nursing’s ontological perspective as a practice discipline. In order to achieve this, the author will explain what an ontology perspective to nursing means. The author will define what is nursing and the nature of nursing. This will be looked at from an ontological nursing perspective. The author will discuss the characteristics that determine the nursing perspective. The key aspects to knowledge as a practice discipline will be addressed. Concluding with the main points outlined. Ontology is a
Richardson identified the increasing emphasis on evidence based practice, stating that nurses must be prudent and diligent when making decisions for nursing care by using only the most up to date and accurate information to base their clinical decisions upon. More recently, decision making models have been brought to the forefront as excellent tools nursing students and novice nurses can use when transferring evidence into useable knowledge for practice. The decision making models highlight the importance
My personal philosophy of nursing revolves around caring. For me, it is the benchmark of high quality, patient-centered, holistic nursing care. I believe that to provide high-quality care to those in need, we must first make an effort to purposefully include the art of caring (Jasmine, 2009). This does not negate the importance of including medical and nursing scientific knowledge in the care provide. Schrock (1981) stated that, “philosophy is an attitude toward life and reality that evolves from
Marilyn Ray and Jean Watson’s Theories Compared By Jessica Soler NAU University Nursing Theory and Healthcare Models Abstract Nursing is a intricate profession and is constantly changing for the better. Evidence based practice can bring on some of these changes as well as government mandates. Nursing is challenged with increased patient loads, and new innovations such as computer charting. In nursing, caring, must be a part of our lifestyle in order to be to be an effective nurse
faculty observed that students of St. Luke’s College of Nursing are accustomed to the spoon-feeding approach, which is currently the practice in the institution. The subjects taught in the College of Nursing have lengthy coverage, thus, teachers tend to do everything and provide all the lectures just to finish the topics covered in the syllabus. Some of the teachers believe that Outcomes Based Education might not be applicable in all nursing subjects since some of them are content-bound. Overall
educating others, and providing support is all a part of the job. Many nurses work in healthcare facilities, like hospitals. In order to become a registered nurse, a bachelor's science degree, associate's degree, or diploma is required. Also, the person that wants to become a registered nurse must graduate from an approved nursing program and they have to pass the National Council Licensure Examination. Other qualifications include
The origin and early development of Evidence-Based Clinical Practice started in the 1970s at the McMaster University in Canada (Tammy Hoffman, Sally Bennett & Chris Del Mar, 2013). Evidence-based clinical practice (EBCP) is a new approach to health-care practice that specifically recognises the quality of the evidence that relates to every patient’s care management, the value of that evidence, the pros and cons of viable alternative management strategies, and the role of patients' values and preferences
Stress in the Employees of Higher Educational Institutions Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Background, theoretical basis and definition 1.1.1 Higher Education Introduction 1.1.2 Importance of Higher Education 1.1.3 Higher Education’s Complexity and Problems 1.1.4 Need of Change in Higher Education 1.1.5 Define Personality Mental Well being and stress 1.1.6 Personality (optimism) 1.1.7 Higher education and its type 1.1.8 Stress and its components 1.1.9 Optimism