Lucia Davies Fadiga PSY 1010 LE 01 October 11th‚ 2011 Final Project Hill I Use Psychology In My Nursing Career and In My Life I grew up without my parents as a child from a third world country where not only health conditions but economic conditions‚ educational and social welfare of life in general is less favorable and adverse to some extent. My aunt raised me up when she stepped in to take the role of my mother from childhood upwards. She has been an adult critical care nurse
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Nursing theory is an important part of today’s nursing practice. Theory is important to the profession of nursing as it lays the framework in which nurses base their care and knowledge upon. Nursing theories give us the answers to back up the reason why we do things the way we do. According to Smith and Parker (2015)‚ theories are mental patterns or frameworks created to help understand and create meaning from our experience‚ organize and articulate our knowing‚ and ask questions leading to new
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fall or nasty injury? Is the stuffy‚ overcrowded nursing home they stuck you in driving you crazy? Are you worried you will have a tough time adjusting when you get discharged? To avoid problems with the post-nursing home transition‚ it is important to have a plan in place. With that in mind‚ here are 7 tips from the New York in-home senior care experts at ElderChoice. Make A Plan: If you’re getting released in a wheelchair but three steps stand between you and the living room‚ you need to think the
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Nursing Essay: Sample Reflecting on one’s Communication Skills Introduction Nursing students can enhance their learning through reflection that is‚ reflecting on a situation that involves nursing care (Parker 2006‚ p.115). In line with this thought‚ I shall reflect on an experience and discuss the communication skills I used or should have used during the patient encounter. I will use the three what model based on the work of Borton (1970) and Boud (1985) to help structure my reflection. Before
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Vosko Professional Paper There is a broad education gap among nurses‚ ranging from the diploma of nursing program‚ all the way to Bachelor of Science in Nursing. This gap has created numerous viewpoints on the role and definition of the professional nurse. Nurses face the challenge of overcoming these different views and definitions among the healthcare team daily; however‚ nurses share a common goal with all members of the health care team. This common goal‚ achieved through collaboration‚ is
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25). In this essay‚ Nightingale’s theory‚ contribution to research‚ and nursing development will be explained‚ which includes Nightingale’s paradigm. The Historical Development of Nursing – A Timeline Wars are an important aspect in the evolution and development of nursing. In 1854‚ Florence Nightingale‚ viewed as the mother of modern nursing‚ went to the front of the Crimean War (George‚ 2011‚ p. 48). Nightingale approached nursing
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Identifying a Practice Problem in Need of Improvement Suicide prevention amongst incarcerated inmates is a measurable patient-centered practice problem that I will address in my capstone paper. According to Nursing World (2015)‚ suicide rates within the correction facilities is the 3rd leading cause of death in the United Stated prisons‚ exceeding natural deaths and AIDS. It is estimated that at least one suicide attempt occurs every three seconds with one actual death every four minutes (American
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Private Duty Nursing: Benefits of Care at Home The primary benefit of receiving care at home is just what it sounds like: your senior loved one get to receive their care in the privacy and comfort of their own home. Research suggests that in home care not only reduces stress and anxiety‚ but when seniors are recovering from an illness‚ injury‚ or surgical procedure‚ they heal more quickly and are readmitted to the hospital less frequently as well. Sometimes‚ standard home care services (bathing
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Differences in Competencies between Baccalaureate and Associate degree levels in Nursing October‚ 28 2012 A Registered nurse is a healthcare professional who artfully delivers care with compassion‚ caring and respecting a client’s dignity. Nurses play the role of caregiver‚ to help clients regain health and achieve optimal level of independent function through the healing process. They use the nursing process measures and critical thinking skills together with other employees of healthcare‚ to
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Introduction In this essay my aim is to describe and discuss my own Filipino cultural background and how it might influence my nursing practice. Culture is our way of living (Wepa‚ 2005). It is also shaped by our values‚ beliefs‚ norms‚ and practices that are shared by members of the same cultural group (Giger & Davidhizar‚ 1995). I will be discussing some of the values and traits that we Filipinos have in common such as pagmamano and po at opo or gestures that show respect to our elders‚ kagandahang
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