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Today was a fast pace day for Feed My Sheep. I was the only person available to work in the counseling department of the facility, so I felt a little overwhelmed. The other two staff member didn’t show up because they both had a family emergency they needed to address. Today started out like any … Read more
The results of the study were that those who used CBT had more reduction in their Schizophrenic symptoms than the BF intervention. This may be due to a variety of influential factors. For example, the “therapists” (nurses) may have been more experienced in their field of nursing than BF; however, they both received training prior … Read more
Based on research articles read thus far, there is a linkage between vasopressin and oxytocin and social behavior, and there is also a linkage between early life/ prenatal stress and vasopressin and oxytocin receptor densities in the brains of rodents. Stress is defined as the brain’s response to any demand and can be triggered by … Read more
For the last three years, I have had the honor to serve as a staff RN at UT Southwestern Medical Center within the Medical Intensive Care Unit. Over the years, I can honestly say that from my experiences, my philosophy in regards to nursing has grown. I truly believe that individuals health needs should be … Read more
Nursing has various definitions depending on every culture and generation from around the world. In my opinion, I defined nursing as a healthcare profession, which focuses on the care of people, their families, and communities to achieve an overall goal of relative health and quality of life throughout life. From this worldview I can define … Read more
Scientific evidence reinforces the influence of supportive family relationships and correlates family support with positive patient outcomes. Alternatively, chronic disease is not only a stressor for the patient, but also for the family. This fact requires that nursing provide interventions to the family as well as the patient to ensure positive health and well being. … Read more
Nursing Leader and Issues in Healthcare The task of maintaining client and staff satisfaction is a vast challenge that nurse leaders face in all fields of expertise. Nurse leaders work with staff who share a common goal of returning clients to their optimum health. Leadership is being proficient in providing guidance toward chosen ambitions and … Read more
The aim of this assignment is to reflect upon The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) video safeguarding vulnerable adults 1 & 2; Call Me Joe (NMC, 2010). I will be using Rolfe et. al’s (2001) reflective model ‘What, So What, and Now What’ to facilitate this reflection and to identify key areas of concern around … Read more
Upon assessing the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house at the University of Iowa, it was determined that stress management and time management were the top two health concerns for the girls that lived in the sorority house. This was determined by using the Checklist of Health Promotion at Worksites survey (CHEW) and a Needs and … Read more
1. Identify the lapses in care that occurred throughout the case and led to Jill’s medication crisis. Which of these lapses occurred as a result of an individual-level (provider) failure? Which were system-level failures? Throughout the Jill’s experience, there was many lapses between the health care team in regards to filling her prescription. First, Dr. … Read more
During the shadowing of an LPN’s normal workday, what roles/ job expectations did the nurse fulfill? The nurse delegated tasks to aides which was expected. Two patients asked the nurse if she could help them change their brief and the nurse was busy in a med pass and told the patient that she would get … Read more
People have always wondered who are the people that take care of family or friends while they are sick? Many people think that the doctors take care of the patients their whole stay but that is not true, behind the scenes the nurse practitioners take care of the patients. Nurse practitioners have a very difficult … Read more
The case study (HCCC v Jarrett, NSWNMPSC, 2013) explains the enquiry made into the role and activities of registered nurse [RN] Janelle Jarrett in respect to the care of a patient during a night shift from 30th September 2011 to 1st October 2011. RN Jarrett was rostered as the Hospital in Charge [HIC] and Nurse … Read more
In my current position, as a house supervisor, I work with five other nurses to provide 24 hour coverage within our facility. As a group, we all have varying degrees of experience and range in age from the youngest member, in her mid-20s, to our oldest member who is 64 years old. Working within this … Read more
The Standardized Language of the nursing practice (SNL) is an effective communication process that delimits professional nursing practice (Rutherford, 2008). The standardized language made contributions for the current care to another nurses, health care providers, and others members of the multidisciplinary health care team (Rutherford, 2008). This language was standardized with a purpose of the … Read more
Hello everyone, My name is John Santiesteban and I’m currently a nurse. I am attending this class in order for me to achieve my masters in nursing. My enthusiasm for nursing first took root and flourished after losing my father. My father became very ill and needed medical care. When I saw that my father … Read more
Assessment 4 Critical Appraisal Critical appraisal article on “Quality nursing care in the words of nurses” Burhans & Alligood (2010) Journal of advance nursing 66(8). This part will be short description of author’s qualifications, abstract, literature review, which methods was used to reveal answer for the research questions, findings on six essential themes, discussion on … Read more
In the profession and practice of alternative healing and massage therapy, therapists are often faced with ethical dilemmas on a daily basis. I am currently working as a certified massage therapist and holistic health practitioner. I have every intention on using my degree to broaden myself and immerse myself further up the chain of massage … Read more
New Permutations of Longstanding Nursing Commitments. My interpretation is that advance practice nursing and nursing has been around for many decades, and CNMS, CRNAs, CNSS, and NPs are just another way of expressing and demonstrating nursing care. Nursing has been delivered for many decades now. APRNS is an advancement in knowledge and skills and still … Read more
Last year, for the first time ever, the developed countries of the world had more people aged 60 and over than youths aged 14 and under. For the world as a whole, the same will be true by the year 2043. The percentage proportion of older people in Western Europe is predicted to increase by … Read more
In this paper, I am going to summarize the Johnson Behavioral System (JBS) Model (Johnson, 1980, 1990), explain the perspectives for nursing practice, and explore its applicability in nursing practice. First, I am going to talk a little about Dorothy E. Johnson the nurse that wrote the Model. Dorothy E. Johnson was born August 21, … Read more
Upholders and health educators for patients, families, and communities, I did my report on Registered Nurses. There are all sorts of fields one could go into. For example, you have hospital, office, home health, nursing home, public health, occupational health nurses, supervisors, nurse practitioners and other advanced practice nurses such as clinical nurse specialists, certified … Read more
Since its establishment as a profession more than a century ago, Nursing has been a source for numerous debates related to its course, methods and development of nursing knowledge. Many nursing definitions and theories have evolved over time. Furthermore it is in a constant process of been redefined. The purpose of this paper is an … Read more
