Critical Thinking, Clinical Reasoning, and Clinical Judgment Skills to Develop a Nursing Diagnosis “A professional nurse, with special knowledge and skills, and a client in need of nursing, with knowledge of self and perception of personal problems, meet as strangers in natural environment. They interact mutually, identify problems, establish and achieve goals.” – Imogene King The nursing process is specific to the nursing profession. From assessment to evaluation, it is a road map assisting the nurse
This theory analysis paper is based on the work of Mrs. Imogene M. King and her Nursing Process Theory. It will show an overview of the model related to person, environment, health and nursing. The paper will also discuss the model and how it relates to the nursing practice. Finally the strengths and limitations will be discussed. Goal Attainment Theory Imogene King developed her nursing theory on the basis that the nurse and the patient, “work together to achieve the goals in the continuous
patient record has different purposes-from ensuring accountability and justification for patients’ interventions provided to ensuring quality, continuity and security for patients through a trajectory of illness (Gjevjon & Hellesø, 2010). When this process is done using health information systems (i.e. EMAR or EHR), it is called electronic documentation (eDoc.). According to Abiri (2014), eDoc help with mitigating medical errors and improving patient safety which are indices of quality patient care
Healthcare SMART Goals Name Instructor's Name Course & Code SMART Goals The first goal is to "promote professional development through mentoring programs for career development, professional growth, increase of morale, and quality within my nursing career by the end of one year." The second goal is to "apply the principles of effective organization involving use of information, focus on patient care giving, and design clinical care giving in an organizational chart to achieve organizational
Chamberlain College of Nursing Instructor Jodi Protokowicz 7/16/15 A nursing theory provides a view or window into the reality of nursing (CCN, 2015). Nursing theories are basic concepts that define nursing practice and provide the explanation to why nurses do what they do. I have given no thought to the use of nursing theory until taking this nursing class and this assignment is proving very difficult to follow. I have utilized nursing theory in my everyday work of nursing. A nurse will use multiple
relief, ease and transcendence. Using the premise of Kolcaba’s comfort theory, the nursing process and therapeutic nursing interventions, the interdisciplinary theory was applied to Laura’s case to resolve the nursing diagnosis, achieve the nursing outcome and ultimately transcendence. I compared the theory of Ida Jean Orlando to Katherine Kolcaba’s comfort theory. Ida Jean Orlando’s theory utilized the nursing process. It was flexible and could be altered if additional problems arise. One of the limitations
Professional nursing is grounded in science, education, practice and theory. Nursing theory clearly defines nursing and outlines measurable concepts and ground rules of which practice is built upon. It also facilitates in the enhancement of nursing knowledge. Nursing is flourishing the health facilities, promotion, and development of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, through diagnosis and treatment of a person’s psychological and physiological behavior, and advocacy in the
NURSING PROCESS APPLICATION TO NURSING PROCESS RHIO ANNE FLORES FELICIAN COLLEGE Felician College Honor Code:I pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received inappropriate help on this paper. Signature:_________________________________ ABSTRACT Nursing Process is a method in professional nursing to identify, diagnose, and treat human responses to health illness. It has a series of steps which are assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and
There is no doubt that nursing is an ever changing field. Although nursing always has been about caring for others, at the present time, this field is more sophisticated and respected than in the past. Currently, there are standards of nursing practice and professional performance developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA) for American nurses to follow. However, there is some controversy about whether nursing is a profession or not. Also, in order to learn these standards as well as other
The evaluation of the nursing process is demonstrating the understanding of how to asses a patients overall life by using the 6 holistic approaches towards nursing which are; social, cultural, spiritual, developmental, physical and psychological. The 6 holistic approaches towards nursing are used for the nursing assessment phase within the nursing process to identify all key aspects of assessment and the skill of not just assessing someone on their physical wounds but also their wounds you as a healthcare