illustrated as the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to approach a state of optimal health (Edelman‚ Kudzma‚ & Mandle‚ 2014). It is also stated that health promotion is the practice of promoting health to enhance the probability that person‚ private‚ and public support of positive health practices will become a societal norm (Edelman‚ Kudzma‚ & Mandle‚ 2014). Nurses are pivotal healthcare professionals who guide health decisions by persons‚ communities‚ and families toward health promotion
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knowledge that a nurse practitioner must know today doubles every three years.” (Densen‚ 2011) Nursing practice is changing. With access to a search engine‚ patients are taking their healthcare into their own hands and keeping us responsible for staying up to date on evidence based practice. As nurses‚ we must be at the forefront of research to provide the best patient care. After I have earned my degree‚ I plan on improving evidence based practice so that nurses can incorporate cutting-edge patient care
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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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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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EBP:Definition & Explanation As I go through my research regarding evidence-based practice and its importance to my profession‚ I came to encounter different authors who had stated numerous definitions and explanations for the term. One definition that succinctly captures the essence of evidence-based practice (EBP) is that of Ingersoll’s (2000). She defines EBP as‚ “the conscientious‚ explicit‚ and judicious use of a theory-derived‚ research-based information in making decisions about care delivery
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These are the process for the developing nursing standards of practice Standard 1: Assessment: The registered nurse collects comprehensive data about patient’s health. Standard 2: Diagnoses: The registered nurses analyze the assessment data to determine the diagnoses or the issues. Standard 3: Outcome identification: The registered nurse identifies the expected outcomes for the patient’s plan of care. Standard 4: Planning: The registered nurse develops the plan that authorizes strategies and
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This is why is it important for nurses to “Integrate current evidence-based practices and critical thinking techniques to develop the patient’s plan of care” (Ivy Tech Community College‚ 2016). Since the most important jobs of a nurse involve patient care‚ nurses must able to keep up to date in what the best practices for patient care are. In light of this‚ most of the healthcare field now requires evidence-based practice‚ which combines the nurses experience with research to plan quality care (Hain
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HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE Nursing Role and Responsibilities In health Promotion 7 January 2012 Nursing Roles and Responsibilities in Health Promotion Health promotion has become priority issues and future directions for health professions from a world perspective. By focusing on individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and the environments in which people live‚ work‚ and play the health care professionals today are vital links for promoting national and international health. Nurses
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Shannon September 25‚ 2013 Internationally the concept of specialized expert or advanced nursing is not new and can be identified as early as the 19th century in the United States Civil War. (Hamric et al.‚ 2005; Jacobs 2007). Advanced nursing practice‚ however‚ became definitively established in the USA in the 1970’s through advances in educational preparation and clinical practice roles for both the CNS and NP (Harmic et al.). The present-day CNS role is also established in Australia
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Clinical practice issue Introduction Medical Statistics reveal that the number of deaths has increased over the years because of lack of critical care by nurses depending on the condition of a patient. Patients admitted to the Intensive care unit sometimes lack the proper care and treatment to allow for quality treatment in the care units. The clinical practice issue‚ in this case‚ entails the provision of critical nursing services within non-traditional care sites as an advancement of patient monitoring
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