plan of care I developed for Mr X while he was under my care in a post anaesthetic unit. It will discuss my nursing assessments‚ and what diagnoses I developed from this. It will then discuss the rationale behind my nursing interventions using relevant literature. My plan of care will be analysed throughout while identifying how my nursing care meets best practice guidelines. A nursing care plan is begun at a patients admission. In this case Mr X was booked in for an elective surgery‚ which meant
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Introduction Over time in health care there have been times in which‚ the directors of the hospital have been trying to get rid of Licensed Practical Nurse or LPNs and want their nursing staff to only be Registered Nurses or RNs. If LPNs are eliminated there will be a huge nursing shortage in the hospital setting. If a LPNs is currently working in a hospital setting are told to get their RN by a date or they will be fired. This is a problem because older LPN that is close to retirement they are not
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release BCOM/275 April 16‚ 2012 Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Release No one will ever forget the events that took place on August 5‚ 2010. Many people from all around the world sat glued to their television sets watching a story that most feared would have a tragic ending. The Minera San Esteban Primera Mining Company had a job ahead of them that no company every wants to face. 33 miners were trapped in a small
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many different theories that are used in the nursing profession. Each of these theories have their own concept and uniqueness that can be applied in a nursing capacity. All nursing theories have some form of connection to the advanced practice nurse (APN) practice. There are different types of theories for nursing circumstances. It is important for APN to obtain a good understanding and know how to apply the theory to their practice. Some of these nursing theories are Maslow’s theory‚ Orem Self Care
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BED POSITIONS AND USES PRONE The prone position is a position of the body lying face down. It is opposed to the supine position which is face up. Using terms defined in the anatomical position‚ the ventral side is down (which is towards the abdomen)‚ and the dorsal side is up (which is towards the back or posterior of the body). Prone refers to that pattern for the forearm‚ where the palm of the hand is directly behind the head‚ or at the sides and the radius and ulna are crossed. The main physiological
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Mtunzini (Mm-tun-zee-nee) is a small coastal town that is situated almost exactly halfway along KwaZulu-Natal’s coastline in South Africa approximately 140 km north of Durban. The name is an isiZulu word meaning place in the shade. After the breakup of the Zulu Kingdom after the Anglo-Zulu War‚ Sir Garnet Wolseley created 13 ’kinglets’ - with two strategically located as buffer zones between Port Natal and Zululand. One of these kinglets was John Dunn who used Mtunzini as his capital. Umlalazi
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turn Over Nursing shortage and turnover is an enormous issue affecting nurses in the delivery of patients’ care. Nursing shortages have been shown to cause unfavorable effects which include decreased job satisfaction‚ decreased access to care‚ and can lead to increased turn over. This paper is about nursing shortages and nursing turn overs‚ and how the author would expect nursing leaders and managers to approach this issue. The writer’s rational would be supported by
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Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication Xxxxxxx‚ Bxxxxxx BCOM/275 May ++‚ 2xxx Professor Knowing Your Audience Paper and Communication On August 5‚ 2010 a San Jose Mine near Copiapo‚ Chili caved in causing 33 miners of the Minera San Esteban Primera Company to fall into a chamber about 2‚300-feet or 300-meters below the surface (Juan Weik‚ 2010‚ para. 5). The 33 members consist of 32 Chileans‚ and one Bolivian (Yang‚ 2010). When this tragic accident happened all that was known
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From the start of existence to the world ‘known’ today‚ human beings are yearning to know the truth‚ in this world jam-packed with lies and fabrications. Russian novelist Ayn Rand transcribed‚ “The truth is not for all men‚ however‚ for only those who seek it.” This novelist is simply stating that it remains not every person that seeks the truth and one can’t discover it if it is not pursued. Equivalently‚ a race cannot be considered won by a person who does not seize the first step‚ subsequently
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THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR NURSING PRACTICE Answer all the questions comprehensively. 1. All nurses have a conceptual model for nursing practice. From the perspective that a nurse needs a clear conceptual model of nursing as a basis for nursing process‚ identify components of any concepts of nursing that you could use in implementing the nursing process in your area of responsibility. Explain your answer. 2. Enumerate at least three (3) health promoting behavior in which you do
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