Communication Civility and Conflict Resolution As nurses are proficient in clinical skills, in a similar way, they should be proficient in communication skills. Patient’s optimal care mandates that the specialized skills and knowledge of administrators, physicians, nurses and other professionals should be integrated. The integration is only achievable through skilled, respectful interaction and frequent communication. Skilled communication uses a two-way information delivery where persons think […]

Role of APN as Advocate, Clinician, Educator and Researcher There is increased demand for advanced practice nursing (APN) roles due to the changing health care system. APNs maximizes on the utilization of nursing knowledge as they contribute to profession functions developments as a leader and change agent. Certainly, their capacity on promoting leadership and potentiating change is inherent in an educator’s scope. It involves multiple […]

Introduction The article “Silver yoga exercises improved physical fitness of transitional frail elders” by Chin, Fan, Wang, Wu, Li, & Lin (2010) argues that the need to enhance the health conditions of the transitional frail elders cannot be undermined. This is considered important due to the benefits that can be accrued on savings of expenditure spent dealing with chronic health problems. It is a natural […]

SYLLABUS N494 Essentials of Nursing Research introduces the steps of the research process and the role of research in the practice of professional nursing. The methods and analytical tools required to critically evaluate nursing research literature are emphasized.  Quantitative and qualitative approaches are highlighted. The focus of this course is developing the foundations for accessing and analyzing current nursing research literature to enable the professional nurse […]

Complete an EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING PRACTICE PROJECT.PurposeTo enable the student to use medical and nursing databases to find research articles that will provide evidence to validate nursing interventions regarding a specific area of nursing practice.GuidelinesSelect a topic from the list below.Select five research articles from the databases on your topic.Determine if a national guideline or evidence-based systematic review has been completed on your topic.Answer the following […]

Article Critique: Baby Boot Camp: Facilitating Maternal Role Adaptation in Military Wives Description of the Intervention The article has described the experiment which was subjected to the intervention group. The intervention took place within a 4-week period where the participants received baby boot Camp (BBC) intervention teaching while the control group received traditional childbirth education course (CBE). The CBE classes were offered in three hour […]

Craig, J. (2014). Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain Management . Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects. Research Problem The research problem identified for this study deals with pain management. It is recognized that nurses have an important role in the process of assessment, relief, and evaluation of pain. Pain among patients is known to negatively influence their comfort level (Craig, 2014). This requires the nurses […]

Article Critique Craig, J. (2014). Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain Management . Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects. Design The study by Craig (2014) adopts a quantitative design to survey the knowledge and attitudes of the nurses with regard to the assessment and treatment of pain. Quantitative study aims at gathering fact on human behavior to use as a means of verifying or elaborating a […]

Evidence Based Nursing Practice Project on Cesarean Sections The cesarean section is a procedure of giving birth, an alternative to the natural birth procedure. Previously, it was only done for the women who had complicated labor for various reasons, like small pelvic areas and other complicated medical situations. However, now things have changed and people choose the procedure over natural birth for material reasons. The […]

This is a 400 level course so I expect all discussion posts to be quality and substantive.  Post at last three discussion comments per each discussion, and on different days.The main post should be 200 – 300 words, use the textbook in your main posts.  The Discussion Board provides a space to explore the concepts we are studying. Full participation will make the discussion forums […]