Case Study: New Hampshire Board Of Nursing

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As a nurse at The Cancer Center at St. Joseph Hospital I am committed to the safety and

well-being of the patients I care for. In doing so I maintain my licensure, specialty certification, and continuing education credits. I will explain how the New Hampshire Board of Nursing, the

Oncology Nurses Society, the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, Kristen M. Swanson’s (1999) middle range Theory of Caring and Florence Nightingale influence

or influenced my nursing career.
Functional Differences

There are functional differences between the New Hampshire Board of Nursing

(NHBON) and the Oncology Nurses Society, (ONS). NHBON protects
Nursing Theory

A theory that has influenced my nursing practice is Kristen M Swanson’s (1991) middle

range Theory of Caring.

Theory in Professional Practice

Kristin M. Swanson’s (Swanson 1991) middle range Theory of caring defines caring as

“a nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of

commitment and responsibility” is part of the mission of my hospital. There are five patterns she

describes, maintaining belief, knowing, being with, doing for, and enabling I use to help my

patients achieve their goal for good health and well-being. Every day that I work I incorporate this theory into my daily care with patients. The theory gives me the direction to seek to and

understand the patient’s life and meanings and then to apply my skills and knowledge to better care for the patient. I am an active listener and make the patient feel important as I get to know the patient. I listen to their pain and side effects and communicate with the doctor to help

minimize their symptoms. I enable the patient by educating and informing them on
“Nightingale introduced principles of asepsis and infection control, a system for transcribing physicians’ orders, and a procedure to maintain patient records” (Cherry, 2011”). Every day I

strive to maintain sterile fields when accessing ports, properly preparing sites for intravenous

insertions and strict hand washing are only some of what I do to help prevent infection. I refer

to doctor’s orders prior to every administration of medication I give to a patient and if I feel there is a discrepancy I discuss it with the doctor prior to administering the medication. I provide

accurate documentation for every patient in a timely manner. My documentation has progressed from written notes on paper to using electronic medical records. With the use of electronic medical records it has become easier to track statistics as it enables the use of running reports.

Scenario

The principles of justice and autonomy I use frequently. “Autonomy, the principle of

respect for a person” (Cherry, 2011) Working as an oncology nurse I meet patients that are