Should I Study Nursing Overseas? Introduction Critical thinking is an essential process in daily life since it allows people to participate in deliberative and self-determining thinking. According to Joe Lau (n.d.)‚ it is used to qualify our thinking procedure by understanding and identifying the vague concepts‚ evaluating and discussing the related debate. In this assignment‚ I would like to illustrate and evaluate the critical thinking skill I have applied in my daily life with a decision-making
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This assignment will present a nursing care study of a patient on a cardiac ward. The patient will be referred to as Ann to maintain confidentiality (NMC‚ 2008). Ann’s consent was gained prior to starting this care study. The care study will be developed using the Nursing process and the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney model. These will both be outlined. The assignment will focus on the assessment process and one problem identified during the assessment and the nursing care which followed this. I was placed
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Alicia V.‚ based on her symptoms‚ is diagnosed with PCOS. This is based on the findings that she is experiencing weight gain‚ unwanted hair growth‚ acne‚ a normal external genitalia‚ cervix‚ and vagina‚ and amenorrhea. Alicia has secondary amenorrhea because she has high levels of prolactin‚ which suppress GnRH and FSH. This is demonstrated by her low FSH levels. Alicia has hirsutism as insulin producing cells are overactive and create too much insulin. This increase in insulin causes her ovaries
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1. The normal fasting glucose level is From 70 to 99 mg/dL . The fasting blood glucose level‚ which is measured after a fast of 8 hours‚ is the most commonly used indication of overall glucose homeostasis‚ largely because disturbing events such as food intake are avoided. It is often the first test done to check for prediabetes (From 100 to 125 mg/dL ) and diabetes (126 mg/dL and above). 2. CB’s fasting blood sugar is 141mg/dl and cholesterol is 225 mg/dl which is higher than the normal range
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I found your post about the lean methodology intriguing and informative. It helped me to have a better understanding of a clinic use for this type of approach to quality improvement in nursing care. Working for the state government means that budgets are tight and there is no room to be wasteful with resources. Richardson et al. (2014) identify certain principles of the Lean process that can be transposed into the healthcare setting. The principles of waste elimination‚ consistent workflow‚ staff
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interact in acute settings? In this study‚ I would like to use ethnography. When compared to other qualitative methods like ;phenomenology or grounded theory‚ethnography is a systematic approach‚which includes observing‚detailing‚describing‚and analyzing the patterns of culture(Leininger‚1985).The key feature of ethnography as a qualitative research methodology is that‚ it involves long term study of a
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Research is defined by Parahoo (2006‚ p. 472) as “the study of phenomena by the rigorous and systematic collection and analysis of data”. Nursing research is necessary as up-to-date knowledge is vital for appropriate nursing and midwifery decision making. In order to improve upon health outcomes and provide effective care‚ research should inform best practice and provide an evidence base with which to underpin nursing care. The two studies to be analysed in this assignment are‚ ‘Final-year student
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New Hampshire Board of Nursing‚ the Oncology Nurses Society‚ the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics‚ Kristen M. Swanson’s (1999) middle range Theory of Caring and Florence Nightingale influence or influenced my nursing career. Functional Differences There are functional differences between the New Hampshire Board of Nursing (NHBON) and the Oncology Nurses Society‚ (ONS). NHBON protects
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comprehensive nursing care to patients but their families as well. The Nurse Practice Act defines the LVN and the Professional Nurse. “‘Vocational nursing’ means a directed scope of nursing practice‚ including the performance of an act that requires specialized judgment and skill‚ the proper performance of which is based on knowledge and application of the principles of biological‚ physical‚ and social science as acquired by a completed course in an approved school of vocational nursing”(Texas BON
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registered nurse is a graduate who have successfully passed a state board examination. Furthermore‚ an individual with the appropriate development of educational preparation and competence for practise who have been registered and licenced to practise nursing in Australia (nurse in Australia‚ 2018). Triage nurse are also known as emergency room (ER) nurse who is patients first point of contact on their visit within the ED. They asses patient on their arrival and categorised patients priories based on
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