Mental Health Nursing: Bipolar Disorder

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Mental Health Nursing. Identify and Describe the signs and symptoms of the mental distress experienced by adults with Bipolar Disorder II Bipolar disorder is a common and serious mental disorder which is synonymous with the older term manic depressive psychosis. It is a comparatively serious and recurrent  condition which is characterised by periods of complete normality and indispersed with episodes of either mania (disinhibited and overactive behaviour ...

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Personal Experience: A Caring Occurrence

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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The purpose of this reflective paper is to reflect on a personal experience in which you cared for someone. Using John's model (Johns 2006), the reflection will explore how the personal experience reflected a caring occurrence. Reflection is the appearance of experiential knowledge and as nursing students; we should begin to use reflection as our experience in the nursing field accumulates. It is both justified and recommended ...

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Having an Inter professional team

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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This essay is meant to throw light on the importance of having an inter- professional team that would make the service delivery to patients easier. In this essay I will discuss the roles played by nurses and other professionals in the team. The essay will reflect the efficiency of such a team and their work distribution and involvement. I will highlight the ways in which a team ...

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Role As A Student Nurse | Reflection

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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This essay will discuss a significant event in relation to the peoples priorities identified within the Healthcare Quality Strategy. It will also discuss my role as a student nurse in relation to a patient who is receiving palliative care. The essay will demonstrate my understanding and views on reflection and the issues surrounding my practice. I have chosen Gibbs' (1988) reflective framework as it has a structured ...

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Contemporary Issues In Professional Practice | Stress in workplace

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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In this assignment, I will elaborate on the contemporary issues of the stress at workplace. Stress is the reaction of the body to a change in the environment and event that happen that resulting in the need of a physical, mental as well as an emotional adjustment or response. Stress can come from any condition, event or thought that makes you feel discouraged, angry, irked, nervous, or ...

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Using Evidence To Inform Practice

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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1. Introduction In order to adopt an evidence based approach within a clinical setting, sound critiquing skills are fundamental. Smith (1997) and Aveyard (2002) concur with this view noting that in the ever changing healthcare system, it is essential to continually research and review clinical procedures. Healthcare professionals with critical evaluation expertise will ultimately provide the highest quality of care when meeting the needs of patients (Melnyk ...

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Case Study: Patient With Shortness Of Breath

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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Patient Identity The patient is a 54 year old female, Mrs SK who is a housewife with a BMI of 25.7kg/m2. Presenting Complaints She was brought in to the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, complaining of shortness of breath (SOB) and a productive cough. History of Presenting Complaints The patient was experiencing SOB for the past 2-3 days, and was progressively worsening on the day on admission. ...

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Empathy in Nursing

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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In nursing profession empathy is consider to be one of most significant characteristics of therapeutic relationship and play vital role in control humans behavior. Accurate empathic perceptions on the part of the nurse assist the patient to identify feelings which will are suppressed or denied. Whereas understanding the client's thoughts and feelings, the nurse is able to maintain easy objectivity to permit the client to realize problem ...

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Promoting patient dignity in healthcare

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Summary: The article published in the Nursing Times was aimed at heightening the awareness of patient dignity, and to help the nurse within clinical practice through empowerment, knowledge, awareness and skills. This was summarised by The International Council of Nurses (ICN) (2006) Code of Ethics for nurses. This states that nursing should never discriminate against race, gender, creed, culture, politics or social status. The article also highlights ...

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Explanation of clinical governance

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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'Clinical governance is a powerful, new and comprehensive mechanism for ensuring that high standards of clinical care are maintained throughout the NHS and the quality of service is continuously improved.' [1] The above is an example of a definition that has been used to describe the term clinical governance; there are a number of different definitions that have been used to describe the term. The term itself ...

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Case Study: Cerebrovascular accident

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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Cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are caused by hypertension mainly and in turn it causes many complications making handling the CVA patients particularly difficult. In this article, I will cover my reflective account on the patient and justify the actions that I took. The Patient and the Events that Occurred Mr. Nelson, a 66 year old male, had been suffering from hypertension for six years. He is married with ...

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Side effects and treatments of asthma | Case study

23 Mar 2015 19 May 2017

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According to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN), Ms V was on step 2 in the management of chronic asthma. She was on MDI Salbutamol 2 puffs when required and MDI Budesonide 200 mcg BD. However, her asthma was not well controlled by the medication and causes the exacerbation of bronchial asthma. When she was admitted to the hospital, she was alert, conscious and able to speak ...

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Summary of clinical governance

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Clinical Governance has evolved since its introduction in the White Paper 1998, as a means to improve the quality of care delivered by the National Health Service. The classic definition of Clinical Governance is "a framework which NHS organizations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safe guarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will ...

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Communicating Nursing Theory | Reflection

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Nursing theory is a conceptualization of some aspect of discovered or invented realities that relates to nursing. The concept is expressed for the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting or prescribing nursing care (Chinn & Kramer, 1990). This definition adds the important of communicating nursing theory and the purpose of prescription of nursing care. Nursing theory is a framework in which to plan nursing care and organise nursing ...

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Case Study: Adolescent Type 1 Diabetes

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Mary is 19 old female as she just come for higher studies in university. She was diagnosed diabetes type 1 at the age of 11. Her objective data shows the symptoms of uncontrolled diabetes. Diabetes have many complication include diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemia, hyperosmotic non-ketotic state, and hypoglycaemia. In Australia 3.2% of female and 4.0 % males reported having diabetes mellitus (Australian Bauru of statistics). Diabetes type 1 ...

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Management of pre menstrual syndrome

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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This chapter presents a brief account of present study conclusion which is drawn from the findings. The implication is highlighted in various areas- nursing practice, nursing education, nursing administration and nursing research. And also it clarifies the limitations, suggestions and gives recommendation for future study. SUMMARY OF THE STUDY The objective of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Planned Nursing Intervention on management of Pre ...

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Patient Safety Issues In Mental Health Care

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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According to literature Safety, often defined as freedom from psychological and physical injury. The safety of patient is always important issue in health care settings both in medical and mental health care settings. All patients are vulnerable, but mentally ill patients are particularly more vulnerable to violence, abuse and negligence, and the impact of such unethical acts on their physical and emotional health is often neglected. (Bhimani, ...

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Religion and Spirituality in Nursing

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Many people are tempted to think that religion and spirituality are the same. These two concepts may exist together, as many religious people have a spiritual component, but not every person is religious. Expressing spirituality through religious practices, compassion, through service to others, or passing on wisdom to the next generations, often brings deep personal satisfactions. Religion is defined to be the practical expression of spirituality, including ...

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The Role of Pediatric Nursing

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Pediatric nursing is the practice of nursing with children, youth, and their families across the health continuum, including health promotion, illness management, and health restoration (Taylor, 2006). Pediatric nursing is not only centered on child care, but involves the well being of the family. A few roles of pediatric nursing include having good interacting skills, good empathy, and immense love for children, flexibility, having control over your ...

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Health Literacy And The Impact On Health

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Health literacy is defined as "The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions" (Healthy People, 2010 cited in Paasche-Orlow et al., 2005, p. 175). The word Health literacy was first appeared in 1974 in a paper which calls for "education standards for all grade school levels in USA" (Peerson and Saunders, ...

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Importance of personal development planning

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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This is my first assignment of personal and professional skills development. During this class I will develop my personal and professional skills for my career development. I also assess what kind of skills to be develop in this age of technology. Let's have a brief introduction about personal development skills and its importance. DEFINITION OF PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANING It is a set of traits and characteristics that ...

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Lifelong Learning And Professional Development

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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The world today is changing and being affected by advances in technology, and communication, as well as changes in the political, economic, demographic, and social environment. These changes also affect the delivery of health care services as well as changing of patient's expectation toward health care system. Traditional task- orientated, routine and habitual nursing management style is no longer able to meet the ever changing health care ...

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Patient Safety And Quality Of Care

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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In both the United Stated and globally, patient safety and quality of care have been among the biggest concerns in healthcare. Several factors are associated with negative patient outcomes: heavy workloads and high job dissatisfaction. Unsatisfactory work environments result in nurse exhaustion and poor work quality, thus, putting patient care and safety at risk. To reduce these adverse effects on patient outcomes, reductions in nurse workload became ...

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Communication Skills in Nursing | Reflection

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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This essay will present a reflective account of communication skills in practice whist undertaking assessment and history taking of two Intensive Care patients with a similar condition. It will endeavour to explore all aspects of non verbal and verbal communication styles and reflect upon these areas using Gibbs reflective cycle (1988). Scenario A - Mrs James, 34, a passenger in a road traffic collision who was not ...

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Personal Development | Implementing Care And Support

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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In this reflective account I will relate to a significant event, demonstrating how I have developed personally and professionally, focusing on the implementation of care and support. Rodgers (2002) suggests from Dewey (1933) that reflection is the process of "reconstruction and reorganisation of experience which adds to the meaning of experience". Therefore analysing an experience, to develop your current knowledge, by reviewing your actions and assessing the ...

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Development Of Nursing Philosophy

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Philosophy has played a major role in the development of nursing throughout history. Philosophy shapes who we are as nurses, what we believe and how we practice. Butts & Rich (2011) describe philosophy as an application of your beliefs to different situations that may arise whether known or unknown. In nursing we are faced daily with unpredictable and sometime predictable situations, it is our philosophy along with ...

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Culture Challenges For Nursing Practices

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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One of the main factors identified is communication difficulties (Singh and Sheik, 2006). In cross-cultural encounters, the need to demonstrate effective communication assumes a greater significance because there could be scope for misunderstanding and conflicts that can lead to miscommunication (DoH, 2001; RCN, 2007 and Thom, 2008). Communication difficulty between the patient and healthcare professionals can cause misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment plans (Vydelingum, 2000; Age Concern, 2001; ...

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Nursing Ethical Law Employment

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Nursing Ethical Law Employment The aim of this assignment is to critically analyse the future roles of nurses as professional. Caulfield (2005) identifies four pillars that make up a framework of professional accountability, deriving from different types of authority in nursing practice; professional, ethical, law and employment. Due to the word restrictions, the main focus of this assignment will be on the roles and professional accountabilities of ...

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Effective Leadership In Nursing Practice

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Leadership is a trend of a crew and interactive it to people, encouraging, motivating and permitting them to underwrite to accomplishing organisational victory. The leadership requires being strategically focused and his performance practices to build obligation and achieve the best effort from your people. Leadership by invocation a variety of thoughts, reflections, image and include power, influence, followership, dynamic personality, charisma, goals, autocratic behaviour, innovation, cleverness, warmth ...

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Communication In Nursing

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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To listen to another person is the most caring act of all. Listening and attending are by far the most important aspects of being a nurse (Burnard 1992). One of the basic elements of nursing is good communication skills with patients. Being unable to communicate well with a patient immediately can destroy the nurse/patient relationship and therefore the patient may not trust the nurse (Anon 2007). The ...

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Reviews in Evidence-based Practice

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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In an era of evidence-based nursing, care providers need to base their clinical decisions on the preferences of patients, their clinical expertise, as well as the current best available research evidence relevant for practice (Beaven and McHugh, 2003; Mulhall, 1998; Sackett and Rosenberg, 1995). EBP, as a decision-making process which integrates the best available research, clinical expertise and patient's characteristics (Sackett et al., 1997), is believed to ...

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Patient Privacy and Confidentiality

23 Mar 2015 18 May 2017

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Nurses have the opportunity to defend and protect patient rights, to promote compassionate care, and to enhance the dignity and the autonomy of their patients or clients (Keatings, & Smith, 2010). As nurses we are often required to choose from among a number of good or "least wrong" alternatives and to also assess and defend the choices made or actions taken (Keatings, & Smith, 2010). Furthermore, nurses ...

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Evidence Based Practice In Nursing

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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I am a staff nurse of six years of working experience, attached to a well established private hospital with 200 beds and I am attached to a pediatric ward and currently there are 30 beds available in my unit. Although it is a specialized unit, not all the staffs are specialized in this area. However, all of them need to go through a training period of 6 ...

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The Objective Structured Clinical Examination

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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This essay will discuss my experience of having undertaken the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) where I was asked to write and carry out particular clinical skills testing my competence and knowledge. I will use a reflective model to discuss my experience of having undertaken the OSCE and my thoughts about the feedback I received. The reflective model I have chosen to use is Gibbs model (Gibbs ...

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Problem Solving Skills in Health Assessment

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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In order to critically reflect upon problem solving skills in health assessment, the motivations and processes entailed in Egan's skilled helper approach and clinical reasoning will be identified. This will be followed by an evaluation of their contrasting motivations and comparisons of their initial inquiry positions. It will be identified how these positions inform the collection of patient history data. Subsequent to this, appropriate applications of the ...

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Midwives Promoting Normality In Child Birth

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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This assignment will aim to discuss the ways in which a midwife may support and promote normal physiological processes in the labouring woman, with a focus on communication and its effectiveness to assist a labouring woman. Multi search and key word criteria options will be used to gather relevant midwifery research and information to complete this assignment. For the purpose of this assignment It will briefly be ...

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Self-Management Of Long Term Condition

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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The NHS was created out of the ideal that good healthcare should be available to all, regardless of wealth. The values associated with universal health care rank high in the public regard (Appleby and Alvarez-Rosette 2005). Throughout the period covered by the British Social Attitudes Survey (1983-2005), large majorities throughout the UK have put it as the highest-priority area of government expenditure for extra spending (Park et ...

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A Concept Analysis Of Cultural Competency

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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In this multicultural society, becoming a culturally competent healthcare professional is an essential and challenging prerequisite. The United States is quickly developing into a multicultural, pluralistic civilization of various peoples. According the U.S. Census (2000), more than 30 percent of the total population is composed of diverse ethnic minorities other than non-Hispanic Whites. As America is progressively becoming more diverse, cultural competence is taking on an increasing ...

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Diabetes Education: The Increase In Diabetes

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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Diabetes is becoming a worldwide epidemic. It is one of the biggest health challenges that the United Kingdom (UK) is facing today with one person being diagnosed with diabetes every 3 minutes (Diabetes UK, 2009). The latest data indicates that there are now 2.8 million of people with diabetes in UK and nine out of ten people diagnosed with diabetes are Type 2 diabetes (2.5 millions). According ...

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A Reflection On The Nursing Skills

23 Mar 2015 17 May 2017

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Inter-professional education module focuses on teaching all health care professionals the acquired skills required to successfully learn and work inter-professionally. During work placement I recognised that the skills taught in this module were applied amongst the multidisciplinary team. In this essay I will be identifying and discussing these skills as well as referring to Rolfe et al (2005) reflective theory model to support my explanation of how ...

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The History Of Reflection Theory

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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In scientific terms reflection is seen as light, heat or sound striking a surface to give off a reflection. Reflection is also seen as philosophical understanding of how one can gain knowledge through experience and use different approaches to the same scenario (Johns and Freshwater 2009 and Chambers et al 2012). The novel idea of reflection rose from a theorist John Dewey (1859-1952); his proposed view on ...

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Should Euthanasia Be Legalised In The UK?

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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All findings, wrote in the format of a formal report, must be completed to a high standard in order to meet the crieta for OCN Access to Higher Education. There were several limitations present whilst producing this assignment which included: time constraints for final submission and a set word count of 2000 words. Therefore consideration was taken into account regarding chosen topic; it would need to provide ...

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Role Of The Nurse In Labor

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Having a baby is one of the most joyful and challenging times of a womans life. Nurses offer relaxation techniques to help women through discomfort and make sure they have everything they need during labor and delivery. Labor and delivery is about more than the delivery of a healthy baby, it is also about a woman's change into motherhood. Giving birth is a powerful emotional experience, and ...

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Personal And Professional Development

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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For this essay I have audited my leadership skills using theoretical models and referred to specific situations and experiences. This encompasses personal, academic and professional reflections and explores opportunities for my career paths and personal development with an Action Plan for the future. This has required critical evaluation of my own development needs in light of my own aspirations, establishing an understanding of my transferrable skills and ...

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Improving hygiene for better health

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Hygiene refers as a practise that associated to ensuring good health and cleanliness. In medical terms, its definition means the science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health (Nicolle L, 2007). According to Sinclair J. it means the practice of keeping yourself and your surrounding clean, especially in order to prevent illness or the spread of disease (2003). All of this proposal can give rise to ...

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Carers of elderly Dementia sufferers

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Introduction The aim of this patient case study is to discuss the care and nursing interventions that an older person with dementia received in his home within the community during placement. There will be discussions focusing on normal ageing process, taking into account the relevant biological, sociological and physiological perspectives and the impact this had on this individual's life experience. The relevant epidemiology and aetiology factors will ...

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Nurses as mentors

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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As described in the NMC standards the definition of a mentor is a registrant who, following successful completion of an NMC approved mentor preparation programme - or comparable preparation that has been accredited by an Approved Educational Institute (AEI) as meeting the NMC mentor requirements - has achieved the knowledge, skills and competence required to meet the defined outcomes (NMC 2008). A mentor should be able to ...

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Routes of Drug Administration

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Routes of Drug Administration Every disease has a cure; every cure needs medicine and each medicine can be introduced to the body through different routes. There are various routes to administer the drug. The main role of any route is to deliver the drug to the target part of the body so it can give its therapeutic effect. This essay includes the brief description and discussion of ...

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Skills in Nurses: Tracheostomy Patients

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Over the past few years, the number of patients with tracheostomy being cared for in the ward setting has increased dramatically as a direct result of an increased demand for critical care beds (Russel C., 2005). As a consequence, ward staffs are providing the specialist care required by these patients more frequently. However, there is evidence to suggest that there is a lack of knowledge, skills and ...

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Breathlessness in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Introduction The objective of this work is to explore how the health deviation of breathlessness impacts on the daily life of a patient with COPD. For confidentiality purposes the pseudonym Peter will be used throughout this essay to refer to the patient. A valid consent has been obtained from Peter and a consent form is signed appropriately (please see appendix). The essay will start with a brief ...

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The Bio Psychosocial Model In Healthcare

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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The theory of bio-psychosocial model was introduced in 1977 by Mr. George Engel, a professor of psychiatry and medicine. It is a comprehensive model explicating a strong relationship between health and disease by integrating cultural, social, and psychological considerations (Engel 1977, p. 132). There has been a consistent effort since 1980s to examine the interconnectedness between social, psychological, behavioural factors and the functioning of immune system to ...

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Team Role Belbin Self Inventory

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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According to Ennis (1987), critical thinking and skills practice is required in this module for student to have the ability to reflect questioning or doubt and to think in a reasoned way in order to develop their personal development as individuals, professionals and also as a team member. There are two of the activities are selected to be discussed in this assessment. Activity 1 of the Module: ...

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The Role Of A Veterinary Nurse

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Veterinary nursing is a relatively young profession, it has only been established as a profession for the last 50 years, and has kept pushing the boundaries of the Para health care profession. Veterinary nurses perform a huge array of tasks from health care and basic animal welfare to diagnostic tests, medical treatments and assist in minor surgical procedures under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon. Veterinary nurses ...

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Case Study of Cholecystitis Patient

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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This assignment is based on case study one. Case study one is about a 37 year old woman called Sylvia who had been experiencing abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. After going to the doctors; a number of tests were carried out. Sylvia was diagnosed to having cholecystitis. Cholecystitis is when the gallbladder wall becomes inflamed and the lining of the abdomen which is near to the gallbladder ...

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Inter Professional Learning Education

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Inter-professional Education will enlighten students, the future health care professionals, to demonstrate and discover the experience on how health care professionals and students acquire the knowledge and skills of working practices to deliver a good standard of care to patients in care settings. It will also allow students and future health care professionals to reflect and communicate effectively as these form the core component of care. Inter ...

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Case Study: Cerebrovascular Disorders

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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Kaorou Kashin, a 74-year-old patient, is admitted to the telemetry unit with the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke. The patient is experiencing paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with a controlled ventricular rate on the monitor. The CT of the head without contrast reveals no evidence of hemorrhage. The transesophageal echocardiogram reveals moderate mitral valve insufficiency and embolism as a primary cause of the stroke. The patient is on a ...

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Role Modelling And Mentoring In Clinical Environment

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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This assignment is a reflective, analytical evaluation of role modelling in relation to my clinical learning environment. The relationship of this issue to my clinical learning environment will be clearly justified; focusing on current status, my role and future developments within this chosen area. Giving constructive feedback in relation to my performance as an assessor will also be critically analysed and reflected upon, thus demonstrating how its ...

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Clinical Skills Reflection: Gibb's Model

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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The skill that I will reflect on in this essay is the administration of an intramuscular Injection (IM). An IM is an injection deep into a muscle (Dougherty & Lister, 2008). This route is often chosen for its quick absorption rate and often medication cannot be given via other routes. The reason I have chosen to reflect on this skill is because I have had many opportunities ...

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The Role Of A Nurse As First Assistant

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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NATN (1993) defines first assistants as registered Nurses who provide skilled assistance under the supervision of the surgeon but do not intervene surgically. Their standard of care must be of a very high order. Holding retractors, using suction, Handling tissues and organs, skin preparation, assisting with skin closure and haemostasis, cutting sutures and ligatures, prepping, draping and general assistance to the surgeon are examples of this role. ...

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Working In The Nursing Profession

23 Mar 2015 16 May 2017

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The decision making framework was developed by the ANMC to assist nurses to recognise their scope and to consider their knowledge and experience when making care decisions. The purpose of the framework is aimed to ensure that nurses/enrolled nurses' work safely and within their scope and make consistent decisions. When using the decision-making framework, differences in education, experience, individual competence and the context of practice must be ...

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Case study: Nosocomial Infections

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Nosocomial infections still remain the most frequent complications in hospitalized patients. They are the fourth most common cause of mortality in the United States after the cardiovascular system diseases, cancer and strokes. Discussing background of the necessity of this question observation Schaffer et al stated that "Nosocomial infections are widespread. They are important contributors to morbidity and mortality. They will become even more important as a public ...

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Managing Your Own Personal Development

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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It is obvious that as a practicing first-line manager, your own success is more likely if you use your talents (strengths) to their full extent to exploit the opportunities that present themselves to you. Also, it's important to understand your weaknesses so that you can manage them out of your daily work activities and thereby also eliminate any threats which may affect your potential to progress. SWOT ...

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Case study of health and social care degree

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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The aim of this assignment is to write a development account and will ensure to give a clear view of my development since staring on the foundation degree in health and social care. I work as a Community Trainee Assistant Practitioner under the management of a team of Registered District Nursing Staff and work closely with the Multidisciplinary teams and am employed for a large NHS organisation. ...

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Case Study: Mental Health Problems

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The purpose of this assignment is to select a client with the diagnosis of enduring mental illness and carry out an assessment based on the presenting problem of the chosen patient and the psychosocial intervention during his treatment. From the assessment process, the problem identified will be considered along with patient coping strategy, stress, medication compliance and family intervention. The author will also identify intervention that aim ...

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Applying KSF six core dimensions to clinical practice

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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This assignment will discuss the Department of Health (DoH) Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) Six Core Dimensions and how they apply to clinical practice. For the purpose of this assignment, one core dimension will be chosen to explore further. Using the process of reflection, an area of clinical practice will be critically analysed using the evidence base and current best practice to provide examples of application. The ...

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Accountable Professional Practitioner

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Advanced Profession Practice This essay will address the issue of becoming an accountable professional practitioner. I will discuss the issues around accountable professional practice as I see them and explore what these mean for my nursing practice, I will then conclude with the main points I have raised and implications for my future practice. Just what is an Accountable Professional Practitioner? Perhaps it would be best to ...

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Leadership knowledge and health visitors practice

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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1.1This report will provide evidence of the application of leadership knowledge to the role of the Health visitor's practice. The report will look at my leadership style and skills in relation to developing and implementing an evening well baby clinic. When implementing this clinic I will aim to address and discuss past leadership experience and how I will use this within my team to achieve the best ...

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Congestive Cardiac Failure Case Study

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Mr. Sam Toscana is a 70 year old client admitted to the ward with congestive cardiac failure (CCF). The client states that he has had increasing SOB over the last 3 days and his feet are as swollen as he cannot put his shoes on. The cardiologist saw him this morning and he admitted for management of his CCF. The client states he has had a 'fluid ...

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Observing And Giving Constructive Feedback

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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In late 2009 I was asked by a work colleague to observe her teaching about Deliberate Self Harm. This presentation was organised as part of a staff Continuous Professional Development programme. My colleague was enrolled on the PGCert Med Ed course and was planning how to complete her assignments - we agreed a reciprocal arrangement, as I was aware I would be completing the same assignment in ...

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Psychiatric nursing care

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Discuss the importance of service user participation in the delivery of psychiatric nursing care. Introduction Traditionally, people experiencing mental health problems were removed from society and placed in asylums across the country, indefinitely (Thornicroft and Tansella, 2002, pp. 84-90). Patients within the mental health system were expected to take a compliant role in the management of their care and leave the decision making to the professionals. In ...

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The Impact Of Interprofessional Learning

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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INTRODUCTION This essay seeks to examine the drivers and initiatives influencing the change in the service provision to improve the quality of the organisation. As these changes are advocated alongside the need for multi-agency and interprofessional collaborative working their impact on interprofessional working would be discussed. Furthermore a reflective account of the impact of Interprofessional learning on my future practice would be provided. BACKGROUND The project was ...

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Integrated Care Pathway: Quality of end of life

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Task Think of a service/programme which you believe could improve the quality of end-of-life care provision and write a report to management, in an attempt to persuade them to implement this service/programme. This report should include a description of the service, the rationale for implementation and the perceived challenges. It would also be beneficial to show an awareness of any possible limitations of this service/programme and measures ...

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Nursing: A Discipline And Science

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Nurses come in all shapes and sizes and from all ages and backgrounds. We bring to our nursing care a tapestry of our own personal and professional experiences and beliefs, including religious. Our ultimate goal is to administer nursing care to our patients and their families which include teaching, providing emotional support, and serving as an advocate. Furthermore, the patient brings to the table his/her own educational ...

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Placement at a mental health rehabilitation centre

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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The purpose of this write up is to explore and analyse how learning theories informed knowledge development and competence in promoting health and psycho education in clinical settings. I will examine the principles underpinning the facilitation of learning and assessment. I will demonstrate my knowledge and understanding of the theoretical concepts in an episode in which I facilitated learning to clients while on placement at a Mental ...

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Essentials of Risk Assessment and Management

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Healthcare associated infections are infections that are acquired in hospital or any other healthcare setting. Healthcare associated infections (HAI's) have an enormous effect on patient recovery and are estimated to cost NHS Scotland £180 million per year (The Scottish Government 2007). Infection control is based on common sense and on safe practice and can be implemented at a minimal cost. A large part of the hospital population ...

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Job Satisfaction In Nursing

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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Introduction Job satisfaction among the nurses is a significant issue in any health care organization to provide a high quality of care and best patients outcomes. However, there is a strong relationship between the job dissatisfaction, turnover rate, and the quality of the performance. Nursing satisfaction studies aimed to identify the influencing factors in order to improve the quality of the provided care and reduce the turnover ...

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Record Keeping in the Nursing Profession

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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With all the important demands in any nurses' working day, as a nurse the individual may feel that keeping nursing records is a distraction from the real work that the members of a multidisciplinary team have to do: looking after patients. Unfortunately this is not the case; record keeping is actually one of the most important aspects of the nursing profession. Without clear and accurate nursing records ...

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Safe discharge of patients from a hospital

23 Mar 2015 15 May 2017

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The focus of this essay is the safe discharge of patients from a hospital environment. It will explore the wider health and social care context that influences leadership and management, and which of these drive contemporary service development. The essay will critically appraise the theories that underpin leadership and management within healthcare, outline the qualities and skills required to lead and manage individuals and how this affects ...

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COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE IN MENTAL HEALTH

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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This assignment will be based on collaborative working, it will be in two sections, section one will look at definition of collaboration and will then address the highlighted issues within collaboration such as a need for and applying inter professional collaboration between mental health service providers and the way they collaborate with service users and their families which is required by the Department of Health (DoH 1990/91 ...

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The Assessment Of A Breathless Patient

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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This case study is based on the treatment of an End Stage Renal Failure patient who has haemodialysis three times a week. The patient, who the author will refer to as Mr Tom, has given his permission to use details of his condition and treatment. Mr Tom is a 25 year old male who was diagnosed with End Stage Renal Failure less than a year ago. He ...

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Family Support In Mental Illness

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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During my clinical rotation I was assigned to a 32 years old female with diagnosis of Schizophrenia and sub diagnosis of Schizoaffective Disorder. She had a known case of psychiatric illness for last 2 years. She had divorced after 6 months of marriage. During this period she had experienced multiple episodes of depression as well as mania. This time she has presented with sever psychotic symptoms. The ...

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Ethical Dilemma During Community Nursing

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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This reflective account will discuss an ethical dilemma which arose during a placement within a community setting. To assist the reflection process, the Gibbs (1988) Reflective Cycle which encompasses 6 stages; description, thoughts and feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion and action plan will be used which will improve and strengthen my nursing skills by continuously learning from both good and bad experiences, and develop my self confidence in ...

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Nursing Students' Work Based Learning

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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Analyzing the value of nursing students' work based learning experience in the achievement of personal and professional competence 1.0 Introduction: Being a nursing student myself, I have conducted this paper to analyze my work based learning experience in nursing education. I have made this report with special relevance to my personal and professional growth during this training program without surpassing the NMC defined standards. Experience is pertinent part ...

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Social And Behavioural Science For Nursing

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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This assignment will demonstrate the inequalities and vulnerability that exist in health and social care. Through discussion, the author will demonstrate how people's social environment and choice of life style can impact on their health and have a major impact on their physical and mental well-being. Inequalities that people face in health and social care are increased through practice that does not take into consideration anti-discriminatory practice ...

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A Therapeutic Nurse Client Relationship

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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Client With a Voice - Establishing a Therapeutic Nurse-Client Relationship Today's health care systems have called attention to the importance of therapeutic nurse-client relationship which needs to be reinstated back into the forefront of thoughts and dialogues about nursing pactice since it has been overpowered by a technology driven medical model. Kleiman (2009. p2). In clinical placement, I will meet with clients for the first time and ...

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Performance Appraisal For Health Professionals

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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Evaluation/ PA is a responsibility of nurse managers which help to improve the quality of nursing care in clinical area, it requires appropriate methods in order to be effective in clinical setting (Ghasemi et al., 2007). The purpose of evaluation is to provide feedback to employee on its performance according to the set standards/objectives (Parkin & McKimm, 2009). On the base of the literature review they mention ...

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Object Relations Theories: Klein and Winnicot.

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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A Critical Evaluation of the Object Relations Theories of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott. Klein describes conflicting forces within the psyche, detailing how they interact with equally conflicting external forces, producing a mental structure understood in terms of relationships. The central elements of her theory are the “death instinct” and the “paranoid skitzoid position”, in which part objects are created by splitting. Along with the “depressive position” ...

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Therapeutic Engagement Is A Basic Tool For Nurses

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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My rationale for choosing communication and therapeutic engagement is that it occupies a central position in my experience and transition and from student nurse to an accountable practitioner. Through communication the nurse gets to know the patient and is able to form a therapeutic relationship. It is the foundation and a basic tool of the nurse -patient relationship. Without clear communication it is impossible to give care, ...

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Clinical governance in podiatric services

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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Discuss how clinical governance has been used to develop quality of podiatric services for diabetic patients in the UK. Clinical governance sits at the heart of the government's quality agenda for the NHS and, indeed, the wider health care arena. The statutory duty now placed on everyone working in health care is that of overall quality improvement, year upon year, backed up by the evidence to ...

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The Importance Of Communication Of Nurses

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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This essay will explore the importance of communication in nursing; define communication and look at the different modes of communication and barriers to communication. A reflective model will be used to describe how communication impacted on care delivery in practice. Although each person will bring their own experience of ways to communicate, it will discuss how student nurses can develop their skills that will assist them to ...

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Analysing an Academic Curriculum

23 Mar 2015 12 May 2017

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Introduction In developing a curriculum, various processes are undergone and several requirements are struggled to be met for it to be accomplished. This is to ensure that the curriculum is effective and that it specifically meets the criteria designed for the course. Especially now that the field of nursing has developed a "critical need for competency" (Davenport, Spath, & Blauvelt, 2009) with its continuing popularity as a ...

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Foundations in Nursing Comfort Theory

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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Everyone has experienced some type of discomfort or pain. Possibly it may be the most common reason why people seek health care. The role of the nurse is to provide care for clients in many settings and situations in which interventions are provided to promote comfort. Comfort is a concept central to the art of nursing. Nursing Theorists refer to comfort as a basic client need for ...

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Diabetes And Compliance To Treatment

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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Introduction In spite many years of study into compliance, the questions about why patients do or do not take medicines and what should be done to change this behaviour still remains (Ross et al, 2004). Managing patients with diabetes medically, should be a dynamic collaboration between the patient and the clinician (Kaye et al, 2009). In order for an optimal outcome to be achieved, a number of ...

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Evidence Based Practice In Nursing

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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This essay focuses on critically appraising a journal article regarding nurse-led services and decides if they offer something unique to the patient. The article being appraised is "Self Harm in Adults: A randomised controlled trial of nurse-led services case management versus routine care only" (Clarke et al 2002). Critical appraisal is assessment of the research quality and a deeper look into the method used. Appraising an article ...

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Nursing shortages: Effect of patient care

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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Do nursing shortages affect patient care within an acute setting? Abstract The nurse is one of the most important components of the health care hierarchy in that they see to the moment to moment care needs of patients after the doctor has performed his diagnosis and or services. Their responsibilities broach a wide spectrum of services with one of the most important being the administration of acute ...

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Dimensions of Nursing Care

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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The focus of this essay will be discussing how aspects of the nurse-patient relationships are important for the delivery of patient-focused care; this will be achieved by using the appropriate relevant literature. Nurse-patient relationship is a therapeutic relationship between a nurse and a client built on a series of interactions and developing over time. All interactions do not develop into relationships but may nonetheless be therapeutic. The ...

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Certified Nursing Assistant Role

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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-Certified Nursing Assistant in the USA is a person, who have completed special training programs and passed necessary evaluation tests; who assists people with healthcare needs with daily living activities and provide bedside care to patients under the control of a Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse. The Certified Nursing Assistant can be called in different ways: CNA, Nurses Aides, Patient Care Technicians, Home Health Aides, Patient ...

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Standards Of Behaviour For Nursing

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There are expected standards of behaviour for nursing and there are specific ethical principles which guide nurses in their professional actions. In the case of Christine, a 12 year old patient presenting with a severe episode of abdominal pain, which was caused by abuse there are many ethical principles to be considered in the handling of her treatment. The nurse in charge must consider the ethical principles ...

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IMPACT OF NURSING EDUCATION

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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In the most basic sense, the current global nursing shortage is distinctly a widespread and dangerous lack of professional and skilled nurses who are needed to care for individual patients and the population as a whole. These causes include nurse short-staffing, inappropriate resources for nursing research and education, the increasing complexity of health care and care technology, and the speedily aging populations in developed nations. Because studies ...

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Ethical Decision Making And End Of Life Decisions

23 Mar 2015 11 May 2017

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Nursing practice is often encountered by the ethical dilemma of who can make end-of-life decisions for a patient. The problem arising in this particular situation was when a patient was admitted into hospital with his carer due to deterioration in his medical condition. They both requested to stay within the local community to discuss options for future care. The dilemma occurred when the patients daughter felt that ...

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