Graduating from the nursing degree is not the end but a beginning of a new journey. There are a lot of pressures and stresses in shifting from a student nurse into a full pledged practicing registered nurse. As new nurses enter the real world of professional nursing, they have to deal with the actuality that […]
Communication, defined as conveying information from one place or person to another serves different purposes depending on the context in which it takes place (van Dulmen, 2002). In healthcare it is essential for patients to communicate the reason for a visit and their level of distress and discomfort as well as their concerns to healthcare […]
As the new head nurse, it is important to balance management and staff expectations. Of major concern is the attrition rate among the nursing staff. According to the 2007 report by the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia ([CRNNS], 2007), outcomes regarding the job satisfaction and retention of nurses are directly correlated with an […]
This essay will discuss a significant event in relation to the peoples priorities identified within the Healthcare Quality Strategy. It will also discuss my role as a student nurse in relation to a patient who is receiving palliative care. The essay will demonstrate my understanding and views on reflection and the issues surrounding my practice. […]
Culture is one of the most important determining factors in healthcare preferences and practices. Thus, the need for transcultural nursing is undeniable. “Transcultural nursing requires sophisticated assessment and analytic skills and the ability to plan, design, implement, and evaluate nursing care for individuals, families, groups, and communities representing various cultures” (Andrews and Boyle, 2008, p.4). […]
A concept is a perceived regularity in events or objects designated by a label. Concept maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge in networks of concepts and linking statements about a problem or subject (Novak & Canas 2006). Novak and Gowin first introduced concept mapping in 1984 to facilitate the process of meaningful […]
Clinical Governance in Pharmacy: Enhancing Quality and Safety in the NHS ‘Clinical governance is a powerful, new and comprehensive mechanism for ensuring that high standards of clinical care are maintained throughout the NHS and the quality of service is continuously improved.’ [1] This framework was introduced to create a structured approach to enhancing healthcare delivery […]
Introduction The author of this assignment will critically appraise a qualitative research report in the Nursing Standard titled Care of older people with dementia in an acute hospital setting.(Fiona Cowell, 2009) (appendix 1). He will use the Polit and Beck (2010) and Roe (1998) framework to help him critique this article. The article was chosen […]
Recently I attended a 7 day residential workshop at Findhorn Foundation in Scotland. The two middle aged co-leaders were very experienced in running this workshop, but had never worked together before. Ineka was Dutch and Annis was from the UK. The twelve participants from varying professional backgrounds were of various ages from mid twenties to […]
The students questioning the practice of controlling infections in the community arise due to the infections seeming to be a less significant part in the policy formation. It is common in some hospitals for only patients in admission are thought to have MRSA are the only ones who will undergo screening. This is in the […]
