complexity in healthcare‚ nurses are pursuing higher education and specialized training. This specialized training has produced what we now call advance practice nurses. Advance practice nurses can function independently or in partnership with other physicians. These nurses play a vital role in healthcare. There are four types of advance practice nurses; clinical nurse specialist‚ nurse anesthetist‚ nurse midwives‚ and nurse practitioners. The role of the nurse practitioner has changed from
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Foreign literature Student nurses’ experiences of community-based practice placement learning: A qualitative exploration Summary United Kingdom (UK) health policy has adopted an increasing community and primary care focus over recent years (Department of Health‚ 1997; Department of Health‚ 1999. Making a Difference: Strengthening the Nursing‚ Midwifery and Health Visitor Contribution to Health and Health Care. Department of Health‚ London; Department of Health‚ 2004. The NHS Knowledge and Skills
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The community model has been used to explore professional development in the new era. Communities are formed by a group of people interacting with one another‚ establishing common habits and depending on one another to accomplish certain goals (Wilson & Ryder‚ 1996). Learning communities are constructed when a group of learners share common values‚ experiences and are provided with sustained and mutual support. People within these learning communities usually encourage and develop an atmosphere of
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Nursing‚ is considered a practice-based discipline involving many nursing theories as well as inputs from several other scientific disciplines. It is also a branch of knowledge that is ordered through the theories and methods that is evolving as inputs from several other scientific disciplines. Nursing practice integrates numerous roles and functions of the nurse as it focuses mainly on the achievement of optimal functioning of the patient. It encompasses the maintenance and promotion of health of
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Some say that nursing is a straightforward profession‚ that a nurse only needs to look after poorly patients‚ administer medication‚ and write documentation. That caring is innate to human beings and doing it as a job is not so much difficult. But in my personal opinion‚ nursing is anything other than straightforward. Nursing as a profession requires critical thinking and sometimes spur-of-the-moment decision-making as the lives of people depend on such decisions. (Reflective Model Used) This paper
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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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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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Theoretical knowledge Our community intervention followed the guidelines of two models of community work to facilitate a more organized and informed approach for making our intervention at the Bless the Children Home orphanage practicable. The Community Education model and the Community Development model we found applicable to our community intervention. In addition to these two models we also employed our education of cultural awareness to help us to be more useful to the children in the orphanage
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important.” from (Ch.7) to discuss how attending to human diversity is critical in the practices of community psychology. In your answer‚ be sure to address cultural competence‚ collaboration‚ and cultural appropriateness of community programs. Diversity can be defined as a combination of people from different ethnicities‚ languages‚ races‚ nations‚ sexes‚ religions to form a community. So‚ human diversity is a type of interaction with each other daily at some point
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and Participation for Communities of Practice A Paper Presented To Allen Stout In partial fulfillment of the requirement of MGMT 300‚ Management Practicum University of La Verne College of Business and Public Management S Tinsley La Verne‚ California October 30‚ 2012 Introduction A community of practice (CoP) is‚ according to cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger‚ a group of people who share a craft and/or a profession. The community may evolve naturally
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