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Provision of preceptorship for newly qualified nurses This policy has been developed by the organization towards providing a commitment in supporting a period of preceptorship for the entire health professionals, including the newly qualified nurses. Provision of support for the newly qualified health professionals through preceptorship is a policy that has been widely advocated as […]
How can the use of the nurse’s personal communication device(s) impact patient care positively and/or negatively? Research performed by Alverina University to determine personal communication devices found that in one colossal hospital corporation situated in the U.S. indicated that about 54 percent of nurses preferred their smartphone to handle clinical duties to any other communication
Modern healthcare organizations face changes that necessitate increasingly adaptive and accommodating leadership. This type of leadership is called “transformational” as it seeks to create an environments of shared responsibilities that affect the knowledge that a professional possesses. Precisely, transformational leadership theory is a process in which “leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels
Ethical and moral values are of the upmost importance in healthcare delivery. Healthcare professionals need ethics as they must identify dilemmas in healthcare, and make good decisions based on their personal values and the governing laws (Nieswiadomy, & Bailey, 2018). For nurses who deal with ethical dilemmas every day, the foundation of their practice is
Change is an essential component in various professions and areas of practice. In nursing profession, one of the areas in which change theory is usually applied is the area of specialized and nursing care in ICU. It is a practice which defines the role of nurses in taking care of patients who are admitted in
Nursing interventions studies are aimed at knowing whether an intervention is effective, to whom it is best effective, the benefits of the intervention as well as the expected outcomes of an intervention. Nursing interventions must be designed in a way that seeks to support and improve the lives of patients and their family members. Over
Write your own definition for each concept of the meta-paradigm of nursing. Which concept would you add to the meta-paradigm of nursing and why? Which concept would you eliminate and why? Definitions of the Concepts of the Nursing Meta-Paradigm The person is a component of the meta-paradigm that focuses on the person receiving treatment from
Medication Safety Standards Medication safety is one of the most prominent health service standards seeking to introduce aspects of safety and quality in health service standards. This is because the use of medication is the most prevalent type of treatment intervention globally. Adherence to directions on how to use medications safely promotes significant improvements to
Morgan, L., Flynn, L., Robertson, E., New, S., Forde-Johnston, C., & McCulloch, P. (2016). Intentional rounding: A staff-led quality improvement intervention in the prevention of patient falls. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(1-2), 115-124. Critique for Research Problem, Research Questions, and Hypotheses The research study was designed to solve nursing problem of patient falls, which is easy
Gerard, S. O., Kazer, M. W., Babington, L., & Quell, T. T. (2014). Past, present, and future trends of master’s education in nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 30(4), 326-332 The main focus of the article is that there was need to revise master’s education in nursing in order to give the students the needed expertise in the