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Developing Nursing Skills through Clinical Experience, 2006.
An examination of how nurses acquire their professional skills through clinical experience.
2,444 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 74.95
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This paper explores Patricia Benner's study on how nursing skills are acquired. Benner's work has been been seen as a new way of approaching this topic and has provided an interesting give and take on nurse training and development. The author discusses how Benner introduced the concept that expert nurses develop skills and understanding of patient care over time through a firm educational base in addition to a wide variety of experiences.
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"Based on a dialogue with nurses, Benner identified five levels of competency in the clinical nursing practice: novice, advanced beginner, competent, proficient and expert (Benner, 1984, p. xvii). Novices are beginners who have had no experience in the situations that will confront them. In order to help them perform in such situations, they are taught such objectifiable and measurable attributes such as weight, intake and output, temperature, blood pressure and pulse. They also learn context-free rules that guide action in respect to these attributes. For example, weight gain and intake that is consistently higher than output by greater than 500cc could indicate water retention. Such rule-governed behavior normal for the novice is very limited and inflexible, since they have no prior experience upon which to base decisions (Benner, 1984, p. 20-21). It must be stressed that not only students are novices. They can also be any nurse entering a clinical setting where he/she has had no experience with the patient population. "
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Simulated Clinical Experiences, 2008.
A critical analysis of "Computerized Patient Model and Simulated Clinical Experiences: Evaluation with Baccalaureate Nursing Students," written by C.E. Feingold, M. Calaluce and M.A. Kallen.
1,152 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 1 source, APA, $ 39.95
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This paper reviews the article "Computerized Patient Model and Simulated Clinical Experiences: Evaluation with Baccalaureate Nursing Students," written by C.E. Feingold, M. Calaluce and M.A. Kallen. The paper begins by discussing the purpose for the research and then reviews the research design and literature. It concludes with a look at the recommendations by the authors and a discussion of the implications of the study.
Table of Contents:
Problem and Purpose
Literature Review
Study Framework
Research Questions/Hypothesis
Study Variables
Study Design
Population, Sample and Setting
Method of Measurement
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Interpretation of Findings
Conclusions
Recommendations
Implications for Practice
Qualification of the Researchers
Significance of Study
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"As mentioned above, the significance of this study is in the fact that simulated clinical situations with the use of technology, while still being improved, is progressing towards a more realistic experience in the setting of timely faculty guidance and a safe environment within which to acquire fundamental clinical skills. It is also significant in that it provides insight into the disparity between faculty, student and student subset perspectives regarding the value of these simulations, aspects which need to be explored further in future research."
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The Clinical Nursing Process, 2006.
A review of the clinical nursing process.
1,416 words (approx. 5.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper reviews the processes undertaken by a clinical nurse. The paper outlines, reviews and explains the process a nurse follows when admitting, assessing and dealing with a patient. It uses as an example, a case study about a 12 year old girl involved in a car accident.
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Assessment
Description of the Patient
Developmental Assessment
On Medical Results
On Behavior
Planning and Implementation
Goal
Nursing Intervention and Rationale
Nursing Action
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"To achieve better medical laboratory test result for LD, her diet must be enhanced. She needs more amount of carbohydrate and fruits to increase both her glucose and potassium level. She should be fed with the combination of bread, wheat, milk, banana and other fruits on her meals. If LD continuously complain about lack of appetite, nurses then may intervene by putting extra efforts with the food. Such as giving her reward or incentive if she eats what is served to her (Selekman, 2000). Rewards may include game activities, hearing nice stories or small items such as ribbons, clips or headbands for her hair. "
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Nursing Clinical Placement Report, 2006.
An example of a clinical placement report for a hospital-based nurse.
781 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This report is a clinical placement report for a nurse working at Charters Towers Hospital in Queensland, Australia. The author describes the services provided by the nursing staff to the patients in their care, as well as her personal contribution to the nursing team.
Table of Contents:
Describe the Complex Nursing Interventions Delivered By the Service
Describe How the Service Promotes Client Health and Positive Lifestyle Choices?
Describe How the Service Ensures the Safe Administration of Medications to Clients
Describe the Strategies Used to Ensure Nursing Practice is Performed Within Legal Requirements and Ethical Frameworks
Describe How You Contributed to the Nursing Plan of Care For a Client With a Chronic Health Problem.
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"The service promotes clients well being by adopting the concept of the community as a client (Caretto & McCormick, 1991). This means that nurses seek to focus on not only individual and family care but also focus on health care at the community level and providing hands on experience to all clients in the health care setting. This means the service works toward providing hands on nursing interventions at the collective level, identifying the needs, health patterns and risk factors for illnesses within a given community and making appropriate diagnosis, planning and implementing treatments based on the needs of a group or subgroups as well as the needs of individuals (Caretto & McCormick, 1991)."
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Nursing and Obstetrical Nursing Curricula, 2006.
A look at the organizations that regulate and control nursing and nursing education programs.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at nursing and obstetrical nursing and investigates what agencies police and design the curricula for these fields. The State Boards of Nursing and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission are examined and the policies and standards that they set are discussed as well as the required curriculum content and development they oversee. Their impact upon curriculum development and revision is also reviewed.
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"In the arena of nursing, there are so many specialties, so many fields, so many types of nurses, that there must be governing and regulatory bodies. Without such organizations that regulate and control nursing and nursing education programs, there would not be a singular and uniform set of expectations for this nation's nursing professionals. The two organizations that will be discussed in regard to how they influence the regulation of nursing, and more specifically how they could influence obstetrical nursing, are the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). The first of the two governing agencies that this paper will discuss and investigate is the NCSBN."
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Clinical Decision-Making Skills, 2007.
This paper is a research proposal to study the relationship between levels of knowledge and clinical decision-making skills in third-year nursing students in pre-registration degree and diploma programs in a U.K. university.
2,835 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 14 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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This paper explains that novice nurses cannot come forth with any type of intuitive judgment without first having gained experience but the novice can bring to the clinical situation the years of experience gained in multiple clinical and life situations. The author proposes using a phenomenological interpretive methodology, which is based on the principle of hermeneutics and is of an interpretive qualitative nature. The paper discusses the procedure for using this focus group methodology with paired interviews of novice and expert nurses.
Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
Data Collection
Data Analysis
Strengths/ Weaknesses or Limitations
Procedure of Focus Group Interview
Summary
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"Through use of this analysis, the competencies required as the individual moves from the stages of novice to expert are easily identified. Benner discovered through listening to expert nurse narratives that the key to their development of expertness was based in their ability to 'experience' nursing, and to integrate this experience into both existing and new knowledge. From this integration of experience and knowledge, new paradigms are developed and available in future 'like' situations."
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Using Non-Nursing Personnel for Nursing Tasks, 2004.
A look at the advantages and disadvantages of using non-nursing personnel to perform nursing tasks.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper considers the reasons for using non-nursing personnel to perform nursing tasks and then takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of doing so. The paper also discusses the outlook for using non-nursing personnel in the nursing profession as well as the decline in qualified nurses in the labor pool.
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"Much has been written about the nursing shortage that plagues physicians, hospitals and nursing homes in the United States. At the same time that there are fewer qualified nurses available in the work force a number of states and municipalities have passed regulations regarding the nurse-to-patient ratio that is making the situation even more acute. As a result, healthcare providers have been forced to be innovative in the way that they attract nurses to their institutions and recruiting efforts..."
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Director of Nursing in Nursing Home, 1999.
Examines issues affecting this position & role. Examines the economics of the institute, restructuring, responsibilities, quality of care and staffing.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 14 sources, $ 47.95
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"DONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY NURSING HOME ENVIRONMENT
Introduction
This research examines some of the issues affecting the position and role of the Director of Nursing (DON) in contemporary nursing home environments. DONs are experiencing increasing difficulties in their attempts to fulfill their responsibilities as the health care environment in the United States continues in a period of transition.
DONs and Transition in the Health Care Environment
An increasing number of nursing homes, in the pursuit of goals related to both efficiency and effectiveness, are implementing reorganization schemes that frequently involve downsizing, decentralization, or some combination of downsizing and decentralization (Barrett, 1995). Among health care.."
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Registered Nurse vs. Nurse Practitioner, 2008.
A research paper exploring the process of transferring from a status of registered nurse to nurse practitioner.
2,825 words (approx. 11.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 84.95
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The paper defines and describes the duties, obligations and educational abilities of both a registered nurse and nurse practitioner in order to determine the motivations of nurses to transfer positions. The paper provides a literature review and concludes that a more in-depth analysis is necessary to truly assess a nurse's motivation for expressing interest in transferring to the role of nurse practitioner. The paper also shows the need for more studies on whether such a transfer will bring greater job satisfaction and motivation than if the nurse were to remain as a registered nurse.
Outline:
Introduction
Literature Review
Strengths & Weaknesses of the Concept
Discussions & Summary Conclusions
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"At present, there is a national crisis within the nursing industry. More and more, people are interested in becoming nurses. Nurses work in many capacities in clinics, community centers, hospitals and in private practice. However for some, there is no clear distinction between an R.N. and a Nurse Practitioner. Further, there is little data exploring the mechanisms through which a nurse may decide to pursue an advancing career, and what support if any he or she may receive in doing so. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the roles of these two positions, and assess which is most needed given the status of the nursing and healthcare industry in the United States today."
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Clinical Pathways, 2002.
A discussion of clinical pathways, their development, implementation and the role of the clinical nurse specialist.
4,597 words (approx. 18.4 pages), 31 sources, MLA, $ 119.95
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This research examines clinical pathways which chart and document the care and expected outcomes of care for patients. It evaluates how clinical pathways represent a procedure in contemporary healthcare with a potential to both improve the quality of care and reduce the cost of care. A focus is placed on clinical nurse specialists who are well positioned to play critical roles in their use.
Outline
Introduction
Overview of Clinical Pathways and their Purpose
Clinical Pathways as Multi-Disciplinary Documents
Specific Statements and Flexible Application
The Development of Clinical Pathways
Resistance to Collaboration in the Development of Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathways and Diagnosis Groups
Consensus Development
Dealing with the Resistance through the Application of Change Theory
Clinical Ethics by CNSs in the Application of Change Theory to Improve Collaboration in the Development of Clinical Pathways
Practicing Patient Advocacy by CNSs in the Application of Change Theory to Improve Collaboration
The Implementation of Clinical Pathways
Clinical Pathways and Holistic Care
Clinical Nurse Specialists as Case Managers in the Implementation of Clinical Pathways
Conclusion
References
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"Important in the definition of clinical ethics is an emphasis on clinicians, not only physicians, thus underscoring the fact that clinical ethics needs to be a multi-disciplinary endeavor that encompasses the range of clinician expertise involved in patient care. The central goal must be the resolution of ethical dilemmas through a process that promotes cooperation and collaboration among those parties involved. Clinical ethics holds that, while the traditional patient-centered approach is dominant, there is a need for the pragmatic acknowledgment that decisions about patient care take place in a context that of necessity involves the interests of others, such as institutions, families, and caregivers."
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Nurses Aids as Supplement to Nursing Staff, 2002.
A discussion of the conflict within a hospital setting between registered nurses and nursing aids.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper examines a conflict between registered nurses and nurses' aids at a hospital. The conflict is centered around a misunderstanding on the part of the aids towards their respective duties. The paper provides a series of steps that can resolve this group conflict.
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Introduction
Problem
Overview of Situation
Recommendationa for Solution
Conclusion
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"It has come to the attention of the floor supervisors at Newport General Hospital that there is tension among the nursing staff. The decision of Harvard Group HMO to utilize "creative management" strategies to supplement the existing registered nurses with nurses' aids has been met with extreme prejudice on the part of the medical team and the patients. "
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Every Nurse Controls the Image of Nursing, 2008.
This paper is a persuasive essay on the changing role of the nursing profession's image in modern day society.
730 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the changing role of nurses. The paper asserts that while every nurse controls the image of nursing, the demands of the times change what constitutes, and what will constitute nursing. Furthermore, the paper states that the nursing profession is undergoing transitions both within and without that profoundly impact it's public image as providing care to those in need. The author states that whereas technology can provide more and more timely cures, nurses are still typecast into a caring role, which may be less of a priority in the global scene that merely looks at health care as a service-oriented body repair shop.
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"As often is the case, internal and external change can have unpredictable effects on the components of the profession, not only as a whole. For instance, the broadening of the different roles a nurse can pursue has only happened in the latter quarter of the previous century in response to the expanding demand for them. There is an inherent advantage in specializing and giving students advancement options, even the option to independently practice is currently available. However, with the lack of time to develop these different tracks into distinct, autonomous, regulatory professional entities, this leaves the impression on the public that the nursing profession's demand-driven schism is a warning sign that health care is slowly becoming service-oriented rather than patient-oriented. Presently, it is difficult to distinguish nursing roles such as the nurse practitioner apart from the roles of other professionals such as physicians. Such increasing overlap in responsibilities, knowledge, patient treatment and management must be assessed and acted upon in order to ultimately establish a change in the public's perspective on nursing as a whole."
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Nursing and Downsizing, 2000.
An examination of the need for and effect of retraining floor nurses as multi-skilled health professionals, using Kurt Lewin's Field Theory as applied to organizational change.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 7 sources, $ 47.95
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"Retraining Floor Nurses to Cope With Downsizing: Applying Lewin's Field Theory as it Applies to Change
This research describes a planned change for the floor nurses in an acute care hospital in a small city located in a major metropolitan region. The planned change involves the retraining of floor nurses to cope with a downsizing the nursing department. Kurt Lewin's Field Theory as it applies to organizational change is applied.
An increasing number of hospitals, in the pursuit of goals related to both efficiency and effectiveness, are implementing reorganization schemes that frequently involve downsizing, decentralization, or some combination of downsizing and decentralization (Barrett, 1995). Among health care professionals, nurses tend to be those most frequently displaced by..."
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Clinical Judgment, 2005.
This paper discusses clinical judgment and critical thinking skills used by nurses.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper uses the definition by Benner, Tanner and Chelsea that clinical judgment is often based on patterns of responses, the specific case and the people involved in the situation. The author points out that making a clinical judgment requires nurses to use critical thinking skills. The paper relates that often clinical judgment is based on the patient, family, diagnosis and the situation.
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"What is clinical judgment? How does a nurse decide what clinical judgment to make in different cases? The definition by Benner, Tanner, and Chelsea states that clinical judgment is often based on patterns of responses, the specific case, and the people involved in the situation. Making a clinical judgment requires nurses to use critical thinking skills. Often clinical judgment is based on the patient, family, diagnosis, and the situation. The definition of clinical judgment by Benner, Tanner, and Chelsea makes common sense. This definition of clinical judgment most nurses will agree that it is the best definition because past experiences and knowledge mixed with the relationship the nurse has with the patient and family are combined in making clinical judgments. "
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