Maintaining Patient Safety When working in an acute care setting such as a hospital‚ safety is the number one priority. A safe environment greatly reduces the risk for illness or injury. It’s not only for the patient; it’s also for the healthcare provider. For a nurse‚ it begins when she/he meets the patient. She must assess the room and make sure there is no debris littered on the floor‚ that all IV tubing is untangled and not on the floor‚ and that the patient’s bed is down in the lowest position
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Ability to Care for Her Patients? Nurses are one of the most important people regarding a patient’s health in a hospital or home care setting. The nurse is the messenger that relates critical information to the doctor concerning changes in the patients’ health status. In order to report proper and accurate information to the health care provider‚ the nurse must properly do her job and complete all of the tasks assigned to her. The RN or LPN has a large amount of work to complete for each patient. For
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and even more to generate the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) by Congress in remedy to its torts‚ patient dumping still appear to be an issue in our society today. In fact‚ patient dumping occurs when hospitals deny treatment to emergency patients -- often because those patients can’t pay. As Patient dumping is the practice of refusing to treat patients who cannot pay for healthcare services. Federal anti-dumping law‚ initiated by Congress as part of the Consolidated Omnibus
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ENG112-96 Research Essay – Final Draft October 22‚ 2013 Hook‚ Line‚ and Sinker: The Effect of Commercial Fishing on the Marine Ecosystem Every day‚ millions of people around the globe rely on fish and other aquatic species as their number one source of protein. Fishing has become one of the most profitable businesses in the world‚ and provides millions of people with a continual food source. Along with its success‚ commercial fishing at its very core‚ has wreaked havoc on the marine ecosystem
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Junis Citozi Composition II Unfair America: Mentally Ill Inmates Individuals suffering from mental illnesses tend to fall victim to the criminal justice system due to their uncontrollable actions that result from their mental illness symptoms. Within the United States two to three hundred thousand people in prison suffer from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia‚ severe depression‚ and bipolar disorder. Sadly‚ the majority of prisons are deficient in providing the appropriate resources
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individuals to mind—the courageous person imposing‚ heroic‚ probably male‚ and the patient person quiet‚ reserved‚ quite likely female. (After all‚ Ancient Greek courage simply was the virtue of manliness (andreia)‚ and the Victorians used to name their daughters Patience.) Some of our images of courage may even positively conflict with some of our images of patience‚ with the courageous person insisting upon action while the patient person implores him to wait. In his wonderful paper‚ "Patience and Courage"
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Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke (consisting of particle and gaseous phases). (A more broad definition may include simply taking tobacco smoke into the mouth‚ and then releasing it‚ as is done with tobacco pipes and cigars). The practice may have begun as early as 5000-3000 BC. Tobacco was introduced to Eurasia in the late 17th century where it followed common trade routes. The practice encountered criticism from its first import into the Western world onwards
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We must pay attention to the psychological state of the patient when applying the full program to get rid of obesity‚ we must convince that to get rid of this disease will not be overnight‚ the disease needs a long time‚ Insisting on applying these steps until you get the best results‚ it is first and foremost for the patient to get rid of obesity‚ the patient should revolve around three important things: conviction‚ persistence and patience. involves on
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Identity Crisis in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient Lerzan Gültekin Atılım University in Ankara‚ Turkey lerzan_gultekin@atilim.edu.tr Abstract The aim of this paper is to analyze identity crisis in Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient from a postcolonial perspective through the concept of nationalism and national identity‚ emphasizing cultural‚ psychological and physical displacement due to colonization‚ travelling‚ exploration and space / place (cartography)‚ referring to the theories
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maintaining patients’ privacy and their confidentiality. The NMC competency states that nurses must respect patients’ right to confidentiality regardless of race or creed. The issue of privacy and confidentiality is also enshrined in the legislation by the Parliament with two laws called the Data Protection Act (1998) and the Human Right Act (1998). Mr. J was handed over as an acutely ill patient with morbidly obese occasioned by type 2 diabetes Morbid
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