Standard 1. Assessment
Standard 1. Assessment Sharon J. Olsen PhD, RN, AOCN Standard 1. Assessment. The registered nurse collects comprehensive data pertinent to the healthcare consumer’s health and/or the situation. Definition and Explanation…
Standards of Nursing Practice
Standards of Nursing Practice Kathleen M. White PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Nursing as a Profession The classic definition of a professional association is “an organization of practitioners who judge one…
Scope of Nursing Practice
Scope of Nursing Practice Ann O’Sullivan MSN, RN, CNE, NE-BC Overview of Scope of Nursing Practice As discussed in chapter 1, the definition of nursing, according to the American Nurses…
Nursing’s Social Policy Statement
Nursing’s Social Policy Statement Catherine E. Neuman MSN, RN, NEA-BC Overview Nursing is a part of the society from which it grew and continues to evolve. As a profession, nursing…
Living with dying
Living with dying Nurses enter into hospice and palliative care practice for our own special and individual reasons. Some of us have experienced our own losses and hope to make…
Documenting care
Documenting care Proper nursing documentation provides a record of your nursing care. Detailed standards have been developed by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) to guide the…
Issues in acute care settings
Issues in acute care settings Usually, the topic of end-of-life care brings to mind a patient dying relatively slowly, either in his home or in a hospital, residential facility, or…
Bereavement care
Bereavement care It’s the responsibility of helping professions such as physicians, nurses, and related professionals to provide care not only to dying patients but to bereaved survivors. (See Nursing responsibilities…
When death nears
When death nears Regardless of the setting in which a patient’s death occurs, your main goal as death approaches is to normalize the process for the patient and the family,…
Support systems
Support systems When time and preparation allow, perhaps the most potent source of support for dying patients and their families is the hospice system, which provides multidimensional support services during…
