1. Patients and families often struggle with many decisions during terminal illness. What are some decisions that patients can make about their end-of-life wishes? Patients have right of autonomy and make any decision that they seem fit during terminal illness about their treatment course. Patients have right to withdraw from any therapies at any time. […]
For the focus of this essay I will be discussing the concept of collaborative working within the professional area of adult nursing. This essay will examine the definition and rationale of collaborative working, a small introduction to nursing and how collaboration is applied in this area of care. It will conclude by examining the influencing […]
Case Study Analysis: Conflict Management The occurrence of conflict in a healthcare facility is typically high due to differences in values, beliefs, perception, and experiences. Nurses work in a complex and highly interpersonal relationship-based work environment. Therefore, one’s opinions may not align with the views of another. In this case study, two conflict theories can […]
Personal Philosophy There are plenty opinions of different nursing philosophy’s out in the world today. However, my personal opinion of the philosophy of nursing is to treat all patients with the outmost respect and practice of patient – centered care. According to, NEJM Catalyst, patient-center care is “an individual’s specific health needs and desired health […]
Coulibaly, Ramata, MD, MSc; Seguin, Louise; Zunzunegui, Maria-Victoria; Gauvin, Lise (2006) “Links Between Maternal Breast-Feeding Duration and Quebec Infants’ Health: A Population-Based Study. Are the Effects Different for Poor Children?” Maternal and Child Health Journal. 10:537-543. Coulibaly, et al. examine breast feeding patterns for mothers based on family income and then examine the data for […]
My purpose for writing “Notes on Nursing” was to give caregivers and nurses some hints or thoughts on how to teach themselves how to nurse by optimizing the environment so that the person requiring care will have no disease, can recover from disease or maintain his or her well being (Nightingale, F. Notes on Nursing, […]
Personal development plan can be defined as the development of the skill of a person which is very much important for personal career and also professional career of that person. This plan also indicates to the advancement of the personality of individual person. It helps a person to make him capable and confident in his […]
The purpose of this paper is to discus my personal philosophy of nursing. I will present a definition of nursing and my values and beliefs of what the primary goals of nursing are. I will also present my personal philosophy of nursing and the reasons why these values are important. Examples of how this philosophy […]
The aim of this essay is to explore the attributes and qualities that impacted upon my effectiveness as a mentor and also explore the characteristics that influenced my successful mentoring of a second year student nurse. My area of clinical practice is a medical/surgical ward which is a positive environment conducive and appropriate to learning. […]
Cultural awareness is about realising that people belong to a diverse range of cultures and that they will, accordingly hold different values, behave in different ways, have different ways of viewing the world and different approaches to the way they live their lives. Cultural awareness is about having the resources to relate positively to people […]