Application of the Nursing Process to Deliver Culturally Competent Care
This paper provides a detailed explanation of a research study that discusses the experiences of African Americans with healthcare. From their experiences, the paper identifies their needs, which include fair treatment when seeking for healthcare services. Cuevas, O’Brien and Saha (2016) have written the research article, which provides various steps…
Nursing Interests and Experience
My personal research interest is HIV/AIDS prevalence and prevention. This public health issue is of particular interest to me as a nurse specialist. The most vulnerable category of people requires professional help and heavily relies on the efforts of medical staff. The adequately collected research data and comprehensive, integrated HIV…
The Impact of the IOM Report: Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership
Nurses have contributed immensely to the growth and reformation of the healthcare system. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) (2011) ascertains that challenges that these professionals faced in the past, such as low participation in health research and policymaking, deterred the growth of the nursing profession. Therefore, it was necessary to…
Poor Nursing Interventions
The field of nursing demands a lot of responsibility from its professionals, because the main objective for each nurse remains the safety of patients. According to Stavrianopoulos (2012), patient safety means “the prevention of harm to patients.” In fact, the whole system of healthcare is to focus on the prevention…
Importance of Ethics in Nursing
There is no field of social activities that does not deal with ethics, and that is why the field of nursing is not an exception in any way. In fact, ethics in nursing practice play a crucial role in delivering the appropriate services and communicating with patients. In patient care,…