Nursing and Healthcare Essays

Reflection on Development of Aseptic Non- Touch Technique Skill
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Introduction: This reflective essay gives an account of an essential skill developed in carrying out an aseptic non- touch technique while on my first placement practice in a local medical ward (Placement hosp...

Current Issues and Future Perspectives of Nursing Workloads
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Introduction: Nurses play a significant role in health care system. However, nurses have been facing many challenges in healthcare settings. The heavy nursing workload is one of critical current issues that sh...

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Nursing Assessment Approach
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Introduction: DEVELOPING ADULT NURSING CARE With this essay, the names and setting will not be disclosed in order to protect confidentiality. The content within this essay is generalised across a pati...

Design for Change Proposal to Reduce Readmission Rates
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Introduction: Design for Change Proposal An increasing problem in healthcare is the rate of readmission. A readmission is defined as an admission to a hospital within the 30-day period after being dis...

Application of a Theory to Nursing Practice
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Introduction: In this paper, I will use Jean Watson’s Human Caring Science theory to discuss an example from my practice, and reflect on the theory to practice gap I see in nursing. A reflection on its signi...

Discourse Communities in Nursing
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Introduction: Discourse Communities: Nursing Introduction  Registered nurses, also known as RNs, are vital to patient care and they play a major role in helping patients manage with ill...

Developing Capability for Effective Collaborative Services
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Introduction: Developing Capability for Effective Collaborative Services This assignment will focus on the perspective of the patient and carer, regarding interprofessional working, considering the st...

Nurse Leadership Qualities and Work Environment on Nurse Burnout and Engagement
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Introduction: Literature Review of Quantitative Article Introduction  This paper is a review of the quantitative article Linking nurse leadership and work characteristics to nurse burnou...

Reflection on Interpersonal Relationships in Nursing Placement
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Introduction: I am currently a fourth-year general nursing intern who is nearing the end of my 18-week surgical placement. I am currently on a female surgical ward which specialises in gynaecological surgery a...

Comparison of Nursing Research Design
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Introduction: This assignment will critically evaluate two articles that are found in the data extraction table. Databases used to find the chosen articles were Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Li...

The Relevance of Evidence-based Practice in Primary Care
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Introduction: Applying scientific principles to prevent disease and disability is essential to the primary care practice. Diligent use of best current evidence in making decisions about patient care is the evi...

Health Needs of Patient in Multidisciplinary Care
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Introduction: The purpose of this essay is to explore the health needs and services experienced by a patient during the writer’s pre-placement visit in the hospital. To respect patient’s right to privacy a...

Clinical Decision Making: Treating an Acute Ankle Injury
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Introduction: The role of Emergency Nurse Practitioners (ENP’s) has changed over the last few decades. Due to ever increasing pressure in primary care and emergency departments the role was developed to help...

Fall Assessment Analysis and Prevention Plan
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Introduction: The older adults chosen for the fall assessment included a 67-year-old female and a 69-year-old male. The female, who will be referred to as NH, has a history of a fall in 2014 with surgery to co...

Adoption of Theory-Based Nursing Care in Clinical Practice
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Introduction: Adoption of Theory-Based Nursing Care in Clinical Practice; a study conducted among 20 selected nurses of various specialties of a tertiary hospital in Ondo state ABSTRACT:Several concep...

Transitions in Professional Nursing
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Introduction: It can be difficult for nurses to accept that they must change their current practice in the delivery of patient care as described in American Nurse Today (Sherman & Cohn, 2019, para. 1), but...

Nursing Theory Application: The Betty Neuman Systems Model
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Introduction: The Neuman Systems model was initiated by Betty Neuman as a framework for nursing care, examining clients as a combination of varying components interacting with the world at large as experienced...

Evaluation of Nursing as a Human Science
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Introduction: INTRODUCTION Nursing is a healthcare profession that is structured and requires discipline. Nurses play a vital role in the healthcare field and thus no healthcare facility can function ...

How Are Safe Nurse-Patient Ratios Determined?
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Introduction: How Are Safe Nurse-Patient Ratios Determined? Introduction  One of the most significant variables tied to healthcare quality is patient safety. According tothe Institut...

Senior Nurses Understanding of Compassionate Leadership in the Community
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Introduction: A critical analysis of ‘Exploring senior nurses understanding of compassionate leadership in the community’ by Ali and Terry (2017). Contents Introduction   &...

Hirschsprung’s Disease: Nursing Management and Evidence-Based Care
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Introduction: Hirschsprung’s disease also known as congenital megacolon or aganglionic megacolon, is a rare birth defect of the colon in which the colon is missing vital nerve cells that are required to ...

Optimal Nursing Care Delivery Model for Patient Care
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Introduction: Acquiring a nursing license means taking on a higher level of responsibility in healthcare settings. Regardless of the facility where one works, duties are assigned to registered nurses, while ot...

Professional Communication in Clinical Environments
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Introduction: In a clinical environment, having the knowledge, understanding and ability to effectively implement professional communication styles and identify communication barriers is essential to creating ...

Holistic Approaches to Care and the Integration of Knowledge | Reflection
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Introduction: Introduction Health care is continually transforming and evolving with emphasis on quality and patient safety which is embedded in the Code of conduct for nurses and midwives (NMBI, 2014...

Reflection on Effective Communication in Labour
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Introduction: Introduction Reflection is learning from experiences, that takes into account previous knowledge and incorporating new knowledge to improve practice (Jasper and Rosser, 2013). Further, r...