The field of nursing has come to understand the importance of working with disciplines other than nursing, such as the behavioral, social, and physical sciences, for example, in order to improve health outcomes. As this recognition has grown, numerous interdisciplinary theories have evolved out of the research of collaborative teams. For this Discussion, you will […]

As a professional nurse, you are expected to apply your expertise to patient care. On occasion, you will also be expected to share that expertise. With evolving technology and continuous changes to regulations designed to keep up these changes, there is usually a need to share information and expertise to inform colleagues, leadership, patients, and […]

 Assume you are a nurse manager on a unit where a new nursing documentation system is to be implemented. You want to ensure that the system will be usable and acceptable for the nurses impacted. You realize a nurse leader must be on the implementation team.  To Prepare: Review the steps of the Systems Development […]

 The collection of evidence is an activity that occurs with an endgame in mind. For example, law enforcement professionals collect evidence to support a decision to charge those accused of criminal activity. Similarly, evidence-based healthcare practitioners collect evidence to support decisions in pursuit of specific healthcare outcomes. To Prepare: Reflect on the four peer-reviewed articles […]

Please select only one article to summarize. Distal and Proximal Factors of Health Behaviors and Their Associations with Health in Children and Adolescent How to write an Article Summary When writing a summary, the goal is to use your own words to synthesize what you have read. The summary should focus only on the article's […]