Nursing Essays

Knowledge Management: Nursing and the Use of Information Technology Technology has been increasingly integrated into almost all areas of our lives. The use of technology in the nursing profession is a common and daily occurrence. Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, FNAP, FAAN states “…without data, we will not be able …

A independent Nurse Practitioner (INP) is a registered nurse who has completed specific advanced nursing education (generally a master’s degree or doctoral degree, B.sc. or GNM) and training in the diagnosis and management of common as well as complex medical conditions. Nurse Practitioners provide a broad range of health care …

Arbitration clause The purpose of this arbitration paper is written for arbitration meeting conducted on April 4th 2014 for the incident happened in February 15th. The incident of February 15th, Mr. Kevin Hyer; the registered nurse of Nittany Regional Medical Center, leaving his patient in gurney and refused to move …

INTRODUCTION This is a nursing care study of people with physical illness. For the purpose of this study a single patient’s care was focused on. The patients name is Adam and he is a middle aged man who is separated from his wife and lives with his mother. Adam is …

Determining which type of method to use depends on the property of the subject matter as well as the objective for the research. When using quantitative research method data is controlled, the data is usually objective, numerically, and statistically based. Qualitative research is a systematic approach to understanding essential phenomena …

1. How does the Nursing Theory assist the practicing nurse in the delivery of care to patients? Explain your answer. Nursing theories are important to the lives of nurses because they help develop and understand further the nursing practice. These were formulated by the theorists because they believed that these …

Nursing-sensitive indicators are utilized in healthcare to increase quality patient care, as well as patient safety. They reflect the organization, procedure, and products of patient care. In the presented scenario involving Mr. J, nursing-sensitive indicators can be used to identify the issues that interrupted the flow of quality patient care. …

Abstract In 2010 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) generated a report making recommendations that outline progressive planning for the future of nursing. The Institute has responded to barriers and offers solutions to the rapidly changing healthcare model in light of the affordable care act (The future of nursing: Leading change, …

Spending two days shadowing a school nurse was a wonderful experience. I had the pleasure of doing my school nurse rotation at Fox Creek Junior High School. I never realized how difficult and overwhelming it could be to be a school nurse. Ms. Bodauine was the nurse I got to …

The millennium has become the metaphor for the extraordinary challenges and opportunities available to the nursing profession and to those academic institutions responsible for preparing the next generation of nurses. Signal change is all around us, defining not only what we teach, but also how we teach our students. Transformations …