Category: Nursing
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NCSBN’s Role in Promoting Quality Nursing Care and Patient Safety
Generally, the nursing sector is a sensitive area that requires proper oversight of the practices undertaken by different practitioners and agencies. To ensure the effective and efficient application of regulatory measures, the National Council of States Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) created a platform that allows various concerned bodies to act. The organization’s focus is to…
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Nursing and Patient Delivery Models
Presentation Background Today, there are numerous appeals related to the functioning of the health care sector and its future. The fact is that, very often, health workers are not able to deliver the needed care and meet patients diverse needs. For this reason, the U.S. health passes through a radical restructuring process, which is focused…
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Nursing History: Today and Beyond
Introduction Patients should be targeted to their specific requirements, not those of the healthcare workers who are providing it. An overhaul of the healthcare sector is necessary to accomplish this. Health care reform will necessitate a significant change in the duties of many health workers, especially nurses. When it comes to health care reform, nurses…
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Social Media in Nursing: Pitfalls and Opportunities
Using social media in nursing practice may be a productive activity, but before introducing this approach, it is essential to carry out preparatory work. Firstly, as Milton (2016) states, a provider needs to make sure that the content published online and sent to patients does not contain information that can be judged biased or unethical.…
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Patient Threats of Medical and Nursing Errors
Table of Contents Patient Safety in Professional Nursing Nursing Safety Champions Conclusion References Patient safety remains one of the top priorities in the field of healthcare. Despite significant improvements made in the field in recent years, the number of adverse patient outcomes associated with medical and nursing errors remains at an unacceptably high level by…
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Professional Development and Nursing Education
Table of Contents Introduction The Impact of the IOM Report on Nursing Education The Impact of the IOM on Nursing Practice The Impact of the IOM Report on the Nurse’s Role as a Leader Conclusion References Introduction The nursing profession is the largest part of the health care personnel. Today, it comprises about 3 million…
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Nursing and Policymaking: The Problem of Policy Accumulation
From the very genesis of active policymaking in healthcare settings, the process has been facing a variety of severe challenges in the way towards successful implementation. The major issue, however, concerns the fact that central decision-makers in terms of the existing policies have nothing to do with healthcare, being rather related to the aspect of…
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Evolving Practice of Nursing and Patient Care Models
Table of Contents Introduction Continuum of care ACO Medical homes Nurse-managed health clinics Nurses feedback Conclusion References Introduction The great paces of the evolution of the modern world pose a number of new challenges that society faces in its development. To be able to continue its growth, it should overcome these problems and find appropriate…
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Nursing Understaffing and Evidence-Based Solution
The overall quality of healthcare in the United States continues to deteriorate over time due to the significant shortage of nurses. According to Glette, Aase, and Wiig (2017), with the lower than average patient-practitioner ratio, healthcare professionals are forced to have increased workloads, experiencing chronic fatigue, sleep deprivation, and anxiety. Such work patterns frequently result…
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Future of Nursing Report’s Role in Practice
Table of Contents The Work That Led to the IOM Report Importance of the IOM Report to the Practice of Nursing The Role of State-Based Action Coalitions Conclusion References The IOM report titled “Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health” was written as a set of guidelines designed to transform the nursing practice, education, and…