NSE 407 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Heart Failure, Kathleen Wynne, Public Health
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Providing patient centred quality nursing care in a highly inefficient and low resourced work environment. Nse 407 nursing: professional issues and trends. Contents: advanced practice nursing, expanding roles and increase in risk and safety concerns, current challenges, legal responsibilities, clinical leadership, collaboration and delegation. Kilpatrick, k. , dicenso, a. , bryant-lukosius, d. , ritchie, j. Practice patterns and perceived impact of clinical nurse specialist roles in canada: results of a national survey. Identify the practice patterns of clinical nurse specialists in canada. Study methods: cross-sectional survey design, 50-item self-report questionnaire administered to self-identified cnss in canada. Fall semester week 4: 62% working in tertiary or community in-patient settings, 25% working in out-patient settings, Perceived barriers to the role of the cns: lack of time, multiple job expectations, lack of personnel, lack of funding, lack of secretarial/administrative support. Potential solutions: creating greater awareness, visibility and education about the cns role, greater role clarification, master"s level education, cns support group and a common voice.