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A Collaborative Approach To An Advanced Nursing Practice, Elizabeth R. Janeczko
A Collaborative Approach To An Advanced Nursing Practice, Elizabeth R. Janeczko
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Collaboration within multiple disciplines is fundamental to the success of any health care practitioner. For the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), collaboration as well as the use of a mentor during a detailed, organized orientation leads to success in the chosen field of the APRN. A good orientation requires the current staff to work together in a harmonious way to mentor the new orientee and ultimately produces a confident staff member. An unorganized orientation lacking in collaboration may force the orientee to struggle, never knowing if they are on the right path, can lead to disruption of the unit, dissatisfaction, …
Developing A Healthy Work Environment For Radiology Nurses Through Metaphor, Anne Cords
Developing A Healthy Work Environment For Radiology Nurses Through Metaphor, Anne Cords
Theses and Graduate Projects
A healthy work environment is an essential part of a nurse's professional practice. Providing nurses access to resources to understand the importance of a healthy work environment should be present in healthcare organizations. After evaluating a Radiology Department at a large hospital in the Midwest, the themes of communication, collaboration, and authentic leadership were revealed as areas to be improved upon for this work environment. Not only will these themes contribute to the workplace as well as providing effective patient care. The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) Standards for Establishing and Sustaining Healthy Work Environments (Barden, 2005:2016) and Martha …
Preparing Nurses For Medical Emergencies: Developing A Collaborative Mock Code Training Program, Joseph Heaser
Preparing Nurses For Medical Emergencies: Developing A Collaborative Mock Code Training Program, Joseph Heaser
Theses and Graduate Projects
Medical emergencies are stresstul and anxiety producing situations that require quick and precise action. As first responders in the hospital setting, nurses are often responsible for initiating resuscitative efforts until additional help arrives. Positive patient outcomes are dependent on the nurses' ability to quickly and accurately utilize basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) to deliver the care needed during the critical first few minutes following cardiac arrest. It is very difficult for nursing staff to maintain emergency medical response skills and knowledge when they are only required to practice them once a year for their annual …
Creation Of Care Coordination Team, Linda Peterson
Creation Of Care Coordination Team, Linda Peterson
Theses and Graduate Projects
Healthcare in the United States is fragmented and costly. Care coordination positively impacts healthcare cost and quality in healthcare systems. Case managers, social workers, and community health workers create health care teams in a health care home model. A team approach, formed by relationships built from collaboration, communication, and application of Complexity Theory, produces these outcomes. Relational coordination based on shared goals, shared knowledge, and mutual respect creates the framework from which to establish a team. Watson's Caring Science theory provides the conceptual framework to support the connectedness that occurs within a team approach. Creating a collaborative team of case …