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Florence Nightingale’s Description Of Nursing

1.Compare and contrast Florence Nightingale’s description of nursing with the definition of Holistic Nursing in ANA’s Holistic Nursing book. 2.Discuss the relationship between holistic nursing and the vision and goals of Healthy People 2020 impact patient care from a holistic perspective. 3.List and summarize each of the philosophical principles of holistic nursing. 4.List and summarize […]

Significant Clinical Events

Nursing 235: Adult Health II Laboratory Analysis Case Scenario Patient Initials: KH Age: 60 Height: 65 in Weight: 67.13 kg HPI KH presented to the ED with c/o bug bite on L thigh that occurred about 10 days ago that has turned into an abscess “as big as a personal sized watermelon.” Patient also reported urinary burning, frequency, and urgency. […]

Betty Newman Theory

APA Style 350 words 2 references (within 5 years) Mila Jefferies is a recently widowed 36-year-old mother of two children and the daughter of two aging parents in the southeastern United States. She and her children have recently relocated from an urban neighborhood to a rural town to care for her parents, Robert and Susan. […]

Organizational Policies And Practices

Assignment: Developing Organizational Policies and Practices Competing needs arise within any organization as employees seek to meet their targets and leaders seek to meet company goals. As a leader, successful management of these goals requires establishing priorities and allocating resources accordingly. Within a healthcare setting, the needs of the workforce, resources, and patients are often […]

Emotional Competence

Only when leaders integrate technical skills, goal-directed activities, and the ability to form meaningful relationships through emotional competence does optimal organizational effectiveness result. Scenario: A team of highly competent members has become adept at organizing and managing itself. The self-sufficiency of the team is appreciated by senior leadership who assumes the team can respond to […]

Nursing Theory

ANS200083 January 29, 2011 20:1 Char Count= 0 Advances in Nursing Science Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 67–77 Copyright c© 2011 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Nursing Theory-Based Independent Nursing Practice A Personal Experience of Closing the Theory-Practice Gap Kathleen Musker, PhD, RN The article presents a narrative and exemplar from an […]

medication errors

You are the unit supervisor of a medical-surgical unit.  Jane is an RN on your unit.  She graduated 3 years ago from nursing school and has made a number of small errors in the past few months. all of which she voluntarily reported.  These errors included things like missing medications, giving medications late, and giving […]

types of quantitative and qualitative research

Sampling It is anticipated that the initial discussion response should be in the range of 250-300 words How do the sampling methods and sample sizes vary for the different types of quantitative and qualitative research? Hypothetically, what sampling method would you use to conduct a study of your selected evidence-based practice problem/topic? Why? How would […]

Introduction to Evidence Practice Problem

Unit 2 – Introduction to Evidence Practice Problem Paper Submit Assignment Instructions In this assignment, you will select an evidence-based practice problem from an identified list of topics provided by your course faculty (this is the topic you selected and identified in your unit 1 discussion:  PICOT Research Question: “in-patient with osteoarthritis of the knees, is […]

Development Of A Theory Of Nursing

A Beginning Concept Analysis Towards the Development of a Theory of Nursing Practice In this assignment, you will write, no more than four (4) pages about a concept and explaining why you hold it dear to yourself. This is called values clarifications. Perhaps you have gone through self introspection every now and then you might ask […]