Running Head: Alabama Nursing Practice Act Jessica Mcinnis Mrs. Volovecky December 26‚ 2014 (Alabama Nursing Practice Act‚ 1993) Itt-tech Nursing Role The Alabama Board of Nursing is the Standards of Nursing Practice The Nursing Practice Act is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families and communities so they may attain‚ maintain or recover optimal health and quality. The scope practice includes‚ but is not limited to care and
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A Self Evaluation Of Team Work Nursing Essay During my study of the paper‚ I have been involved in a large amount of teamwork promoted by the lecturers. And from such teamwork; I not only acknowledged many new things‚ but learned several new skills and gained knowledge. The following my essay reflecting on and evaluating my own performance of my teamwork in MBR. Specific experiences that allowed me to learn more about myself and working as a team during this semester will be identified and described
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The heart functions to take deoxygenated blood from the body and pump it to the lungs to re-oxygenate it‚ to pump it back through the body. Without this system‚ body tissues wouldn’t get oxygen and therefore not function and the person would not survive. The function of the left side of the heart is to take oxygenated blood from the lungs and pump it out to and through the rest of the body. This is the systemic circulation of the heart. With every body system there are homeostatic imbalances and
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Congestive heart failure distresses the heart’s function as a pump to meet the body’s needs‚ affecting many organs of the body including the liver‚ lungs‚ kidneys and the intestines. Untreated‚ this condition will affect virtually every organ in the body. (MedicineNet‚ 2012) According to Healthline.com congestive heart failure (CHF) is defined as‚ “A condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.” (Healthline‚ 2012) Heart failure is a serious disorder that may
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Student name Instructor Course Date Congestive Heart Failure Q: The credibility and reliability of peer reviewed research communications are seen as the “gold standard” within the basic and applied sciences. Why do you think the role of the editor/reviewer is so critical in ensuring such quality? A: It is supposed that peer reviewing guarantees the quality of the paper. Although the process of peer reviewing takes a lot of time‚ it provides opportunities for careful revision of the original
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People have to complete ethical decisions making over ethical dilemmas that can cause life or death‚ or even everyday common decisions. Ethical decision making is a process of evaluating different ethical dilemmas that help people make difficult choices when they are faced with an ethical dilemma. Anyone can experience having to make an ethical decision of an ethical dilemma. An ethical dilemma can occur in any type of workplace ranging from schools‚ to hospitals‚ to a local grocery store. Ethical
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Approaches to Decision Making 08/10/2013 Approaches to Decision Making Decision making in the workplace is something that all managers are faced with at one time or another during their careers. Some decisions are minor and some are major‚ but what we have to keep in mind is the decisions we make can make or break a company. Being the one who is faced with making these types of decisions can make our job more stressful‚ but thankfully there are steps we can learn to take
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What is the purpose of nursing theories? Nursing theories are guidelines for everyday nursing actions and helps nurse understand the purpose of their actions. Nursing theories based everyday nursing actions are analyzing a patient data‚ determining an outcome and nursing interventions for the patient‚ and evaluating the outcomes set for the patient. Nursing theories also guide research. 2. What is meant by the statement: "Nursing is both an art and a science?" Nursing is a science because nurses
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Unit 10: Stress Theory; Selyle/Psychoneuroimmunology By Jessica Cronin RN‚ Teri Lieser RN Unit Summary Unit 10 examines stress‚ the stress response as described by Dr. Hans Selye in addition to clinical situations and research involving Stress Theory‚ a borrowed theory used in nursing practice. Unit Objectives 1. Describe the background‚ development and concepts of Stress Theory 2. Identify the relationship among Stress Theory concepts 3. Outline the phenomena‚ populations and
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Background Heart failure (HF) is a condition in which the heart muscles lose its ability to pump sufficient blood to the body. It’s considered as one of the leading causes of death in the U.S with an estimated direct and indirect cost of $39 billion per year.1 Bioenergetics dysfunction is common in HF patients‚ which leads to energy starvation of the cardiac cells.2 Therefore‚ some medical providers encourage their patients to take ubiquinone‚ a lipid-soluble antioxidant‚ as an adjunct HF therapy
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