In order to provide an effective patient care‚ comprehensive information can be obtained through patient interview. The comprehensive patient interview includes the inquiry about the patient medical‚ social‚ family‚ personal‚ and medication history. Interviewing patient requires such skills as the active listening‚ empathy‚ open and closed questions‚ silence‚ and (W) questions. Precision and objectivity of my interviewing skills with the patient depend on many factors as my experience‚ type of patient
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Throughout my high school years I dealt with depression. At the start of my sophomore year‚ I was diagnosed with clinical depression‚ a type of depression that is linked with fatigue. While in social settings‚ internally there was an urge to lay down and rest‚ while on the outside I was perky and all smiles! I was without goals and always off with friends to distract myself; feelings did not phase me because I was used to shutting them out. My mother decided after a while that I needed help to get
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Therapeutic psychology Assignment 01 Surname& initials: Masinga BDM Course code: PYC4809 Due date 09.05.2014 Introduction My assignment will focus on Siyaphakama development for the disabled association that is situated in Cape Town. The organisations that I have identify focus on people who are living with disability mainly of a physical nature. Siyaphakama Development for the Disabled Association. The organisation is based at 20 Kliphout Street‚
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Ethics Final Exam Study Guide: APA Ethics Code & Professional Behavior Positive Ethics vs. ethics as a way to avoid disciplinary actions Positive ethics is a way of doing good & keeping balanced; could be referred to as a prevention technique‚ whereas‚ the latter is more of a reactionary phase The 3 key risk management principles (Bennett text) (Risk planning; Risk assessment; Risk response development; Risk response control) Principle #1: Risks shall be managed to maximize the total
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Clinical supervision according to Machado & Botnarescue (2011‚ p. 56)‚ “was initially promoted to improve instructional practices by providing supervisors with a structured and cooperative approach”. I am struggling as to what to say to Ms. Jones based upon her performance. Since my evaluations are short and sweet with little needing improving‚ I find it hard to be on the other end of an evaluation. First‚ I would sit down and provide Ms. Jones with the checklist that we were given and go down
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Clinical characteristics of schizophrenia | Issues in the diagnosis and classification of schizophrenia | Delusions: which are bizarre beliefs that appear realistic to a person with schizophrenia‚ but they are not real. They can sometimes be paranoid delusions Experiences of control: the person with schizophrenia may believe they are under the control of different group’s e.g. alien invasion. Hallucination: are bizarre‚ unreal perceptions of the environment that are usually auditory
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Quiz 2 Ch. 15: PP 467-70; 471-73; 474-77; and 480-83 Ch. 16: PP. 497-501; 505-510. Chapter 15-Health Psychology * Health psychology: a field that explores how biological‚ psychological‚ and social/environmental factors interact to influence physical health * Factors that affect health (they all interact with each other): * Biological factors (genetic makeup‚ age‚ gender) influence on our susceptibility to disease * Environmental factors
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2010 ZOMG! ZOMG! ZOMG! 1 The Monster CR Strategy Guide DISCLAIMER: This is merely a compiled strategy document that I put together after reading various CR strategy books. While this might not work for everyone‚ this is the method that I use to solve the CRs based on the specific question types. I do NOT claim to have created the content by myself and I have stated the source wherever I have used examples. The content of this document draws from many CR books which are all indexed in the last
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Tyies Wells ACC/548 June 27‚ 2010 William J. Carter III‚ MSA Comprehensive Annual Financial Report The Office of Financial Management provides vital information‚ fiscal services and policy support that the Governor‚ Legislature and state agencies need to serve the people of Washington State (Investopedia‚ 2010). Included in this briefing‚ a comparison of the governmental and for-profit financial accounting will be discussed‚ an understanding
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Reaction Paper 1 (Sample Reaction Paper) Ron Gerrard‚ HWS Psychology Department My paper is based on an article from the text ’s web site (chapter 9) entitled "Lack of sleep ages body ’s systems." The basic claim of the article is that sleep deprivation has various harmful effects on the body. The reported effects include decreased ability to metabolize glucose (similar to what occurs in diabetes) and increased levels of cortisol (a stress hormone involved in memory and regulation of blood
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