Value-Based Nursing Care Readiness Assessment       DEFINED NEED Yes No Has your organization established a need to implement value-based nursing care strategies? ☐ X READINESS FOR CHANGE Is now the right time for implementing value-based nursing care (e.g., it will not compete with other major changes currently being made within the organization)? X […]

 5 DQ 2 Over the ten years I have been a Registered Nurse, I have daily interactions with patients that both share and have a different worldview than I do. I find myself extremely lucky to work in a multicultural environment with co-workers, staff and patients that have many different religious cultural and overall worldviews. […]

How healthy is your workplace? You may think your current organization operates seamlessly, or you may feel it has many issues. You may experience or even observe things that give you pause. Yet, much as you wouldn’t try to determine the health of a patient through mere observation, you should not attempt to gauge the […]

Select a challenging nursing care issue (examples include falls, medication errors, pressure ulcers, and other clinical issues that can be improved by evidence in nursing). Do not select a medical issue (disease, medical treatment). Do not select a workforce issue (staffing, call-offs, nurse to patient ratios). Explain the following for the selected clinical issue. State the issue. Explain the process you […]

A client asks the nurse to explain the different types of advance directives. What information should be provided regarding living wills, durable power of attorney and DNR orders? Which action will the nurse perform when conducting a Rinne Test?Occlude one ear and whisper three words. Have the client repeat the three words whispered.Place a vibrating […]