reflection on how the module content and associated practice experience has contributed to the student’s development as a nurse. This essay is a discussion on how the module content and practice experience has contributed to personal development as a nurse. Therefore it will focus on firstly the concept of individualised care and its relevance to nursing assessment and care delivery‚ secondly the ethical and professional issues that impact nursing such as confidentiality‚ consent and dignity. The
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Nursing Diagnosis 1. Acute pain R/T: inflammation and obstruction of the gallbladder AEB: patient verbalizes abdominal pain of 7/10‚ grimaces‚ rubs his stomach‚ BP 158/79‚ T990F 2. Deficient knowledge R/T: lack of knowledge about the importance of incentive spirometer AEB: patient says that he does not know how to use and needs to know more about its importance. 3. Risk for deficient fluid volume R/T: restricted intake 4. Risk for imbalanced nutrition less than body requirement R/T: impaired
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case gave me the experience of providing care for a patient diagnosed with sickle cell. Initiallly‚ I was unsure on which pain medications to give being that she had orders for acetaminiophen‚ ibuprophen and morphine. I decided to stck with the morphine after retrying since her pain level was severe. Describe the actions you felt went well in this scenario. I felt my initial nursing actions were outstanding when entering the patient’s room. Vitals signs and comfort measures were appropriately provided
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Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan for Pain Response NURS 4005 Section 04‚ Topics in Clinical Nursing 09/21/2014 Dashboard Analysis and Nursing Plan for Pain Response In information technology‚ a dashboard is a user interface that‚ somewhat resembles an automobile’s dashboard‚ organizing and presenting information in a way that is easy to read. Healthcare dashboards are designed to show the performance of key activities that directly or indirectly impact patient satisfaction
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Nursing Practice Act Being a former nursing student in the state of Pennsylvania I have had the Nursing Practice Act of Pennsylvania. Before this assignment I knew little of the Pennsylvania laws and absolutely none of the state of Florida. Every state has their set of laws‚ which is referred to the Nursing Practice Act. Every nursing student must have a copy. The nursing practice act ensures that anyone practicing does not fall below the minimum competency and does not present danger to the public
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about the scope of nursing practice. The scope of nursing is defined by each individual state with the help of the American Nurses Association. The purpose of this posting is to define the scope of nursing practice by the Ohio Board of Nursing and the American Nurses Association. The American Nurses Association states that the scope of nursing practice must answer the questions of “who‚” “what‚” “where‚” “when‚” ““why‚” and “how” to describe its complete picture‚ complex practice‚ and ever-changing
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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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Professional Nursing Practice: Craven and Hirnle‚ (2009) suggest that in general professions have a knowledge base and a collection of skills and values that distinguish one from another. Knowledge base‚ power and authority over training and education‚ registration‚ altruistic service‚ a code of ethics‚ lengthy socialisation and autonomy are the seven qualities that have been recognized as being the characteristics of a profession (McEwen & Wills‚ 2007).The question of whether nursing is a profession
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Advanced practice nurses are expected to practice with competence skills throughout their careers. Hamric’s Model of Advanced Nursing Practice identifies several core competencies‚ these competencies require that APNs utilize a depth and breadth of knowledge‚ skill and judgment that allow them to safely practice and competently adapt to changes in the health care environment. The two competencies that I opted to enlist in my practice are leadership and consultation. I believe these two competencies
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assessment with a learner‚ whilst critically evaluating my practice‚ using professional standards and current theory and literature to illustrate how I have developed as a mentor and educator in practice. For the purpose of this assignment‚ the key aspect I will be focusing on will be standard 4 – creating an environment for learning‚ from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) Standards to support learning and assessment in practice: mentors. Throughout this assignment‚ I will incorporate the
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