Nursing Essays

Introduction Effective communication is a key determinant of patient satisfaction, compliance and recovery. Good communication allows nurses to help patients, families and other care workers to manage emotional crises, pain of physical, mental and even facilitate patients’ treatment plans (Denier et al. 2010; Sirota 2008). Nurses are continually associated with …

The position of a manager is a foreign occupation to me. I have worked as a charge nurse for about 3 years but to be manager has always seemed overwhelming to me. I have to the opportunity to precept with Wayne Martin, who is currently the manager over the Emergency …

COURSE DESCRIPTION: Students investigate the impact of illness on adult and geriatric patients and their families. They examine physiological, pathophysiological, psychological, financial, spiritual, and social changes affecting ill adults. Emphasis is placed on nursing interventions that promote, maintain, and restore health. Safety principles are highlighted. Students provide care for adult …

Mrs X is an 84 year old British lady. She has type 2 diabetes, hypotension and she is also MRSA positive. She was admitted to her local hospital where she was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome and pulmonary oedema, but has now been transferred from her local hospital to this …

Is Theory Important to Bedside Nursing? Nurses convey a wealth of knowledge and proficiency to the resource decision making in many different aspects of the healthcare system. Traditionally, nurses have been most active in decisions that primarily cater to patients, which include, nursing education, social concerns, and tasks of a …

This article identifies pressure ulcers as problems in people’s lives. They become health burdens. Once they occur they become difficult to treat. The article seeks to describe how prevention can be achieved. Proper risk assessment approach is suggested as one of the best measures to prevent pressure ulcer development. In …