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    Schoenofer (2013) Nursing as Caring a grand or general nursing theory‚ submit that all human are caring and the caring interactions between the nurse and the nursed leads to growth and knowledge of both parties. Nurse diabetes educators utilizing the human aspect of caring interactions between themselves and the patient increase meeting diabetic healthcare goals and improve outcomes for patients diagnosed with diabetes. This paper aim is to support the theory of Nursing as Caring through historical content

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    Patient Accountability

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    From a nurse’s perspective‚ it is effortless to say that the Patient Portability and Accountability Act is a topic that is very controversial. Although the Affordable Care Act is supported by the American Nurses Association‚ not all nurses are individually supporting it. There are a number of reasons for this divide. Many nurses are concerned about the strain that the Affordable Care Act is putting on their workplace. Through the Affordable Care Act‚ many people who did not have access to health

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    Unit 40, Dementia Care

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    Dementia is a progressive disorder that will affect how you’re brain functions and particularly your ability to remember‚ think and reason. Dementia usually affects older people and are approximately 820‚000 people in the UK with the disorder‚ and around 15‚000 are under the age of 65. If the dementia is recognised early enough that are a lot of things that you can be done to make the quality of life better. In a lot of dementia cases the symptoms and quality of life will progress and get worse over

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    The English Patient

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    man burnt beyond recognition‚ meet in the last moments of the Second World War. The identity of the patient is the heart of the story as he tells his memories of a doomed love affair in the North African desert. Love and passion are set against the devastation of war in this inspired novel by Canadian writer Michael Ondaatje. It is a novel of revelation‚ and just as the identity of the English patient is slowly revealed as the novel progresses‚ so are the inner selves and spiritual identities of the

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    Vascular Dementia Vascular dementia is a common cause of dementia in the elderly. Dementia is a condition that affects the brain and causes people to not think well or act normally. Vascular dementia is one type of dementia. It occurs when blood clots block small blood vessels in the brain and destroy brain tissue. Likely risk factors are high blood pressure and advanced age. This disease can cause stroke‚ migraine-like headaches‚ and psychiatric disturbances. SYMPTOMS Confusion. Problems

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    Uop Watsons Theory of Caring

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    Watson ’s Theory of Caring Crystal University of Phoenix Theories and Models of Nursing Practice NUR 403 Watson ’s Theory of Caring Jean Watson’s caring philosophy and science in nursing is traced back to its earliest beginning as a textbook for the nursing courses at the University of Colorado (Alligood‚ 2010). Her initial work at the university laid the foundation for Watson’s theory of caring. Watson’s philosophy “defines the outcome of nursing activity in regard to humanistic aspects

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    differences in a screening battery for diagnosing dementia: The Florida initiative. Written by Christine Anne Cauffield‚ a practicing psychologist in Florida‚ this 1995 thesis paper explores the gender differences in the results of a battery of tests for the diagnosis of dementia. Her research reveals significant variations on how Alzheimer’s disease is diagnosed across both genders. Engdahl‚ S (Ed). (2013). Perspectives on Diseases and Disorders. Dementia. Detroit: Greenhaven Press. Retrieved from https://portal

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    Thank you‚ Elaine‚ for explaining the social and economic impacts of dementia. Moving on‚ are the causes of dementia. The first cause is the genetic mutation. Dementia is a chronic and progressive disease. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. Its genetic causes are mutations and polymorphisms‚ which are the variations in deoxyribonucleic acid sequences‚ in three genes‚ including presenilin 1‚ presenilin 2 and amyloid precursor protein. Using this picture to explain. This is

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    Patient Advocacy

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    Patient Advocacy: How it affects the delivery of patient care Geneva Heath NR 451: Capstone Course Melanie Gawlik July 7‚ 2011 Introduction There tends to be a major direct affect that patient advocacy has on the delivery of health care. For a patient to be able to address their health care needs‚ their rights to health care‚ and making sure that they are being treated fairly are important issues and it only seems right for these patient ’s to have a voice other than their own in order

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    Unit 40 Dementia Care

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    form of dementia and the signs and symptoms. Dementia Dementia is the name for a group of symptoms which arise from different disease that affect the brain. The brain is made up of millions of brain cells which send messages to each other. These messages tell the individual everything they need to know to cope with everyday life‚ such as how to move‚ what they are seeing‚ how to speak. They also store memories and control emotions - such as laughing and crying. In someone with dementia‚ some of

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