by Rosie Moore | Apr 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Many people in the healthcare field ask if an advanced practice nurse should have a higher standard of education? in my opinion, yes, an advanced practice nurse should have a higher standard of education. They are the leaders that are setting examples for the new nurses coming on board. If we do not improve the profession, then anyone can say they want to be a nurse but not have the right criteria to be a nurse. Nurses are taking care of people’s health and in some instances the patients are critical; they should have a level of education that is higher.
Advanced practice nurses that are teaching our new nurses coming into the profession, definitely need to be at a higher level. If they are not teaching, then they are in management or conducting research. A great way that they can practice their speaking in impacting our nursing laws is starting locally with the Florida Nurse’s Association. There is a local chapter in many cities and they speak about nursing issues that are both at a local and national level. They have the ability through the association to bring it for review; in our state, for instance, they can bring the concern to Tallahassee so that they can get it resolved or even brought up nationally to Washington. If as nurses we do not get involved in healthcare, then what will happen is we will allow politicians who are not involved in the day to day care of patients, to make decisions that too often are not good choices for our healthcare system.
Rosie Moore, RN, DNP
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by Rosie Moore | Apr 1, 2019 | Uncategorized
Nurse consultants are a nurse who identifies problems and develop solutions to them. Once the problem is identified, then a workable solution can be developed. Patients and their families can be coached through these problems.
Nurse consultants offer medical education to patients, family, and healthcare professionals. The nurse consultant can create customized care plans for the patient in order to promote wellness.
Nurse consultants provide and develop new ways to ensure that a patient’s well being and safety are met. They also provide an insider’s view on medical issues to legal professionals.
If you would like more information on having a nurse consultant for an evaluation of your needs, please contact:
Rosie Moore 407-760-1662 info@windermerebabyand family.com
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by Rosie Moore | Mar 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Many states want to make changes that will impact nurses and how they practice nursing. Advanced practice nurses (APN’s) should stay abreast of potential changes in relevant nursing or related regulations. Nurses already have to take continuing education courses in order to maintain their licensure. As an APN, the basic requirements that a registered nurse has to take are not going to be sufficient for an APN. The best way to stay current is to join an association and become a member nationally and then join the local chapter. Being a member of a national organization will allow the APN to get current regulations that affect the entire country and the local chapter will give the information that pertains to the state where the APN practices. The local chapters of an organization can provide opportunities as well for speaking engagements where the APN can be involved in presenting a topic that is researched to also expand upon the APN’s knowledge (DeNisco & Barker, 2012).
References
DeNisco, S. M., & Barker, A. M. (2012). Government regulation: Parallel and powerful. In Advanced practice nursing: Evolving roles for the transformation of the profession (2nd ed., pp. 231-260). [Vital Source Bookshelf]. Retrieved from https://campus.capella.edu/web/library/home?deepLink=true
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by Rosie Moore | Mar 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Roy Adaptation Model was known to focus on spiritual matters and promoting health amongst a family-centered type of care. In the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), this especially holds true, because of the situation of critical illness faced daily, The Roy Adaptation Model helps families adapt to a changing environment and deal with the quality of life or in some instances death. In the NICU, Roy’s model would work well as the nurses acclimate to the parents and what is happening to their baby. With Roy’s model, she indicates that health and illness are part of a person’s everyday life, this, in turn, will cause the environment to change in which they live. If the parents are to respond in a positive way and come out of it stronger, they will need to adapt to the change (DeNisco & Barker, 2012).
People will often adapt to a change in their life when they can respond positively to the changes that are happening around them. An example would be the early premature birth of a baby, unexpected changes in the life of a mother and those immediately around her in the family are affected. This will include other children, spouse and anyone else part of the family’s nuclear family, which in some cultures can be a very extensive family. That mother and father will use whatever coping mechanisms they learned in life to cope with the stress and the changes that they are facing.
There are three kinds of stimuli considered in Roy’s Adaptation Model, these will all affect the subgroup of premature parents in the NICU, because of the type of unit it is, a unit of uncertainty running high with emotions that go up and down. In a different culture, the role of the nurse will differ. For example, think about a mother that speaks a different language and is unable to get clear communication to and from the nurse. A translator would have to be used to explain what was happening to her as a mother and then what is happening to her baby in the NICU. For example in one article, there was a baby born early, with a mother that did not speak the language and the family did not fully understand what was happening in the NICU. The family asked for their “Curandero” a community healer in their culture to clean the baby with an egg (Peterson-Iyer, 2008). The nurse needs to be able to use cultural sensitivity in explaining why this cannot be done, without offending the family but still including them in the baby’s care.
Jean Watson’s theory on caring can also be applied to the NICU because it is nurturing and will be needed in a critical location like the NICU. Jean Watson’s theory of human caring focuses on giving as an extension of self. It is about instilling faith and hope in a person. When a person is sensitive to another person’s feelings, it helps to build a trusting relationship. It is important to acknowledge the positive and negative feelings that a person puts out to another person. Jean Watson believes in her theory that we experience personal growth through teaching and learning as well as spiritual and socio-cultural well-being. Jean Watson’s theory emphasizes spiritual and nursing practice, which in turn will promote caring and love to the patient. This will then develop into a caring relationship. The theory allows the nurse to understand the other person’s perspectives on things and form a mutual bond. It also promotes growth when a caring environment is formed allowing the patient to be who they are and be accepted for it (Alligood, 2013).
The role of the nurse in Jean Watson’s theory is to instill faith and hope as well as build a trusting relationship. In the article about the Mexican Indian family, Jean Watson’s theory would apply. The mother in this instance speaks a different language that may be unique to the translation company that the NICU uses causing a barrier. The mother, as in the article may be young and not have received prenatal care. Their faith is going to be different from our own, as when the father of the child, wanted to use a “Curandero”, but as nurses, we must be able to provide culturally competent care.
References
Alligood, M. (2013). Adaptation model. In Nursing theorists and their work (8th ed., pp. 303-327). [Vital Source Bookshelf]. Retrieved from https://campus.capella.edu/web/library/home
DeNisco, S. M., & Barker, A. M. (2012). Theory-based advanced nursing practice. In Advanced practice nursing: Evolving roles for the transformation of the profession (2nd ed., pp. 361-377). [Vital Source Bookshelf]. Retrieved from https://campus.capella.edu/web/library/home
Peterson-Iyer, K. (2008). A difficult birth: Language and cultural differences. Retrieved from http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/difficult-birth.html
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by Rosie Moore | Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Betty Neuman’s theory will work well with visiting post-partum moms in their homes after they have had their babies. One of the things that I have seen while working in labor and delivery, is that the mothers come in with preconceived ideas on what breastfeeding is or is not, based on what their mothers and grandmothers know. The family will say that back in the day, there was not any teaching on breastfeeding, you just did it. This can cause stress with the newly delivered mother and the family. However, I most recently read an article and it spoke about a 17-year-old girl that came in with a complicated pregnancy and she delivered early sending her baby to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She was from Mexico but spoke a language called Mixtec. This would make explaining about breastfeeding difficult and frustrating to the family and the nurse (Peterson-Iyer, 2008).
However through Betty Neuman’s model, if the nurse takes out a book that talks about breastfeeding, even if it is not in her language, she can point to the pictures and demonstrate what she needs to do. Initially, this mother will be pumping her milk, since the baby may be too sick to drink at the breast, however, once the discharge is planned, she will need assistance breastfeeding and bonding with the baby. It is through home visiting nurses, that these cases of mothers that are learning and have language barriers can have support for proper breastfeeding.
Betty Neuman believes that nursing should be approached from a holistic standpoint; physical, psychological, mental, social, cultural, developmental, and spiritual well-being. As a person, Neuman’s theory considers the patient as an individual family member, community or society. The environment that the patient lives in can be external or internal. Stressors that Jean Watson speaks of in her theory, produces tension in a person’s life (Alligood, 2013).
References
Alligood, M. (2013). Systems model. In Nursing theorists and their work (8th ed., pp. 281-301). [Vital Source Bookshelf]. Retrieved from https://campus.capella.edu/web/library/home
Peterson-Iyer, K. (2008). A difficult birth: Language and cultural differences. Retrieved from http://www.scu.edu/ethics/practicing/focusareas/medical/culturally-competent-care/difficult-birth.html
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by Rosie Moore | Feb 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the neonatology world, there are a lot of different cultures that come through the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). It is also a longer time span to work with families, than on a regular medical-surgical floor. Florida is a transient state with many people coming on vacation and moving from out of state; this impacts nursing with a diverse culture. Today we will explore cultural diversity as it pertains to religious beliefs. In neonatology, three theories come to mind King’s views, Roy’s views, and Neumann’s views. The theorist that many Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) use is the Roy Adaptation Model (DeNisco & Barker, 2013).
The Roy Adaptation Model is known to focus on spiritual matters and promoting health amongst a family-centered type of care. In the NICU, this especially holds true, because of the critical illness faced daily by the families. The Roy Adaptation Model helps families adapt to a changing environment and deal with the quality of life or in some instances death. In the NICU, Roy’s model works well as the nurses acclimate the parents, to the NICU and what is happening with their baby. The nurse may find a challenge when some of the babies need blood transfusions and the parents refuse for cultural or religious reasons (Alligood, 2013).
One particular faith, Jehovah’s Witness, does not allow for blood transfusions. This is something that is very important when you have a baby in the NICU that is in need of a blood transfusion and the parent will not consent. In some cases, the treating neonatologist will get a court order to do the transfusions. In an extreme emergency, if two doctors sign off that it is an emergency, then the baby will receive the transfusions while they await the court order. As a parent of a premature baby myself, I could not imagine not doing everything I could to save my child. But in this case, Roy’s Adaptation Model may not be the best model to use, trying to involve the parent in a delicate situation. The parent refusing to allow treatment of transfusions to their baby would be a hindrance to use Roy’s theory which is to promote a family-centered type of care involving the caregivers in the decision making and treatment (Meadow, Feudtner, Matheny Antommaria, Sommer, & Lantos, 2010).
The principle of autonomy allows the individual to make their own decision and select what is in their best interest. Now in this instance when the baby needs a blood transfusion, there cannot be an autonomy decision, because what the parent feels is in the child’s best interest, may not be. We may not agree with the family, but as nurses, we need to respect the other person’s customs and beliefs while at the same time being ethically correct in saving a baby’s life. Now, as long as the baby is being taken care of and there is not a medical threat to the baby’s life some recommendations can be reviewed to try and find an alternative form of treatment.
References
Alligood, M. (2013). Nursing Theorists and their Work (8th ed.). Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com/books/9780323091947
DeNisco, S. M., & Barker, A. M. (Eds.). (2013). Theory-Based Advanced Nursing Practice
2nd ed., pp. 6-17). [Vital Source Bookshelf].
Meadow, W., Feudtner, C., Matheny Antommaria, A. H., Sommer, D., & Lantos, J. (2010, April 13). A Premature Infant with Necrotizing Enterocolitis Whose Parents are Jehovah’s Witness. Pediatrics, 126(1), 151-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2010-0079
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