This theory is based on psychodynamic nursing that utilizes the grasp of the individual's behavior to help the patient other identify his challenges or the difficulties. This theory is based on the principle of human relations and the fact that a patient normally has a felt need (Antipuesto, 2008)
Pregnant inmates are encouraged to have job assignments and attend school." (Epp, 1996) Empirics, Ethics, Aesthetics and Personal There were certain things that helped me a great deal along the way and the patterns of knowing where a great influence on me
Nurses need to not only participate in the planning process during the interdisciplinary planning meetings, but also to contribute their own assessment and recommendations from a nursing perspective." (Mattson Bryan & Wirth, 1995, p
Wiedenbach also believed that there were 3 essential components associated with a nursing philosophy: Reverence for life, Respect for the dignity, worth, autonomy and individuality of each human being and resolution to act on personally and professionally held beliefs." (Wright, 2004) nurse's purpose based on Wiedenbach's works should revolve around what the nurse wants to accomplish as demonstrated by her actions but all of those activities need to focus on achieving results for the patient
She possessed a sufficient background in research and initiated her career in this area as a postgraduate nurse researcher in the School of Nursing at the University of California. In 1982, Benner achieved the position of associate professor in the Department of Physiological Nursing at the same university (Basford & Slevin, 2003; Finkelman & Kenner, 2010)
After which, she earned a masters degree in nursing with her emphasis in medical surgical nursing from the University of California. She has worked as a research assistant to Richard Lazarus at the University of California and worked on her PhD in the areas of stress, and health conferred in 1982 (Benner, Tanner, & Chesla, 2009; Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2010)
She has stated that the development of knowledge consists of extending practical knowledge through theory-based investigations. The use of charting the existing awareness has further developed through the clinical experience within the practice of the discipline (Finkelman & Kenner, 2010)
For this reason, it is important to record and develop the awareness of clinical expertise. The practice and theory in the nursing area establishes a higher probability for creating the new possibilities (Sitzman & Eichelberger, 2010)
In American history, many of the first nurse anesthetists were nuns. (Evans, 2004) This connection between spirituality and the profession shows that a patient undergoing anesthesia must be physically safe, and feel safe -- in the body and soul, before undergoing the physical and psychological shock of an operation under anesthesia
"Many authors have examined the pervasive phenomenon in the practice of nursing that is widely known as 'nurses eating their young.' The literature reports that a staggering number of registered nurses are leaving professional nursing practice due to feelings of stress, inadequacy, anxiety, oppression, and disempowerment, often a result of horizontal violence" (Bally 2007)
A nurse leader must be "visible, identifiable, accessible, approachable, and authoritative to not only your staff but your customers as well. The charge nurse is the conduit for information provided from management to staff and from staff to management" (Cintron 2011)
But one of the greatest obstacles to creating a culture of nursing leadership is often that nurses still do not see themselves as leaders, only as people who "who spend much of their time putting out fires and gathering equipment. This view of being non-valued does not foster professionalism or leadership in the workplace" (Grindel 2004:1)
Nursing has a responsibility to encourage and support new members of the profession, as they become competent clinicians. Nursing must also make them competent leaders" (Valentine 2002)
In the early days of nursing, the nurse simply followed doctor's orders and took care of the daily tasks of sanitation and cleaning. It was out of place for the nurse to challenge the doctor's orders, even if they knew that they were wrong (Lewis, 2007)
Now nurses are expected to take a more active role in decision making regarding patient care. They now perform many of the functions of the doctors themselves (Radcliffe, 2000)
Additionally, past experiences with the medical profession, the progression of the patient's illness or health, and stage in life will also affect the nurse's responsiveness to the person. The 'person' always exist as part of an integrated system of care, incorporating not only physical needs but also spiritual, psychological, and socio-cultural demands that define the patient as an individual, as a member of a family, and as part of community (Hagopian, 2009, Slide 5)
True to the situational and contingency theory, a good nurse must be a leader in advocating for the patient's needs and establishing what is necessary for the patient to be restored to health, and set clear and goal-oriented treatment plans that must be followed for the sake of the patient, rather than the sake of the nurse's personal sense of self-empowerment as a leader. (Blanchard, 2005) Although many situational theories of leadership stress the integral relationship between the leader and the environment, however, the path-goal theory is unique in that it suggests that leaders are not necessarily born
Lastly, more and more nurses today may need to employ achievement-oriented leadership where the nurse sets high goals for the staff at large and expects other nurses to exhibit the same high levels of performance, even in the face of evident obstacles, such as in a bogged-down hospital bureaucracy or an understaffed ER. (Wu, 2005) The Path-Goal Theory also stresses that a true leader's behavior is only motivating to patients, fellow nurses, and superiors and subordinates to the degree that the behavior increases the follower's goal attainment and clarifies the paths to these goals
A nurse's job is to assist patients, families and communities in enhancing their level of health. Nursing is one of the greatest services to humanity (Blais, et al
Failing to report abuse so can lead to serious criminal penalties. In the state of California, nurses must report any incidents of abuse they observe, reasonably suspect, or are told about by children and adults (Markus, 1999)