Nursing and Healthcare Essays

Analysis of Quality Improvement Initiative
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Introduction: With reference to the practice development literature, critically discuss the principles informing a quality improvement initiative in your area of practice as a Community Registered General Nurse In...

Nursing Role in Elderly Person Discharge Planning
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Introduction: Title: Critically discuss the role of the nurse in the planning and implementation of safe discharge for the hospitalised elderly person. 1. define your understanding of discharge planning linking it...

Ethical Issue: Refusal of Treatment
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Introduction: Introduction The broad scope of nursing practice demands familiarity with the all of the ethical, professional and legal issues relating to clinical practice. The Nursing and Midwifery Council standa...

Elements of a Good Nursing Report
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Introduction: Introduction The mechanism of the nursing report is a comparatively ancient one. Certainly it was routinely used in the pre-Nightingale era of nursing and there are reports of such formal handover me...

Concepts in Nursing Research Methods
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Introduction: Critique criteria The criteria used for this critique were derived from relevant nursing literature (Feninstein & Horwitz, 1997; Cormack, 2000; Khan et al, 2003). About a dozen criteria were spe...

Recovery Room Discharge and Pain Relief
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Introduction: Title: Select one aspect of care which you have undertaken in children’s nursing practice in relation to the discharge process and critically analyse and discuss the key components of that care...

Role of the Nurse in HIV Prevention and Care
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION This brief considers role of the nurse in the HIV prevention and care in the black African community. The document considers empirical literature from academic, governmental, and other s...

Respecting Client Autonomy: Facilitated Suicide
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Introduction: Respecting client’s autonomy is the most important principle for a mental health nurse to follow The clinical entity of suicide is generally subdivided into the three sub-categories of unassisted s...

Evidence-based Practice in Wound Cleansing
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Introduction: Introduction This essay defines the concept of evidence-based practice and discusses the importance of evidence-based practice for professional practice. The essay also selects an aspect of practice ...

Policy for Psychiatric Nursing in Ireland: Analysis
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Introduction: Critically evaluate the relevance of a current national (Irish) strategic policy document for your area of practice (Psychiatric nursing) Introduction As one of the most important facets of health ...

Midwife Views on Amniotomy to Speed Up Labour
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Introduction: Abstract This dissertation considers the views of midwives on the procedure of amniotomy with the specific relevance of its use in speeding up labour. The available literature is considered in detail...

Mentoring and Enabling Learning in the Practice Setting
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Introduction: Introduction The focus of this assignment is on the delivery of mentoring and assessment within nursing practice. The author is a mental health nurse working within a home treatment team in East Lond...

Cultural Differences in Midwifery Care
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Introduction: Introduction The provision of holistic midwifery care is a fundamental role of the midwife (NMC, 2004). However, holistic care must encompass a wide range of practices, including care for the psychos...

Role of the Midwife as an Educator
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Introduction: The researcher has used the terms “tutor” and “midwife” in an interchangeable format. Midwifery is about far more than delivering babies. The skills that a midwife needs to carry out her jo...

Effective Leadership and Teamwork in Nursing
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Introduction: Effective leadership and teamwork in nursing, with particular reference to psychiatric (mental health) nursing, within the context of professional practice and client (patient) perspectives As part o...

Orthotics in Neurology: Disorders, Treatment and Causes
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Introduction: Contents (Jump to) Introduction Explanation Disorders Posture and Gait: Deformity: Muscle Weakness: Contractures and Spasticity: Sensory problems: Autonomic Functions: Treatment Causes Conclusion Bib...

Nurse Staffing: Job Satisfaction and Retention
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Introduction: Elizabeth Campins   Overview of Quantitative Article The study conducted by (Hairr, Salisbury, Jonansson, & Redfern-Vance, 2014), entitled Nurse Staffing and the Relationship to Job Satisfactio...

Impact of Stress on Health and Well-being of the Individual
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Introduction: The objective of this assignment is to define holistic and define stress, and discuss the impact of stress on the health and wellbeing of an individual. Firstly the writer will look at holistic appro...

Post-operative Psychological Adjustment to Stoma
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Introduction: The essay is based on a patient who had surgery to have an ileostomy formed. This essay will attempt to define support and identify what the patient’s specific support needs may be within the c...

Ethical Issues of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)
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Introduction: Identify a specific situation, from your own experience in practice, where an ethical issue arose. With regard to confidentiality, outline the situation and explore the issues involved. Using appropr...

Republic of Ireland’s Primary Care Strategy: An Analysis
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Introduction: Primary Care Strategy Introduction “Primary care is the first point of contact that people have with the health and personal social services.”[1] This means that primary care must be sufficiently...

Nurse Strategies to Prevent Elderly Suicide Attempts
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Introduction: Investigation into nurse strategies to prevent or minimise attempted suicide in patients aged 65 and over.   Abstract This dissertation considers the rationale for positive nurse-based intervention ...

Public Health Disease Management of Tuberculosis
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Introduction: This essay critically examines the effectiveness of policy frameworks and assessment tools in public health disease management of tuberculosis. The essay discusses the role of the community nurse and...

Care for Post Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
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Introduction: Assessment for the care of patient with respiratory problem following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 3 vessels disease and Mitral Valve Repair Introduction This essay examines a case study of a male p...

Issues of Nurse Prescribing in the UK
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Introduction: Introduction The changing face of the NHS is a topic of controversy and debate from the perspectives of professionals and policy makers. The last three decades have seen a transformation in nursing i...