Nursing

Ethical Practice PART A: Ethical Challenges in School Nursing Introduction School nurses practice in a multi-disciplinary environment that integrates many stakeholder perspectives. Differing values and views of parents, administrators, teachers, students and the school nurse can culminate in ethical conflicts in decision-making on health issues. In this sense, school nurses work setting can result in […]

Influence of Culture on Healthcare Introduction Improving client outcomes in the health sector needs to take into account the cultural background of patients to inform the best healthcare plan for the diverse patients.  To aid healthcare workers in serving the multicultural population, the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence was created in 1995 (Purnell, 2000). I

Evidence-based care plan for a patient with psychosis Introduction The essay’s objective is to develop an evidence-based care plan for a patient with psychosis demonstrating co-creation with the patient and parents. I will be critically evaluating the evidence base for various recommended interventions and explore their suitability for the patient in question. The information which

Health Promotion in the African American Community In the U.S., African Americans make up the second largest minority group after the Latino/Hispanic population. Despite the declining death rate for African Americans, younger African Americans are suffering or dying from numerous health issues characteristically associated with older white Americans, (CDC, 2020). They are also more likely

United States Health Care Reform In March 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a comprehensive healthcare reform measure, was signed into law (Obama, 2016). The Affordable Care Act worked to expand access to affordable health care for more people, to expand Medicaid to include all persons with earnings less than 138 per cent of the

Mitigation of Hospital-Acquired Infection (HCAI) Introduction This paper will illuminate hospital-acquired infections and propose a detailed strategy to implement an evidence-based practice designed to improve patient care by mitigating these infections. Hospital-acquired infection (HCAI) is among the most frequent forms of adverse event to affect patient care. HCAI can contribute to pain, prolonged hospital stay

Fear of Falling The most interesting part about the fear of falling is that it increases the risk of falling. The CDC reports that 1 in every 3 adults falls each year and is the major cause of injury deaths. Women are twice likely to suffer fractures after a fall than men of the same

Topic 1: Mental Health (Management of Care, Health Promotion and Maintenance and Reduction of Risk Potential). In order to pass the NCLEX-RN test, one is required to demonstrate their skills and knowledge in mental health concepts in order to recognize the signs of impaired cognition, assess patients for alterations in cognition, apply knowledge in patient

Safety and Quality Standards of Healthcare Introduction The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards aims at protecting patients from harm. They ensure that in the provision of care, safety, ethics and other regulations are followed all with the aim of providing quality patient-centred care. For healthcare facilities to be accredited, they must meet the

Knowledge in Clinical Practice Data can be defined as context-free values, statistics or raw facts (Dammann, 2019). These may include numbers gathered from sources such as images, survey results, simulations, measurements etc. Data has no meaning outside the boundaries of its existence but can be transformed to wisdom as described in this paper. Knowledge acquisition