The Maternal Health In Sri Lanka

02 Nov 2017

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Name Institution Maternal Health in Sri Lanka The maternal healthcare problem in Sri Lanka is justified by the fact that, for many years, mothers have been losing their lives due to malnutrition and complications during delivery. The problem spans through pregnancy all the way to post-delivery; hence, making the problem worth for investigation and discovery ...

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Verbally Communicated By The Representative

02 Nov 2017

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ShaistaRajani MN12010 Assignment 1: Report of the Organization Visit Dr. Zeenat Khanu Kanji & Ms. Salma Rattani Leadership & Management in Nursing Practice The Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery November 28th, 2012 Pledge of honor: "I have fully acknowledged the work of others in an appropriate way. I have not used, received ...

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Tools For Direct Observation And Assessment Of Psychomotor

02 Nov 2017

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Funding: None Conflicts of Interest: None Abstract Context: The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Milestone Project mandates programs assess attainment of training outcomes including psychomotor (surgical or procedural) skills of medical trainees. The objectives were to determine what tools exist to directly assess psychomotor skills of medical trainees on patients and what are ...

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Nursing Practice Development Contemporary Issues

02 Nov 2017

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Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the Minister of Health, Malaysia (2008 -) and Bentong MP (1999 -). He also was chairman of the MCA Youth since 2005. In the MCA elections in March 2010, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai has won the post of deputy president. He was born in Malacca. He graduated with ...

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The History Of Diabetes Mellitus

02 Nov 2017

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CHAPTER VI: DISCUSSION Diabetes mellitus is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by hyperglycemia due to relative insulin deficiency, resistance or both. Its late complications result in reduced life expectancy and major health costs. [ 178] These include macro vascular diseases leading to an increased prevalence of coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, stroke and ...

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Changing Theories Of Bereavement

02 Nov 2017

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INTRODUCTION Losing a child is recognized as leading to the most devastating and intense form of grief (Davies, 2004; Resse 1997). Parental bereavement has been associated with negative consequences such as increased depression and anxiety (Goodenough et al., 2004; Rubin & Malkinson, 2001) and a negative impact on the parents’ relationships and worldviews (Meert ...

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What Is The Nursing And Midwifery Council

02 Nov 2017

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I wish to enter a career as midwife. I have undertaken extensive research into midwifery, particularly into the options available for gaining qualifications. I am currently undertaking an Access to HE Diploma in Midwifery as this will give me a strong stepping stone towards gaining a place at university. I understand that ...

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The History Of Impaired Skin Integrity

02 Nov 2017

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Case Study Introduction To the medical ward was admitted 73 years old lady through the A&E. She was windowed, lived alone but had big family of 7 children. Twice a day patient was visited by home help, to help with ADL’S and meals. Patient came in with complains of poor appetite, hypoglycaemia, jaundice, diarrhoea, ...

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The History About Stereotyping

02 Nov 2017

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Log One What made the biggest impact on me on the first day of the module was realising the true extent of the lack of communication in healthcare. After witnessing how badly some service-users are affected by poorly educated health professionals, (Scarborough K, Dramatic Voices, 2011). I now know there is a lot more to ...

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The Two Defective Genes

02 Nov 2017

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In CF the defective gene is known as CFTR.This gene is found on chromosome sevenwhich affects the glands that produce mucus, sweat and intestinal secretions resulting in the buildup of thick mucus mostly in the lungs and digestive tract,but can also affect other areas of the body.This gene which contains CF mutation interferes with the ...

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What Is The Impact Of Culture

02 Nov 2017

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Many countries in the 21st Century with the increase in global movement have become multicultural. In today’s multicultural society, minority ethnic groups form 7.9% of the UK population (office for National Statistics, 2001 cited by Black 2008). Nurses because of cultural diversity have to face the challenge of working with patients from different cultural background. ...

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The History Of Smoking And Pregnancy

02 Nov 2017

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Smoking & Pregnancy. (n.d.). Alberta Health Services. Retrieved February 11, 2013, from http://www.albertahealthservices.ca/2500.asp This publication is about smoking while pregnant. It talks about the various ways of quitting smoking even before getting pregnant. It talks about encouraging pregnant women and supporting their choice to quit smoking. "It states that quitting smoking can prevent a miscarriage, your baby ...

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Impact Of Heart Failure On Patients

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction Developing nursing knowledge is one of the basic concerns of nursing research. Nursing knowledge is constantly subjected to changes with the ongoing discoveries and updates. Thus, nurses should continue striving for new enquiries and seek for answerers (Gerrish and Lacey, 2010). "Nursing research is a systematic enquiry that seeks to add new nursing knowledge ...

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Does Shortage Of Nursing Staff Negatively Influence

02 Nov 2017

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Globally, Magnetic status is becoming one of the targeted goals in many hospitals and to achieve this mission; quality assurance is gaining importance day by day. In that regard, administrators are ensuring quality care service by paramedical staffs. Among paramedical staffs, nurses are front-line caregiver, comprise larger professional group within health care setting and ...

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The Spirituality And Spiritual Care Rating Scale

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction Spirituality includes the meaning of and the struggle to accept an individual's relationships with him/herself and with other people, his/her place in the universe, and meaning of life and at the same time includes the meaning that comes to an individual as a result of information gained throughout his/her life and that form his/her ...

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Review Of Own Leadership Behaviours

02 Nov 2017

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Moustafa Al Hyou SitesPower motion.jpg Background SitesPower is a training institute specialized in providing Technical courses in IT and courses in Business Management fields. It is based in Dubai and with a branch in Sharjah. It has been approved by the UAE - Ministry of Education and it is an approved and accredited institute from ...

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The Various Types Of Birth Control

02 Nov 2017

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The main topic of this article is about the different types and methods of birth control. It gives brief summaries of the various types of birth control. One example is the intrauterine device, "An IUD is a small, soft, T-shaped device with a nylon sting attached to it. An IUD is put into the uterus ...

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The History Of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

02 Nov 2017

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Regardless of age, gender and race, people all over the world are experiencing discomfort in removing their bowels not just once but several times in their whole life. Some people may experience milder and tolerable discomfort while others are experiencing severe discomfort that they need medical intervention. Basically, there are numerous contributing factors for the ...

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Discuss Legal And Ethical Influences Upon Specialist Nursing Practice

02 Nov 2017

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Throughout history nursing has been based on ethical principles. In conjunction with relevant nursing laws, which propose the minimum standards of care which must be achieved, these principles not only serve to protect the individual requiring healthcare but also as guidelines to the nurses themselves in order ...

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The History Of Conflict Management

02 Nov 2017

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This essay is a reflection of my personal experience whilst working in a team for the group presentation on managing a leisure centre; the main aim of this task was to reduce the annual expenditure in operating the organization and increase the use of the leisure centre. This essay describes the complexity of interaction I ...

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Billing For Services Never Performed

02 Nov 2017

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Abstract This assignment is about the Advance Management in Healthcare. It includes the detail about the medical record department and coding department of hospital. This tells about their member that includes technicians, team members and faculty. It describes their individual roles, their skills, method of working. It also tells about the success of this department ...

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Total Quality Management Through Five S

02 Nov 2017

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The customer identified quality is an important attribute in product and services. Quality management is a recent phenomenon. The influence of quality thinking has spread to non- traditional applications outside of the walls of manufacturing extending into service sector. Now quality means not only product or service quality but also cost, delivery and after sales ...

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What Does Health Promotion Mean

02 Nov 2017

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Study Purpose: The purpose of the research article "Towards a definition: what does 'health promotion' mean to speech and language therapists?" by Morag Ferguson and William Spence was to explore the meaning of the term 'health promotion' in the context of speech and language therapy (SLT), and how speech and language therapists (SLTs) interpret 'health ...

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The Health And Social Care Act

02 Nov 2017

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Due to the fact that each local National Health Service (NHS) trust may well differ, local NHS trusts are allowed to create their own infection prevention and control hand hygiene policy by using Health and Social Care Act 2008 as framework. The NICE guideline 2003 stated that local health communities should review their existing practice ...

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Virginia Hendersons Needs Theory

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction Nursing is an art of caring. Nursing has undergone a dramatic change over the past few decades. But the basic principal of nursing ‘caring’ remained unchanged. Caring the main aspect of nursing is difficult to measure. So it is necessary to have a well-defined nursing theory to explain and analysis what nurses do. Nursing ...

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Importance Of Early Diagnosis And Treatment

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to acquaint the reader with the subject of this study and define the extent of the established knowledge . This chapter will be used to identify any possible gaps in the established literature and hence justify the need for this research. Since this is an IPA study, the ...

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Attainment Of Emotional And Intellectual Maturity

02 Nov 2017

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The idea of nursing has been around for several years. However, the role of nurses as we know them today was first recognized in the 16th Century. Boulton (2007) reports a widow, Ellen Wright, of St. Botolph Aldgate (London) who, from 1588-1599 took sick people and pregnant women into her house and cared for them. ...

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The History Of Nursing Knowledge Focus

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction McCurry et al (2009) discussed the disciplinary perspective in nursing using the individual good and social mandate of nursing. They argued that the existence of a profession is to meet the society’s need and that such need can only be met based on ‘specialised knowledge’. One example they used is the Law professionals whose ...

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The Law In Nursing Practice

02 Nov 2017

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Abstract Nursing focuses on aspects such as caring, preventing harm, and safeguarding the dignity of the client, as well as advocating the role of nurses that call for defending of the rights of clients. There are eight principles that nurses encounter and should abide within clinical settings, namely: autonomy (personal freedom and right of ...

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The History Of Communicable Disease Centre

02 Nov 2017

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Tan Tock Seng hospital is a building for sick or injured, mainly for those who are confined to bed and are in needs of medical treatment. It has a history of more than 160 years of new and innovative medical care and development, and is currently one of the largest multi-disciplinary hospitals in Singapore. Though ...

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Whats Borderline Personality Disorder

02 Nov 2017

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1. INTRODUCTION. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate whether education on borderline personality disorder (BPD) is helpful in improving the care and management of people with a diagnosis of BPD by causing an attitudinal change in staff. What is Borderline Personality Disorder? The ICD-10 (WHO 2010) and DSM-IV-TR (APA 2000) collectively describe BPD ...

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What Do We Know About The History

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction Nursing is flourishing the health facilities, promotion, and development of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, through diagnosis and treatment of a person’s psychological and physiological behavior , and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. (American Nurses Association (ANA).The basic perception one gets of the word nursing is ...

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The World Health Organization

02 Nov 2017

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Mary Camilleri who suffers from locally advanced pancreatic cancer, which has metastasised to her liver, was recently informed of her poor prognosis. Literature defines prognosis by the level of tumor metastasis, TNM staging, lymph node involvement, neural, vascular and peri-pancreatic invasion, tumor differentiation and size, and involvement of resection margins (Perini M., et al. 2008). ...

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Philosophical Framework Of Primary Health Care

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction: The case study presents an eighty-four-year-old man, named Bruce, with osteoarthritis in the hips and deterioration of eyesight and hearing. The man is not able to socialize and ends with staying home due to his painful hips, which cannot be controlled by medication. This learning program, however, will be focusing merely on Bruce’s osteoarthritis, ...

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Advantages And Challenges Of A Blended Family

02 Nov 2017

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Introduction Ahmed and Katya recently migrated to Australia from Iran. They have 8 children, including 7 from their previous marriages, who are aged 7 months to 17years. Katya was recently diagnosed with advanced cervical cancer and has to undergo further tests in hospital, needing a three day inpatient stay. This case study will discuss the ...

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The Learning Experiences Of Nursing Students With Dyslexia

02 Nov 2017

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As a matter of fact, the title of the study, according to Jeanfreau (2010), should generally consist "of a heading that provides insight into the reported research study by including reference to the research problem or concept studied the population, and the research design." Given such a view, the title of the present study correctly ...

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Treatment Be Considered In Clinical Trials

02 Nov 2017

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taylors-university-logo.jpg Should The Patients’ Perspective of Treatment be Considered in Clinical Trials? Student name: NG SHU HUI Student ID : 0303797 Tutor : Ms ESMEE YEE SIEW MEI Word count: 1418 Introduction Clinical trials, according to National Cancer ...

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This Phenomenological Study Explored The Perceptions

02 Nov 2017

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This study looked at patients' perceptions of reverse isolation while undergoing autologous bone marrow transplant (ABMT). Persons in reverse isolation experience both obvious and less evident stressors. To understand patients' perceptions of these stressors, semi-structured audiotaped interviews were held periodically during isolation (21-25 days) with six subjects receiving ABMT. This identified recurrent themes, which were ...

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Applying Positive Psychology In Nursing Practice

02 Nov 2017

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In today’s world everyone strives for happiness but at the same time negative experiences and thoughts puts us behind in the race of success. When this failure overcomes an individual to feel pessimistic and suppresses the positivity within them causing unhealthy growth. For many years, traditional psychologist focused their concern on diagnosis and treatment of ...

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Inclusion And Exclusion Criteria

02 Nov 2017

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Abstract Background: Singapore is facing an aging population and as a result there are increasing elderly hospital admission, readmission and rising healthcare cost. Some healthcare organisations are either practicing or considering the implementation of an inpatient self-administered medication programme (SAMP) to counter this issues. Some studies had suggested that SAMP can improve elderly medication adherence ...

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Article Review

23 Mar 2015 05 Oct 2017

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The researcher of the study has a previous history and knowledge in Critical Care Specialist Nursing. The following author is a professor of the Lewis School of Nursing, Georgia. The final author is an associate professor at the same educational establishment. Each person who helped to compose the study are registered nurses who have vast experience and qualifications in this field of nursing. Tarling & Crofts (2002) ...

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Why do Pre-registration Nurses Need Clinical Supervision?

23 Mar 2015 02 Oct 2017

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You may be asking yourself 'why do pre-registration nurses need clinical supervision, don't they learn all they have to learn at university?!' Well classrooms may teach one to care but textbooks are not the real thing are they? The classroom bits of nursing will aide these nurses when it comes to practice - undoubtedly how can you practice without theory? On the other hand the complexity of ...

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Importance of Accountability in Nursing

03 Oct 2016 02 Oct 2017

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In health care, accountability has become a significant concern. Inside a medical facility, accountability has been a part of people’s every move. Even in financial matters, accountability is also observed. It is also beneficial even on little things such as computing the costs for doctor's time, medicine, hospital bills, pens and papers, salary of nurses, phone lines and electricity, and even to the toilet paper in ...

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Person-centred Care Essay

23 Mar 2015 02 Oct 2017

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Introduction: Reflective essay on person centred care Modern day Healthcare has increasingly embraced concepts of client-centred practice and empowerment. However, Taylor (2003) posits that existing literature on the subject does not give clear and unambiguous descriptions of the ways by which nurses can empower clients. Nonetheless, nursing practice is inclusive of people from very different backgrounds. In my ward for example, a high proportion of the nurses ...

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Impact of Nursing Shortages on Patient Care

08 Sep 2016 02 Oct 2017

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Do nursing shortages affect patient care within an acute setting?   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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Critiquing a Nursing Research Article: Quantitative Study

03 Oct 2016 02 Oct 2017

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QUANTITATIVE CRITIQUE3 Critiquing a Research Article: Quantitative Study A critique is a careful appraisal of a study strength and weakness (Polit and Beck, 2012, p.125). The Article “Improving maternal health and safety through adherence to postpartum hemorrhage protocol in Latin America” published in International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics in 2014 by Olmedo, Miranda, Cordon, Pettker, and Funai. Problem of study is clearly defined by the researchers ...

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End of life care - child

28 Sep 2017

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Care of a child with end of life During my clinical rotation at children cancer hospital, I encountered a child of 6 years old who was going through relapse of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). The child and parents had difficulty talking to the staff and doctors due to inability of understanding language. The child was not in a position to talk to anyone except to ...

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Managerial delegation within nursing practice

28 Sep 2017

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  PREPARATION FOR PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE Part 1 The following assignment will discuss the importance of managerial delegation in practice. The learning outcomes I shall cover in this essay are to critically analyse the concepts of professional and inter-professional collaboration. I shall also demonstrate accountability and responsibility in managing the delivery of care. I shall also critically reflect upon my own strengths and weaknesses in relation to ...

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Reflective essay relating to a patient with COPD

28 Sep 2017

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INTRODUCTION: The purpose of this essay is to adopt Rolfe, Freshwater and Jasper (2001) model of reflection in reflecting upon my experience in practice placement while caring for a patient with a long term condition. This model will help to identify the learning needs and how it may be achieved. To maintain confidentiality in this essay with respect to the NMC code of conduct, I will ...

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Assessment of patient diagnosed with COPD

28 Sep 2017

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  Focused Assessment ABCs: Airways: this patient has an airway obstruction as he has a history of COPD. This patient's airflow may also be limited by the thick secretions as he has a productive cough. Close monitoring is required to assess his airway clearance, by checking the mouth, monitor the amount of sputum, auscultating the lung sound.  Breathing: this patient's breath ...

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Difficulties discussing patient sexual health

28 Sep 2017

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Hesitancy In Taking History From A Female Client   Sexuality assessment and counseling are part of the nurse’s professional role, but only few nurses integrate this awareness into practice in a proper way. Getting a sexual history is an inbuilt piece of the client meeting, however, numerous health care professionals neglect to address this subject with their clients. This could be credited to distress that ...

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Ayurveda, Dosha and Food

28 Sep 2017

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AYURVEDA DOSHA AND FOOD 1   Ayurveda Dosha and Food Ayurveda is a type of western medicine that has been practiced in India for more than five thousand years. Ayurveda is based on a balance between the mind, the body, and the consciousness. Practitioners of Ayurveda medicine prescribe different herbs along with lifestyle changes, diet, and drinks to maintain this balance and cure ailments. Each person ...

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Treatment Resistant major depressive disorder

28 Sep 2017

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Pharmacotherapy with Exercise versus Pharmacotherapy Alone in Treatment-Resistant Major Depressive Disorder Major depression is currently one of the most prevalent mental health disorders in the United States. In 2012, an estimated 6.9 percent (16 million) of adults aged 18 and older had at least one major episode of depression (National Institute of Mental Health, 2012). In addition to its prevalence, the World Health Organization reports that ...

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Care plan for a patient suffering from gout

28 Sep 2017

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The subsequent paper will sketch the focal point of care of the patient in the specified case study. The patient came to the emergency department complaining of severe pain in her right toe which looked inflamed and red upon assessment. She had trouble walking and could not put her weight on the foot; throbbing pulsation was felt on palpating the toe which caused the patient to ...

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Effectiveness of self instructional module in immunizations

28 Sep 2017

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Abstract Immunization is the one of the most important and cost effective strategies for the prevention of childhood sicknesses and disabilities and it is a basic need for all children. Seven killer diseases causes a major threat to children and this decreases the health status and making them more vulnerable to infectious disease. The major cause for death is vaccine preventable diseases such as neonatal ...

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Diagnostic and Screening Tests in Pregnancy

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Jody Wellington 2153629 MODULE 1 Screening tests are predominantly designed to discriminate between populations at high risk of developing a disease or disorder, and those that are not (Pairman, 2010). While diagnostic tests aim to establish the presence or absence of diseases and disorders (Ruf, 2008). The author has outlined below five screening and five diagnostic testing that may be investigated during pregnancy. The author will ...

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Effectiveness of Student/tutor Interactions in Healthcare

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Chapter 2 Review of Related Literature and Studies For the development of the research work, the researcher must systematically be familiar with both previous theory and research. To guarantee this familiarity, there is a review of the research literature which is needed to be done. A review of related literature and studies related to the present study was conducted and presented herein to allow the researcher ...

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Factors Affecting Healing Capabilities of the Body

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Analyse Health Information James Rowe 1.3) Intracellular fluid makes up approximately 60-67% of total body fluid. With Intracellular fluid making up approximately 33-40% in both these compartments it is water making up a majority of the solvent in the different body compartments. The total body weight that the fluid makes up is about 60% in Men and about 55% in Women. This is lower due to ...

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Literature Review on Pain Management

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Summary 1P10 – In the article “Culture’s Effects on Pain Assessment and Management by Mary Curry Narayan (2010) describe some aspects in the process to treat and manage a client during the process of pain. Although illness demonstrated some specific aspects to care, cultural and linguistic aspects of the patient must be considered relevant all the time. As a result, the cultural paradigms draw the correct ...

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Reflective Essay on Personal Performance

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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OLORUNKEMI ONIKOYI  PORTFOLIO SUMMARY (REFLECTIVE ESSAY) This essay is a reflective account on the progress I have made during the on-going nursing training programme I have embarked upon. The areas I intend to cover include the usefulness of assessment feedback for facilitating growth and for understanding the areas that need to be improved in my learning, the extent of the development of key transferable skills, an ...

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Self-harm and Negative Attitudes Amongst Nursing Staff

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Risk management in mental health settings is currently a hotly debated issue. This paper offers an insight into the issue of self-harm and negative attitudes amongst nursing staff. It is argued that change in staff conduct is unavoidable, if professional standards are to be maintained. Change can be achieved through a cognitive approach. The Clinical Setting The setting for this discourse is a 24-bed acute care ...

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Analysis of Performance of Registered Nurse

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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INTRODUCTION Critical reflection acts as the precursor for transformative learning, which takes place by altering the level of personal understandings and the behavior (Mezirow, 1990). Critical refection leads to improved learning, assessment and thinking with respect to the system and the society (Smith, 2011). Critical reflection enables an individual to look beyond the horizon and visualize the bigger picture and develop reasonable views about the situation ...

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Impact of Location on Nursing

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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NU11010 – The Nature Of Nursing (1) Matriculation no.: - 110015420 A neighbourhood is often considered as a living relationship between people and place: A geographical area, often within a town or city, determined by the values and aspirations of its residents as well as the impact of the socioeconomic conditions within it (Label et al., 2007). The Templehall neighbourhood is one of several community council ...

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Early Signs of Peripheral Neuropathy in Diabetes

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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EARLY SIGNS OF PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AMONG THOSE LIVING WITH DIABETES MELLITUS1 Update on Foot Care: Identifying Early signs of Peripheral Neuropathy among Patients Living with Diabetes Mellitus Bernice S. Samuel DNP-student and Susan J. Appel, PhD, APRN-BC, CCRN, FAHA   Abstract This integrative review of the literature was compiled from research within allied health literature (i.e., nursing, medicine and podiatry). Primary objective: Develop a best practice algorithm as a ...

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Teaching Methodologies in Nursing Education

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Active learning strategies 1 Title: Literature Review NU 593: Nursing research Methodology Faculty: Dr. Raisa Gul & Ms. Yasmin Parpio Shams ul Huda MScN Year I The Aga Khan University School of Nursing and Midwifery I have fully acknowledged the work of others in an appropriate way. I have not used, received nor have I given material without permission while writing this assignment. I ...

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Homeostasis Within the Nervous System

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Section one Homeostasis is the condition of equilibrium in the body’s internal environment due to the consistent interaction of the body’s main regulatory processes (Tortora and Derrickson, 2009). This process developed by Claude Bernard in 1865 and then named by Walter Cannon in 1926, is used by the endocrine and nervous system in order to maintain a psychological internal environment disregarding external influences. As the environment ...

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Legal and Ethical Issues in Elderly Care

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Lianna Bassie Phillip Ruge This essay is to examine the case study scenario of Mrs. Davis a resident at the Sunnyside day respite care center. We will be looking at the legal and ethical issues and the implications of these issues in this case study that could impact the RN, EEN and family members of Mrs. Davis as well as the care facility. CONSENT – there ...

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Low Self Esteem and Depression in the Elderly

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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This world would be imbalanced and without love, if the elderly people are endorsed to feel pain. In this world, every individual has his or her self-identification, self-respect and self-esteem. Self-esteem refers to an individual's overall positive self-evaluation. It is composed of two dimensions, competence and worth. Competence refers to the degree to which people see themselves as capable. Worth dimension refers to the degree to ...

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Models of Health: Epilepsy Case Study

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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This essay will highlight a narrative of a 40 year old woman who has a history of epilepsy. For confidentiality reasons and keeping in line with the NMC Code of Conduct (2008), the name Jane will be used as pseudonym to explain excerpts from her narrative. In order for the nurse to retell her story, she had to give consent. Jane therefore consented to have her ...

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Role of High-protein Diet in Weight Management

07 Jul 2017 26 Sep 2017

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Structured Reflection: One of the most widespread and popular problems in the world is the obesity that people suffers from and forces them to follow a well-known diet. Most people in the community will search for a diet that is most effective, regardless of their risks and benefits. But this is probably a big issue that we have to put into consideration that the community needs ...

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Indigenous Older Adults with Depression

01 Aug 2017 18 Sep 2017

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Sooyeon Cho   Look Back and Elaborate The topic of the presentation was Indigenous older adults with depression. First, we made a contract and developed a teaching plan to effectively communicate and implement teaching process. We applied concepts of social justice which include equity, equality, and respect for human rights (Kozier et al., 2014) by analyzing accessibility and sustainability of resources required to perform a ...

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Nursing Case Study Parkinson's Disease

01 Aug 2017 18 Sep 2017

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Thomas Aitken 1) Introduction The following discussion shall be about Parkinson's disease with an emphasis on the disease's association with John Magill. In Australia, deaths because of Parkinson's disease comprised 19. 8% of deaths from nervous system disease in 2010 (Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS], (2012). The aetiology and risk factors associated with the disease shall be discussed, in addition to its clinical presentation and ...

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Conflict Management and Negotiation

01 Aug 2017 18 Sep 2017

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Kathryn Moultrie  According to the information in the Stanford video, there are four types of conflict (task, process, relationship or status) (Mack 2017) that can occur not just in healthcare, but in any workplace, personal or even in your own home. Direct or indirect, patient contact health care employees such as physicians, nurses, and technologists who work in complex, stressful environments that are prone to ...

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Patient Assessment and Medication Administration

01 Aug 2017 18 Sep 2017

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Marisa L. Bishop  The aim of assessment is to ensure all patients receive consistent and timely nursing care. With the healthcare field our assessment skills are our biggest tool in determining patient care. As nurses, one of the first skills taught is a head to toe assessment. Nurses are taught to inspect, auscultate, palpate, and percuss to determine patient's needs. Structured patient assessment frameworks' impact ...

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Key Principals of Public Health: Case Study

01 Aug 2017 18 Sep 2017

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Emily Cooper Consider the case study in order to demonstrate your understanding of key principals of Public Health Case Study 4 Tom is a 68 year old Chinese male and lives alone in a large property. He took early retirement several years ago from the local council and he is feeling increasingly isolated and lonely, since his wife died last year. He has a son ...

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Decubitus Pressure Ulcer: Healing Process

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Karen Floyd Pathophysiology Pressure ulcer Decubitus Ulcer Stage 3 Ulcer A pressure ulcer is caused by external pressure being applied to prominent bony surfaces of the body such as the elbows, spine, heels, ankles, and in your husbands, case the coccyx. The ulcer formed when the capillary pressure within the tissue was exceeded, interrupting his circulation, and causing his tissue to go without oxygen which ...

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Following Correct Procedure During Patient Transfer

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Kamala Haciyeva Introduction In this paper, I will examine the issues arising within the unit during of the patient transfer procedure. My examination will begin with a description of a clinical event that happen to me - describing environment, events and facts leading to the development of my experience. I will then elaborate, analyse and revise how the issues of common procedure implementation, job satisfaction ...

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Family Healthcare Assessment

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Courtney Poole  Identifying Data The family consists of four members, the mother, TM, who is a thirty six years old Caucasian female and was born August of 1980 in the state of Nebraska and is employed as an engineer with her master's degree. TM is married to the father, JM who is a fifty two years old Caucasian male and was born in June of ...

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Medication for Anxiety and Depression: Citalopram

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Julie Carter When it comes to depression and anxiety many drugs are prescribed by Doctors; but the most prescribed drug for this medical illness is Celexa or better known by the brand name Citalopram (Goldberg,2015). The drug Citalopram is produced by the company Cyril Pharmaceuticals, this medication belongs to a group known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. These medications are thought to work by increasing ...

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Methods for Postoperative Hypothermia Rewarming

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Lauren E. Boyd and Letitia Hedges Abstract Perioperative hypothermia has the potential for multiple adverse effects and must be taken seriously to effectively treat and prevent harm to surgical patients. This review's objective focuses primarily on postoperative hypothermia and the specific interventions needed for rewarming or raising core body temperature within the normal range. The literature from 2008-2016 was reviewed to aid in building the ...

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Human Papillomavirus Vaccinations - Summary

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Elizabeth Long Stakeholders The safety, efficacy, complications, and importance of the Human Papillomavirus vaccination dictates the stakeholders within this project and ensures continued and future success. The stakeholders are identified as the patients and parents or caregivers of adolescents ages nine through seventeen. Other essential shareholders are the owner and director of Family Express Clinic in Conroe, nurse practitioner, medical assistance and the ...

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Management Strategy to Improve Patient Sleep

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Kirsten Rasmussen Leadership Management Paper Nighttime noise and interrupted sleep is a common problem in hospitals and efforts to reduce these started with Florence Nightingale (Jones & Dawson, 2012). Call bells, monitor alarms, and talking are some of the most common causes of nighttime noise (Murphy, Bernardo, & Dalton, 2013). This paper will discuss different leadership and management theories and strategies hospitals can use to ...

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Music Intervention as Anxiety and Stress Relief

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Evelyn Neville Music Intervention as Anxiety and Stress Relief during Minor Medical Procedures Introduction This concept analysis will address the anxiety and stress relief effect of music on patients during routine medical procedures. Music can have a calming effect on patients which can greatly reduce the anxiety and stress the patients may be feeling while enduring procedures such as blood draws or IV insertions (Mok ...

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Evaluation of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program

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Melissa Claflin-Hubbard   Identification of Practice Problem The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that half of all adults has one or more chronic health conditions, and that one of four adults has two or more chronic conditions (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2012). The chronic diseases that burden the United States (U.S.) healthcare system include heart disease, cancer, type 2 ...

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Ethics and Abuse in Healthcare

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AMITA KHOWAJA All health care professionals are responsible for delivering safe, effective and ethical care to their clients. They must deal every day with the situations in which they have to resolve dilemmas caused by conflicting obligations. Resolving dilemmas require thoughtful consideration of all relevant factors, awareness of the relevant standards and legislation and use of ethical decision-making process to ensure that the best decision ...

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Xanax Medication Analysis

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Samantha E. Mendoza The brand name is Xanax, the generic name is alprazolam, and the chemical name is 8-Chloro-1-methyl-6-phenyl-4H-s-triazolo [4,3-α] [1,4] benzodiazepine. It is a drug used for managing anxiety disorder or for the short term relief of anxiety symptoms in adults (WebMD, n.d.). Xanax is considered a Schedule IV narcotic because Xanax has a medical use, but the drug is still considered to have ...

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Madeleine Leininger Theory of Culture Care Diversity

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Lisel Morfi Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality  Meaning The chosen theory for this paper is Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care Diversity and Universality care theory. This theory focuses on the fact that different cultures have different caring behavior and different health or illness values, belief, and pattern of behavior (Rubyks, 2008). It involves the understanding of different cultures when it comes to nursing ...

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Complex Adaptive Systems in Healthcare

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Kathryn Moultrie Clinical Microsystem According to Freshman, 2010, et al p. 19-20, complex high delivery healthcare delivery systems are the intricate framework of "relationships" (groups), within an organization that provides health care in our complex society and environment. These relationships should represent the multiple interactions with roles of each member. The line between those within the system, and those outside systems should remain clear; every ...

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Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema (CPFE)

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Ong Wei Jun Dan The Causes, Consequences and Differences Between Pulmonary Fibrosis or Emphysema Alone  Abstract Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) is a complicated disease and untreated disease which consists of two diseases. It is difficult for respiratory therapists or respiratory physicians to differentiate between CPFE versus idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)/emphysema alone. There is an increased recognition of the coexistence of emphysema and pulmonary ...

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Conflict in the Work Place

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Kathryn Moultrie  The conflict in my workplace that I was involved took place in the unit (ICU/Open heart), I was assigned to for eight months s staffing resource nurse. I had admitted a critical patient; acute status asthmaticus, who initially refused a much needed intubation/sedation, I had admitted a critical patient; acute status asthmaticus, who initially refused a much needed intubation/sedation, I felt my person-centered ...

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Advanced Patient Consultation: Severe Sepsis

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Angela Windle Critical analysis of the history and physical examination findings from a patient consultation. This will focus on the Diagnostic Reasoning process relating to a particular patient problem and the current evidence base. Introduction This essay will focus on the history and examination findings of a patient who presented with severe sepsis as detailed in case review 1 (appendix 1). Sepsis is a syndrome ...

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Health Hazards for Seniors

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AMITA KHOWAJA Environmental health is a significant component of overall health. All the other components of health i.e. social, cultural, economic, physical survival and wellbeing heavily rely on environmental health. Unfortunately, this dependence on land in present time result in suspected decline in the overall health status. Canadian government has recently accepted that some segment of our population i.e. elderly and disabled people is more ...

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Safety and Quality Improvement

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Christine R Wemyss   My topic is safety and quality improvement. In the article by Sprayberry (2014), she states the seven concepts that are central to contemporary nursing practice based on the acronym FLOWERSTM , they include fundamentals of care, leadership at the bedside, ownership of outcomes, wisdom, ethics, relational competence and skilled caring.(p. 123). It is important for nurses to understand the relationship of these ...

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Case Study: Elderly Patient with Several Concerns

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Daniel Littlewood  Case study Mrs Hiruni Jupangati You are an Enrolled Nurse working in the small public hospital in Cattelanbaa, rural QLD. This is your first job since completing the Diploma of Nursing and you have been working here for the past month. Mrs Hiruni Jupangati (born 20/05/1929) was admitted by her GP last night with exacerbation of asthma. She was born in Sri Lanka ...

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Operationalizing Crucial Concerns

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Kathryn Moultrie According to Maxfield, D., (2005), et al, Silence Kills, The Seven Crucial Conversations for Healthcare, past studies have indicated that more than 60 percent of medication errors are caused by mistakes in interpersonal communication (JCAHO). A second research study; Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century a Report (2001}, analysis of communication difficulties experienced by health care personnel ...

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Is Modafinil Right For You?

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Sheyenne Mellow Abstract What is Modafinil? Modafinil is a wakefulness-promoting agent used for treatment of disorders such as narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and excessive daytime sleepiness associated with obstructive sleep apnea. It has also seen widespread off-label use as a purported cognition-enhancing agent. In the US it is sold under the brand names Alertec, Modavigil, and Provigil. In the United States modafinil is classified ...

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Ventilated Patients: Early Mobility and Sedation Management

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Leslie Bruchey  Abstract Critically ill patients that need intubated and mechanical ventilation often to have increased hospital length of stay. Throughout this paper, the hospital length of stay in this patient population will be analyzed by research articles to see how early mobility and sedation management effect the hospitalization. Research shows that early mobility in the intensive care unit often decreases the length of stay ...

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Meeting the Needs of an Individual Client

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Name: Damian Olszewski  Introduction: Essay is written on the base observation of three clients who kept suffering from loss of memory, stroke, schizophrenia; what problems they are facing each day and how i can help them have the better life. Client 1 (John) - Memory Loss    Observation and Client Background My client because of a car accident now suffers loss of memory, this ...

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Reducing In-Patient Health Care Infections

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Kathryn Moultrie According to a task force for "Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP), (2007), conducted by the Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine Alejandro Arroliga, MD; Chief Medical Officer, Robert Pryor, MD; and representatives from nursing, respiratory therapy and patient safety in Temple , Texas, VAP is the most common infection in hospital intensive care units (ICU). Established criteria are for early diagnosing, including; patients' at risk, ...

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Self Reflection on Communication in Nursing

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AMITA KHOWAJA Introduction Reflection is an organized and a planned way to think positively and make better decisions. Reflection allow person to learn from their mistakes and past experiences. This is more applicable to form the fundamentals of healing and therapeutic process in health care field. According to Parker (2006) Reflection in health care profession will enhances effective care and therapeutic process. In line with ...

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