This portfolio will provide evidence of my experience in an acute care setting. I will provide an appendix giving a brief summary of a patient I cared for whilst undertaking a placement in an acute setting. This portfolio of evidence will be based on a patient diagnosed with sepsis secondary to her chest infection. I will discuss extensively the aetiology‚ pathophysiology and clinical features of a patient presenting with sepsis treated in an acute care setting. I will explore the role of the different
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Ethics of compassion To help explain the ethics of compassion I will be using reference from the Dalia Lama’s book Ethics for the New Millennium‚ more specifically chapter ten; The Need for Discernment‚ and chapter 5 The Supreme Emotion. I will also refer to Touching Peace‚ and the five mindfulness trainings. The Dalia Lama had so many strong points it was hard to find any criticisms in his philosophies. One thing that concerned me was how he recognizes people who kill and torture for pleasure
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Ascher states in her essay on compassion that it has to be learned. Ascher also states that you cannot have compassion unless you have also suffered. Is suffering the only way to be compassionate? She questions as well that some help out of fear or the need to appear not to have a problem. Compassion is needed in many aspects of life‚ especially if you want to work in the medical field. Compassion seems to come from a few different areas of life‚ seeing other be helped‚ helping others‚ and suffering
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A woman who has made her name very well known throughout history and American Government is the late Barbara Jordan. Barbara Charline Jordan‚ and attorney and American politician‚ was born on February 21‚ 1936 in Houston‚ Texas. Throughout her career she served as a congresswoman in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1979‚ and as a professor at various universities and institutes. Jordan’s education began at Robertson elementary and Phillis Wheatley high school in Houston’s fifth
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Barbara Liskov Barbara Liskov (born November 7‚ 1939 as Barbara Jane Huberman) is an American computer scientist[2] who is an institute professor at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology and Ford Professor of Engineering in its School of Engineering’s electrical engineering and computer sciencedepartment.[3] Life and career Liskov was born in 1939 California‚ the eldest of Jane (née Dickhoff) and Moses Huberman’s four children.[4] She earned her BA in mathematics at the University of California
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Ocean Carriers Case Study Chandrika Sina Danesh Saket Maheshwari Charles Shelton Assume that Ocean Carriers uses a discount rate of 9%. Your case analysis must address the following specific questions: 1. What factors drive average daily hire rates? Do you expect daily spot hire rates to increase or decrease next year? 2. Should Ms. Linn purchase the $39 million capesize? (NOTE: the answer will depend on your answer to Q3 below.) Evaluate
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access to it prior to being helped. With our technology advancing in speed and structure‚ it is hard to keep updated on the changes‚ for some it seems impossible to catch up with all the new innovations that are introduced daily. My letter was sent to Barbara Boxer‚ she is a democrat and the junior United States senator from California‚ the reason I chose her was because she was a member of the Environment and Public Works Committee‚ which focuses on matters relating to the environment and infrastructure
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BARBARA KRUGER was born on January 26‚ 1945‚ in Newark‚ New Jersey. Kruger’s earliest artworks date back to 1969. These included materials using large woven wall hangings of yarn‚ beads‚ sequins‚ feathers‚ and ribbons‚ which embodied the feminist’s comeback of arts and crafts during this period. By 1979‚ Kruger stopped taking photographs and began to employ found images in her art‚ mostly from mid-century American print-media sources‚ with words collaged directly over them. These early collages‚
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Running head: COMPASSION FATIGUE Compassion Fatigue Amber Norris Grand Canyon University: HLT-310V March 30‚ 2013 Compassion Fatigue “All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.” ― Tahereh Mafi‚ Shatter Me The health care industry is made up of nurses‚ doctors‚ and other medical professionals
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founded the six essential values of a care giver; care‚ compassion‚ communication‚ competence‚ courage and commitment (6C’s) (Cummings‚ J and Bennett‚ V‚ 2012). This essay is going to look at the meaning of compassion‚ explore its importance within a healthcare setting and outline how compassionate care can be delivered. This essay will also identify reasons why compassionate care can become exhausted and how to overcome this problem. Compassion is about providing intelligent care which exhibits
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