USING NURSING KNOWLEDGE TO APPLY NURSING THEORY TO PRACTICE

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USING NURSING KNOWLEDGE TO APPLY NURSING THEORY TO PRACTICE

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Using Nursing Knowledge to Apply Nursing Theory to Practice

Nurses are increasingly considered knowledge workers. We are valued for what we know and how we think rather than what we do. Select one of the nursing theories from your readings this week (or another nursing theory from your textbook). How can you apply your selected theory of professional nursing to your nursing care? Provide specifics using terminology from the theory you selected to explain your use.

Theory to Practice  
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Nursing theory guides nursing practice for the professional nurse. Watson’s theory of transpersonal caring considers body, mind, and spirit of the person as recipient of nursing care and thus keeps caring as a central component to nursing practice (Hood, 2014). Erci, Sayan, Tortumluoglu, Kilic, Sahin, and Gungormus (2003) studied the effect of Watson’s theory on quality of life and blood pressure readings in patients with hypertension. These researchers concluded that caring nursing practice improved quality of life and decreased blood pressure. By being intentionally caring in their nursing practice, nurses were able to improve patient outcomes. Erci et al. (2003) noted that the Watson “model considers persons holistically together with their physical, psychological and social environment” (p. 137).
How can you apply one of the theories of professional nursing studied this week to your nursing care?
~Ruth
References
Erci, B., Sayan, A., Tortumluoglu, G., Kilic, D., Sahin, O., & Gungormus, Z. (2003). The effectiveness of Watson’s Caring Model on the quality of life and blood pressure of patients with hypertension.Journal of Advanced Nursing, 41(2), 130-139.
 
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LEGAL REGULATION OF NURSING

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LEGAL REGULATION OF NURSING

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Although every RN in the United States takes the same licensing exam (NCLEX-RN), each state is charged with the licensing of nurses and the creation of law and rules to govern nursing practice in that state. Locate the Nurse Practice Act (or nursing law) for your state, and investigate one of the following issues: delegation by the RN to the unlicensed assistive personnel, use of the term nursing diagnosis, patient abandonment (refusal of an assignment), or requirements for continued licensure (practice, continuing education, or others). Tell us what your state’s law says on this issue and how this impacts your practice.
 

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Legal Regulation- Nurse Practice Act  
Nurses,
The earliest Nurse Practice Act was developed in 1903 to protect the citizens and regulate nursing practice and education (Brekken & Evans, 2011). Investigate the Nurse Practice Act for your state and tell us about the directives regarding delegation to unlicensed personnel, the use of nursing diagnosis, patient abandonment, or license renewal requirements.
Reference:
Brekken, S. A., & Evans, S. (2011). Strateg

Legal Regulation of Nursing

DISCUSS THE VALUE OF BEST EVIDENCE AS A DRIVING FORCE IN DELIVERY OF NURSING CARE AT YOUR FACILITY

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DISCUSS THE VALUE OF BEST EVIDENCE AS A DRIVING FORCE IN DELIVERY OF NURSING CARE AT YOUR FACILITY.

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Interview with Nursing Information Expert

 

Interviewer Form

Your Name:                                                               Date:
 
Your Instructor’s Name:
 
Directions: After completing your interview, you must use this form to submit yourassignment to the Dropbox. You may use the form to capture information as you conduct your interview, or fill it in later. The form is expandable and will enlarge the textbox to accommodate your answers. Do not rely only on this form for everything you must include! Please look in Doc Sharing for specific instructions in the Guidelines for this assignment.
 
 

Criteria Fill in the answers in this column.
Demographics: Provide initials of the RN, official job title of interviewee, and the date the interview was conducted.

Required Questions

(answer EVERY question in this section)
1.    Describe your career path to your current position. Include information about education and experiences.
2.    Discuss the value of best evidence as a driving force in delivery of nursing care at your facility.
3.    What safeguards and decision-making support tools are embedded in patient care technologies and information systems that support safe practice at your facility?
4.    Tell me about patient care technologies that have improved patient care at your facility.
5.    What groups of healthcare workers rely on you to collect high-quality information or data and how is it utilized?

Optional Questions

(Answer only ONE question from the choices below.)
1.    Please tell me what challenges you have faced in dealing with other disciplines who may not “understand the needs of nurses/nursing?”
2.    Please share an example of how GIGO (garbage in, garbage out) impacted a decision related to your information or data collection.
3.    Please give me an example of how the lack of interprofessional collaboration impacted your role.
4.    Please describe what a typical day on the job is like for you.

Follow-Up Questions

(Answer all of these. Please do not ask them during the interview.

Instead, reflect and answer them afterwards.)
1.    How will completing this interview impact your practice as a BSN-prepared nurse? Give specific examples.
2.    Resources (scholarly articles or texts). Indicate 2 scholarly resources or texts used prior to the interview to familiarize yourself with the individual’s organization, role, or any of the questions you asked to make you a more knowledgeable interviewer. Resource #1:
Resource # 2:

CODES OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING

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CODES OF ETHICS AND STANDARDS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING

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Codes of ethics and standards for professional nursing practice have been developed by some professional nursing organizations. These codes and standards guide us in our practice and our interactions with consumers, other nurses, and other healthcare professions. Select at least one of the ethical standards or one of the standards of practice and tell us how you implement this in your current practice or how you will implement it in your future practice. Which standard is most challenging to you, and why?

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