Role of Nurses in Healthcare: Basic Duties While there are many subspecialties of nursing, some expectations are widely accepted as the role of nurses within the healthcare industry. These essential duties center around the different roles of the nurse and include the following responsibilities: ...
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are in use in some healthcare organisations but in an irregular and unplanned way. The aim of the present study was to describe nurses' and nurse students' demands of functions and usability in a PDA. Interviews were made with 12 nurses at the County ...
Personal digital assistants (PDAs) are in use in some healthcare organisations but in an irregular and unplanned way. The aim of the present study was to describe nurses' and nurse students' demands of functions and usability in a PDA. Interviews were made with 12 nurses at the County ...
OBJECTIVEThe aim of this project was to describe nurse scientists' roles, functions, and work experiences in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).BACKGROUNDNurse scientists play a critical role in shaping the culture of clinical inquiry and closing the gap between knowledge and practice.METHODSA...
nurse was as assistant to the physician rather than as colleague. Newer definitions of nursing view the practice of nursing as including both independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions that may be performed autonomously or in collaboration with other members of the health care team....
Effective communication in nurse-patient interaction is argued to have therapeutic functions in healthcare (Riley, 2008, Samovar et al., 2010). Riley (2008:27) observed that in a hospital setting, the quality of care improves when the care provided is client-centered and based on caring conver...
health nursing is the prevention of disease and disability for all people through the creation of conditions in which people can be healthy (Demetrius, 2004). Public health nursing practice is considered to include the core functions of public health: assessment,policy development, and assurance ...
Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS) perform a variety of functions in a healthcare system geared toward improving nursing care, systems and processes. CNS’s are masters prepared and demonstrate advanced knowledge, skill and ability in a clinical specialty. Clinical nurse specialists can work in almost...
Admitting and discharging patients may be within the scope of practice for Nurse Practitioners provided that these functions are included in the CPA between the Nurse Practitioner and supervising physician and the hospital has policies and procedures allowing Nurse Practitioners to perform these functions....
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