Category: Nursing

Healing hospital caregiving philosophy influence

Consider how the paradigm of a healing hospital might influence your philosophy of caregiving and write an essay of 500-750 words that addresses the following: 1.Describe the components of a healing hospital and their relationship to spirituality. 2.What are the challenges of creating a healing environment in light of the barriers and complexities of the hospital environment? 3.Include biblical aspects that support the concept of a healing hospital.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Explain the differences between professional associations, the American Nurses Association, state nurse’s associations, specialty associations, and political action committees?

statistics in health care

Article Review

For this assignment, choose a peer-reviewed article to review. Choose the article from one of the following topics:

statistics in health care

data collection related to health care

ambulatory care

residential care

The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry. The authors of these articles are researchers and professionals who have shared or experimented with ideas that demonstrate potential to improve the industry. As a professional in the industry, it is in your best interest to review the literature and trends. This provides you with the opportunity to read about what was successful and how it was accomplished. Plus, it allows you to analyze what was unsuccessful, how you can improve it, or at least how you can avoid repeating the mistakes of others. Use these skills to contribute to research papers and other scholarly writings. If you have not already, hopefully, you will contribute to the industry by publishing an article and sharing with your community of peers.

As you read the article you choose for this assignment, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?

The article you choose must meet the following requirements:

be peer reviewed, relate to the concepts within this course, and be at least ten pages in length.

The writing you submit must meet the following requirements:

Be at least two pages in length, identify the main topic/question, identify the author’s intended audience, and summarize the article, analyze the article, evaluate how the article is related to your topic, and explain what you learn from this article.

Format your Article Review using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism.

Explain the impact of the legal environment on nursing and health care

data collection related to health care

Article Review

For this assignment, choose a peer-reviewed article to review. Choose the article from one of the following topics:

statistics in health care

data collection related to health care

ambulatory care

residential care

The purpose of this assignment is for you to practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry. The authors of these articles are researchers and professionals who have shared or experimented with ideas that demonstrate potential to improve the industry. As a professional in the industry, it is in your best interest to review the literature and trends. This provides you with the opportunity to read about what was successful and how it was accomplished. Plus, it allows you to analyze what was unsuccessful, how you can improve it, or at least how you can avoid repeating the mistakes of others. Use these skills to contribute to research papers and other scholarly writings. If you have not already, hopefully, you will contribute to the industry by publishing an article and sharing with your community of peers.

As you read the article you choose for this assignment, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?

The article you choose must meet the following requirements:

be peer reviewed, relate to the concepts within this course, and be at least ten pages in length.

The writing you submit must meet the following requirements:

Be at least two pages in length, identify the main topic/question, identify the author’s intended audience, and summarize the article, analyze the article, evaluate how the article is related to your topic, and explain what you learn from this article.

Format your Article Review using APA style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism.

I respectfully disagree that nurses do not use standards of care during every day practice. Everything you are taught in nursing school and “on the job” is based on established standards of care. Nurses work within the nurse practice act every day. Otherwise there would be no basis for the profession.

The American Cancer Society (ACS)

Imagine that a family friend or colleague has just been diagnosed with cancer. Explain how the American Cancer Society might provide education and support. What ACS services would you recommend and why?

Unfortunately, cancer is not something rare in our society. Everyone knows someone diagnosed with cancer. Therefore, organizations like The American Cancer Society (ACS) are very useful and needed. Working as an Adult Oncology nurse I encounter patients diagnosed with this horrible disease on a daily basis. ACS is engraved in our floor and representatives come every day to see our patients and families as needed. They provide very needed information. Patients are usually so overwhelmed when they first learn about their disease. Talking to ACS representatives gives them opportunity to learn more about their new diagnosis and what steps they need to take from now on. ACS can help with setting up chemotherapy schedule and support between treatments. In that emotional time conversation with counselor can be very beneficial. ACS can connect patients with support groups; talking to survivors and their journey might give patients a lot of hope.

When patients are ready, they can learn about treatments and what to expect after. Look Good Feel Better program helps dealing with physical changes, offers wigs, fitted breast jackets etc.

Sometimes, patients and their families want to give back and they can contribute to research. They can also learn about experimental treatments.

According to statistics published by the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1.5 million new cancer cases diagnosed each year over the next decade. What factors contribute to the yearly incidence and mortality rates of various cancers in Americans? What changes in policy and practice are most likely to affect these figures over time

Statistics show that cancer is predicted to be rising. Much research has proven that there are factors that contribute or can accelerate speed in which cancer would grow. Some factors like genetics cannot be modified (at least not yet) but there are multiple factors that we can influence. ACS lists things we can do to lower our probability to get that disease:

Staying away from tobacco

Being safe in the sun

Eating healthy

Staying active

Avoiding environmental carcinogens

Following preventive screening guidelines (ACS, 2017).

Select a research program from among those funded by the American Cancer Society. Describe the program and discuss what impact the research will have on the prevention or treatment of cancer.

According to ACS: “We’ve invested more than $4.6 billion in cancer research since 1946, all to find more – and better – treatments, uncover factors that may cause cancer, and improve cancer patients’ quality of life”.

One of research that ACS is conducting is “Epidemiology Research Program”. It focuses on reduction”… the cancer burden by conducting large, nationwide prospective studies that advance our understanding of cancer etiology, survival and long-term survivorship and inform cancer prevention and control programs, policies and guidelines”(ACS, 2017).

I find this program extremely important as it focuses, among other factors, on finding why the cancer starts. Prevention and being able to avoid factors that start the disease on the first place seems to give us the best chance to fight the disease.

References:

American Cancer Society. (2017). Stay Healthy. Retrieved from: https://www.cancer.org/healthy.html

American Cancer Society (2017).Epidemiology Research Program. Retrieved from https://www.cancer.org/research/we-conduct-cancer-research/epidemiology.html

How patient information is released to family/friends

As a nurse, it’s important to keep patient information private and only share it with the other health care team members that are directly involved in their care. It’s also extremely important to ask the patient who may listen, know, hear, or be included in their decisions when they are admitted and document this information.

Good points Amanda. Does your organization have a system of how patient information is released to family/friends of patients that have a right to know?

Cigarette Smoking and Cancer

One of the risk factors for an increase in cancer diagnoses is cigarette smoking. With so many negative effects of such a carcinogenic habit, one often wonders why they are even sold. Primary prevention provided by nurses is considered smoking prevention; that is preventing the public to even pick up that first cigarette. We may be seeing a change in the selling of tobacco products in the near future. CVS pharmacies discontinued tobacco sales effective October 1, 2014. The following is from an article in CNN Health (February, 2014):

“CVS Caremark is the largest pharmacy in the United States based on total prescription revenue, according to the company. It operates more than 7,600 CVS/pharmacy stores nationwide in addition to more than 800 MinuteClinics, which are medical clinics within the pharmacy locations” (Landau, 2014). This move is an important and bold effort to get the word out that, “blending providing health care and providing cigarettes just doesn’t match,” said Dr. Richard Wender, chief cancer control officer at the American Cancer Society. What are your thoughts on this and Cigarette Smoking and Cancer? What if other products are restricted such as alcohol? Where is the line drawn in what is viewed as “healthy”?

Nurses breach of standard of care

In a legal point of view these standards if not followed can bring about claims of negligence or malpractice by patients or family members. McMahon (2016) states that “most legal actions against nurses arise because a patient claims the nurse breached a standard of care and that the breach resulted in harm to the patient (para. 6).

You made some interesting points, John. How would the courts prove that the nurse failed to follow the standards of care?