Assignment-DSM-IV Evaluation Deborah L Higgins PSY 270 December 12‚ 2010 Miles Castle Assignment-DSM-IV Evaluation The purpose of this paper is to match the disorders in Appendix H to the appropriate case studies according to the DSM-IV. I will also discuss possible causes and treatments of the disorders that I successfully matched. There were five case studies and seven disorders so therefore there were two that were not used. The psychological disorders that were used were schizoid‚ narcissistic
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An Essay on Clinical Negligence “We have always thought of causation as a logical‚ almost mathematical business. To intrude policy into causation is like saying that two plus two does not equal to four because‚ for policy reasons‚ it should not.” (Charles Foster NLJ 5/11/2004 page 1644). To what extent do you consider that Charles Foster is correct in that causation and clinical negligence should be a “mathematical business” and the courts have‚ by introducing matters of policy‚ confused
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Informatics is the art of computer information structures. Clinical informatics is the use of information and technology‚ to deliver care and offers patients the ability to observer their wellbeing (Levin‚ Harper‚ & Barr‚ 2015‚ para. 3). In comparing these two areas‚ they are linked. There is no way to offer clinical information to patients or providers without having informatics. An example of clinical informatics used within my organization is the use of the texting tool within point click
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Credentialing and Clinical Privileges Shirley Willis Florida Southern College Credentialing and Clinical Privileges With an ever-widening scope of practice and professional responsibility‚ more nurse practitioners are obtaining hospital privileges. Continuity of care is improved when nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses who care for patients in primary care settings can follow their patients and their families when they are admitted to the hospital. Complexities
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INTRODUCTION What makes effective mathematic teaching and learning? This issue had been debated for years by the educationists as old as the teaching itself. Excellent students’ performance in mathematics is in line with an effective mathematics teaching and learning in the classroom. As been highlighted by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in the United States: “Students learn mathematics through the experiences that teachers provide. Thus‚ students’ understanding of mathematics
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Clinical Pilates and Back Pain The fundamental principles of the Pilates method are known as an exercise method that in properly trained hands can promote back health and enhance overall well-being. As health professionals‚ we all have patients that would benefit from increasing their physical activity‚ as well as those we see too often with strains‚ sprains and the common injuries resulting from too much too soon of the wrong exercise for their bodies. The Pilates method is a known exercise program
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Clinical Experience Assignment # 2 Virender Kaur California State University‚ Bakersfield Clinical Experience Assignment # 2 An issue that I encountered during one of my clinical rotations at Bakersfield Heart Hospital was a leadership and patient advocacy issue. On the last day of my clinical‚ my preceptor and I were assigned to triage. We saw one patient who came in with shortness of breath and high blood pressure‚ and another one who came in with headache. So‚ after doing the initial
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Clinical Reflective Journal The first day I visited psychiatric ward‚ I felt nervous and excited because of the psychiatric ward which is totally different from general ward. I sensed that all patients who are walking in the corridor and some of them keep murmuring‚ and those behaviors I seen are seldom appearing in the general ward. However‚ after I found that they can communicate with others normally and have no aggressive behavior after approaching the patients. I learnt we should establish
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interventions that may be required. To provide timely and appropriately managed care‚ the nurse will need to possess and develop clinical reasoning and effective communication skills. The significance of these skills will be outlined by discussing the importance of the identification and management of early warning signs. Then an insight into the value of clinical reasoning for the nursing professional will be addressed. Additionally‚ an overview of an effective communication technique between
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In response to the article in The Advertiser (4/2) on Amazing Assemblies‚ I would have to disagree with Ms Rankine’s comments on how whole school assemblies have a positive effect on the pupils that attend. Firstly‚ it seems to drone on forever! This makes students very uninterested. As well as the drabness‚ they also miss out on a lot of class time. They have these whole school assemblies about twice every term and they go for about two lessons!! So students are potentially missing out on 16 lessons
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