Paradigms in Nursing Christian Bernard T. Uy Athabasca University Abstract All nurses strive to provide the highest quality standard of care to all patients. Each one bases their practice to what theory they think and believe is right and most appropriate. This paper explained the definition of the three major paradigms and how they had contributed in everyday nursing practice by providing clinical experiences. Keywords: empirical methods‚ interpretive methods‚ critical methods‚ nursing science
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In every nurse ’s career‚ the nurse is faced with many legal or ethical dilemmas. Nurses are accountable and responsible for their own morals‚ decisions and behaviors. Nurses are accountable for judgments made and actions taken in the course of nursing practice‚ irrespective of healthcare organizations policies or providers ’ directives‚ which may not always be in the best interest of the patient. It is a nurses’ obligation to decide what is in the best interest of the patient. Using the Josephson
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Professionalism What is professionalism? The nursing profession began with a genuine desire to serve and care for others‚ combined with compassion‚ commitment and professionalism. Professionalism‚ as defined by Webster’s Dictionary‚ is “the conduct‚ aims‚ or qualities that characterize or mark a profession or a professional person.” Professionalism is the competence or skill expected of a professional. A professional is a person who engages in a specific occupation or activity. A professional
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PRIMARY NURSING CARE PLAN 15. Client Information Sheet Student name: _Scott Watson_ Clinical Date: _02/20/07_ * Reminder: Do not remove the patient care summary or other documents from the hospital! Room/Bed Age: Gender: Marital Status: 632A 60 F Married Admit Date: 2/17/07
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The nursing metaparadigm is a group of statements that identifies phenomena and incorporates philosophical assumptions that guide the development of nursing theory (Fawcett‚ 1984). Nursing scholars have historically agreed that the central concepts of the nursing metaparadigm include person‚ health‚ environment and nursing. Recently‚ the inclusion of a fifth concept‚ social justice‚ has been discussed in the literature as part of the metaparadigm. This paper will outline the meaning of these five
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00001 1 Chapter c0001 1 Nursing knowledge and practice Maggie Mallik‚ Carol Hall and David Howard KEY ISSUES s0005 u0190 u0195 u0200 u0205 s0010 u0210 u0215 u0220 u0225 u0230 u0235 u0240 s0015 u0245 u0250 u0255 s0020 u0260 u0265 INTRODUCTION SUBJECT KNOWLEDGE l Definitions‚ theories and models of nursing l Role and image of the nurse l People as recipients of nursing care l Contexts for delivering nursing care Nursing care is provided for people with
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aspect of Patient’s autonomy involves giving or withholding his consent about treatment. This paper takes into account ‘consent’ as the aspect of law regarding nursing. Consent is defined by NHS Choices (2010) as: "the principle that a person must give their permission before they receive any type of medical treatment.”1 Under the Nursing and Midwifery Council (hereafter NMC) code of conduct (enforced in May‚ 2008) the patient can either extend or withdraw his consent regarding treatment after which
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Philosophy of nursing occurs in four domains: person‚ health/illness‚ environment‚ and nurse. This writer intends to explore and explain philosophy in nursing in all four of these areas. The earliest theorist‚ Florence Nightingale‚ identified the main concerns of nurses to be the person‚ the environment‚ and the relationship between them (Williams&Wilkins‚ 2008). The idea of the nurses’ main concern to be on the person and the environment and the relationship between the two has shaped this students
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is increased‚ quality of care will also be increased. Nursing involvement in the development of CMS is extremely important. The ratio of nurses to any other hospital staff using the system is much greater‚ thus nursing should have the biggest influence on planning and use. Nursing staff is well aware of any faults with paper records as many hours are spent on clinical documentation and not on patient care (Rein‚ 2011‚ para. 3). Nursing staff is also on the ‘frontline’ listening to the complaints
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Nursing Home Administrator HCS/320 December 6‚ 2012 Kirby-Bass Nursing Home Administrator Great communication in any type of health care facility is crucial. It is the level of communication that determines the outcome for the patients of the practice. Whether that outcome is good or bad‚ it is in the facilities hands. As a nursing home administrator‚ it is their job to ensure every policy and rule is regulated to its full potential. They also have the responsibility of informing any and
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