Practical nursing career, 1975-76. Information about state-approved schools of practical nursing.
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Lupus anticoagulant and anticardiolipin are antiphospholipid antibodies. The presence of either or both antiphospholipid antibodies may result in antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, which is typified by recurrent venous or arterial thrombosis, recurrent fetal loss, and thrombocytopenia. Many features of this syndrome are not well understood, including its prevalence, how and why antiphospholipid autoantibodies develop, and their definitive role in disease states. In clinical practice, nurses care for patients and families with antiphospholipid antibody syndrome who require treatment, education, and support.
The nurse, as a member of the staff, is supposed to take responsibility on the administration of medicines as one of the important duties among all the activities he/she has to perform. The implementation of the distribution system of only-dose medicine is directly bound to nurses' activities. Therefore, this study has as its main purpose to detect nurses' reflections about the system and their impact on nursing practice. The authors questioned the way the nurse and his/her staff are inserted in this context of changes, in a way of really assuring benefits for the patients, following and evaluating the whole process, considering that such change affects directly part of these activities.
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HIV-positive women and their children experience substantial problems brought about by the illness itself and service-delivery issues. Significant ethical concerns are raised when providing care to this patient population, and the ramifications of compromises in patient confidentiality are extremely serious. All practicing nurses should be familiar with the issues and potential solutions.
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Dynamic changes in health care delivery organization, financing, and role of the consumer present an unprecedented opportunity for advanced practice nurses (APNs) to provide quality care to individuals and aggregates that emphasize health promotion, disease prevention, and health care management at a reasonable cost. APNs can use nursing informatics to help build healthier populations. This article outlines the major information needs dictated by the complex changes in health care, the power of information, and the strategies for ensuring access to information by APNs to meet the goal of building healthier populations.
Thirty-three advanced practice nurses (APNs) in 25 different primary care sites in one state participated in a study of the safety and effectiveness of APN prescriptive authority. Data were analyzed on 1,708 patients seen during a 2-month period. Outcomes of care were studied using three different measures as well as patient satisfaction. Evaluation of patient outcome by APN and physician indicated that in 76% of the cases, the patient's condition stabilized or improved. Patients evaluated their own outcomes positively. Participating physicians were unanimous in their evaluation of APN prescriptive authority as beneficial to their patients.
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PURPOSE: This study was aimed at (a) describing professional nursing practice environments embedded in nursing care units and (b) examining its relationships to nurses' task motivation. METHOD: Using the Nursing Work Index Revised (NWI-R) and the Work Preference Inventory (WPI), a descriptive study was conducted with a sample of 320 registered nurses on 26 nursing care units in one University hospital in Korea. RESULT: Mean scores were 12.9 on a 5-20 score range of an autonomous environment scale, 7.3 on a 3-12 score range of a collaborative environment, and 15.8 on a 7-28 score range of control over nursing practice. Nurses' age, educational level, job position, working period at the hospital and employment status were significantly related to the degree of a professional practice environment. The extent to which a professional practice environment accounted for task motivation was 19.5%. CONCLUSION: There is a certain degree of professionalism in the workplace environment that nurses perceived within the nursing care units. When nurses care for patients, the degree of task motivation depends on the work environment supporting the professional nursing practice.
If nursing practice is to benefit from the abundance of nursing research being conducted, a technique is needed to synthesize and integrate the results of individual studies. Meta-analysis, a quantitative approach to literature review, is such a technique. This article provides an overview of meta-analysis. Examples of published meta-analysis studies in obstetric and neonatal nursing are discussed to illustrate the clinical significance of this technique.
The Nurses' Board of Western Australia identifies health teaching as one of five essential role competencies in its regulation of professional nursing practice. This implies that patient/client education is recognized as a fundamental component of health care, however there is mounting concern within the profession that nurses are not taking full advantage of teaching opportunities that present in clinical practice. This paper reviews literature about health teaching and suggests that patients should be better informed about their health status and future health maintenance.
Nursing education should include teaching strategies that encourage students to participate actively in the learning process. Cooperative learning is a teaching/learning strategy that promotes active student involvement and leads to enhanced problem-solving skills, greater retention of material, and transfer of learning. The author describes cooperative learning and its use in a leadership/management course to teach students about the provisions of the state's Nurse Practice Act.
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: Nursing practice statutes provide patient care guidelines for each state.