FOR PHYLLIS YOUNG

The Future of the Nursing Profession

The nursing profession faces many issues about the delivery of quality, accessible, and affordable health care services such as safe staffing levels; nursing shortages and overtime, and burnout. Professional nursing organizations can play a critical role to help resolve these health care issues.

For this discussion, use the knowledge you gained from this unit’s readings.

• Discuss the roles of professional nursing organizations in moving and shaping health care policy and nursing practice.
• Discuss the political capital and decision making power of nursing as a profession.
• Explicate how nursing organizations have been involved in informing health care policy and nursing practice, noting successes and failures, and also points of unity and division within the profession around health care issues.
• Explain what strategies you think have been most successful for the nursing profession in influencing policy decision.

Your initial post is to be about 150 words, referenced with at least one APA formatted reference.

Philosophy and Science in a Practice Discipline

Philosophy and Science in a Practice Discipline

A nurse enters a patient’s room to check her vitals and spends some time talking with the patient’s family how they are doing. Later that day, another nurse responds to the patient’s call button; she becomes concerned when she discovers that the patient is running a fever and is in pain despite receiving the medication that has been ordered for her. She recalls a similar instance with a different patient, and keeps that in mind as she asks the patient about how she is feeling. These seemingly simple actions are guided by philosophy—each nurse’s view of nursing and appropriate patient care. Do you, personally, think nursing should rely solely on biological science? Or do you think it is important for nursing to incorporate a broader, more holistic approach to care? How do you know what you know? What sources of information are most significant to you? How should you determine what types of research are applicable to nursing practice?

To prepare:

• Reflect on your professional experiences, and assess how philosophy and science influences nursing practice.
• Consider how the scientific method is supported by philosophy, and how it influences nursing knowledge.

By tomorrow 5/31/17, post 550 words essay in APA format with 3 references from the list below, that include the level one heading as numbered below:

post a cohesive response that addresses the following:

1)       Why are philosophy and science important to a practice discipline?

2)       How do they legitimize the nursing profession?

3)       Provide examples from your nursing practice that demonstrate how the scientific method influences nursing knowledge.

Required Readings

McEwin, M., & Wills, E.M. (2014). Theoretical basis for nursing. (4th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.

Chapter 1, “Philosophy, Science, and Nursing”

 Chapter 1 introduces the scientific and philosophical foundations of nursing and how these contribute to knowledge development within the discipline of nursing.

Gray, J.R., Grove, S.K., & Sutherland, S. (2017). Burns and Grove’s the practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.

Chapter 1, “Discovering the World of Nursing Research”

 Chapter 1 introduces nursing research and discusses how science, theory, and philosophy all influence research.

Chapter 2, “Evolution of Research in Building Evidence-Based Nursing Practice”

 Chapter 2 reviews the history of nursing research beginning with the work of Florence Nightingale and examines the influence of nursing research today on evidence-based practice.

Moran, K., Burson, R., & Conrad, D. (2017). The doctor of nursing practice scholarly project: A framework for success (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Chapter 1, “Setting the Stage for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarly Project”

Chapter 5, “The phenomenon of Interest”

Chapter 6, “Developing the Scholarly Project”

Isaacs, S., Ploeg, J., & Tompkins C. (2009). How can Rorty help nursing science in the development of a philosophical ‘foundation’? Nursing Philosophy, 10(2), 81-90. doi:10.1111/j.1466-769X.2008.00364.x

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

This article discusses the application of the Richard Rorty’s pragmatic philosophy to nursing practices and research.

Kinsella, E. A. (2010). Professional knowledge and the epistemology of reflective practice. Nursing Philosophy, 11(1), 3-14. doi:10.1111/j.1466-769X.2009.00428.x

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 This article examines the philosophical underpinnings and epistemological assumptions of reflective practice in an effort to advance understanding for application in professional healthcare settings.

Mackay, M. (2009). Why nursing has not embraced the clinician-scientist role. Nursing Philosophy, 10(4), 287-296. doi:10.1111/j.1466-769X.2009.00416.x

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 In this article, the role of the clinician-scientist and importance of clinical research for nursing is examined.

Persson, J. (2010). Misconceptions of positivism and five unnecessary science theoretic mistakes they bring in their train. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 47(5), 651-661. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2009.12.009

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 This article discusses misconceptions of positivism and the implications of these misconceptions for nursing researchers.

Pesut, B., & Johnson, J. (2008). Reinstating the ‘Queen’: Understanding philosophical inquiry in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 61(1), 115-121. doi: 10.1111/j.1365 -2648.2007.04493.x

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 This article provides an analysis of the use of philosophical inquiry within nursing research. The article identifies characteristics of philosophical inquiry as well as common tools used in this methodology.

Porter, S. (2001). Nightingale’s realist philosophy of science. Nursing Philosophy, 2(1), 14-25. doi:10.1046/j.1466-769X.2001.00029.x

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 In this article, Florence Nightingale’s realist philosophy of science is compared to today’s dominant philosophy of positivism.

Optional Resources

Connor, M.J. (2004). The practical discourse in philosophy and nursing: An exploration of linkages and shifts in the evolution of praxis. Nursing Philosophy, 5(1), 54-66. doi:10.1111/j.1466-769X.2004.00159.x

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Chou, M., & Lee, L. (2007). Initial formation of nursing philosophies following fundamental clinical practice: The experience of male nursing students. Journal of Nursing Research, 15(2), 127-137.

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Effken, J. (2007). The informational basis for nursing intuition: Philosophical underpinnings. Nursing Philosophy, 8(3), 187-200.

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Mantzoukas, S., & Jasper, M. (2008). Types of nursing knowledge used to guide care of hospitalized patients. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62(3), 318-326. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04587.x

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Mills, J., Chapman, Y., Bonner, A., & Francis, K. (2007). Grounded theory: A methodological spiral from positivism to postmodernism. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58(1), 72-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04228.x

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Persson, J., & Sahlin, N. (2008). A philosophical account of interventions and causal representation in nursing research. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 46(4), 547-556. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.11.008

 Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

 Trochim, W. (2006). Research methods knowledge base: Positivism & post-positivism. Retrieved from http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/positvsm.php

FOR PHYLLIS YOUNG

150 words with one APA formatted reference

Court Decisions and Nursing Actions

For this discussion, select one of the nursing practice issues involved in caring for psychiatric or other vulnerable patients listed below:

• Suicide.
• Intent to harm.
• Failure to protect.
• False imprisonment or wrongful commitment.
• Level of care.
• Confidentiality of mentally ill patients.

Provide insights that concisely address the following:

• The court decisions that have defined the nursing practices of your selected issue.
• The nursing principles underlying court decisions and how they have been translated into nursing actions.
• The court decisions’ impacts, both negative and positive, on the health of a specific vulnerable population.

Your initial post is to be about 150 words, referenced with at least one APA formatted reference.

FOR PROF LIND-HARRIS

Analysis of Research & Technology in Nursing Practice

This assignment is designed to integrate the course concepts for the learner in their selected area of professional nursing practice. –

MY PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE IS PEDIATRIC HOME HEALTH NURSING

For this assignment, you will:

• Write a 4–6 page paper and discuss each of the following questions in relation to your nursing practice using APA style and formatting.
• Use APA level headings to develop each of the required elements of the assignment.
• Discuss the importance of research as it informs the future of nursing practice.
• Discuss two specific contributions you make to develop your colleagues in becoming a consumer of nursing research.
• Describe at least two strategies you will use to maintain competency in using nursing research. Examples might include:
  • Perform a literature search on a particular practice issue and share with colleagues.
  • Join a nursing research discussion group.
  • Champion a nursing clinical issue to become a research study in your organization.
• Describe three ways that your understanding of technologies and telecommunication in nursing and health care can have a positive impact on your practice.
• Propose one strategy to increase the participation of the nursing profession in research and lifelong learning.
  • What role might technology and telecommunications play in promoting research participation?
• Conclusion:
  • Prepare the assignment.
  • Follow APA style guidelines.
  • Use 12-point Times New Roman font.
  • Include a title and reference page.
  • Use the following subheadings:
    • Advocating for Research in Nursing.
    • Maintaining Competency in Research Practices.
    • The Future of Technologies in Nursing and Research.
    • Conclusion.
  • Cite all references using APA style and formatting guidelines. – within the paper and as works cited