Community and Public Health nursing

Community and Public Health NSG/450 Epidemiology and Global Health April 12, 2017 Community and Public Health Community and public health nursing focus on health promotion among individuals, families, and within the community (Nies and McEwen, 2015). Monitoring trends of diseases in society and maintaining interventions are not the only tasks of public health nurses. Instead, … Read more

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

The overall goal of the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) site is to provide thorough and extensive explanations for all of their kinds of services. Their services range from Health to auto which proves that AARP strives to provide the best opportunities for their members. Their site gives clear and adequate overviews of their … Read more

Social perceptions that Mental Health nurses face

This essay will explore the social perceptions that Mental Health nurses face, brought about by the media, history and peoples personal experiences which can be passed around the community with exaggeration. It will the be explained how this view on nursing effects modern day practice, the creation of new legislation and my personal path into … Read more

The Tuskegee study and its impact on ethics

In 1932 an experiment was developed in the community of Macon, Alabama that lasted until 1972, in which 399 black men infected with syphilis were studied to analyze the complications of syphilis. This study was conducted by several doctors and was characterized for being approved by the Public Health Service of the United States. However, … Read more

Nurse practitioners improving the health literacy of their patients

Introduction The National Organization of Nurse Practitioners Faculties (NONPF) outlines nine competencies that nurse practitioners (NP) must demonstrate to graduate and become independent licensed practitioners. One such competency states that NPs should effectively use technology and information literacy during patient interactions.  This competency encompasses the use of technology in nursing practice for the benefit of … Read more

Technology in nursing care – does it improve patient safety?

Abstract This paper analyzes the use of various technologies in nursing care and whether these technologies improve patient safety. It will review various computer technologies such as EHR and CPOE, automated dispensing cabinets, point of care testing and intravenous smart pumps. Various studies support the use of these technologies in improving patient safety and increasing … Read more

A model to improve quality of in-patient care

In this chapter of the thesis I will describe and discuss the findings. In paragraph IX.1 I briefly describe the realizations during the decade after the implementation of ‘PEGASOS’. In paragraph IX.2 I evaluate whether we experienced a change or a transition, the fundamental question of this thesis. As to research question 2, in paragraph … Read more

Benefits for nurses to join a professional association

In the recent years, the nursing field has become one of the largest job growth all around the world. Nursing is a profession embedded in the principles of professionalism of care, dedication, and commitment. As a nursing student, I’ve learned to so many different diseases, prevention and treatments. I remember as a young child, I … Read more

Health promotion and disease prevention in healthcare (focus: smoking)

Introduction The topic of this paper is focused on health promotion and disease prevention in healthcare.  More specifically, it is centered on smoking cessation and the nursing process which is utilized in determining a nursing diagnosis and a plan of care for the client.  The most significant finding on this assessment was the client reported … Read more

Each patient’s culture must be both acknowledge and respected

In the field of healthcare it is imperative that each patient’s culture is both acknowledge and respected in an attempt to provide the most comprehensive care possible. Culture is a “complex social concept that encompasses the entirety of socially transmitted communication styles, family customs, political systems, and ethnic identity held by a particular group of … Read more

Nurse-Patient Therapeutic Relationships: Exploring the Role of Cultural Competence

Nurse-Patient Therapeutic Relationships: Exploring the Role of Cultural Competence Peyton Morrissey Student ID: 201312899 Memorial University of Newfoundland Nurse-Patient Therapeutic Relationships: Exploring the Role of Cultural Competence In the field of healthcare it is imperative that each patient’s culture is both acknowledged and respected in an attempt to provide the most comprehensive care possible. Culture … Read more

Leading a Multigenerational Nursing Workforce

The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, published an article Leading a Multigenerational Nursing Workforce:  Issues, Challenges and Strategies discussed today’s nursing workforce has four different generations including workforce differences in attitudes, beliefs, work habits, experiences, expectations, and generational diversity working together as nurses in teams.  In the past working nurses have usually retired or … Read more

Implications for social media use in nursing practice

Social media is an internet based tool that allows people to communicate (Ventola, 2014). Means of communication can be through blogs, wikis, media-sharing sites and social networking platforms (Ventola, 2014). Individuals can communicate with these tools by sharing information, ideas and images (Ventola, 2014). Many individuals use social media personally however the use of social … Read more

Communication & Professional Nursing I – Essay re Group Work

Communication & Professional Nursing I – Essay re Group Work As a part of the working in health care practice, team working is very important and it can be explain with the following reasons. Firstly, researcher have discovered that cooperating lessens the quantity of medicinal errors and increase the safety of patients (Morey et al … Read more