Alex Haley: Roots Contents Page Contents 2 1. Introduction 3 2. Alex Haley: Roots 4 3. Dialogue between Kunta and his father 5 4. Kunta’s thoughts 7 5. Summary 8 Omoro said that three groups of people lived in a village. First were those you could see – walking around‚ eating‚ sleeping‚ and working. Second were the ancestors‚ whom Grandma Yaisa had now joined. “And the third people – who are they?” asked Kunta
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“Concept clarification is an important step in developing useful and useable knowledge in nursing science.” (Tofthagen‚ 2010). Within the home health field of nursing‚ one of the major and most significant concepts is “team” work. “Simply stated‚ concept analysis incorporates a method or approach by which concepts that are of interest to a discipline are examined in order to clarify their characteristics or attributes” (Cronin‚ 2010). Within a home health care team there are; Registered Nurses
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definition of nursing as put forward by the American Nurses Association. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing? The ANA defines nursing as “the protection‚ promotion‚ and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations” (American Nurses Association website‚ n.d.). The 4 metaparadigms of nursing are person
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Nursing knowledge is a very complex. It is what define nursing as a profession. Knowledge is the central issue to professional accountability. With major advances in healthcare and technologies in the recent years‚ nurses required a significant amount of new knowledge to deliver precise and appropriate care for patients in different healthcare settings. Oftentimes‚ hidden in our practice are sources of nursing knowledge. How it is acquired or where it originates from‚ should be evaluated (Hall‚ 2005)
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Informatics is part of the knowledge and skills a nurse must have to be successful in the healthcare field. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) recommends informatics as a nursing competency for nursing students to develop in undergraduate academic programs. With the influx of patient numbers‚ the emergence and expansion of new medical procedures‚ medical discoveries‚ and an elaborate healthcare system‚ informatics is inevitable. Health informatics combines healthcare‚ informational
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Knowledge development in nursing has been somewhat of a hot topic in the more scholastic endeavors of the profession for quite some time. As the profession grew from a focus centered on treating physical symptoms and conditions to a more well-rounded approach that considered psychological‚ social‚ and spiritual needs in addition to physical illness‚ the need to break down the process of knowledge development arose. By utilizing nursing theories‚ which support the use of evidenced based practice in
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Running Head: ANALYSIS OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN A PATIENT DEATH Analysis of Circumstances in a Patient Death (my name) Western Governors University 1 ANALYSIS OF CIRCUMSTANCES IN A PATIENT DEATH 2 Analysis of Circumstances in a Patient Death Healthcare offers a myriad of opportunities. There are many opportunities in which healthcare professionals are able to help patients‚ and there are many opportunities for failure with patients. When an unexpected outcome occurs‚ it is prudent to explore the
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When reviewing nursing theories there is one common word that is expressed and that word is caring. Nursing theorists across the time have implemented caring as part of their theories. There are two nursing theorists that I feel epitomize the word caring and make that simple but powerful word the center of their theories‚ Madeleine Leininger and Jean Watson. Madeleine Leininger Theory of Culture Care Definition and Explanation Madeleine Leininger stated that the‚ “ theory of culture care provides
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the outcomes-based focuses on producing individuals who can demonstrate the evidence of competencies in designated areas in education. Also‚ the quality to recognize and improve the nursing curricula to meet current health care challenges is an advantage for all‚ including stakeholders - students‚ administrators‚ colleagues‚ and patients (Hesook‚ 2014). It is essential that nurse educators instill in students the standards of quality‚ safety‚ and professional excellence of the existing and future
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of a given discipline. It is the linking vehicle where the knowledge of science‚ logic and theories encounter to provide the perspective of a profession. In nursing‚ metaparadigm directs our activity and includes four elements: 1-The person‚ communities‚ groups‚ family or any other participant involved‚ that requires individualized nursing care based on different
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