Professional Association Membership Grand Canyon University NUR 430V Professional Association Membership There are so many different nursing organizations due to this profession being such a broad field of learning. A professional organization that is interesting is the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN). The AACN has a specific mission and vision. The Association also […]
Contemporary Nursing Practice NUR 430V Grand Canyon University Contemporary Nursing Practice Nursing has never compiled into “one” history, perception, or explanation (D’Antonio, 2010). Over time nursing crawled through the dark ages of the medicine man, walked through religious practices such as Christian deaconesses, and ran into war; WW2 and the Crimean war. Nursing as we
Heather Hart’s Northern Oracle Name Professor Course Date The Northern Oracle is an artwork of rooftop installation coming to the floor of a gallery, a series of drawing obtained from the media characterize the rooftop installation to make the building look marvelous. The theme conveyed by the media drawing at the Heather Hart is the
Discuss the value of theory to the profession of nursing (Nursing Practice, Nursing Education, Nursing Research, or Nursing Management). Nursing theories have great value in nursing practice, as they emphasize a frame of information and knowledge for relevant patient care (Lee, 2014). Our profession was shaped by Florence Nightingale’s Environmental Theory; which its main focus
Question 1 From the Chinn and Kramer reading, define emancipatory knowing, emancipatory knowledge and praxis. How does each of these elements relate to and build upon the other? Provide an example of praxis in the patient care environment. Question 2 McEwen and Wills discuss the difference between science and philosophy. Identify three characteristics of science,
What is personal knowing; how does your personal knowing affect your personal professional development? According to Chinn and Kramer (2018), personal knowing refers to knowing oneself. The outline of knowing the Self is tough to comprehend, because knowing the self is hard to describe or put into words. We can understand our Self by knowing
Unit 7 – Theory & Practice Which nursing theory do you feel will have the greatest impact on your practice and why. The theory I found that applies most to my practice in the urology department is Dorothy Johnson’s behavioral system model. The theory is focused on reducing stress for patients, so they are able
Unit 6 – Theory & Practice Article Link – Self-conscious emotions in patients suffering from chronic musculoskeletal pain: A brief report. Full text is on Herzing Library. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2014.991735 Article Presentation This week, I chose to pick an article on a topic that relates to all areas of nursing: pain. My article for this week examines
Unit 5 – Theory & Education Article Link – Patient evaluation of a discharge program following a radical prostatectomy https://www.suna.org/sites/default/files/download/members/unjarticles/2004/04dec/483.pdf Article Presentation The article I chose this week is “Patient evaluation of a discharge program following a radical prostatectomy.” The article goes through many methods of doing discharge teaching for a patient who recently had
Unit 4 Discussion – Theory & Leadership Please complete the following steps for your initial discussion post: Complete a library search for a peer-reviewed journal article that integrates nursing theory and nursing management. Present the article and discuss the nursing theory used, the benefits of nursing theory in management and any weaknesses you identify in