RUNNING HEAD: NURSING THEORY Nursing Theory: Explanation and Relevance to Nursing Practices Katherine Lott Azusa Pacific University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing UNRS 306 Professor Cone May 20‚ 2009 Merriam Webster defines the word "theory" as "a belief‚ policy‚ or procedure proposed or followed as the basis of action." There are various categories of theories accepted and practiced throughout the world and throughout professional practices today. One example of a type of theory
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Is Nursing a Profession? As I have begun the pursuit to further my education I have been faced with the question of whether Nursing is a true profession. During the 19 years that I have been a nurse I have thought nursing was a profession but as I have learned in my reading not everyone feels this way. For example‚ World Book (1999) states that there are two main groups of nurses‚ the professional nurses and the technique nurses. They define the professional nurses as graduates of four-year or
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A career in nursing allows an individual to seek out many opportunities and identify an area or specialty that they feel corresponds with their personality‚ culture‚ lifestyle and work ethic. The potential occupations for a nurse are limitless. In this discussion‚ the phrase gerontological nurse will be identified and what gerontological nursing means to myself will be described. I will go on to explain my view on why so few students prefer gerontological nursing as a specialty. Finally‚ suggestions
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Nursing is universal in the sense that nurses can be found almost in all countries around the world (Henderson‚ 1978). They are in the hospitals‚ in school clinics‚ in the community centres‚ residential homes and even play major roles in some of the popular soap operas in television. There are even television shows that mainly revolve around nurses and which chronicles what they do at work - both the positive and the negative. It is one of the most visible and easily identifiable occupations as compared
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dilemma‚ the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) (1997) bring a human element to the definition and explain how choices are made with the consideration personal feelings‚ principles‚ beliefs and personal opinion of what is good or bad within a situation (Jones‚ 2007). Nurses are faced with many more ethical problems on a day to day basis within health care environments than ordinary members of the community and the increasing variety of ethical issues that arise within modern nursing practice is why it is essential
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discussion of the important assumptions and concepts of the theories. Florence Nightingale is the most recognized name in the field of nursing. Her work was instrumental for developing modern nursing practice‚ and from her first shift‚ she worked to ensure patients in her care had what they needed to get healthy. Her Environmental Theory changed the face of nursing to create sanitary conditions for patients to get care. Biography of Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was born in 1820 in
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Nursing metaparadigm The American Nursing Association defined nursing as the protection‚ promotion and optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and population(2013 American Nurses Association) I perceive nursing as an act used to guard‚ further the progress‚ and keep health at a fully perfect level. This is achieved by
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Do standardised nursing languages/taxonomies provide evidence of nursings distinctive contribution to patient care? Yes‚ the use of a standardized nursing language for documentation of nursing care is vital both to the nursing profession and to the bedside/direct care nurse {Rutherford 2008}. In a health care environment where nurses are providing more care to more patients‚ Dr. Herdman says a standardized nursing language “provides clarity in communication among all professionals caring for that
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Nursing practice has been transformed from a basic healing and caring concept to a multiple facets of systematic health care collections in an imperative need of rapid changing society over the last century. In order to ensure safe practice of nursing‚ regulation and supervision by legislations serves its purpose. Nurses could obtain nursing regulation information through numerous sources. “National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) is an independent‚ not-for-profit organization through
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My Complete Nursing Philosophy When I consider my what my personal philosophy of nursing is‚ I reflect upon all I have learned thus far about what a holistic approach to healthcare entails‚ as well as several professional nursing values which I consider to be priorities when providing nursing care to my clients. With an emphasis on the mind‚ body and spirit working together as a whole rather than separate parts‚ the holistic approach to nursing provides the framework for my nursing philosophy that
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