Community Health Nursing Reflection NUR/405 Cynthia Januale Community Health Nursing Reflection This assignment was very interesting and unique compared to other assignments that I have had in the past. Visiting and studying the community that I chose gave me quite the insight on various issues that, had it not been for this assignment, I may not have picked up on before. “In any setting, the role of public health nurses focuses on the prevention of illness, injury or disability, the
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Nursing Expertise Self-Report Scale and Reflection Dawn Haag HCS/350 October 29, 2012 Polly Hanson The purpose of this paper is to provide my reflection of the results of The Nursing expertise self-report scale and how the results will be used to improve communication skills in health care settings. The scale used in this assignment, developed from Patricia Benner’s model of clinical competence, measures self perception by a nurse progressing from novice to expert. Her model suggests a link
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Health Nursing Reflection NUR/405 Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection My family lives in Encanto, which is an underserviced community with very little resources for theses lower income diverse families, which have many vulnerabilities. In this paper we are going to identify how community, public health nursing and community partnerships can be of service to this community. We will also take a look at epidemiological influences in Encanto as well as look at some nursing diagnosis
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Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Cynthia Clayton NUR/405 January 14, 2012 Sandra Winters Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Community and public health nursing provide health education, care management and primary care to individuals and families who are members of vulnerable populations and high risk groups. Public health nurse integrate community involvement and knowledge about the entire population with personal clinical understandings of the health and illness
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Paper #1 Family Process Univeristy of Wyoming October 14, 2012 Paper #1 Family Process Identifying Data Family Composition The K family consists of 5 members; * R.K. Farmer/Rancher, Family Owned Business, High School Graduate, 34 years old, Casper, WY; Male-Dad, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Good Health * C.K. Cosmetologist, Self-Employed, Secondary Education, 32 years old, Casper, WY; Female-Mom, Crones Disease, Chronic Back Pain, Physically Active, Good Health * B.K. Elementary
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Nursing Expertise Self-Report Scale Reflection Marvi Sanchez HCS/350 January 13, 2014 Nursing Expertise Self-Report Scale Reflection The Nursing Expertise Self-Report Scale has given me an assessment of how I see myself as an experienced nurse (Hansten & Jackson 2009).This has provided me an insight of my strengths and weaknesses. My past experiences have helped me in making patient care decisions. Many years working in the orthopedic unit have given me knowledge in caring
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NURSING REFLECTIVE PRACTICE USING JOHN’S REFLECTIVE MODEL: On a particular occasion during my placement in a surgical and medical ward at a local hospital, I had been buddied with a nurse for an evening shift. We had just had handover from the nurse on the previous shift and among the information handed-over, the patient, in addition to her current diagnosis, also had a history of other co-morbid diseases including heart and blood pressure abnormalities. As such, she was on a number of heart
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This week in clinical, I met SON’s competency 2.8 identifies health related concerns of a patient and/or family. I had a 58 yr old female patient that had a splenic abscess and a bacterial infection. As a result of her bacterial infection, a PICC line was inserted and the plan of care is to treat the infection with antibiotics for 6 weeks and surgery will follow for the abscess. I identified and addressed my patients concern by explaining to her that because she had a PICC line inserted I could remove
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AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR NURSING Work Engagement, Moral Distress, Education Level, and Critical Reflective Practice in Intensive Care Nurses nuf_237 256..268 Lisa A. Lawrence, PhD, RN Lisa A. Lawrence, PhD, RN, Instructional Faculty, Nursing Department, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ Keywords Critical reflective practice, education level, moral distress, registered nurse, work engagement Correspondence Lisa A. Lawrence, PhD, RN, Nursing Department, Pima Community College, Tucson, AZ E-mail:
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Introduction: In this essay, I will discuss several issues that seem to bind nursing practice with questions of ethics, sociology and management. Reflective practice is an important aspect of nursing management and in this essay we discuss implications of discrimination in nursing care and examine the importance of anti-discriminatory perspectives in nursing. In this paper, the case study I will elaborate is of an elderly woman who was of a non-British ethnic origin and spoke little English. A junior
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