faculty by which the brain stores and recollects information from an individual’s past experience. According to the article‚ “Memory‚” by Hopkins‚ he implied throughout the article that there are variations of memory impairments that trigger mankind‚ which has to do with biological disorders or age-related impairments. One of the biological disorders that he indicates in the featured article is Alzheimer’s disease‚ which frequently is the most common procedure of insanity. Hopkins (2007) study found
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Assignment: 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 patterns have changed‚ and she no longer wants
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An instance‚ in which I used the nursing process‚ stood as my clinical experience of caring for a 72-year-old female diagnosed with bacterial pneumonia. This patient regularly acquired pneumonia‚ and with her body becoming more frail and susceptible to disease‚ she found herself in the hospital. Upon entering the patient’s room‚ I encountered an older woman slumping in her bed‚ looking restless‚ and using her accessory muscles to try to get appropriate respirations. Recognizing that the patient was
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This clinical has been a highly beneficial experience for me in my nursing career. I learned a variety of skills and have learned about myself as a nurse as well. By working with my assigned mother I learned both what my strengths and weakness are. One strength I encountered was my ability to work with the mother and all her visitors with ease. I was able to communicate effectively between all parties without making an awkward atmosphere or without losing my focus on the patient’s care. One weakness
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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 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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