Can empowered Nurses Decrease Catheter Associated Urinary Catheter rates? Urinary Catheters are the primary source of infection in hospitalized patients. This Capstone project intends to show that increase knowledge on the importance and the use of a nurse driven protocol‚ which empowers nurses to remove urinary catheters without a physician order based on set guidelines can reduce catheters associated urinary infection (CAUTI) rates. The PICO question was asked and answered. For nurses (P) on 2
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Special Population 1 Southwest Community Health Center has been for the last five years a place of employment where I have had many experiences. The first position I served in was with four girls we worked as receptionists in the Internal Medicine department. Next door to this department was the Behavior Health department. The Internal Medicine department had three
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Key words: high reliability‚ electronic fetal monitor (EFM)‚ category II fetal heart rate (FHR) Huddle Up for Fetal Safety: Strategies to Improve Outcomes In the mid-1990s‚ the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) sponsored a series of workshops to standardize definitions of electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) fetal heart rate (FHR) characteristics. The common language they developed to describe fetal heart rate tracing patterns‚ which
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For this assignment‚ I want to reflect on this section’s class presentations. The theme of the presentations was health care and rehabilitation. I learned about psychiatric nursing‚ crisis intervention‚ medical yoga therapy‚ art therapy and therapeutic animals. In my reflection‚ I will compare and contrast presentations‚ explain what I found interesting and which presentation I liked most. Some new concepts I learned from Dr. Brandy Mechling presentation were‚ nurses have a general scope of practice
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I believe that nursing is a very challenging and demanding career‚ however I feel the rewards would be great and that I am ready to embark on this career. I am eager to pursue a career in which I am able to help and care for people‚ becoming a nurse would allow me to fulfill this ambition. Nursing is a career for dedicated‚ reliable‚ trusting people who are able to develop relationships with patients quickly. I have these skills and I genuinely want to make a difference to people‚ to assist them
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During the early 19th century‚ nurses were not the best qualified‚ nor were they easy to come by. In fact they were either former prison inmates or females that couldn’t find better work elsewhere (Sultz & Young 2014). Having a career as a nurse was nowhere near as reputable as it is today. The treacherous conditions that the hospitals found themselves in during that time played a huge role in these statistics. As time began to change‚ religious orders began to participate in hospitals by offering
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In nursing school we are trained to become patient advocates. Although most patients ensure their needs are being met‚ there are some that do not know how to ask. When patients and their families are thoroughly involved in their care the outcomes are far greater than those that aren’t. When I walk into each clinical I am prepared to see more than just patient care. I prepare myself to see my nurse’s interactions with their patients whether they be positive or negative. I come to clinical ready to
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According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2016)‚ based on the Association of Specialized & Professional Accreditors (ASPA) Code of Good Practice‚ an accrediting organization follows its goals‚ missions‚ objectives‚ and operation in an honest method. An accredited organization also respects institutional independence‚ upholds a comprehensive standpoint as the foundation for decision making‚ emphasizes approval reviews to develop competence and knowledge‚ and has the means to confirm
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Implementing Change despite Resistance Dr. Williams and Class‚ From day one of nursing 101‚ the Professor told the class that “nursing is a continuous lifelong learning process.” In any organization‚ transformation of change must be done through effective communicating with all stakeholders‚ and this is the first step in the planning phase (Chamberlain College of Nursing 2016). Today nurses are better prepared to taken on these challenges and overcome barriers to change. This project change in
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Since the nursing practice begun‚ there have been many issues affecting this practice some of the issues are negative while others are positive. Current issues provide opportunities for debates about matters affecting nurses currently. The current issues help in providing forums to examine the contradicting views on the demands and difficulties that the nursing field is facing which affect the delivery of healthcare. The debating of current critical issues encourages independent thinking whereby
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