on Advanced Practice Nursing ABSTRACT: The need for continuing education in nursing has been accentuated in response to rapidly changing health care environment. Expanding knowledge by pursuing higher education allows nurses to enlarge one’s practice. Furthermore‚ higher education in nursing has been shown that a nurse’s level of education can become a critical factor to the patient-centered quality of care. This essay describes increased demand for higher education in nursing and emphasizes
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Nursing Theory In Practice Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 501: Theoretical Basis of Advance Practice September 25‚ 2011 Introduction Imogene King was the developer of both a Conceptual Framework and a Goal Attainment theory. The Goal Attainment theory is a middle-range theory that originated from the Conceptual System. The primary concepts of Goal Attainment theory are perception‚ communication‚ interaction‚ self role‚ grow and development‚ stress‚ and time and space
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Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing A GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION Suzanne C. Beyea‚ RN‚ PhD‚ FAAN Mary Jo Slattery‚ RN‚ MS Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v About the authors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii Chapter 1: What is evidence-based practice? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The field of nursing is always improving and evolving. It is progressively moving forward as new information and research fuel our ability to provide proper patient care. In fact‚ I have seen the field change and develop in more ways than I can shake a stick. One of the most profound differences came with the inundation of technology and the connectivity of the internet. Never before has the patient been able to access so much information at their fingertips‚ or have medical professionals had such
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Nursing Practice Act Being a former nursing student in the state of Pennsylvania I have had the Nursing Practice Act of Pennsylvania. Before this assignment I knew little of the Pennsylvania laws and absolutely none of the state of Florida. Every state has their set of laws‚ which is referred to the Nursing Practice Act. Every nursing student must have a copy. The nursing practice act ensures that anyone practicing does not fall below the minimum competency and does not present danger to the public
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“Advanced nursing practice is the deliberative diagnosis and treatment of a full range of human responses to actual or potential health problems.” (Calkin‚ 1984). Advanced nurse practitioners attempt to maximize the use of knowledge and skills and improve the delivery of nursing and health care services. The field of advanced nursing practice differs from basic practice as the former requires clinical specialization at the master’s level. At this level‚ nurses become expert practitioners whose work
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“Reflection is not just a thoughtful practice‚ but a learning experience”. (Jarvis 1992) This is a reflection on an incident that occurred during a shift on the labour ward. I have chosen Gibbs model of reflection (1988) to guide my reflective process. (Gibbs 1998) (Appendix I). Gibbs model (1998) goes through six important points to aid the reflective process‚ including description of incident‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and finally action plan. The advantage of Gibbs’s six-stage
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Professional Nursing Practice: Craven and Hirnle‚ (2009) suggest that in general professions have a knowledge base and a collection of skills and values that distinguish one from another. Knowledge base‚ power and authority over training and education‚ registration‚ altruistic service‚ a code of ethics‚ lengthy socialisation and autonomy are the seven qualities that have been recognized as being the characteristics of a profession (McEwen & Wills‚ 2007).The question of whether nursing is a profession
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Diabetes Foot Ulcer Study Nursing practice is always changing with new research findings. Nurses have to use current evidence-based practice methods available to ensure that the patients receive quality care through best practices. This research paper will review a growing problem in today’s healthcare field that needs to be addressed: Diabetic foot ulcers. To ensure quality patient care‚ current evidence based research has to be an important part of this process. With every new research proposal
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evidence-based practice (EBP)‚ and research. The article mentions that QI and EBP have different historical origins. QI was developed in the business community and EBP was developed in the medical community. Early nursing research has been attributed to Florence Nightingale. The terms have been combined to form the base of nursing practice and are all interrelated. The article explains that QI‚ EBP‚ and Research are like three legs of a stool with the seat being nursing practice. Without any
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