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  • Essay / Nursing Model: The Magnet Hospital Model - 841

    The Magnet Hospital Model is an international design aimed at providing an optimal framework for nursing care and future research. The model is composed of transformational leadership, empirical results, best professional practices, structural empowerment and new knowledge combined with innovations and improvements. Hospitals that participate in the model and have achieved the designation are constantly seeking to improve and grow. They strive to provide expert care on a global scale. Scheduling and staffing are established to prevent nurses from becoming burned out. The lower the burnout rate, the higher the patient satisfaction rate and overall health. When nurses are not burned out, they work optimally and want to work with their patients, which creates better outcomes for their patients. The stages of the nursing process relate to evidence-based practice in many ways. During the diagnostic and assessment stages of the nursing process, important clinical questions are considered and critical review of existing knowledge is carried out. Evidence-based practice also begins with problem identification and knowledge of the clinical problem by asking questions in relation to the nursing process. These clinical questions are asked in a concise, precise and organized manner, resulting in clear answers. Once all specific questions are identified, the second step is to seek evidence through a thorough search for the best information to answer the question. The third step in the nursing process is to develop a plan of care. In evidence-based nursing practice, the plan of care is established following a critical investigation of what is known and unknown about the specific problem. Then in the traditional nursing process, the nurse implements...... middle of paper ......ans were so important to learn. Without a care plan, we would have no structure to work with. I also believe that healthcare would be nowhere today without evidence-based nursing. How could we diagnose and treat people if we had no evidence behind it? We would not know which symptoms belonged to which disease or which medicine could treat it. We probably wouldn't have as many antibiotics as we do today. Communication is also very important. Without it, nursing would likely disappear. There will always be someone who knows a little more than me. And without communicating, I won't learn everything I can. I need more experienced nurses to succeed and learn, but I won't learn if I don't use my resources. I learned a lot in this class by reading the book and asking my classmates because coming to the study sessions was not an option with work..