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The nursing shortage is global according to 2022 World Health Organization fact sheet. [2] The nursing shortage is not necessarily due to the lack of trained nurses. In some cases, the scarcity occurs simultaneously with increased admission rates of students into nursing schools. Potential factors include lack of adequate staffing ratios, lack ...
Nursing research took an interest in clinical issues and US nursing schools began teaching research methods to facilitate interpretation and integration of scientific findings in routine practice. Several RU initiatives were active during the late 20th century, but the RU movement was superseded by evidence-based practice in the 1990s. [ 69 ]
She stated in her nursing notes that nursing "is an act of utilizing the environment of the patient to assist him in his recovery" (Nightingale 1860/1969), [2] that it involves the nurse's initiative to configure environmental settings appropriate for the gradual restoration of the patient's health, and that external factors associated with the patient's surroundings affect life or biologic ...
Compounding the problems of low funding for nursing operations and their oversight has been a rise in private equity firms. The firms often cut quality to boost profits from Medicare and Medicaid ...
Four North Texas nursing homes have “overwhelming” safety and quality issues as their parent company navigates bankruptcy proceedings, according to a report from an independent patient care ...
One method of research for evidence-based practice in nursing is 'qualitative research': The word implies an entity and meanings that are not experimentally examined or measured in terms of quantity, amount, frequency, or intensity. With qualitative research, researchers learn about patient experiences through discussions and interviews.
Gerontological nursing draws on knowledge about complex factors that affect the health of older adults. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Older adults are more likely than younger adults to have one or more chronic health conditions , such as diabetes , cardiovascular disease , cancer , arthritis , hearing impairment , or a form of dementia such as Alzheimer's ...
In Nursing, as in other professions, peer review applies professional control to practice, and is used by professionals to hold themselves accountable for their services to the public and the organization. Peer review plays a role in affecting the quality of outcomes, fostering practice development, and maintaining professional autonomy.