NURSING INFORMATICS and the Foundation of Knowledge Introduction Nursing informatics is a specialty that integrates nursing science‚ computer science‚ and information science to manage and communicate data‚ information‚ knowledge‚ and wisdom in nursing practice (McGonigle‚ 2009). Most hospitals now utilize computer systems to track patient health information. The purpose of this paper is to show how a computerized system can help the health care
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There are many instances in the recent past that will affect me greatly in my educational pursuits at Colorado Christian University. I am currently employed as a full time nurse and have been for the better part of the last five years. In that time‚ I have worked in several different settings; I’ve worked acute care‚ critical care‚ obstetrics‚ pediatrics‚ emergency care‚ and long term care. No matter what setting I’ve worked‚ I’ve noticed that my personality and faith play a big role in the care
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day‚ being pushed out the way. It made me feel unworthy and stupid. Everybody is getting paired up nurses‚ while I—I just get to stay on the floor and do mediocre work. Yay. Why aren’t I getting paired with a nurse? Highest achieving student in my nursing class and everyone under the sun‚ except for me‚ gets to be with a nurse. I feel incredible anger when I think of why. Under these circumstances‚ I have been forced to take it out on myself. I keep interrogating my brain‚ racking my mind for possible
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transferred to the palliative care ward following an episode of cardiac arrest. When the student nurse first encountered Talib and his family‚ they appeared to be reserved and kept to themselves most of the time. Talib’s family took on the task of nursing Talib and refused to leave him alone even during the night shift. Talib’s family members also regularly communicated on behalf of Talib even though the patient was fluent in English.
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I. SAFE AND QUALITY NURSING CARE CORE COMPETENCY 1: Demonstrate knowledge based on health/illness status of individual/ groups Indicators : ○ Identifies health needs of patients/groups ○ Explains patient/group status CORE COMPETENCY 2: Provides sound decision making in care of individual/groups considering their beliefs‚ values Indicators : ○ Problem identification ○ Data gathering related to problem ○ Data analysis ○ Selection appropriate action ○ Monitor progress of action
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In addition‚ space for dispensing medications should be in a separate place without extra noise or distractions with unit dose dispensing systems. The nurse should verify drugs before administration‚ especially for high-alert drugs and blood transfusions because these can result in very serious side effects and reactions‚ which can be life threatening. Technology has made preparing medicines simpler‚ easier‚ and safer such as the use of barcodes‚ Omnicells‚ and small cabinets outside each door that
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I hope by telling my nursing experience story that it will make you think about a special patient that you had the opportunity to take care of. The night before my first day of clinical I was excited and nervous. I did not know what type of patient I would have and I did not know if nursing was truly for me. I remember lying in bed praying to God to please not let my first patient be a man because I did not know how to take care of a male patient (at least that is what I thought). I kept thinking
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you know that there is 126‚ 000 nursing positions unfilled in hospitals across the country ( Jackson‚ 2006) and the average nurse is 46 years of age? ( Alexandra‚ 2006). The public needs to see that the shortage of nurses is a major issue that is only going to get worse if something is not done about it. It has been shown that since the beginning of the shortage there has been an increase in mortality rates due to a increase of poor patient care. If this nursing shortage continues it will only
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The article I chose discusses the continual change in the roles of nurses. The article also poses a concept that nursing now is not based on caring‚ but medicine. "By accepting continual changes to the role of the nurse‚ the core function of nursing has become obscured and‚ despite assuming medical tasks‚ the occupation continues to be seen in terms of a role that is subordinate to and dependent on medicine." (Iley 2004) Nurses are taking a more professional role‚ and more tasks are being delegated
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There are five steps of the nursing process. The nursing process is an approach used by nurses to give an efficient and effective quality of patient care. The first step of the nursing process is assessing the patient. During this phase‚ the nurse will consider the patient’s overall health status. The nurse can interview the patient‚ refer to the patient’s health and family history‚ and do a physical examination. A major portion of this phase is to interact with the patient in order to evaluate
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