Critical Thinking and Nursing (Penny Heaslip‚ 1993‚ Revised 2008 Thompson Rivers University‚ Box 3010‚ 900 McGill Road‚ Kamloops‚ BC Canada‚ V2C 5N3 pheaslip@tru.ca ) To become a professional nurse requires that you learn to think like a nurse. What makes the thinking of a nurse different from a doctor‚ a dentist or an engineer? It is how we view the client and the type of problems we deal with in practice when we engage in client care. To think like a nurse requires that we learn the content
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Vbg Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Article in Press‚ Corrected Proof - Note to users http://www.sciencedirect.com/science doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2011.01.001 | How to Cite or Link Using DOI Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved. | Permissions & Reprints | Original article The experiences of patients and their families of visiting whilst in an intensive care unit – A hermeneutic interview study References and further reading may be available for this article
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Mapping Psychiatric Nursing Skills Mapping Psychiatric Nursing Skills Merriam-Webster Dictionary (2012) defines escalation as “An increase in extent‚ volume‚ number‚ amount‚ intensity‚ or scope.” (Escalate‚ para. 1) Escalation is commonly used to describe the behaviors of psychiatric patients as they become increasingly agitated. Delaney and Johnson (2007) describe escalation as “a linear trajectory of behavioral eruption beginning with agitation and proceeding until the patient is out
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Reflecting back on all the different situations I have been involved with or experiences I have witnessed‚ there are many amazing moments I can remember‚ but there are also equally as many‚ if not more‚ challenging circumstances and obstacles as well. A common denominator in almost all of these different reflections of the past is TRUST. This word has a different meaning to everyone and effects people differently in the way it guides or directs them in their everyday situations. It influences how
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This essay sets out to discuss the importance of comprehensive and accurate assessment on a registered nurses’ ability to make excellent clinical decisions. It will examine what factors can change a nurses’ capability to be aware of‚ and act on abnormal assessment findings. As well as assessment being part of the nursing process that is used in every day nursing‚ it is also a critical part of patient safety (Higgins‚ 2008). Assessment findings are used to determine what needs to be done for the
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Introduction It is widely accepted that clinical interviewing is the fundamental diagnostic tool in psychiatry. Indeed‚ Schreiber states that “the psychiatric interview is the essential vehicle for assessment of the psychiatric patient.” Unlike other areas of medicine‚ psychiatry lacks external validating criteria‚ such as lab tests or imaging‚ to help confirm or exclude diagnoses. With the clinician’s diagnosis and subsequent treatment plan being determined by the clinical data obtained from the
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Critical Analysis of a Personal Experience in Nursing Susan Main 66819440 Faculty of Nursing University of Manitoba November 17‚ 2010 NURS 3430 Ruth Dean Nurses must think critically when making decisions in their daily practice to provide effective care in our health care environment. Critical thinking begins by asking questions about any situation. In this paper I will describe my most memorable experience in nursing and then I will conduct a critical thinking analysis using the “IDEALS”
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Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Standards of Practice and Professional Performance Brandy Basey‚ LPN Standard I: Assessment The Psychiatric Mental Health RN collects health data that is pertinent to the patients health or situation. This information consists of objective/subjective information. Standard II: Diagnosis The Psychiatric Mental Health RN analyses the data obtained to determine a diagnosis or problem; including the level of risk. Standard III: Outcomes Identification The
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Macomb Hospital In nursing school‚ we as students learn that critical thinking is an essential component in providing quality nursing care. According to Bittner and Tobin critical thinking is defined as being “influenced by knowledge and experience‚ using strategies such as reflective thinking as a part of learning to identify the issues and opportunities‚ and holistically synthesize the information in nursing practice” and we as nursing students learn this each and every day
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Critical Incident Case Study & Recommendation Steven Kim SPE514 January 7‚ 2013 Prof. S. Lockwood Critical Incident Case Study * The purpose of this case study is to analyze and provide recommendations based on information presented in our Critical Incident scenario. In the scenario‚ Mr. Laird‚ a sixth-grade teacher‚ is to map a plan of action to accommodate for a new student in his class with epilepsy (Gollnick & Chin‚ 1988). To assist Mr. Laird in formulating a plan‚ I would remind
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