Nursing Essays

Nurse’s scope of practice is defined by the Nursing Practice Act. Furthermore, in our state of NC, the scope of practice is also defined by the NC Administrative Code Rules. (NCBON 2013). Nursing roles are influenced by our healthcare system that is ever changing. This is why it is important …

According to Health Affairs, “Several trends in hospital use and staffing patterns have converged to create potentially hazardous conditions for patient safety” (Rogers, Hwang, Scott, Aiken, & Dinges, 2013, p. 1). Addressing the staffing is at Patton-Fuller Community Hospital is the current issue. Trend analysis happens when analyzing the same …

Nursing is a career that presents those in it with many opportunities. There are a variety of nurses and the field in which they choose to practice is just as varied. There are oncology nurses, school nurses, home health nurses, trauma nurses and nurse practitioners. They work in clinics, hospitals, …

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN level versus the BSN The field of nursing is changing every day, and has dramatically changed since Florence Nightingale first pushed for more continuing education for nurses. Nursing theories come from many different areas of concepts, including humanities, sciences, and biblical …

Account No.1: Ashcourt Nursing Home: 81 year old Maria Worroll Maria Worroll, 81, suffers from Alzheimer’s and arthritis, and requires around-the-clock care. “An elderly woman was physically assaulted by a male carer and mistreated by four others in a care home classed ”excellent” by the national regulator, the Care Quality …

Introduction According to some, the use of theory offers “structure and organization to nursing knowledge and provides a systematic means of collecting data to describe, explain, and predict nursing practice” (McEwen & Wills, 2014, p. 25). As a result, there have been many nursing theories that have been developed and …

I have always felt that is was my duty to always help people in need, and no one exemplifies this sense of responsibility better than nurses. Being accepted into the nursing program can help me achieve this dream. As a child the notions of duty and responsibility have been instilled …

Jean Watson began her theory of human caring in 1979 and over the years, she has been revising her theory to provide more specific explanations of her concepts and philosophy. The core of her theory remains, that human caring is based on values such as kindness, concern, and love of …

Faced with ethical and legal decisions on a daily basis, nurses must at times make some pretty tough decisions including how to proceed with care for an incapacitated patient with no advanced directive or how to proceed when called upon to testify against a current employer. The American Nurses Association …

Patton Fuller Community Hospital has been operating since 1975. Besides operating with the goal of keeping patient care their top priority there are other elements that demand the facility’s operations attention. At Patton Fuller Community Hospital there are elements that effect staffing, trend analysis and how that collected data is …