Author: Liu
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Types of Essential Nurse Support During a Crisis
When a medical crisis strikes, nurses are on the front lines to keep patients healthy and safe. An all-hands-on-deck situation like a pandemic or natural disaster means staff nurses may need support to handle the accompanying turmoil. In a crisis, the emotional well-being of nurses and nurse leaders is paramount to patient safety. Maintaining this…
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Cultivating a High-Performance Nursing Team
In a hospital setting, nurse leaders oversee patient care, ensure the delivery of quality improvements, and supervise nursing staff. Ultimately, nurse leaders cultivate synergy that brings healthcare teams together to solve problems and improves patient outcomes. High-performance leadership creates effective and productive nursing teams, but developing and cultivating teams is not easy. High-performing teams happen…
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Being an Effective Nurse Manager During a Merger or Acquisition
As leaders, nurse executives are paramount to successful mergers and acquisitions. The American Nurses Association (ANA) said nurse leaders could make improvements that impact patient care, foster a safe and healthy workplace, craft a vision for the future and drive quality improvements. The ANA suggested nine principles to improve the effectiveness as a leader, which can apply…
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Nurse Leadership During Organizational Mergers and Acquisitions
When hospital and health system mergers bring together the services of two healthcare organizations, chief nursing officers (CNOs) must be ready to support the transition by anticipating emerging issues, providing skilled communication and tackling the dynamic changes. Executive nurse leaders working as CNOs provide steadfast and dependable governance in a time of upheaval. Using their…
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Formulating a PICOT Question
Whether they’re finishing advanced studies in nursing school or working in a professional clinical setting, registered nurses (RNs) begin their research queries using an evidence-based practice framework developed from a well-constructed PICOT question. The word PICOT is a mnemonic derived from the elements of a clinical research question – patient, intervention, comparison, outcome and (sometimes)…
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Katie Eriksson’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Theory of Caritative Caring
The Theory of Caritative Caring was developed by Katie Eriksson. This model of nursing distinguishes between caring ethics, the practical relationship between the patient and the nurse, and nursing ethics. Nursing ethics are the ethical principles that guide a nurse’s decision-making abilities. Caritative caring consists of love and charity, which is also known as caritas,…
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Phil Barker’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Tidal Model
The Tidal Model of nursing, created by Phil Barker, Poppy Buchanan-Barker and their colleagues, is widely used in mental health nursing. It views health and illness as fluid, and life as a journey undertaken on an ocean of experience. However, it states that patients can become physically, emotionally, or spiritually shipwrecked. This metaphor of water throughout…
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Dr Patricia Benner’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: From Novice to Expert Concept
Patricia Benner developed a concept known as “From Novice to Expert.” This concept explains that nurses develop skills and an understanding of patient care over time from a combination of a strong educational foundation and personal experiences. Dr Benner proposed that a nurse could gain knowledge and skills without actually learning a theory. She…
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Lydia E. Hall’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Care, Cure, Core Theory of Nursing
Lydia E. Hall developed the Care, Cure, Core Theory of Nursing in the late 1960s as a result of her work in psychiatry, as well as her experiences at the Loeb Center. In her career, she promoted involvement of community members in health-care issues, as well. Also known as “the Three Cs of Lydia Hall,” Hall’s theory…
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Florence Nightingale’s Contribution to Nursing Theory: Environmental Theory
Florence Nightingale is attributed with establishing the modern practice of nursing. She also contributed to the field with nursing theories still used today. One of her nursing theories is the Environmental Theory, which incorporates the patients’ surrounding environment in his or her nursing care plan. In this theory, the role of the nurse is to use the patient’s environment…