NURSING - Evidence Based Practice Poster and Presentation (APA FORMAT and ZERO PLAGIARISM)

Nurses form part of very important professionals in the healthcare industry because they are frontline workers who deal directly with the patients.

As such it is important for nurses to worry about their presentation because it impacts both themselves and their Clients.

Proper dressing is important for professional Identity and strong self-image.

Appropriate dressing results into good confidence under better performance by nurses in the hospital.

Proper dressing affects all patients in the hospital including outpatient, in patients, critical care patients and pediatric patients.

Proper dressing code applies to all units of nurses including registered nurses, nurse practitioners, emergency room nurses, nursing assistants, ICU registered nurses, medical surgical nurses and licensed practical nurses among others.

Methods

Conclusions

Nursing Uniforms for Proper Identification

Student’s name

Institutional Affiliation

Passaway General Hospital

Bibliography

Pakseresht, M., Hemmatipour, A., Gilavand, A., Zarea, K., Poursangbor, T., & Sakei-malehi, A. (2019). The Effect of Nurses' Uniform Color on Situational Anxiety in the School Age Inpatients Children. Journal of Research in Medical and Dental Science, 7(1), 114-120. Retrieved from http://eprints.shoushtarums.ac.ir/55/

Desta, E. A., Gebrie, M. H., & Dachew, B. A. (2015). Nurse uniform wearing practices and associated factors among nurses working in Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional institution based study. BMC nursing, 14(1), 1-5.Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12912-015-0117-3

Wills, N. L., Wilson, B., Woodcock, E. B., Abraham, S. P., & Gillum, D. R. (2018). Appearance of Nurses and Perceived Professionalism. International Journal of Studies in Nursing, 3(3), 30. Retrieved fromhttp://journal.julypress.com/index.php/ijsn/article/view/466

An article by Wills et al (2018) aimed to explore perceptions of nurse appearance and projected professionalism. A sample size of 120 students were used as volunteers to participate in the study. The main research question to be answered was “how do college students perceive the professional appearance of nurses?” The study design was quantitative on cross sectional and non-experimental study with their descriptive design. From the results of this study, it was concluded that the participants perceived nurses who took their time to work on their appearance to be professional, least lazy and trustworthy. Nurses that were not careful about their appearance were perceived as lacking confidence and less compassionate.

Another article by Desta et al., (2015) aimed at understanding uniform wearing practices and factors associated with these practices in hospitals in Ethiopia. Five hospitals were used in the research study and 459 nurses participated. It was a qualitative study with data collection done using self-administered questionnaires. Results indicated that 35% of the respondents did not implement nurse uniform because there were no specific uniforms for the nurses as recommended by hospital management. Nursing uniform was also influenced positively by being female, appeal of nursing uniforms to the nurses and studying nursing by choice.

A final study Published by the Journal of research in medical and dental science Aimed to understand the effect of nursing uniform on anxiety in children. 240 children between the age of 6 and 12 years old participated in the study well they were divided into 2 equal groups. The first group consisted of admitted children with a nurse putting on navy blue uniform while the others putting on pink uniforms. Demographic questionnaires were used to collect results after 4 hours and analyzed using SPSS 21. The results of this study concluded that the pink uniform appealed to the children more and resulted into less anxiety as compared to Navy blue uniform of nurses (Pakseresht et al., 2019).

It is important for nurses to always be in the proper uniform because this drives identification and professionalism of the nurses.

Proper uniform by nurses communicates professionalism and thus boost confidence of their clients in the ability of the nurse to provide quality care.

Proper nursing uniform also helps nurses to develop strong self-image thus ensuring that they have carried out their duties to the best of their abilities.

Introduction

Results

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This research was aimed at understanding the importance of appropriate nurse dressing to both themselves and their clients.

Literature was sourced from medical and nursing databases including Cochrane, CINAHL, and Medline.

Keyword such as dress code, nurse attire, appearance, identification of staff, patient perception, professionalism, infection control, and piercings were used to identify some of the articles that address the issue of nursing dress codes.

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