As Foundations of Prof Nursing comes to a close over the past two semesters I have learned a great deal about how evidenced-based practice and research are helping to shape and change the face of nursing. The […]

Nurses are at the forefront of bedside healthcare. We spend the most time with the patient listening to every problem, symptom, and ache. We often get more information from the patient than anyone else as we are […]

Throughout the semester I have learned through discussions, scenarios, and simulations the socioeconomic, lifestyle, environmental, genetic and other major determinants of population health. How I promote health […]

Kurt Lewin, a scientist and physicist, created a three stage model in 1950 showing the organizational process of change referred to as unfreeze, change, and freeze. The first step of this model shows how people […]

When patients are admitted to my hospital an intervention is loaded into their electronic medical record called hospital standard of care (SOC). This intervention has the nursing care plan, allergy confirmation, […]

From working in multiple hospitals over the years, I have dealt with two accrediting organizations, The Joint Commission or JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) as it was called […]

I was the charge nurse on the surgical unit recently and I was called by one of my nurses to see one of her patients. This patient had been transferred from the intensive care unit (ICU) earlier in the shift as he […]

An advisory opinion is not a law but an official opinion and interpretation that seeks advice and clarification of the state board of nursing on what registered nurses can and can not do to engage in safe nursing […]

In week 9, we were introduced to a more efficient way of doing research for papers that would give more scholarly results. The previous way I looked up articles was to type one phrase of the subject of my research […]

Using evidenced based practice in the nursing profession is the standard practice. The protocols in place have been tried and tested to show they work, are beneficial to patient outcomes, and essential for the […]

In reading the articles, I remembered a research study done in the orthopedic surgeon office with the doctors I work with. I work in a unit called the Joint Center and our primary focus is on patients who have had […]

In reading about interoperability this week, we learned of the three types: foundational, structural, and semantic. Foundational is the lowest, most basic level where one system can transmit data to another […]

“If it isn’t documented, it didn’t happen.” This is ingrained in all of us on day one of nursing school. Nursing documentation is vital to patient care. Before starting a procedure, documentation is looked at to m […]

Using PubMed to research my topic gave me many peer reviewed articles based on research studies completed. I was able to narrow down the number of articles available to me and focus on specific information. […]

Medical/Oncology/Hospice – Augusta Health (1 year)
Working on the medical unit at Augusta Health gave me a great deal of experience working with a vast group of patients with many ailments. The patients were from […]

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Pre-requisites:
BIO 141/142 Anatomy/Physiology I/II – provides basic anatomy & physiology (Essential II)
MTH 157 Statistics (Essential I)
PSY 230 Developmental Psychology (Essential IX)
SOC 215 Sociology of […]

My name is Crystal Drumheller and I am a registered nurse. I received my Associate’s Degree in Nursing from Blue Ridge Community College. I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from Life University in […]

In reviewing my practice over the past several weeks, I have come to see all the “little times” that patient information could have been breached. I currently work, predominantly, on the covid unit at my hos […]