Nursing 701: Theoretical Perspectives of the Discipline Quality of Life: A Concept Analysis Kayla L. Chesley North Dakota State University Instructor: Norma Kiser-Larson Introduction What does quality of life mean? How would a person define the concept of quality of life? Philosophers have studied questions similar to these in the aspect of what constitutes a “good” life for hundreds of years. There really is no certain date to the origin of quality of life as a specific term. In the years
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1 Concept Analysis: Quality of Life Metropolitan State University Nursing 601 October 18‚ 2010 Running Head: QUALITY OF LIFE 2 Concept Introduction The term “quality of life” is used frequently in health care and in nursing practice. However‚ this term is not very well defined and perceptions
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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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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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Since graduating from Pittsburgh Technical Institute in January 2015‚ I have been working at a nursing home and recently a hospital to help build my experiences in the nursing field. I have also been studying for the NCLEX. Unfortunately I have failed the test twice already‚ but this will not stop me from pursuing my dreams of becoming a labor and delivery nurse. I know that I have to study three times as hard as other students and I will not let a minor road block stop me from reaching all of my
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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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the individuals interested in my topic‚ so far I am trying to organize the information I want them to see first when the open up the booklet. I have the information I want to introduce them to‚ such as the other types of communication and how the nursing community functions as a central component to communication for them to gain knowledge on. The key to explaining my information to them clearly depends on how I organize the information in the booklet. I want there to be enough space and visual stimulation
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I see nursing informatics as a specialty title to health care informatics. Informatics is dealing with information‚ computerized information and telecommunications. Nursing informatics deals with these also but how they impact patient care. Nurses in to days world are almost all familiar with some sort of nursing informatics such as a computerized medication system or charting systems as well as discharge instructions or patient education. Every nurse at my facility uses the computer‚ internet
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nurse what he/she may go through each shift fascinates me‚ as my nan work as an A/E nurse I love hearing about what kinds of things she has to deal with and the amount of people that respects her makes me extremely proud and sparked my interest in nursing the amount of people she has helped is amazing and I would love to follow in her shoes and help others as she has. Also having already done work experience within a busy hospital on a maternity ward I get an idea of what is expected and the conduct
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