In promoting positive outcomes‚ Tanner and Culberson‚ (2014) mention five strategies‚ but one stands out as a nursing function‚ “be familiar with the dysphagia assessment”. Tanner and Culberson (2014) also mention the vital role nurses play in preventing additional problems. Nurses should have a thorough understanding of the degree of dysphagia as it is important for the nurse to competently evaluate the patient during
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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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for connecting with and concern for others‚ and allows for the giving and receiving of help." I agree with this statement‚ and I believe that this is a theory that I can use to provide care and make a difference. The reason I chose to major in nursing versus pre-medicine was because I wanted to treat the patient and not the disease. The difference between the two professions is not the amount of school or the amount of pay; it is the amount of care provided. I believe that before you treat the
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The definition of nursing excellence can be defined in many ways. What is common amongst all of the definitions of nursing excellence is that providing the patient with high quality compassionate care seems to be the common thread. Florence Nightingale (considered by many to be the first nursing theorist) initiated the elevation of the nursing profession by educating those in charge of caring for patients and teaching them to use the environment to assist in patient recovery. From that point on
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contrast the philosophical paradigms of Realism‚ Antirealism‚ Phenomenology ‚ Postmodernism. To relate the Empiricism‚ Positivism‚ Historicism‚ and Relativism to the nature of scientific truth. Moreover‚ to discuss the significance of truth for nursing as a profession and as a science. The various paradigms are characterized by ontological‚ epistemological and methodological differences in their approaches to conceptualizing and conducting research‚ and in their contribution towards disciplinary
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Nursing Leadership Laura Edwards Submitted to Jeanne Morrison PhD‚ MSN in partial fulfillment of NR622 Advanced Leadership Concepts Regis University October 15‚ 2011 Nursing Leadership Nursing leaders are crucial to any nursing organization. They motivate‚ empower‚ influence‚ and communicate the organization’s vision to create change within the organization. Great nursing leadership depends on great nursing leaders. This paper will define nursing leadership and describe leadership characteristics
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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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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 Theory: Theory is an analysis of a set of facts in relation to one another. A belief policy or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action. Theory can be described as a concept that can be tested and used to explain an occurrence. (www.wisegeek.com) Nursing Theory is the term given to the body of knowledge that is used to support nursing practice. An organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing. (wikepedia.org/wiki/nursing-theory
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PRIMARY NURSING CARE PLAN 15. Client Information Sheet Student name: _Scott Watson_ Clinical Date: _02/20/07_ * Reminder: Do not remove the patient care summary or other documents from the hospital! Room/Bed Age: Gender: Marital Status: 632A 60 F Married Admit Date: 2/17/07
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