Pressure ulcers can arise in any field of health care settings. Salcido mentioned prevalence and incidence of pressure ulcers by quotation from National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel in 1998 as following: According to Gosnell and VanEtten, approximately 1 million pressure ulcers occur in the United States. The incidence in hospitalized patients ranges from 2.7% to 29%, and the prevalence in hospitalized patients is 3.5% to […]
High nursing turnover rates and the nursing shortage in the United States are creating major challenges for hospital administrators (Chan, McBey, Basset, O’Donnell, & Winter, 2004). Like many hospitals, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) in Arkansas has recently had a surge in nursing turnover rates that has caused an overall nursing shortage in the organization. The high nursing turnover has had several […]
The focus of this essay will be to select one clinical skill in which I am developing competence in and reflect upon how to achieve the necessary level of competence for this stage of the programme. For the purpose of this essay I have chosen to focus on subcutaneous injections technique as my clinical skill. The nursing and midwifery council’s (NMC) Standards for Medicines management […]
The purpose of this essay is to reflect and critically study an incident from a clinical setting whilst using a model of reflection. This will allow me to analyse and make sense of the incident and draw conclusions relating to personal learning outcomes. The significance of critical analysis and critical incidents will briefly be discussed followed by the process of reflection using the chosen model. […]
Group is a collection of individuals in which members accept a common task, become interdependent in their performance and interact with one another to promote its accomplishment. (Harold H.kelley and J.W Thibaut). Good range of individuals who contribute in different ways, clear goals, good coordination, balance between the task and the process, supportive atmosphere makes an effective group. In the start of the course, we […]
Leadership is process whereby other people in an organization are influenced to perform a task or a job. Through leadership an organization is effectively directed and thus becomes more cohesive and coherent. Therefore we can define leadership style as that approach which provides direction. In management we have different leadership styles. Some of these styles include democratic or participative, autocratic or authoritarian and free reign […]
Despite the many treatment options for people with BPD, Many professionals in mental health services continue to believe that personality disorders are untreatable. This essay provides evidence the effectiveness of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) with Borderline Personality Disorder. Background To understand BPD, I will attempt to give a historical overview of BPD. In the 1800s, Philippe Pinel first used the […]
This essay will discuss why I think an understanding of learning styles is useful to the student nurse by focusing on reflection using the Honeys learning cycle and how it helps to demonstrate the importance of recognising one’s learning styles. It will provide an understanding of learning and theories of learning. It will also discuss my dominant learning style and how I will develop an […]
This reflective Commentary will focus on a patient’s discharge planning liaison drawn from my experience in attending a Multidisciplinary team Meeting (MDT) held at my Elective Placement (Cardiology Ward) in the context of the dimensions of Interprofesssional Working (IPW) I will preliminary define in the introduction IP working; recognize policies; introduce patient scenario, identify the Reflection Model which I will use to evaluate and analyse […]
The professionalism of nurses at an Ottawa area hospital has been called into question via the appearance of their uniforms. As a part of the new service excellence plan being implemented at The Ottawa Hospital, a new dress code policy has been introduced which prevents nursing staff from wearing any scrub uniforms which have the depiction of cartoon characters or patterns on them (Appendix). Recently, […]
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