Clinical Assessment PSY270 June 23‚ 2013 Elizabeth Cole Clinical Assessment Mr. and Mrs. Lawson brought their 4-year-old adopted daughter‚ Clara‚ to see Dr. Mason‚ a psychiatrist. Clara was polite in greeting Dr. Mason‚ but did not smile and kept her gaze down as she took a seat. Mr. and Mrs. Lawson sat next to Clara and began explaining their concerns. They described Clara as a quiet child who has recently begun throwing temper tantrums‚ during which she is inconsolable. Her sleep and eating
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Clinical Documentation System Excelsior College October 6‚ 2013 Clinical Documentation System Clinical information system (CIS) collects patient data in real time‚ stores healthcare data and information using secure access to the healthcare team. (McGonigle & Garver Mastrian‚ 2012‚ p. 554). The CIS that is used at Texas Health Dallas is CareConnect. CareConnect is used by all of the Texas Health Resources (THR) encompassing 25 hospitals‚ affiliated physician
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Clinical Theory Introduction Nurses utilize multiple theories daily to care for patients and their families‚ though these theories range from grand‚ to situation-specific‚ to mid-range the nurse tends to focuses on which theory will provide the best care to his/her patient. Perhaps in my opinion mid-range theories with their growing frequency of use are best suited for nursing in the 21st century. Mid-range theories are said to be middle rather than ordinary but they are specific enough to evaluate
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Introduction This first clinical experience has shown me the importance of developing the nursing-patient relationship. Working with school-age children is a very different experience and requires a new set of communication skills that we have not focused on in class. It was an important step to being able to think on my feet and adapt to the situation at hand. These aspects have really helped me understand the unspoken traits of nursing and what will be expected of me. Identify the Developmental
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behavior‚ it has become a vital role within the judicial system. However‚ the debate concerning the use of clinical psychologists in the courtroom has become a growing epidemic. While many argue that the treating therapist can play both a therapeutic and forensic role‚ what they fail to realize is that the vast differences within the two fields will create more turmoil than good. In clinical psychology‚ for instance‚ the general goal is to identify and attend to mental deficiencies whose focus
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Clinical Trials ‘All patients should receive the best possible therapy AND the well-being of the individual research subject must take precedence over all other interests.’ Says article 11.3 of the ‘Declaration of Helsinki’‚ the Holy Grail for biomedical research on humans. With more and more clinical trials being conducted in developing countries‚ the question naturally arises…while outsourcing these trials‚ are the pharmaceutical companies growing to disregard this declaration? To be able
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The aim of the assignment is to provide a critical analysis of a research article relevant to the clinical area‚ which is that of a neonatal unit. The article that the author has chosen to critique is a paper entitled ‘Parental Perception of Neonatal Care’ (Gavey.J‚ 2007). The title of a research article is of importance as it should reflect the research question set (Edwards & Talbot‚ 1999). The research article examined by the author examines parent’s perception of their experience
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CLINICAL CHEMISTRY – defined as the study of biochemical processes associated with health & dse & the measurement of constituents in body fluids or tissues to facilitate dx of dse - dual nature since it’s both a basic and applied science thus clin chem. technologists & technicians should have an understanding of the physiologic & biochemical processes occurring in the body‚ as well as technical skills to perform the various tests - chemistry in connection with the management
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reflect on the dimensions of nursing practice. I can testify that clinical practice is really an essential component of learning process for any nursing student. My Clinical practice has allowed me to have direct experience with the real world of nursing‚ to practice the clinical skills required for the job and to learn about the responsibility of the nurse. Reflecting back at my previous semesters‚ I can begin to say that my acute clinical experience has served as a wonderful and memorable learning opportunity
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Reflection: Christopher’s autism makes it hard for him to understand the feeling of other people‚ he can’t empathize. He can’t understand metaphoras‚ sarcasm‚ or even love or anger. He shows a growing of independence throughout the whole novel. Especially‚ through the rebellion against his father by disobeying‚ his single trip to London or his investigations about the dead Wellington‚ which brought him the truth about his mothers’ supposed dead. But he didn’t just grow in his confidence‚ but also
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