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Nursing Career Synthesis Secondary sources
Nursing Career Synthesis: Secondary sources
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NURSING CAREER SYNTHESIS: SECONDARY SOURCES
INTRODUCTION
Nursing is one of the most sought after career paths in the U.S and the world. It offers unrivaled job security, mobility as well as a chance to grow in the competitive field. However, the motivations for choosing nursing as a career path almost always point towards an urge to help and care for people. People who go to hospitals seek to find physical both physical and emotional support. The nurse’s job is to provide these services in a way that promotes the health of the individual.
As with any other field, writing is critical to communicate information in the field, including research journals. Research, as well as other writing methods. The role of this synthesis is to analyze three secondary sources related to the nursing career. The synthesis will focus on how one can be prepared to write in the field, how writers in the fields use persuasive methods of pathos, logos, and ethos, and a discussion of current controversies that arise in the field.
SECONDARY SOURCES
The secondary sources that I will be using as examples for the career synthesis are mentioned in detail as follows;
Source One
Price, S. L., Hall, L. M., Murphy, G. T., & Pierce, B. (2018). Evolving career choice narratives of new graduate nurses. Nurse education in practice, 28, 86-91.
The article provides an excellent piece of writing that seeks to gain perspective on graduate nurses’ experiences when they finish school and enter practice. The article provides an in depth look into how the nursing practice. The article is an excellent source that will provide a prospective student with a snapshot of what it is like to be a nurse and how the nursing field is like. The text is an excellent example of writing that is geared towards providing information. From the article, we can see that one way of preparing to write is by doing research. The nursing field is a technical field meaning that evidence-based research is required to write papers. The type of audience who read nursing material is a knowledgeable audience. Therefore, the writer needs to base their research on findings and be as broad as possible on the subject.
The authors of the article demonstrate that they did their research. They base their article on evidence-based on a longitudinal study of the professionals who have graduated and have started the nursing practice transition. Based on the article, we can see that articles’ writing is one form of media applied in the nursing field. The type of text in the field is scientific. Articles like this are numerous in the nursing field, in that they are articles that are scientific and well researched. The author appeals to pathos by providing data backed by qualitative research since the audience is one that looks for knowledge. Based on the article, we cannot see a specific controversy that is in nursing.
Source Two
Patrick, K., & Lavery, J. F. (2007). Burnout in nursing. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24(3), 43.
The article focusses on the rigors that are part of the nursing field. Burnout is an aspect of nursing that is well documented in most writings. A prospective student wishing to gain knowledge in the nursing field can use such an article to gain insight into the challenges faced while working in the field. A nurse provides service to patients, an act that needs a lot of interactions with people and a lot of movement. For one to enter the field, they must be prepared for long working hours characterized by extensive fatigue. The authors of this article did good research before writing the article. The author has cited previous research, meaning that other writings are available on the subject of work stress that affects nurses. From the article, we can see that the author has used a research-based writing style that is both concise and informative to explore the issue at hand. The author also shows us an example of appeals that a prospective writer in the field can emulate.
The writer appeals to logos by using a lot of writings that are backed by research and data. The intended audience who may respond to logos are other peers in the nursing field who may wish to adopt some research and propose solutions for the same. The author also used pathos by showing just how bad the problem of work stress is to the nurse. The intended audience of pathos is potential students who may want to get into the nursing field; they may empathize with their current situation. Finally, the article shows a major controversy within the nursing field on how much a nurse can work? Some solutions to the problem include working in shifts, taking regular breaks, and stress relievers on the job.
Source Three
Kunyk, D., & Austin, W. (2012). Nursing under the influence: A relational ethics perspective. Nursing ethics, 19(3), 380-389.
In this article, the author explores an ethical angle toward nursing. Ethics are part and parcel of the nursing fields, and therefore, it is crucial for a prospective student to feel how ethics affects the profession. The authors explore how nurses’ addictions can affect both the nurse’s health and that of their patients. One cannot write about nursing without touching upon the ethical side of the field. A prospective writer or student who wishes to explore the field can use the article to get an idea into the importance of ethics in the nursing field. The authors are well versed in the topic, and their knowledge is shown in how they present their ideas. The authors also appeal to the ethos of the audience. The article presents the dangers of having a nurse under the influence of work on a patient. The patient may be harmed or treated so badly that they lose all confidence and trust in the care provider.
Given that nursing is a field whereby trust is crucial, this would present a problem. By appealing to the ethos of the intended audience, which is prospective nurses, the author can send a message to them, rather subtly, to provide the reader an insight on ethics in the nursing field. The authors also appeal to both logos and pathos. They use logos by providing well-researched evidence as well as historical background on nursing under the influence. They use pathos to appeal to the emotional side of their audience. The audience may feel a sense of enragement to discover that some nurses go against ethics and perform their jobs under substances’ influence. The controversy a reader can get from the article is how nurses under the influence breach nursing ethics. The solution presented in the article is an ethical one. By considering the breach of ethics, nurses can contemplate just how bad their actions are and may effect change in their actions.
Conclusion.
By exploring secondary sources on nursing, prospective students and writers can get a myriad of information that they can adapt to their use. For instance, prospective students can use the synthesis to have a basic look at how the nursing field is, the types of writings used in the field, how the authors appeal to pathos, logos, and ethos, and explore various controversies. The case applies to a writer who can also get the same information.
Nursing care of older adults
Nursing care of older adults
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Topic 1: Healthcare decisions
Aging relatives require a lot of care due to their delicate state such as chronic illnesses. There is the need to make appropriate decisions regarding the best care for an aging relative. A family member can be assisted to make necessary care decisions for an aging relative through various ways. First, it is important to help them find out the type of care the aging relative needs. This can be achieved through establishing the kind of care the relative needs now and if it might change in the future. Assistance is also required to determine whether the relative can be taken care at home with help of a skilled nurse or if they need care in a skilled nursing facility. The family member also requires assistance on issues of costs. It is important to establish the approximate costs that will be required for care of the aging relative. The family member should be advised to choose quality but affordable care. It is important to guide the family member on choice of care that is going to help the aging relative (Silin, & Silin, 2009).
Trips to different care sites can be quite intimidating to both patients and relatives. As caregivers, family members mainly focus on the medical treatment of the family member and so do the staff of the healthcare facility. The handling of transition is critical for the health and well-being of the patient. Proper transition can be achieved through appropriate care coordination. This requires that the medical records of the patients are properly transmitted in the course of transition between different levels. Proper transition can also be achieved through creating follow-up arrangements for the patient incase they are transitioning from a healthcare facility to their homes. This helps in ensuring that the patient recovery process will be followed up and hence their improvement (Ross, 2008).
Topic 2: Economics
Medicare is helpful; in various ways, first anyone above the age of 65 years and an American citizen is eligible to enrolling for Medicare. This means that Medicare program is quite beneficial to all the elderly people in America above the age of 65 years. This is quite helpful because by the time, these people are out of work and hence lack any form of income. Furthermore, they have worked all their life and hence it would only be fair if the government assists them through providing healthcare and social security when they are old (Kronenfeld, 2011).Part A covers inpatient hospital, home health care and skilled facility. This means that the elderly person is eligible to these services at no cost. Once they are enrolled, they receive these benefits automatically and do not have to pay premiums since it has already been paid for through taxes. This is quite beneficial since an elderly person is no longer working and hence has no income that can help to pay for his or her healthcare.
Medicare is also helpful because an individual under Medicare coverage is eligible to social security benefits. This makes an individual able to sustain themselves since they are no longer working and earning an income. What makes Medicare least helpful is that there are some things that it does not cover. For instance, Medicare does not cover custodial care which is required by many elderly people. Most elderly people have chronic illnesses and hence they require a lot of custodial care like bathing, walking or even dressing. Therefore, Medicare ends up not being useful to most elderly people since they require a lot of custodial care. In the Medicare program, there is the Medicare advantage plan which is an annual contract and hence can change the benefits one is entitled to (Miller, 2013). The plans can decide not to renew or negotiate the contracts with an individual. In the Medicare advantage plans, some doctors and hospitals fail to accept the payment terms of the plan and hence leaving an individual without coverage.
References
Silin, P., & Silin, P. (2009). Nursing homes and assisted living: The family’s guide to making decisions and getting good care (2nd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Kronenfeld, J. (2011). Medicare. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Greenwood.
Miller, D. (2013). Medicare. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.
Ross, D. (2008). Healthcare transitions and the aging population a framework to measure the value of rapid rehabilitation.
Nursing care delivery models Total patient care
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Nursing care delivery models: Total patient care
Nursing care is important in helping patient recover to good health in the shortest time possible. Nursing care may take varied models. The models are designed to enable the nurse give appropriate and adequate care to patients (Blais, Hayes, Koizer & Erb, 2011). The nursing model under focus in this paper, which I feel is the best model, is total patient care. Total patient care is the earliest model of nursing. It is patient centered and depends of private duty nurses. It also ensures consistent contact between the patient and the nurse during each shift. This model has a number of advantages and disadvantages.
Advantages
There is a high extent of autonomy and the relationship between the RN and the patient, and his/her family is based on trust.
The model provides clear lines of accountability and responsibility, and the RN can ensure consistency in conducting the care plan.
The patients under this kind of care receive unregimented and holistic care and his /her need are met quickly due to the high number of hours the RNs spend with the patient.
Disadvantages
The nurses entrusted in the care of the patient may experience several challenges since each RN may have of favor a different approach to nursing or care.
The approach is not cost effective. In fact, it is very costly
The approach may also suffer from lack or shortage of RN
Despite the disadvantages, this nursing approach is very popular especially since it takes a case method approach (Kelly & Tazbir, 2013). The RN can adequate focus on a patient’s situation, namely a case and properly monitor a patient progress until s/he fully recover from the ailment. The consistent contact that the nurses have with the patient entrusted in their care also ensure that they are able to perfectly report on periodical developments in the patient situation.
References
Blais, K., Hayes, J., Koizer, B., & Erb, G. (2011). Professional Nursing Practice 6th Edition. Pearson Prentice Hall.
Kelly, P., & Tazbir, J. (2013). Essentials of nursing leadership & management. Australia: Cengage Learning