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Implementing Ethics Education For Nurse Managers, Mona L. Lateyice, Rachel E. Marzec
Implementing Ethics Education For Nurse Managers, Mona L. Lateyice, Rachel E. Marzec
Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects
Background: Every day, nurses are faced with making decisions for patient care and may come across complicated ethical decisions. Ethical practice is essential in every health care organization in providing care and how they conduct themselves (ANA, 2015). Nurse managers are responsible for ensuring ethical standards are met by nursing staff.
Problem: Nurse managers are faced with ethical problems more than fifty percent of their work time (Aitamaa, 2019). There are studies that show nurse managers and nurses have difficulty solving ethical problems because they lack understanding of ethical principles (Huang, et al., 2020). Evidence shows nurses are deficient in …
Improving End-Of-Life Care On Navajo Through Education, Johanna G. Bahe
Improving End-Of-Life Care On Navajo Through Education, Johanna G. Bahe
Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Projects
End-of-life care (EOLC) is an essential component of comprehensive healthcare and has been shown to improve the quality of life of patients and their families by preventing and relieving pain caused by physical, psychosocial, and spiritual complications. Many rural communities lack access to EOLC, specifically certified palliative and hospice services. The lack of this specialty in rural areas directly affects the experience of healthcare staff. The absence of education for rural healthcare staff and the importance of culturally sensitive care among indigenous people are key concepts in this study.
The purpose of this study was to measure the knowledge, confidence, …