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Contemporary_Nursing_Practice_Essay.docx Contemporary Nursing Practice Grand Canyon University: NRS-430 Contemporary Nursing Practice Nursing began as an art as the practice solely relied on tr... ial and error and prioritized the comfort of the patient more than their safety and health promotion. Due to the lack of innovation prior to the 1800s, the standards of nursing were almost nonexistent. However, as wars and revolutions created history, they changed the scope of practice for nurses as the world of medicine began to evolve. The application of theory allowed for nursing to take on a more scientific approach and allowed it to gradually become the highly recognized profession of today. Now nurses implement evidence based practice, collaborate within an interdisciplinary team to promote the health of their patients, and strive to continuously further their education Evolution of Nursing and its Scope of Practice In the mid 1800s, Florence Nightingale shifted the priorities of nursing to focus on health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention as she correlated the conditions of her patients environment to their health (Whitney, 2018). Nonetheless, these fundamental concepts Nightingale implemented allowed her to minimize mortality rate from 42.7% to 2.2% in only a period of 6 months (Whitney, 2018). This was not only the introduction to Nightingales Environmental Theory but it also contributed to the perception of a nurse as a professional and supported the significance of evidence based practice as. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . [Show More]

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