Foundations of Nursing Practice module and my first placement experience have assisted in my development as a nurse. The unit where I spent my four weeks is a day surgery centre. Using experiences from the placement I will discuss the concept of individualised care and its relevance to nursing assessments and care delivery. I will also look at the professional and ethical issues that impact on nursing today‚ primarily focusing on the aspect of dignity and obtaining patient consent from the Nursing and Midwifery
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of providing optimum help for a service user (Hornby and Atkins‚ 2000). Goodman and Clemow (2010) explain that collaborative practice is actually based around two ideas. The first is that nurses need to be able to work with other professionals‚ and the second is that they need to be able to work with ‘people’. They go on to explain that the concept of collaborative practice is based on the idea that excellent patient care relies on the expertise of a number of care providers. Day (2006) points out
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Cultural relativism is a process involving the examining and understanding of a culture‚ /different from your own‚ without discrediting their beliefs. Understanding differing cultural beliefs can be acquired by considering functions of practices‚ behaviors‚ symbols‚ traditions‚ and morals within a society. The initial concept of cultural relativism was created to turn people away from ethnocentrism‚ which is the belief that your cultures beliefs are authentic and all other cultures beliefs are
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Reflective Practice Portfolio Q1: Recall a situation in your clinical experiences in which an ethical decision was being made. If you have not been involved in this process yet‚ ask your preceptor to share an experience with you. Be sure only to discuss the situation as a case scenario without use of names of persons involved. Which ethical decision-making principles came into play? What impact did the ANA and/or ICN codes of ethics have on the decision that was made? Answer A 48 year old African-American
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Culture guides our thinking‚ being‚ and becomes a part of who we. Awareness of cultural diversity is important in all levels of nursing because as nurses we recognize the need for respect and acknowledgement of the entirety of all human beings‚ despite race‚ culture‚ ethnicity‚ religion and heritage. In today’s world contemporary health care setting includes both professionals and patients with diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. In such situations‚ professional nurses in order to provide
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Reflect on relevance of this course to nursing practice. Nursing research is the bases of the current and future professional nursing practices. It has multidimensional effect of affluence‚ thus rendering it an essential component of the educational process. To keep up with the cutting edge knowledge and implementation of that knowledge from diverse educational fields‚ Nursing research provides a path of that continuation and progress. Nursing research is a growing field in which individuals within
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The American Academy of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has developed a curriculum of content and expected competencies of graduates from baccalaureate nursing program. These “Nine Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice” were established in 2008 and serves as the guidelines for all AACN approved colleges and universities. These essentials are 1. Liberal education for baccalaureate generalist nursing practice. 2. Basic organizational and systems leadership for quality care
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Running head: CULTURAL COMPETENCE AND TREATMENT OF THE HISPANIC POPULATION Cultural Competence and Treatment of the Hispanic Population Monique D Brown Wellons Walden University Cultural Competence and Treatment of the Hispanic Population In the peer review article “A clinical trial of peer-based culturally responsive person-centered care for psychosis for African Americans and Latinos” by Tondora‚ et al (2010)‚ conducted a test study on African
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The Importance of Confidentiality in Nursing Practice This essay will discuss why confidentiality is important within nursing practice and the reasons why a registered nurse and student nurse are accountable and to whom they are accountable to in relation to patient care. It will further discuss patient’s rights in relation to law. Definition of Confidentiality‚ Bailliere’s Dictionary
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paper of the discipline “Cross Cultural Competence SS 2012” Made by: Brovchenko Ekaterina Dzyuba Stanislav Shushunina Tatiana 2012 Content Summary 1.Targets‚ tasks and problems of research During the last ten years aspects of cross-cultural competence provoke theoretical and practical
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