Nursing

According to Wilson (2016), nursing theories offer a structure to the vision of the human and health, and from that creates a foundation for nursing practice. In every nursing program students must study nursing theory. By studying nursing theory, it will assist the nursing student with understanding practice form an abstract perspective, and how research is supported with a theoretical framework. Since nursing was considered a profession, theory has been part of understanding nursing care,…

Competence is a primary aspect that contributes to the role of professionalism in nursing. It is important to begin competency in nursing school by understanding and performing the skills required. There have been instances during clinical rotations where licensed registered nurses have not demonstrated the use of proper technique during skills. Some of these unsafe techniques include breaking sterile field, inserting an intravenous catheter after contaminating the site, and administering…

To define nursing and to argue that nursing is a distinct profession, we must frame nursing as a distinct discipline. A set of skills or activities alone would not define a nurse, as these skills or activities are not unique to nursing. A nurse and by extension nursing itself is greater than the sum of skills or activities. Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing, was the person who defined nursing as a distinct discipline. Ms. Nightingale believed that the focus of nursing should be…

Nursing goes beyond caring for a patient during their illness and managing their disease process. Nursing includes adapting to a patient’s and their family’s physical, social, spiritual, environmental and psychological needs. I believe in treating the whole patient and being supportive of the family’s needs as well. Shelly & Miller (2006) asserts “while critical thinking, decision making, and leadership skills are extremely important, the characteristics nurses need most are compassion,…

Nursing Jurisprudence is the department of law that collects all the different legal rules and the principles that affect the practice of nursing and includes: “the study, but also the interpretation of all these rules and principles and their application in the regulation of the practice of nursing” (Nursing Crib). The laws, which are also known as the nursing practice acts, are set up by each states board of nursing. The state board of nursing license nurses based on these NPAs, and holds…

Curriculum Plan for Tampa General Hospital The overall goal of a nursing curriculum plan is to meet the desired educational outcomes that will prepare graduates to achieve professional practice standards that improve the health and well-being of populations in service to society (Billings & Halstead, 2016). In continuation, the second part of the course project outlines the Southeast region curriculum plan. The staff development program will focus on educating Tampa General Hospital (TGH)…

care? Leadership is the backbone of nursing profession. So, it is very important for every nurse to possess the leadership quality. “Leadership plays a pivotal role in the lives of nurses. It is an essential element for quality professional practice environment where nurses can provide quality nursing care” (Canadian Nurse Association, 2014). In clinical practice, it is common for nurses to perform leadership…

The role of the Nursing Unit is governed by several factors, and professional organization. According, to the National league of Nursing (NLN) the core value, responsibility, and quality are those initiative that foment the excellence culture in Nursing (NLN, 2016). The change in the compositional rise of the institution has particularity as the profile of students in higher education. This order is a challenge with the increment of students increase, standards for admission; great…

“Strategies to Reverse the Nursing Shortage” provides solutions to reverse the nursing shortage by addressing problems like the aging nursing population, the importance of nurse educators, and the declining number of nursing students. Like the previous articles mentioned, the nursing population is aging and more skilled nurses are leaving the healthcare system. There needs to be new policies in place to reduce the number of experienced nurses from leaving or have a rehiring process. Instead of…

difference. Nursing is a career that required an extreme level of responsibility. The four nursing meta paradigm concepts we’ve talked about include; person/client, environment, health, and nursing. Without these four essential concepts we (as nurses) could not fulfill the duties that are required of us. Two of my favorite theorists include Florence Nightingale and Hildegard Peplau, these theorists provide me with a deep understanding…