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Nursing Evolution
NURSING EVOLUTION
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Nursing Evolution
In the struggle to hold the patient’s healthcare journey together, nursing as a course offers an improvised learning setup that introduces several clinical practices which are currently essential in teaching the critical career. The nurses to be are ready to work tirelessly to use all the skills acquired in learning to satisfy the need of their patients. However, nursing is a susceptible profession, which requires extra energy in learning all the essential clinical skills for future competency and professionalism.
Nurse 101 differs as it mainly deals with helping the learners acquire the physical skills they might need in their future jobs (Cherry, Jacob, 2016). These assessment skills are primarily learned in the class. They are incorporated with other communication skills to help the professors bring out a nurse who can discern a patient by looking at him/her. Learners are also given chances to implement these skills in different clinical settings to know if they have the required drivers in the nursing career.
As a nurse, I learned in liberal education that I should also be ready to foster my development as much as I strive to give better treatment to the patients I come across. Nursing entails mostly giving all my energy to the career. It involves dealing with humans directly; thus, all the care, citizenship, love, and professionalism should be included in my daily work as a nurse. Liberal education also offered me wide knowledge on how I should handle myself and the situations which come across me (Bond, Bryant, et al., 2016). The knowledge I acquired from that education helped me in critical thinking, thus using all my clinical experience in giving each patient a satisfactory treatment.
My close interaction with patients helped me learn a lot of therapeutic and assessment skills, which helped me handle more critical cases in my line of duty. The different kinds of patients I met helped me become empathically active. I could take all the emotions of my patients and react as if being in the same situation to help the individual in quick recovery. In my experience, I exhibited genuine and clear thoughts to my patients, which helped me create a trustworthy bond between the patient and me, giving me a better chance to diagnose his or her condition easier (Bond, Bryant et al., 2016). My unconditional positive regards to the patients helped them open up their minds, giving me a better opportunity to advise them.
In providing safe and quality nursing care, I used a democratic model of offering leadership where I emphasized more on teamwork among all nurses, a strong communication system, mentorship, and creative innovation in the career. Democratic leadership helped me ensure that all the essential information is disseminated fairly, hence making each nurse aware of what should be expected of him or her (Cherry, Jacob, 2016). The cooperation of all nurses in the field is mostly emphasized in this form of leadership. In contrast, as a nurse, I was expected to be accountable for every practice I do to improve my quality of work and guarantee better handling of patients.
At my training center, each nurse had been delegated to a certain clinical duty which we all had to so that we can train our minds on how to lead ourselves and each other (Ronquillo, Currie, et al., 2016). Leadership was not a duty to me; I took it as a responsibility, just like I learned in liberal education. I used the strong delegated team to do all the duties given to us as learners, an activity which made me be selected as a mentor to the other nurses on understanding aspects of life as a nurse and being creative each day so as to introduce a new concept which can be tried by the fellow nurses.
Nurses interact well through communication. Once a good channel of passing information is created between the departments of nursing, the whole process of handling patients becomes simpler as the nurses can access each other efficiently. In order for a learner to be approved to be a nurse, he or she should be able to be clear when communicating to the patients in a way that offers them good feedback on the questions they might ask the nurses (Bond, Bryant et.al, 2016). Listening does not entail hearing what the patient is saying, and it also includes receiving and retrieving the information so as to look for the best solution to the patient’s condition.
A good communication system or process also should respect the fact that patients do not share cultures, so the nurses are trained to encounter different aspects of behaviors of patients according to the culture they follow (Cherry, Jacob, 2016). Nurses should be trained to be flexible in their interaction and mostly be keen on the first impression or step they make on a patient. They are advised to be quick in discerning the kind of cultural background the patients come from before suggesting some modes of treatment. Explanations should be accompanied by non-verbal communication skills such as gestures and eye contact, so that they may emphasize whatever they say to the patients.
References
Bond, S. M., Bryant, A. L., & Puts, M. (2016, February). The evolution of gero-oncology nursing. In Seminars in oncology nursing (Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 3-15). WB Saunders.
Cherry, B., & Jacob, S. R. (2016). Contemporary nursing: Issues, trends, & management. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Ronquillo, C., Currie, L. M., & Rodney, P. (2016). The evolution of data-information-knowledge-wisdom in nursing informatics. Advances in nursing science, 39(1), E1-E18.
The History of Aqua fresh Toothpaste
The History of Aqua fresh Toothpaste
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Personal hygiene is vital for every individual because it touches nearly all aspects of their lives. Not only does it promote and preserve their health, but it also dictates and affects how individuals carry themselves and how they are perceived in their respective environments. In particular, oral and dental hygiene is crucial because it influences direct communication and interactions with other people. Aqua fresh toothpaste is a product that facilitates good oral and dental hygiene habits. A little paste is applied to a toothbrush, and then together with water, it is used to clean the oral cavity. It is a product found in most homes and has served most families for years. This paper will discuss the origin of Aqua fresh toothpaste and how it has managed to stay relevant to date.
The Aquafresh toothpaste company was established in 1973 by Smithkline Beecham. It is essential to comprehend that in the 1850s, people used toothpaste in powder form. It contained chalk, Betelnut and soap, which were unsuitable for human consumption. In the 1860s, people shifted to homemade toothpaste, which consisted of ground charcoal. Charcoal is known for its benefits of whitening teeth and eliminating bacteria. The progressiveness and growth of toothpaste companies resulted in toothpaste production in paste form and its storage in tubes (Suppipat et al., 2021). However, most toothpaste companies manufactured their products using abrasive ingredients that could potentially wear off or damage the enamel. Aquafresh discovered this niche in the market and acted on it. The company manufactured toothpaste with unique differentiating features, including low abrasiveness (Hashemikamangar et al., 2020). In addition, Aqua fresh offered good-tasting toothpaste and oral cavity freshness. That is how it came to life and beat all its competitors in the market.
Aqua fresh was the first toothpaste brand to introduce stripped paste in the oral hygiene market. Originally it had white and blue stripes, and each symbolized the oral health benefits of the paste. The white stripe stood for its ability to fight tooth decay and make teeth strong, while the blue line represented fresh breath (Heidari et al., 2019). The company aimed to eliminate the challenge of toothpaste accessibility by consumers. More often than not, the cost of toothpaste and its availability seemed to be a limiting factor. Aqua fresh set their products relatively lower than their competitors and ensured that the product was available in almost all the local stores across the country. The company also created an awareness platform to educate people on the importance of oral hygiene and why their product would help them achieve it. It deployed agents in different country regions with sample products to help people learn the significance of dental hygiene.
The demand for Aqua fresh in the market has changed over the years. It has skyrocketed because the customer base has expanded tremendously. Their toothpaste is sold locally and internationally thanks to recommendations that have drawn more people to the product. The company’s advertisement forms and channels have also contributed to the growth in demand for the product. It uses blue seas and cresting waves images to symbolize the product’s freshness, cool, and sweet taste (Hariharan et al., 2018). The company has also invested in the channels they use to advertise toothpaste. The experts study the market and target customers and determine the advertising channels to reach them faster. Most advertisements are aired on television because they target families, especially parents. They also use billboards for marketing toothpaste.
Over the years, Aqua fresh has modified its product to suit the needs of its customers, overtake its competitors and stay relevant in the market. It changed its packaging outlook to attract customers’ attention but still maintain its originality and uniqueness. Moreover, the company has incorporated new flavours into the toothpaste such that its customers have a variety to choose from. This move has drawn more customers to the product because they prefer to change the taste of their toothpaste now and then and break the monotony. In addition, Aqua fresh has introduced other oral hygiene products that go hand in hand with Aqua fresh toothpaste, such as toothbrushes, mouthwash and dental floss, to boost further and maintain oral hygiene (Hariharan et al., 2018). Finally, the company introduced the third stripe to its paste, red, to symbolize strong gums. Aqua fresh has conveyed that they are a whole oral hygiene package deal. Endorsements and recommendations from dentists have helped the brand flourish in the market.
Conclusion
It is undeniable that oral and dental hygiene is crucial for one’s image. Aqua fresh toothpaste has helped many people fulfill their oral hygiene routines by making it affordable and sweeter. It has boosted their confidence, helped them achieve and maintain overall physical and emotional well-being. The company has transformed many people’s lives and made them feel different, happy, and smile again. Therefore, Aqua fresh deserves appreciation and recognition for the far it has come and the transformation it has undergone.
References
Hariharan, V. G., Desai, K. K., Talukdar, D., & Inman, J. J. (2018). Shopper marketing moderators of the brand equity–behavioral loyalty relationship. Journal of Business Research, 85, 91-104.
Hashemikamangar, S. S., Hoseinpour, F., Kiomarsi, N., Dehaki, M. G., & Kharazifard, M. J. (2020). Effect of an optical whitening toothpaste on color stability of tooth-colored restorative materials. European journal of dentistry, 14(01), 085-091.
Heidari, A., Shahrabi, M., & Shahrabi, M. S. (2019). Efficacy of Three Toothpastes in Iron Stain Removal from Primary Teeth. International journal of clinical pediatric dentistry, 12(1), 10.
Suppipat, S., Hu, A. H., Trinh, L. T., Kuo, C. H., & Huang, L. H. (2021). A comparative life cycle assessment of toothpaste cream versus toothpaste tablets. Sustainable Production and Consumption, 29, 357-369.
Putting into consideration a “groupthink” moment in my family setting,
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Putting into consideration a “groupthink” moment in my family setting, I noticed several elements of groupthink in that case. Some include the failure to see signs of nearing danger, ignorance of ethical implications of actions taken, pressure into conformation by straying members, and assumption of a unanimous agreement by the group at large (Tubs & Moss, 2012). I was one of the strays pressured into conformation, among several others. The strays seemed to be under the shadow of the eldest members in the family, required to agree to any demands brought to the table without question. As a result, the group required a lot of pushing (especially for the strays) for successful teamwork due to lack of motivation. The communication within the group was mostly by the eldest in the family, with little or no input by the strays. It seemed as if the latter were just there as silent participants. The eldest in the family were the ones mostly involved in sharing their ideas, sentiments, and feedback. The strays would just nod and agree in unison, even when not onboard the idea. Strays would only protest the best way they knew how, that is, through whispers. In the end, the project under discussion failed to take off.
Reference
Tubs, S., & Moss, S. (2012). Human communication: principles and contexts.