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    On the political front‚ the action plan of the Chinese government has been in limiting free expression by arresting academics‚ closing newspapers and magazines‚ strictly controlling the Internet content and utilizing the refurbished Strike Hard campaign to circumvent legal safeguards for criminal suspects and alleged separatists‚ terrorists‚ and so-called religious extremists. But the constitutional norms in China particularly Article 4 affirms the equality of the country’s 55 ethnic groups and

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    Bed Bathing a Patient

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    IntroductionIn this assignment I will be exploring the legal‚ professional and ethical issues involved in bed bathing a patient/client in a hospital setting. I will be reflecting on a personal experience‚ experience during a seven week placement on a diabetic ward. I have decided to use a reflective cycle which is an adaptation from Gibbs ’ (1988) model.This reflection has provided a systematic approach to my learning and to my nursing practice. Within this essay I intend to discuss approaches to

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    patient’s autonomy be given to the court or the family/guardians of the patient? 2. The Facts: a. Clinical: A 67-year-old white male was reported to have an IQ of 10 and the mental age of approximately 2 years and 8 months‚ but was otherwise in good health‚ strong‚ and well built. He does not communicate verbally‚ but instead he uses grunts and gestures. The patient was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic monocytic leukemia‚ and his physician proposed chemotherapy. With chemotherapy‚ the patient had a

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    Pain management comparison in orthopaedics- patient controlled analgesia vs. femoral nerve blocks Picot question In adult patients with total hip or knee replacements‚ how effective is patient controlled analgesia pain management compared to femoral nerve block in controlling post operative pain within the first 24 hours after surgery? Importance to the science of nursing Major knee or total hip surgery is associated with severe postoperative pain

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    Patient Education Project The purpose of this paper is to develop a plan to teach a specific target group of clients regarding the risk of skin cancer and the impact that skin cancer has on one ’s health. Included in the discussion will be the assessment of what the patient needs to know‚ readiness to learn‚ and educational methods to be used. Skin Cancer Skin cancer‚ which is caused from ultraviolet rays‚ is extremely prevalent‚ with over a million cases occurring annually

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    Nurse to Patient Ratio

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    Mandatory Hospital Nurse-To Patient Ratio in the Healthcare Field (Professor/Instructor) November 07‚ 2011 Mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are a controversial topic in healthcare. In this practice‚ state laws are established that require a certain level of staffing within a particular unit. Organizations such as hospitals must balance income with expenditures‚ and nurses and patients may be affected by these decisions. Mandating ratios is one attempt at ensuring nurses’ workloads do not exceed

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    pain‚ and shortness of breath. He received coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to repair 4 blood vessels. This patient has a history of coronary artery disease‚ hypertension‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ hyperlipidemia‚ and a partial colectomy due to cataracts. My preceptor and I took care of Mr. C the day he received the CABG surgery. The patient returned to the CICU very drowsy and restless. As a few hours went by we noticed he was having multiple hallucinations.

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    Patient Recording System

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    The Patient Recording System will modernize the existing system by changing methods of data collection and replacing manual data input of paper records with a fully automated electronic data capture.   The data... The system supplies future data requirements of the Fire Service Emergency Cover (FSEC) project‚ Fire Control‚ fundamental research and development. Fire and Rescue Services (FRSs) will also be able to use this better quality data for their own purposes. The IRS will provide

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    How to Process a Patient

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    New employees have a very difficult time figuring out the steps of processing a patient. Although‚ you take notes it seems to be confusing trying to figure out how to organize the steps in the proper order. Everyone does it differently; therefore‚ there is not a per-say right way to process a patient. First‚ the patient arrives at the office and signs in on our sign-in sheet. The registration staff scans in their insurance and driver’s license photo. Registration obtains and enters the patient’s

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    Nurse Patient Ratios

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    and the leading constant through ailment and illness‚ the men and women who care for those in need‚ and yet we push them to their limits and ask everything of them for the impossible. The amount of patients a nurse receives needs to be reduced to better improve level of care and safety for a patient. The need and or necessity for such action come from the very stressful environment that is nursing. Nurses become overworked and pushed to their limits while the very best is demanded of them with

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