Introduction Tele-nursing is the use of telecommunications technology such as videos‚ computers and tele-monitoring technologies to provide nursing care and advice at a distance. This growing technology offers many advantages in the delivery of healthcare information‚ disease monitoring‚ health promotion and disease prevention services‚ as well as nursing diagnosis‚ treatment and education to patient at home from a centralized location. Tele-nursing can be instrumental in helping patients
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Nursing Shortage and Nursing Turnover Nursing shortage is a phenomenon that is affecting nurses and the provision of adequate patient care in today’s health care industry. Nursing shortage is said to occur when the demand for employment of nurses is far greater than the number of nurses willing to be employed at that time (Huber‚ 2010). According to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (A.A.C.N.)‚ “the nursing shortage is expected to increase as baby boomers age‚ and the need for health
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Select three theories and compare the definition of person/human being. Which definition best fits with your own thinking. Jean Watson in caring theory refers to the human being as "a valued person in and of him or herself to be cared for‚ respected‚ nurtured‚ understood and assisted; in general a philosophical view of a person as a fully functional integrated self. Human is viewed as greater than and different from the sum of his or her parts .According to Jean Watson human being should be cared
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Assessment for Quality Improvement Quality improvement should be a major focus in any organization and requires four basic steps: “…specify the requirements‚ design the product‚ create the product‚ and examine the product.” (Burrill and Ledolter‚ 1999‚ p. 142). Each process must be completed in order as each is important. Once requirements and specifications have been determined‚ resources and standards can be evaluated to create and test the product. The means of creation will be different in
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Jeffrey Hill Theo-100 Week 3 – God’s struggle with Chaos 4/4/2013 “God’s Struggle with Chaos in the Book of Job” The Book of Job introduces us to a side of God that is very rarely depicted in the Bible. For the first time‚ the notion that God protects the good and punishes the evil is challenged. In the Book of Job a mythical sea creature‚ referred to as a Leviathan‚ is referred to multiple times. This creature represents the chaos in this world that is outside of God’s control. In the
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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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A device which Shakespeare often utilized to convey the confusion and chaos within the plot of his plays‚ is the reflection of that confusion and chaos in the natural environment of the setting‚ along with supernatural anomalies and animal imageries. In King Lear‚ these devices are used to communicate the plot‚ which is summarized by Gloucester as: …This villain of mine comes under the prediction: there’s son against father. The King falls from bias of nature: there’s
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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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Chaos Resulting From Mistiming and Miscommunication in “Phaedra” Throughout life everyone is tempted and feels the urge to make decisions off of emotions or feelings of love. In Phaedra‚ written by Racine‚ we see a perfect example of how situations can quickly spiral out of control due to miscommunication about these emotions. We also see a great display of mistiming‚ things occurring at such an inconvenient time for the people involved. For instance‚ in the play Hippolytus‚ son
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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