Prenatal Care WHAT IS PRENATAL CARE? Prenatal care is a process of caring for a pregnant woman to ensure she and her baby remain as healthy as possible throughout pregnancy and leading up to childbirth. Prenatal care may be provided by a midwife‚ family practice health care provider or an obstetrical specialist. Prenatal care may include physical examinations‚ testing‚ treatments and education on nutrition‚ lifestyle and social support services. WHY IS PRENATAL CARE SO IMPORTANT? Early and consistent
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to have their child vaccinated from the day of birth up until they have completed the necessary immunizations that prevent the spread of contagious diseases‚ decrease the amount of premature death in infants and toddlers‚ and protect the future generations from the viruses that were once considered fatal. The numbers of parents selfishly rejecting vaccines for their child are on an increasing slope and are drawing concern from other pro-vaccine parents that wish to keep their child healthy and safe
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Using practice examples explain what is professionalism? 2. What is teamwork and why is this important? Teamwork is the interaction of two or more health professionals who work interdependently to provide patients care. Teamwork means members of the team: are dependent‚ they see themselves as working collaboratively for to improve patient care‚ they share information which may lead to shared decision-making and know when teamwork should be used to optimize patient care. Teamwork is important because
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The importance of reflective practice. Reflective practice is the ability to constantly monitor one ’s own performance in a given role and make adjustments where necessary. For me reflective practice is particularly important because no two clients will ever be the same and it is vitally important to remain reactive and reflective at all times. Reflective practice has been demonstrated to have significant benefits when it comes to the delivery of client-centred care‚ and can help me to ensure
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Reasons Why Relationships Fail There are many reasons why relationships fail. The most common reasons are the lack of trust‚ communication‚ respect‚ and honesty. All these combined make a solid foundation for the rest of the relationship structure. It is similar to building a house if there is not a solid foundation the rest of the structure will not be able to hold together. Relationships require all these elements to be successful. There are many other elements that can also contribute to a relationship
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There are six reasons why GPA is necessary. First‚ with a high GPA Students could easily get scholarships. So the number of scholarships offered out there‚ certainly gives the requirements regarding the value of the GPA as one of the conditions that must be met by applicants for a scholarship. Almost entirely with the standard value of the minimum GPA of 3.00. These values can indeed be said to be relatively high. For some people who have values below 3.00 is indeed usually less secure if you want
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Nursing theory is an important part of today’s nursing practice. Theory is important to the profession of nursing as it lays the framework in which nurses base their care and knowledge upon. Nursing theories give us the answers to back up the reason why we do things the way we do. According to Smith and Parker (2015)‚ theories are mental patterns or frameworks created to help understand and create meaning from our experience‚ organize and articulate our knowing‚ and ask questions leading to new
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against a desire for earlier death. It is essential for healthcare givers to actively listen and to show empathy. Nurses are important in facilitating patient sharing and communication with family. By creating an environment for patients and their informal caregivers to discuss spiritual issues‚ facilitating openings for expression of fears‚ doubts and anxieties‚ required open questioning and sensitivity that could help prevent spiritual needs becoming spiritual distress. Music and art are used to
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A load of research has been done on learning and reflective practice and its effectiveness on the practitioners and one of the first people to research reflective Practice was Donald Schon in his book “The Reflective Practitioner” in 1983. Schon was an influential writer on reflection and had two main ways of identifying reflection and they were reflection in action and reflection on action. “The practitioner allows himself to experience surprise‚ puzzlement‚ or confusion in a situation which he
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The reflective practice and the use of a journal is an important tool for teachers to use to access their teaching practices and discover what is going well and areas that are in need of improvement. While in the moment we may not be able to see all angles of a situation‚ but when we take the time to sit down and write out thoughts‚ feelings‚ and actions that took place we can look back on a situation and see where and why things happened the way they did and how to maximize or minimize the potential
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