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The health care industry has encountered changes over the past resent years mainly due to enactment of new legislations; changes in patients needs; and changes in health related illnesses. In March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the health reform legislation (Stolberg, 2010). The legislation and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 include a […]
In the diverse landscape of U.S. healthcare, addressing the unique cultural needs of different populations is essential. Leininger’s Transcultural Nursing Theory provides a framework to ensure culturally competent care, particularly for minority groups like Hispanics in the U.S. This article explores the theory’s key concepts, its practical application in healthcare, and its relevance to developing
Discussion Activity: Nightingale, Henderson, King, and Peplau ,provide us with theories that were well ahead of their times. These theories hold relevance to nursing today. Conceptual frameworks define nursing practice and continue to inform theorists today who have expanded on their theories. Because theorists have been so influential to nursing practice, it is imperative that
Introduction Today, a thorough investigation of the crucial role played by nursing leaders in determining the course of nursing practice and its future is required given the profound transformation that the modern healthcare landscape is undergoing, which is marked by complex challenges and exciting opportunities. A varied range of talents are possessed by nursing leaders,
Informatics and Nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators on Pressure Ulcers The National Database of nursing Sensitive Quality Indicators (NDNQI) is a leading government agency which functions as a program designed to monitor and evaluate strategies to improve the general quality of healthcare services in the United States. It functions as a subset of the American Nurses
The Nursing and Residential Care I work in the health care services and facilities sector of the health care industry. The industry is composed of many subsectors, including hospitals, nursing and residential care facilities, ambulatory health services, and medical practitioners and healthcare professionals. Notably, I work in the nursing and residential care facilities subsector. The
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