According to a literature review, there is a nursing shortage that has placed more demand on nursing programs (Slaughter-Smith & Helms, 2012, p. 54). Therefore, assigning students is placing more demands on the nurse that is precepting. Not only does the nurse have a student, but her workload has increased because of the shortage, sick calls or understaffing. One has to be vigil of a nurse’s perception towards students (Slaughter-Smith & Helms, 2012, p. 54), as this will affect facilitation of learning. Nurses on a critical care unit have been informed that two different facilities will deploy student nurses two evenings a week. The nurses have expressed their discontent towards the news. It is time for the nurse educator (NE) to use her …show more content…
Once the issues are clearly stipulated, each one will be addressed. An acuity-based staffing (ABS) approach can be used to assign patients and nurses, according to patient acuity (Trapier, Lee, & Kerfoot, 2017, p. 185). According to The Affordable Care Act of 2010, reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid are founded on quality of care; how the facilities performs by means of using evidence-based practice, along with patient satisfaction (Trapier, Lee, & Kerfoot, 2017, p. 185). This is why nurses need to be involved with decisions. Once the nurses issue has been dealt with, the following can be …show more content…
125) to accept students in a positive way. Mezirow’s transformational “learning is the ‘process of using a prior interpretation to construct a new or revised interpretation of the meaning of one’s experience in order to guide future action” (Garneau, 2016, p. 128). This is perfect for this dilemma of nurses questioning the students being on a critical care unit. The nurses must reflect back to when they were students and they thirst for clinical exposure and experience. The three main focuses of this transformative theory are based on “experience, critical reflection, and rational discourse” (Garneau, 2016, p. 128), which are important to nursing. Ten stages comprise this theory. First five focuses on the dilemma, one’s feelings, suppositions, and the search for new roles with their perspective actions (Garneau, 2016, p. 129). In the last five stages transformation occurs. Garneau, (2016), stipulates that transformation is viewed by the acquisition of knowledge and proficiencies, self-confidence is built and there is incorporation into one’s being (p. 129). After all, this type of reflection and education can “point out the social mandate of nurses and their role in reducing health inequities” (Garneau, 2016, p. 131). Application of Mezirow’s theory can facilitate nurses accepting the students and therefore learning can
Due to hospital care reaching an all-time high in America, we need nurses now more than ever before. Currently in America, we have an issue with nurses having too many paperwork to fill out. In the article “We Need More Nurses” by Alexandra Robbins argues we need more nurses in the hospital. Nursing shortage has been a common issue throughout the world. Because of this issue others are being affected in many different ways.
Nurses play an essential role in the healthcare industry. The nurse workforce is made up of licensed nurses: registered nurses (RNs), licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs), along with nurse aides. Registered nurses are responsible for assessments of patients’ needs, development of care plans, medication administration, and treatments, while licensed vocational nurses perform specific care under the delegation of the registered nurses and supervisions. Nursing aides perform activities of daily living (unskilled attention) to the patient. Adequate nursing staffing is essential to both patient care and outcomes, also to the retention of nurses while inadequate staffing creates problems for both the patients and
Philosophy of Nursing Everyone’s values and beliefs about the profession of nursing are all different. The four concepts of nursing are interrelated and all mean something different to every person, too. Throughout this paper, I will be reflecting on my values and beliefs about nursing through the four concepts while comparing them to a nursing theorist with views that are most similar to my own.
Nursing is a most trusted and gratifying profession. As a nurse educator, I will express my passion for teaching by incorporating features such as clinical assessments, practical application of theory, evaluation, and role modeling into advanced nursing practice, from previous experiences and current experience and clinical practicum to find success and gratification in students chosen profession as well empowering leaners to develop their own strengths, beliefs, and personal attributes to become a good professional. Personally, I do have a positive attitude towards the personal and professional growth, and value ongoing learning and will stive to instill the same into my students learnig journey .. My objective as a Nurse Educator
Caring for The Individual: An Examination of Personal Nursing Philosophy Arianna Mailloux 400164224 NURSING 2AA3 Ashley Collins Harris February 19, 2018 As a novice nurse, developing and understanding of ones’ own personal feelings about nursing is important to help shape your clinical practice. Within this paper I will examine my personal assumptions, beliefs and values of the four nursing paradigms to develop a personal philosophy of nursing. This philosophy will be aligned with a known nursing theory and the comparisons will be discussed. Section I: Personal Philosophy of Nursing Person
The theory’s first stage is the attention phase and requires students to pay attention to the skill which is being taught in an environment that is conducive for and provides the necessary condition needed for learning to occur. As the expert nurse educator demonstrates the skill while students’ pay attention by observing what the instructor is demonstrating; this can be seen as role modeling. Therefore, an expert educator demonstrates competently the techniques associated with oral administration of medication; clearly, it is important that student nurses observe this procedure being done. In addition, another important determiner when paying attention has to do with the students’ goals, self-esteem, and competence; all these components are acted upon as each student processes the
Ethical Issues in Nursing: Nurse-Patient Ratios Megan Harvey, Katie McKelvery, Erica Robbins & Cassandra Tingley St. Johns River State College March 2018 Ethical Issues in Nursing: Nurse-Patient Ratios Every day nurses are faced with ethical dilemmas. Challenges in these situations are becoming more and more complex due to increasing workload and sicker patients. When a nursing unit is understaffed not only are nurses more likely to become burnt out, but their patients are far less likely to receive the quality of care they deserve. The problem is that the Federal regulations require hospitals who participate in Medicare to “have ‘adequate’ numbers of licensed nurses (RN, LPN, CNA) to provide care to all patients as needed,” but the regulations
A competent nurse is knowledgeable, compassionate, holistic, ethical, a patient advocate, and integrates other disciplines in order to achieve excellence in quality patient care. I believe the road is paved with multiple opportunities for students to experience and collaborate with competent nurses. Because I believe the qualities that are characteristic of a competent nurse also are characteristic of an competent nurse educator, my teaching styles reflects my nursing practice. I believe a student 's level of commitment is influenced by my enthusiasm and passion for teaching. For me, it begins by investing my time, knowledge and experience in students.
This process of learning provides us with experiences about; ourselves, others and the environment, in essence it provides a structure for our thinking. In addition, Buresh and Gordon (2000) stated that a nurse philosophy is hinged on the nurse’s values and beliefs regarding the profession and is acquired through observation and experiences over time. In fact, a person’s belief indicates what he
On reflection, the nursing profession is far more than a practical position. Instead, it entails the mastery of comprehensive knowledge in multiple disciplines, such as medicine, nursing, ethics, mental health, psychology, sociology, and communication, insightful synthesis of various knowledge and information, effective application of critical thinking to specific situations, self-examination and self-development in personal
The vital characteristics associated with that of any profession in the field of medicine, imposes the need for some students to reevaluate their learning styles. Those who in prerequisite courses could read the textbook and thrive in class, or even those who had photographic abilities, may find themselves needing an entirely different approach in order to be successful in nursing school. The nursing profession requires the thinking skills of aspiring students to meet standards above and beyond that of any other profession. In order to effectively implement the nursing process in practice, a nurse must demonstrate understanding of the foundations of critical thinking by asking ‘who, what, when, where, why, define, clarify, describe, relate,
Stress refers to a dynamic interaction between the individual and the environment. In this interaction, demands, limitations and opportunities related to work may be perceived as threatening to surpass the individual's resources and skills. Stress is any physical or psychological stimulus that disturbs the adaptive state and provoked a coping response The increasing interest in stress research is probably because we live in a world that includes many stressful circumstances and stress has been a global phenomenon. It has become an integral part of life and is said to be the price we all pay for the struggle to stay alive.
The problem to be addressed by this study is the difficulties undergraduate nursing students face in clinical situations that has been identified through current literature indicating a concern regarding the connection to theory taught in lecture and clinical efficiency (Hiroko, Emiko, Hide, Tokiko, S. & Tokiko, K. 2014). Theoretical development in nursing suggests that learning is dependent upon ‘engaging in work activities that are new and consequently extend the persons’ capabilities, securing appropriate guidance from experienced coworkers, and being able to access training in valued assignments’ (Hiroko, et.al 2014). More and more, literature is focusing on the need to connect learning theory to the clinical training of nursing students.
It is to critically analyse and reflect upon an innovative approach to learn in the clinical environment. One of the topics in which I have chosen to teach a student
The rise of these following factors: critical social theory, feminism and postmodernism have a significance impact on the world. To understand their impact, it is essential to appreciate that critical social theory differs from critical thinking. This term paper aims at discussing how these three factors critical social theory, feminism and postmodernism make an impact on the modern world. It also analyses how critical social theory, feminism and postmodernism can be potential applicants to Professional nursing practice. A society that is embedded in critical social theory is one that doesn’t view any given society as a well-functioning organism.