Essays on School Of Nursing

2. Dorothea was born in Maryland in 1914 and she graduated from Providence Hospital School of Nursing with a Diploma in Nursing in 1934. She later received a Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing Education and a Master of Science degree in Nursing Education in 1939 and 1945 respectively (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga School of Nursing Faculty & Students, 2016). She had a background in different clinical practices including private-duty, OR, adult medical-surgical, pediatrics, and ER supervisor. She also taught biological sciences and was a director in a nursing school. In 1949, she worked with the Indiana State ...

A theory is a set of interrelated propositions that are used in guiding practice or explaining certain phenomena. Theories in the nursing profession play a crucial role in this regard. Theories help in explaining phenomena and organizing knowledge in the nursing practice. Additionally, theories help in predicting, explaining, prescribing and describing some aspects in the nursing profession. Through these roles, the theories provide guidance to the profession and help in improving practice and patient outcomes. This paper thus aims at describing, evaluating and discussing Katherine Kolcaba’s theory of comfort.

Theorists name and background

The theory of comfort is a mid-range theory that ...

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This paper describes some of the areas of potential advancement towards quality improvement at Phoenix Children’s Hospitals and among its Medicine Centers. One significant improvement strategy is measurement. As Dickson and Tholl (2014) espouses, the attribute involves collection of clinical data to advance patient care and outcomes. By using measurement as a tool, clinical leaders can understand the direction and status of the services delivered as well as define the quality levels within the organization.

Areas of potential improvement:

The core areas of consideration are pediatric research and trauma diagnostics. Both of these aspects have a significant impact on the organization’s mission statement ...

Staff Development in healthcare Industry (The Canberra Hospital)

Contemporary business is an increasingly complex environment, which continues challenging organization by even more multifaceted relationships between various stakeholders. The distinctive characteristic of modern business arena is the growth of the organizations and the interdependencies between for-profit, nonprofit and governmental bodies. The reality shows that in order to succeed and build sustainable and effective organization, companies should place more emphasis on the cost-side and productivity. This productivity comes from the ability of the firms to manage human factor, build on motivation and retention, which will create loyalty and drive performance Armstrong & Baron 2002). With that in mind, Human Resource ...

In Liu, Zhang and Li’s article “Sleep Duration and Overweight/Obesity in Children: Review and Implications for Pediatric Nursing” (2012), the authors create a literature review to discuss the relationship between the duration of sleep and childhood obesity. Overall, the article itself is incredibly strong; the methodology is appropriate, and the findings of the research have interesting implications. Despite some weaknesses with validity and applicability of the research, the authors provide a solid contribution to the existing body of research on the topic of childhood obesity. The article’s abstract strongly fulfills the purpose of the article; the first section (Purpose) ...

Impacts of the implementation of a mentoring program that utilizes essential elements of effective mentoring on the level of job satisfaction and retention of faculty in a school of nursing Research has revealed that the reasons that might cause nurses to abandon nursing practice and education could include inadequacy, feelings of stress, anxiety, disempowerment resulting from horizontal violence, and oppression (Rhodes, 2012). Other factors could also include general apathy with regard to collegial support, low morale, reduced resources, heavier workloads as well as higher patient insight. This research describes the responsibility of a mentorship program as one that assists others to ...

How Does the Implementation of a Mentoring Program that Utilizes the Essential Elements of Effective Mentoring Impact the Level of Job Satisfaction and the Retention of Faculty in a School of Nursing? Raising competitive nurses who would soon take care of the country’s aging population has been proven to be a challenge because of the delicateness of the job and the amount of passion, dedication and hard work required to succeed. People tend to focus too much on the sacrifices that the students undergo in order to graduate and pass the licensure examinations and then finally become a registered nurse. What ...

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The implementation of a mentoring program that utilizes the essential elements of effective mentoring impacts the level of job satisfaction and the retention of faculty in a school of nursing in many different ways. A mentoring program that utilizes the essential elements of effective mentoring impacts the level of job satisfaction because it encourages the mentor to teach the rewards of being a nurse this increases job satisfaction for both the mentor and the new staff member. When a mentoring program that utilizes the essential elements of effective mentoring is introduced it impacts the level of job satisfaction because the faculty and staff ...

One of the most important categories when doing research or studies is to protect participants from harm. Erika Friedman and Chia-Chun Tsai, both from the University of Maryland School of Nursing conducted a study on titled, “The Animal-Human Bond: Health and Wellness” The study set out to analyze the emotional impact animals have on the well being of human. The starting premise was that there was indeed a bond and the studied surveyed people, one group elderly, to see if the data in fact did correlate with this. This essay endeavors to establish if the participants were kept free from harm ...

Personal Philosophy of Nursing

Abstract Nursing philosophy is one of the core aspects in the provision of healthcare services. My personal nursing philosophy seeks to enhance the provision of efficient care to all patients. According to me, human nature is the fundamental aspect that governs the type of care a nurse provides to a patient. Additionally, I believe that it is my responsibility as a nurse to uphold human dignity in my interaction with patients. I should learn to perceive the world from a client’s perspective to ensure that I gain the trust of the patient an aspect that places me in a better position to ...

Review of Henderson’s Basic Needs Theory

The basic needs theory was advanced by Virginia Henderson in 1964. According to the theory, nursing care is based on 14 basic needs. Of these, eight are relate directly to bodily functions whilst the other six pertain to safety and the discovery of meaning in life (Funnell, Koutoukidis, & Lawrence, 2008, p. 19). In this paper, Henderson’s credentials, the foundations, propositions, views of the metaparadigms of nursing, strengths, and weaknesses of her theory will be explored. The other aspects to be addressed in the essay include the theory’s applicability to current and future nursing practice, acute, chronic/rehabilitative care, ...

Caseload Midwifery

Pregnant women face several challenges of having to choose from a wide variety of services for pregnancy, birth, and postnatal care. Women need information on the various midwifery options that are available, their pros, cons, and the consequences of each choice. The factors that make the options different include whether the care is private or public, and whether the service is handling is by an obstetrician, a midwife, or a general practitioner (GP) as the main caregiver. Caseload midwifery is a model of care led by a midwife, whereby there is a professional agreement between the midwife and the pregnant woman, such that there ...

Literature Review: Meta- paradigms in Nursing

Description of alignment of personal theory with worldview

Analysis of personal utilization of nurses' ways of knowing

Literature Review: Meta-paradigms in nursing Introduction This literature review embraces the metaparadigm nursing theoretical perspective and how it relates to ways of knowing in the profession. A critical review aligning personal conceptualizations with a world view interpretation will be explored. Also, an explanation of my personal ideological premise regarding the efficacy of this theoretical perspective to contemporary nursing practice will be analyzed. The theoretical premise of this literature review hinges on the assumption that meta-paradigm is an inclusive perspective of a ...

Introduction

Nurses are considered as very important members of a medical surgical or rehabilitation team. They literally take care of the patients, administer basic to slightly complex healthcare procedures in the absence of an attending physician, and perhaps their most appropriate job description is they make the patients’ stay at the hospital less troublesome and in fact, worthwhile. Nursing practice just like any other health profession has a rich and long history. When we say history, we are actually talking about the different transition of events that happened in the past which lead us to the present time. The objective of this ...

Instructional technologies

Computer technologies have paved the way for the adoption of new instruction approaches by nurse educators. In this paper, the use of technology in instructional delivery in a nursing education program will be explored. In addition, the hardware, software and faculty support considerations will be discussed. The technology competencies required of nursing educators will also be identified.

Technology utilization for nursing instruction at UMSON

The University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON) was founded in 1889. It is ranked amongst the top schools in the US. It offers bachelor and graduate level degrees in nursing. The School has a high level of technology utilization. The institution utilizes a variety ...

1. Discuss Jean Watson's background, including educational preparation and process of developing her Care Theory as well as her career high points

Born in the 1940s in West Virginia, Jean Watson attended the Lewis Gale school of Nursing from where she graduated with a diploma nursing in the year 1961. She moved to the state of Colorado following her marriage where she continued with her nursing education and graduated with a Bs. in Nursing from the University of Colorado. For her M.S., she specialized in psychiatric and mental health nursing and graduated in the year 1966. She later pursued a Ph.D. in educational psychology and counseling and graduated in 1973. Afterwards, she joined the University of Colorado health sciences center’s nursing faculty where ...

Personal Statement

My greatest wish has been to be part of UCLA and later become a nurse. Nursing falls in line with my intellectual interests and I have always been fascinated by the human body and all its intricacies, how it functions, what happens when it malfunctions, and what is done to restore its health. I majored in neuroscience because it contributes to my understanding of the human body and feeds my interest (Huber 21). This interest also extends outside school. On a monthly basis I read through the American Journal of Nursing, American Journal of Critical Care, and Critical Care Nursing. I ...