INITIAL POST Critical Thinking and Clinical Competency The professional advancement for nurses is a lifelong process that can be achieved through continuous education and efficient clinical development. The primary objective of nurses’ professional development is to sustain clinical competency to enhance patients’ care outcomes. The nurses’ responsibility is to maintain professional standards and knowledge to be able to implement highest levels of medical services to patients and members
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Theory and Conceptual Models Nursing theories and conceptual models are the groundwork for nursing research and is an illustration of nursing knowledge. Nurses use conceptual models and theories in their practice and continued research‚ which allows for constant growth and development‚ along with better patient care and outcomes (Kearney-Nunery‚ 2014‚ p.34) “The conceptual models and theories of nursing represent various paradigms derived from the metaparadigm of the discipline of nursing” (Masters
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Change and Nursing Theory The change theory that would work well with implementing a nurse residency program would be Lippitt’s Theory of Change. This change theory goes through a step by step process with the ultimate goal of providing actions that are gear towards the overall outcome of the patient. The first step is to diagnose the problem which in this case is retaining new graduate nurses after one year. Learning about why nurses are leaving after the first year would be beneficial. If people
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Pender Nursing Theory Nola Pender‚ former professor of nursing at the University of Michigan‚ has developed a rational-choice model of healthcare. This is not really a nursing theory per se‚ but a psychological look at how human beings perceive themselves‚ their health and their ability to change their lifestyles to promote health. As a result of this focus‚ Pender’s model is normally called the "Health Promotion Model" of nursing. Features This model is based on the idea that human beings
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that by developing critical thinking skills nurses had helped to transformed healthcare industry. In order to be a professional nurse‚ nurses are required to learn to think like a nurse. They way a nurse thinks make a great a different between nurses and other healthcare providers. It is how nurses view the patient’s and the type of issue nurses deal with in practice when nurses engage in patient’s care. A nurse requires knowledge from what they had learned in the content of nursing‚ the ideas‚ concepts
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Check Point: Pitfalls to a Presentation March 4‚ 2011 IT/206 Axia College of University of Phoenix Check Point: Pitfalls to a Presentation Based on the article by Fontana (2008)‚ Microsoft has introduced a new prototype for PowerPoint called pptPlex. The motivation behind implementing this plug-in which Microsoft calls a “canvas”‚ is to allow users to put together various elements in a single place‚ then highlight sections using a zoom feature. Microsoft wants
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Change theory is a systematic method of implementing change. It gives a framework‚ or roadmap‚ for change to occur. “Understanding and using a change theory framework can help managers or other change agents to increase the likelihood of success” (Mitchell‚ 2013‚ p. 32). The theories are useful to reduce or minimize challenges that arise during the change process. Change “theory can lead to a better understanding of how change affects the organization‚ identify barriers for successful implementation
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crying babies at once. This was not something I had experienced in the NICU. Heuristics such as trial and error through means-end analysis would help me “make progress towards the goal” of figuring out how to soothe both babies. Problem solving and critical thinking allowed me to ask myself questions to make the situation better. Sometimes the solution was food while other times it was as simple as changing out the toy they were playing with. I just kept trying different options until something worked
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and computer intelligences in our economy and everyday lives. And since the real estate industry is‚ at its core‚ a knowledge industry‚ the emergence of computer intelligences is going to affect all the players in the industry in a variety of ways. Richard Worzel is not only a Chartered Financial Analyst and best-selling author‚ but is Canada’s leading futurist. In this presentation‚ he provides an overview of how these developments‚ plus other tech-related matters‚ will change the industry and
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VOICE FOR NURSING Toward a Mid-Range Theory of Nursing Presence nuf_215 71..82 Michelle A. McMahon‚ MSN‚ RN‚ and Kimberly A. Christopher‚ PhD‚ RN‚ OCN Michelle A. McMahon‚ MSN‚ RN‚ is a Student in the PhD in Nursing Program‚ College of Nursing‚ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth‚ North Dartmouth‚ MA; Kimberly A. Christopher‚ PhD‚ RN‚ OCN‚ is Associate Professor‚ College of Nursing‚ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth‚ North Dartmouth‚ MA. Keywords Nursing presence‚ mid-range theory‚ nurse
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