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Cultural Competence in Nursing: Addressing the Social Determinants of Health
Cultural competence in nursing refers to a nurse’s capacity to understand, respect, and support patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. It requires a combination of education and skills that enable nurses to provide care in a way that meets their patients’ social and cultural needs. Explore cultural competence in nursing, its importance, examples, related careers, strategies, trends, necessary…
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Importance of Innovation in Nursing
Importance of Innovation in Nursing Whether it’s integrating new ideas into nursing, such as holistic patient care approaches, or new technologies, such as diagnostic tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI), innovations can help nurses deliver better health care. Today nurses can take advantage of a host of advancements designed to help them address the complex…
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Conflict Resolution in Nursing: Importance and Strategies
Conflict Resolution in Nursing: Importance and Strategies Sixty-eight percent of nurses experience a conflict at work at least once a week, according to a 2023 American Nurses Association report. This statistic highlights the pervasive nature of conflicts within the nursing profession and underscores the need for nurses to learn effective conflict resolution skills. Conflict resolution in nursing…
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Ethical Decisions in Designing Patient-Centered Health Interventions
Designing patient-centered health interventions requires ethical decision-making to address various ethical concerns that may present. The ethical provision of beneficence, non-maleficence, and autonomy remains vital. Beneficence and non-maleficence require that healthcare providers, constituting interdisciplinary healthcare teams, design therapeutic approaches that promote the welfare of the patients and do no harm to them. This means that…
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Antibiotic Review rev. 08-2019Advanced Pharmacology (Chamberlain University) ANTIBIOTIC REVIEWNRHS Infectious Disease Primer
SECTION 1: INHIBITORS OF CELL WALL SYNTHESIS Penicillins: Introduced in 1941 for the treatment of G(+) infections (staph/strep) Newer forms developed secondary to resistance and need for G(-) coverage Time-dependent (troughs more important than peaks for efficacy) Penicillin-binding proteins (PBP’s) are enzymes involved in cell wall synthesis in bacterial membrane that bind beta-lactams. PBP…
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A nurse is assessing several clients in a long term health care facility. Which client is at highest risk for development of decubitus ulcers? A) A 79 year-old malnourished client on bed rest
A nurse is assessing several clients in a long term health care facility. Which client is at highest risk for development of decubitus ulcers? A) A 79 year-old malnourished client on bed rest B) An obese client who uses a wheelchair C) A client who had 3 incontinent diarrhea stools D) An 80 year-old ambulatory diabetic client The correct…
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46. An 80 year-old client admitted with a diagnosis of possible cerebral vascular accident has had a blood pressure from 180/110 to 160/100 over the past 2 hours. The nurse has also noted increased lethargy. Which assessment finding should the nurse report immediately to the health care provider? A) Slurred speech
The correct answer is A: Household pets 46. An 80 year-old client admitted with a diagnosis of possible cerebral vascular accident has had a blood pressure from 180/110 to 160/100 over the past 2 hours. The nurse has also noted increased lethargy. Which assessment finding should the nurse report immediately to the health care provider?…
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Application of Swanson’s Theory of Caring for Nurse Practitioners
Understanding caring as the central phenomenon of nursing is integral for successful nurse practitioners. Swanson’s five caring processes facilitate patient-centered care, enabling and empowering patients to make necessary decisions and actions for their well-being. Establishing trusting, respectful relationships through maintaining belief, knowing, being with, doing for, and enabling is crucial in the NP-patient relationship. In…
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Importance of Nursing Theory for the Nursing Profession
Nursing theory is essential to the profession on many levels. Theories help define the discipline, play a significant role in research, and facilitate concept development, leading to the discovery of more facets of nursing for research (Im & Chung, 2012). Generating theory consolidates the nursing profession and ensures new roles are based on critically appraised…
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various benefits and strategies to mitigate the challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration to plan care within the context of a remote team.
I also identified various benefits and strategies to mitigate the challenges of interdisciplinary collaboration to plan care within the context of a remote team. As noted, there are various challenges to coordinating and collaborating care for Caitlynn due to geographical differences between the parents, the patients, and the care providers. Telehealth enabled the care team…