deliberate thinking as opposed to reactive thinking if we really want to progress ideas and reach sensible conclusions (1985). It was with this in mind that he devised the six thinking hats. The six thinking
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Using Cultural Competency in Practice Cultural competencies is a term that has long saturated the healthcare world‚ especially nursing. The United States has become a melting pot of culture and ethnicity and to practice in the hospital setting it is essential to know the backgrounds of your patients and their families. Different cultures have different perceptions on health and illness. Providing culturally competent care includes knowledge about subcultures‚ attitudes‚ and skills that’s supports
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Applying Ethical Frameworks in Nursing Practice Disclosing patient information to a third party‚ without a patient’s consent or a court order is considered a breach of confidentiality. Legal liability for a breach of confidentiality covers a broader spectrum than ethical guidelines‚ which lend to doing what is morally right. Confidentiality in nursing comes with an ethical need for creating rapport with patients. Trust established facilitates increased communication and comfort
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personal and professional lives. In nursing‚ nurses will be faced with all sorts of issues and situations however the way every nurse deals with a problem that arises will be different based on the values they have and moral standpoint that they decide to take. In this essay however‚ I will be looking at the value of life‚ individual freedom or autonomy and justice or fairness and how these values are important to me as well as how they are relevant to nursing practice. My first value is the value of
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Addressing Bias Brittney L. Helton Chamberlain College of Nursing NR500: Foundational Concepts and Applications January 2018 Addressing Bias Equality is an important issue to ensure proper care is provided to each individual patient to promote quality outcomes. There have been studies performed that have identified health disparities that are unfair and unnecessary (Hall‚ Chapman‚ Lee‚ Merino‚ Thomas‚ Payne‚ Eng‚ Day‚ Coyne-Beasley‚ 2015). It has been noted that patients treated unfairly result
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SIX DIMENSION SCALE OF NURSING PERFORMANCE Patricia M. Schwirian‚ Ph.D.‚ R.N. The Ohio State University College of Nursing 1585 Neil Avenue - Columbus‚ OH 43210 |Instructions: The following is a list of activities in which nurses engage with varying degrees of frequency and skill. | |IN COLUMN A: please enter the number that best describes how often the nurse performs the activities in the performance of his/her current | |job.
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To what extent is state sovereignty relevant in modern world politics? When in 1648 major European countries at the moment signed the Peace of Westphalia agreeing on respecting the territorial integrity‚ the first legal status of sovereignty and international system was formed. After more than three hundred years the international community declared the formal meaning and principles of sovereignty in one of the most important documents nowadays: the Charter of United Nations. The fundamental rights
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The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) agree that if a nurse is following The code: Standards of conduct‚ performance and ethics for nurses and midwives (NMC 2008) they must recognise how crucial the value of evidence in practice is. They must be able to understand‚ judge and apply relevant research and theories to their work and so highlighting areas where further research could be undertaken. Evidence based practice is commonly described as the combination of the most up to date research and
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