knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing helps nursing practice today because it shows not only how far we have come in healthcare and nursing but also how important education has been and still is for nurses. Looking back on history and research of practices help us understand why we do some of the things we do today as nurses such as something as simple as washing our hands. It is also amazing how far medical technology has come. Three trends in nursing practice: 1. The training and education
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Introduction The profession of nursing main factor is to improve the health and quality of life. That is geared towards individuals‚ families‚ and communities/ population depending on area of interest. Which allows certain skills and qualities that is required by nurses to be carried out by their roles and responsibilities. The foundation that represents the nursing profession is the conceptual framework pillars of nursing. For example‚ public health nursing to use the philosophical skills and practices
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One Diagnosis‚ A Family Changed Forever My eyes burned with tears that threatened to spill out at any moment. I was determined not to give him the satisfaction of seeing me cry‚ especially not today. I was huddled in the corner of my living room‚ behind the brown dotted chair where my mother told me to hide if I got scared. This was my spot. I could stay here for hours at a time‚ tracing over the colored dots on the chair with each finger‚ studying the pattern‚ feeling the roughness of every dot
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and Sociology An Uneasy Relationship Deidre Wick s Overview ■ ■ ■ Why is nursing often depicted in a negative light? What is the ‘New Nursing’? What are some of the new developments in nursing in Australia and overseas? This chapter examines some of the more recent sociological writings on nursing and discusses them in relation to the practical insights they have to offer for nursing. Recent nursing reforms in Australia and the United Kingdom are analysed to see how these might be
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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 leadership is multifaceted‚ meaning there are several aspects to nursing leadership; Political‚ psychological‚ ethical‚ and educational (Daly‚ Speedy & Jackson‚ 2004). Staff mentoring and education in Nursing is a leadership role‚ whether it is a member of a health care team or as an advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)‚ our purpose is to aid in the development of our profession and guide our fellow nurses to progress into confident‚ competent well-trained practitioners. Nurse mentoring
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Chapter 7 High-Risk Antepartum Nursing Pre-gestational Complications For some women‚ pregnancy represents significant risk because it is superimposed on preexisting illness Cardiovascular Disorders Classifications Risks for woman Risks for newborn Assessment findings Management Nursing actions Cardiovascular Disorders Congenital heart disease is becoming more common as more women are surviving into their reproductive years. Stuff you already know: Normal heart
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Nurses use theory to help guide them in their nursing practice. Paradigms are the way we look at knowledge in a discipline such as nursing (McEwen & Wills‚ 2014). They take into account different values. Grand nursing theories utilize three paradigms: human needs‚ interactive and unitary process. These paradigms take into account the nature of human beings and how they do‚ or do not‚ interact with their environment and health care providers. The human needs paradigm evaluates basic human needs
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information. Currently there is an estimated‚ “80 percent of medical errors are due to communication failure during the handoff process”(Robins & Dai‚ 2015‚ p. 264). The purpose of this quality improvement project is to increase the education of nursing staff in the critical care setting‚ to streamline the delivery of handoffs‚ as well as the implementation of a standardized checklist-based handoff tool that will narrow the gap in communication breaches.
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Understanding Dual Diagnosis: Case Study David For many people who suffer from addiction‚ there is usually a root cause of some sort of mental disorder dual diagnosis or a co-occurring mental health disorder. Having a dual diagnosis or co-occurring mental disorder can lead to many other difficult issues that will make treatment for a client a long process‚ and an understanding of what came first‚ the mental disorder or the addiction disorder (Phillips‚ McKeown & Sandford‚ 2010). Case Study David
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