Week 4 Literature review
After identifying the articles to be used in your literature review, conduct a critical analysis of each article and summarize the findings. The literature you choose should support your proposed intervention.
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patient rights
Describe an organizational environment that would facilitate the ethical practice of nurses caring for chronically ill patients. As you read about patients’ rights, describe one patient right that is often not fully implemented in the patient care environment. Identify specific strategies to help ensure that this right is supported within the patient care environment. Explain … Read more
What would you do?
Betty, the chief nursing officer, had to make a decision about buying 120 new hospital beds for patient rooms. After she interviewed nurse mangers at the units where the beds were going to be placed, Betty compiled her findings and decided to contact a well-known equipment company to obtain prices and contracts. The equipment company’s … Read more
patient advocacy
Specifically define the role of the registered nurse in patient advocacy. Describe situations in which nursing advocacy can assist patients within the healthcare environment. Defend why nurses are, or are not, adequately prepared, in pre-licensure education, to act as patient advocates.
article prompt
Choose one of the articles below, Park, M. (2009). Ethical issues in nursing practice. Journal of Nursing Law, 13(3), 68-77. doi:10.1891/1073-7472.13.3.68 Link: Ethical issues in nursing practice Links to an external site. Prompt: Identify primary areas for legal and ethical issues faced by oncology nurses in this study (Park, 2009), and strategies they may have developed … Read more
moral and ethical dialog
It is challenging to engage in meaningful discussions with patients when moral and ethical dilemmas present themselves. How we engage with our patients can have a profound impact on the care they receive and the decisions they make. The following exercise will present you with moral and ethical dilemmas common to many clinical practices. The … Read more
The Five R’s
Apply the framework of The Five R’s approach to ethical nursing practice from this week’s reading to answer the questions about values and choices. What are values? Q. What are your personal values? Q. Why do you value them? Q. What are the values in your society? Q. How do you make choices? Q. Are … Read more
survey
Reflect upon the survey you took. In your initial response, address some of the following questions. Explain your answers. Did you find it easy to make confident and decisive decisions with several strongly agree or strongly disagree answers, or did you select mostly moderate responses? Did any subject areas trigger personal emotions or issues? If … Read more
policy making
Describe how the educational level achieved by a nurse or the entry point into professional nursing practice affects the quality and competence of a nurse’s participation in policy making. Why it is important for registered nurses to influence the regulatory process? Does the nurses education have influence on their ability to make an impact?
healthcare delivery system
What is the difference between a protocol, standard of care delivery, and policy at the practice, state, and federal level? Briefly outline each. What are the perceptions of the health care delivery system from the perspectives of patients, providers, payers, and policy makers? Discuss at least one perception from one of the populations listed: patient, … Read more