Future Trends in Nursing Practice Nursing practice experiences constant and rapid evolution due to the implementation of new coming trends related to the demographic changes, nursing research, and technology. Being the closest to patients’ caregivers, nurses are considered as major contributors to healthcare organizations. Nurses are obliged to have an evidence-based understanding of the significant influence that can be made through health promotion interventions and deliver this understanding to
Abstract Information is the main to operative decision making and vital to excellence nursing practice. Considerably what nurses do encompasses information such as caring for patients and also having effective communication skills with patients, patient families and also other health care professionals. The goal of nursing informatics is to improve the health of populations, communities, families, and individuals by optimizing information, management and communication. This includes the use of information
THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND 1.0 INTRODUCTION Pain, according to O’Sullivan, Schmitz, & Fulk (2014) is defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of damage. It may be acute, persistent or recurrent or chronic. Chronic pain persists for 3-6 months or more. Among the types of pain, low back pain is the 2nd most common reason for physician visits. Occurring below the 12th rib and above the gluteal folds,(Sikiru
been many studies done on learning styles and methods of teaching over the last 30 years. After World War II Edgar Dale wrote a book explaining the Learning Pyramid. This pyramid listed different teaching techniques that, when used, gave different rates of learning efficiency (Dale, 1946). This book was updated and published three more times through the years. The learning pyramid has continually been reprinted in teaching guides, as recently as 2005. (DeKanter, 2005) The National Training Laboratories