Nursing informatics‚ an essential skill for nurses as healthcare providers. Nursing informatics is the combination of sciences inclusive of computer‚ nursing and information intended to aid in the effective management and processing of nursing data‚ information and knowledge which supports nursing practice in providing nursing care. (Graves & Corcoran‚ 1989). As the nursing profession continue to evolve in a technology advanced environment‚ the need for informatics competency is deemed vital in order
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Nursing pillow and its use in breast-feeding When breastfeeding a mother nursing pillow can be placed around the waist and use it for convenient positioning of the baby at the breast. When breastfeeding baby should be given to mother always placed in the position of the belly to belly on breastfeeding pillow baby must not lie on the back side to my mother‚ then it can not effectively enough to suck breast milk . Nursing pillow can also serve not to lay babies‚ but to support and back the hands
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I choose nursing as my career path because I want an honest career where I can help others. My desire to help others in need comes from watching my sickly grandmother health deteriorate before my eyes and not being able to help her. I was one of my grandmothers care takers‚ for a whole year I watched my grandmother suffer. I watched a scab go to a stage four decubiti’s ulcer‚ in less than two weeks all because she was not changed positions every two hours and proper cleaning techniques was not used
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of nursing. I am glad to have made it this far where I can finally put my skills‚ knowledge and compassion into practice as a Practical Nurse. In being a Practical Nurse‚ it requires for one to practice within state regulations such as the Nurse’s Practice Act and follow definite guidelines mandated by the Arizona State Board of Nursing. A Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) has many options in employment after passing the NCLEX-PN exam. Practical Nurses can work in places such as skilled nursing facilities
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Nursing school was never meant to be easy. Being accepted to the program was already a challenge and long journey that requires patience‚ perseverance‚ and knowledge. The moment I received that acceptance letter to the nursing program‚ mixed emotions filled my mind and soul. I asked myself a question‚ “Am I physically‚ psychologically‚ and spiritually ready for this?” Funny that I worked hard to get into the program‚ but then question myself afterwards. First day of nursing school was very overwhelming
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Quantitative Research Critique Cathleen Atkins Grand Canyon University NRS 433V Linda Permoda March 24‚ 2013 Quantitative Research Critique Title of Article The title of the article being critiqued is “The impact of workload on hygiene compliance in nursing”‚ which was published in the British Journal of Nursing (Knoll‚ Lautenschlaeger‚ & Borneff-Lipp‚ 2010). Authors There are three authors for this quantitative research study. Martin Knoll is the HTW of Saarland‚ Clinical Nursing Research
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Nursing Research Introduction * The ability to conduct research is becoming an ever important skill. The ultimate purpose of nursing is to provide high-quality patient care. Clinical practice without research is practice based on tradition without validation. Research is needed to evaluate the effectiveness of nursing treatment modalities‚ to determine the impact of nursing care on the health of the patients or to test out theory. Nursing practice is undergoing tremendous changes and challenges
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Running head: Qualitative Research Critique Qualitative Research Critique: Retrospective Perception of Difficult Communication Wene Mawalla Brock University The article “Patient Real time and 12 month retrospective perception of difficult communication in the cancer diagnostic period” is written by Throne‚ S.‚ Armstrong‚ E.‚ Harris‚ S.R.‚ Hislop‚ G.‚ Kim-Sing‚ C.‚ Oglov‚ J.L.‚ Oliffe‚ J.L.‚ & Stajduhar‚ K.L. through a naturalist setting. This article will attempt to give a systematic
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Assignment 2 Liberty University What is a research hypothesis? Define directional‚ nondirectional‚ and statistical/null hypothesis statements. A research hypothesis is a statement about two variables‚ independent and dependent‚ and their relationship with an expected outcome based on the research question which‚ if directional‚ will state the expected direction of the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. If the research hypothesis is nondirectional it will not state
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Abstract This paper will review and critique Hess’s quantitative study of vascular access improvement in pediatric population by using a vein viewing device. The author utilized a prospective‚ non-randomized study at a tertiary care center. The sample of the study included 150 procedures in the control group and 91 procedures in the experimental group from the ages 0 to 17 years. The primary aim of the study was to increase the first-attempt success rate of venipuncture and decrease procedure
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