Nurses And Nurse Practitioners Work Together Monitoring A Range Of Patients

Hogston and Simpson (2002) describe this traditional task-orientated method of nursing care as contrary to the nursing process, compromising the concept of individualised patient centred care. Price (2006) supports this view, suggesting that patient-centred care requires the nurse to be flexible and not confined to set care pathways or task-orientated methods. I complied with functional nursing and completed tasks assigned to me which Higginson (2006) states many first year nursing students do as they are preoccupied with worries about their ability to perform nursing duties. However, through this I found that I did not engage completely with the patients which according to Squire (2001) would have built a good, therapeutic and interpersonal relationship with the patients. Reflecting using Benner (1984), in terms of starting to become a proficient and capable staff nurse, I was a novice. Rather (2007) states that novices are taught rules to help them perform, and although I was not taught these rules within my first placement I still adhered to them and reflecting back I would consider my practice as limited and inflexible due to these rules. Consequently I saw managerial skills such as time management, prioritising and delegation beyond my capabilities, Hill and Howlett (2005) state feeling incapable of managing patient care is normal for a first year student nurse.

Nursing can be a demanding career, but the benefits far much outweigh the challenges. Most importantly, it’s the rewards it offers by allowing an opportunity to make a difference in another person’s life through the provision of care when they need it. Just as Patricia Benner theorized in her book “Novice to Expert,” nursing encompasses both educational knowledge and extensive clinical experience acquired throughout one’s career. This far, I continue to acquire knowledge and clinical knowhow which will promote proper and efficient care to patients. Since I began practicing one year ago in a long-term healthcare facility, I have interacted with patients, families, physicians and other members of the healthcare team to coordinate patient’s care which has enabled me to gain confidence in myself. While I cannot deny that it was difficult to transition from a student to a licensed nurse, I learnt to overcome these challenges and focus on my strengths. Practicing as an LPN has provided a platform to learn and gain experience even though the duties and responsibilities are limited by the scope of practice.

Nurses are one of the largest portion of health care workers in Canada (Kosier pg. 3). They played a big part in shaping the Canadian health care system and have made a recognized impact on the health of patients, patient’s families, and their communities (Kosier pg. 3). This project is a description of nursing as a Regulated Health Profession which means it is an occupation that requires extensive education and training to gain a body of knowledge and is regulated by the College of Nurses of Ontario (Kosier). Nurse Practitioner is a registered nurse that has additional education and nursing experience (NPCanada.ca). In this paper I will provide information on the roles of the Nurse Practitioner,

The healthcare delivery system and the care for patients has brought new dimension which necessitated the need for competencies, perfection and accountability into the healthcare system. This has brought about a change in nursing education to now pay more attention to practical nursing. To affect better client’s outcome, knowledge must be applied clinically in a holistic way to the benefit of the patient we serve. Steven, K., (2013) in his article “The Impact of Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing and the Next Big Ideas”, suggests that, the recommendation that nurses lead delivery system and care bring to the fore that necessitate for new competencies, beyond evidence-based practice, that are requisite as nurses transform healthcare. Directions

This article presented a lot of new information to me about how big of a difference nurses can make in health care and nursing, and how to go about making an evidence-based change. When I think about advocating for patient care I always thought much more small scale, as in talking to a doctor about a specific patient’s needs, but this article alerted me to the large-scale impact that nurses can make on patient outcomes and our work environments. It’s really great that as nurses we have the ability to make bigger picture changes in the quality and safety of patient

I know that most of us have muddle through staffing crisis's, experienced changes in practices after evidence has been brought to light, and have either been directly or indirectly affected by legal issues in healthcare. All of these factors shape the practitioners that we have become, but this course has allowed me to understand and identify nursing's ever evolving participation in shaping the profession. I am glad that we share the same views on what we have learned in this course and wish you the best in all future

Nursing advocacy is a quite new idea, it started in the patient advocate movement of the 1970’s ( ). Its significance is reflected by its presence in various nursing bodies’ code of ethics. Despite this, concerns are raised as to the nature and degree of nursing advocacy. Nurses have testified failure as a result of them having to practice advocacy on behalf of the patients (). According to research done by British nurses, senior positions has indicated beliefs that the practice is prone to ambiguities and paradoxes that can lead to inter-professional conflict within the nursing sector. The issue is whether the nurses are in a position to execute such work or the work should be assigned to nurses under nursing’s professional associations. This research investigate and explain the difficulties and problems that nurse experience when advocating for their patients.

This is essay is being written to identify and promote change in clinical practice in relation to nursing and

Nurses are key to achieving high quality care which is patient centred and effective, and opportunities exist for ANP’s to work in new ways in response to the needs of the public so enabling innovation to thrive (Sturgeon 2008), (Prime Ministers Commission 2010). The public have increasing knowledge of healthcare and expect equity of services, they want faster access to treatments and individual choice, direct linking to highly trained nurse led services have proven to improve health outcomes and assist in preventing delays resulting in cost effective responses to healthcare needs (DOH 2009a), (DOH 2010a), (DOH 2010b) (RCN 2010).

The purpose of this essay is to discuss this recent statement by a Guardian Online Panel; ” As the population's health care needs have changed so too has the scope of practice for nurses. This has required a change in education and training to ensure that nurses have the knowledge, skills and expertise to provide compassionate care alongside new and complex roles" (Johnson, 2015) This essay will discuss, debate and analyse key points stated in this statement. These key points will include the healthcare needs of the population, the scope of practice for nurses, change in education and training, the knowledge, skills and expertise to provide compassionate care as well as considering new and complex roles within nursing. The need for healthcare

Patient advocacy is encrypted within nursing codes of conduct, as well as codes of ethics and competency standards governing practice, suggesting it is a professional requirement of the nurses role (Bu & Wu, 2008; Cole et al., 2014; Griffith& Tengnah, 2014; Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), 2015; The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), 2008). It is recognised however nurse-led advocacy is complex and a risky component of nursing practice. Rather than a single event it is integral to the process of assessment, communication, responding, protecting and whistleblowing activities in nursing practice (Vaartio et al., 2006). Advocacy is not without ambiguity of interpretation and elicits varied perspectives especially given nursing is constantly evolving to take account of new knowledge and research (Cole et al., 2014; Kibble, 2012; Welchman et al. 2005). Advocacy is acknowledged to be nurses’ professional responsibility for and active involvement in supporting patient’s wishes and needs (Vaartio et al., 2006).

Nurses have always have been a major part of the healthcare system. According to Creating programs, the profession is one of the fastest growing and by 2020, they have estimated that there will be a need for 3.44 million nurses, however, although nurses are the fastest growing the nursing population is decreasing (Sheffield 2). They are the one’s who interact with the patients and their family on a daily basis. Creating personal relationships that allow the patient to see more than just an ill person, but as a human being that had a life before they needed medical help. Healthcare systems have faced many challenges of low staffing, higher costs for resources, recruiting and reserving of registered nurses, along with liability issues. Recently,

The role of nurses is constantly evolving. As a result, nurses need to develop resilience in their professional lives in order to respond to the competing demands of the service environment, quality and standard improvement of client’s care, service update and demographic changes. Nurses are expected to continue their professional development in order to maintain and demonstrate their decision-making competence to practice as required of them as in the Standards for competence for registered nurses (NMC, 2004). Nurses are to maintain their commitment to learning for the purpose nurturing their professional value and interpersonal skills, improving their leadership, management skills and team working in order to demonstrate competence in decision-making

Traditionally, nursing has not been accorded the professional respect that it entails and calls for and hence the different perceptions that were there in the field. It was also a profession that was mostly biased regarding gender and the level of education of those seeking to join the industry (Alligood & Tomey, 2010). However, today, there are many changes which challenge the manner in which the profession is handled either by the professionals themselves or even how leaders in other medical fields perceive the career.

The very first time I displayed interest in the nursing career was in the winter months of 2008-2009. It was a very cold, bleak, and dreary winter. I stumbled upon a news report on AlJazeera talking about the 22 day Gaza-Israeli war. 1,400 Palestinians and 3 Israelis died as a result of that war. Seeing all those casualties, and knowing that many of them could have been prevented with adequate supplies and training, it was then that I decided to embark on this nursing journey. I thought of nursing as a career where all we did was cure patients. This paper explores the myths and stereotypes people have about nursing, and will hopefully, debunk those myths.