SHARON WANJIRU

Ethical Nursing Practice A. Ethical Issues As a practicing nurse, one will come across various challenges that require guidance from the American Nursing Association (ANA) code of ethics. However, the stipulations in ANA’s code of ethics can at times result to ethical dilemmas in actual practice. As a nurse leader serving on a healthcare organization’s […]

Evolution of Nursing When nursing started, it was mostly concerned with gender and a willingness to the job and not formal medical apprenticeship. Nurses were viewed as inexpensive or free labor with limited tasks up until the 19th century. Florence Nightingale is often credited as the founder of modern nursing. She changed social norms associated with

One Way ANOVA Statistical Test In Nursing Research The knowledge of statistical tests is now becoming an area of interest to nursing research, to come up with evidence-based interventions whose primary objective is to provide first-level health-related care to patients (Clifford & Gough, 2014). Therefore, as elaborated by Main & Ogaz (2016), there are statistical

Sociology And Nursing in the 21st Century It is believed that once a patient walks into a hospital or falls sick at home, the sick person expects not only to get better but to be treated with care. Patients, whether in the hospital or at home anticipate that the nurses who will attend to them

Heritage Assessment in Nursing In the healthcare sector, the main focus is usually put on patient satisfaction. Many healthcare organizations aim to help take back the patient to his/her normal life for maximum productivity. This, therefore, means that healthcare provision is tailored towards meeting the specific needs of the individual patients. Every patient has different

Community Analysis and Nursing Diagnosis A community’s health analysis is always a vital tool in advancing the health of a community. During the assessment period, the body tasked with the assessment identifies community health needs, patterns of health responses and trends in health care use, and the available resources in the community which can be

Daily Nursing Activities Nursing, as a professional that is within healthcare, consists of many daily activities that a clinical person needs to perform regularly. The events done by nurses mostly focus on the care of people and families so that to help keep them in functional health status. As a nurse practitioner, I perform duties

Global Nursing Shortage One of the major areas of global concern in health care is the shortage of nurses. While relevant authorities are doing their level best to reduce its far-reaching impacts, a lot of regions continue to face immense challenges. Because of the lean workforce available, nurses are often the subject of enormous pressure

Foundations of Nursing Education  1.1 Introduction Nursing profession is essential for any nation that has the prospects of providing quality healthcare to its citizens. Meeting the prospects will require the change of nurse training from ADN program to a BSN. Although the nursing degree is not the only requirement for nurses, it helps the students

Long Working Hours in Nursing When nurses work long hours, whether out of stuff number requirement or voluntarily, they do not function at their best. Some of the consequences of working long shifts include dissatisfaction with work, burnout, and fatigue. When nurses are overwhelmed and fatigued with duties and fail to see any changes, they