Nursing Essays

Nursing is a profession where we have to work collaboratively with both our colleagues and the interdisciplinary team. In emergency like cardiac arrest, if nurses work as a team without any role confusion, time is saved resulting in saving many precious lives. Background It was the time when I started …

The theory of Nursing as Caring was developed by Anne Boykin and Sarvina Schoenhofer. In the late 1980’s, the two were involved in research involving elements of caring and the practical implications of caring elements when they discovered there was little to no research or literature in this area. Caring …

There are several definitions of nursing theory today. Meleis (2012) defines nursing theory as a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing reality communicated for the purpose of describing phenomena, explaining relationships between phenomena, predicting consequences or prescribing nursing care. Nursing theories have been used and still used today as theoretical …

Computer-aided instruction (CAI) is an interactive instructional technique whereby a computer is used to present the instructional material and monitor the learning that takes place. CAI uses a combination of text, graphics, sound and video in enhancing the learning process. The computer has many purposes in the classroom, and it …

The incident that I am going to reflect had happed during my nursing studies. I was posted in a busy emergency care (EC). My role was to observe and assist a RN. Ms. X came to EC with severe abdominal pain. After the initial assessment Doctor ordered a list of …

Loss and grief in nursing is a widely discussed psychosocial theory and in this essay we will look at it further in nursing care. Loss is an inevitable part of life, and grief is a natural part of the healing process, or to be defined individually, “Loss is wider than …

Mabel Keaton Staupers was born in Barbados, West Indies on February 27, 1890. She came to the U.S. in 1903 with her parents. She attended a nursing school in D.C. and graduated with honors. After graduating, she married James Max Keaton only to later divorce. Her second marriage to Fritz …

Nursing shortage and turnover is an enormous issue affecting nurses in the delivery of patients’ care. Nursing shortages have been shown to cause unfavorable effects which include decreased job satisfaction, decreased access to care, and can lead to increased turn over. This paper is about nursing shortages and nursing turn …

1. Tell me about yourself. 2. What led to your interest in nursing? I wanted to do something in my career that is challenging, interesting, and makes a difference in people’s lives on a daily basis. * My mother is a nurse, and seeing the satisfaction she feels every day …

Going to work should be a productive, fulfilling, and enjoyable experience since a great amount of time and energy is spent by each individual at their workplace. Within healthcare organizations nurses, physicians, and other health care professionals (HCP) put in long hours to provide quality health care for patients and …