EVIDENCE PRACTICE IFEOMA DIMKPA‚ RN/BSN BRADLEY UNIVERSITY Introduction Pressure ulcer is simply a compromise to skin integrity. It is caused by immobility‚ poor nutrition‚ poor circulation and even little things like creases from the bed sheet. The issue of pressure ulcer in the elderly especially in long term facility is a growing concern because it could lead to infection‚ discomfort and even depression. This leads me to my research question: In patients admitted in a skilled Nursing facility
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The field of nursing is always improving and evolving. It is progressively moving forward as new information and research fuel our ability to provide proper patient care. In fact‚ I have seen the field change and develop in more ways than I can shake a stick. One of the most profound differences came with the inundation of technology and the connectivity of the internet. Never before has the patient been able to access so much information at their fingertips‚ or have medical professionals had such
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Scope of Practice In order to work within one’s scope of practice‚ there are a few standards and parameters that must be met. Also‚ there is a great deal of responsibility‚ since you are dealing with the lives of others. In order to be able to work within a certain scope of practice‚ there are usually three metrics that determine a professional’s scope: level of education‚ legislature‚ and the specific facility (Garrett‚ 2016). For example‚ someone who goes to school for nursing will be limited
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Friese‚ Christopher. "Nurse Practice Environments and Outcomes: Implications for Oncology Nursing."Oncology Nursing Forum. 32.4 (2005): n. page. Web. 1 Oct. 2012. Christopher Friese‚ a research assistant at the University of Pennsylvania‚ in his 2005 article‚ Nursing Practice Environments and Outcomes: Implications for Oncology Nursing asserts that nurses who work in hospitals with better training facilities have a lower rate of anxiety and also a lower burnout rate than those who work with worse
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Nursing as a professional discipline places the greatest demands specific to the development and refinement of the caring concept for nursing. By exploring the caring concept‚ within the boundaries of professional nursing practice‚ both the capabilities and constraints of caring relative to nursing‚ can be identified (Kaur‚ Sambasivan‚ Kumar‚ 2015). For nurses‚ caring behaviors enhance feelings of self-accomplishment and well-being and enable them to better know their patients’ perceptions and thus
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Leadership in Advanced Practice Nursing Roxanne Raya South University Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse NSG 5000 Dr. Diane Anderson August 17‚ 2013 Leadership Styles in Advanced Practice Nursing According to the leadership quiz I am a participative leader‚ which is the type of leadership that that takes into account the input of other group members‚ but the leader at the end still have the final decision (Lewin‚ n.d.). Participative leadership is a method of guiding people based on democratic
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Since the nursing practice begun‚ there have been many issues affecting this practice some of the issues are negative while others are positive. Current issues provide opportunities for debates about matters affecting nurses currently. The current issues help in providing forums to examine the contradicting views on the demands and difficulties that the nursing field is facing which affect the delivery of healthcare. The debating of current critical issues encourages independent thinking whereby
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Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Jenny Curie Grand Canyon University NRS-429V March 15‚ 2013 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Over the last decade an increase in focus on health promotion and the critical role nurses play in its future have developed. Nurses over the years have been linked to their success in patient education and providing resources for optimal health care outcomes. Formerly the emphasis in nursing practice has been in the capacity of caring for those that are
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Evidence Based Nursing Practice Shallie V Witt‚ RN‚ COHN Submitted to Jo Ann Wegmann‚ RN‚ PhD. in partial fulfillment of NR 460R Evidenced Based Practice Regis University 12/6/10 Evidence Based Nursing Practice The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of Evidence Based Research (EBR) on nursing practice. Included in the review will be research examples as related to the author’s field of practice in occupational health‚ both qualitative and quantitative. Also reviewed will be
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Research: Its Significance to Nursing Practice I guess the greatest reason (I could think) why we are studying Research today is that someday as a Nursing Practitioner we are not only going to stare at the walls of our hospitals and scratch the bottom of our multi-colored (red‚ blue‚ black and green) pen in our heads whenever there are significant problems happening around our future working environment‚ those problems that are causing bad effects to our profession and to the kind of care we will
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