One of the situations I experienced in clinical this week was my conversation with 38 years old man‚ a man married to a nurse‚ a father of three girls and a writer‚ who was in for a dual diagnoses of depression also drug and alcohol use disorder. He was talking to me on how he got into drug and extreme alcohol abuse. He was telling me on how he got injured at his former work place back in 2001 and the whole time he was talking to me I couldn’t help but feel bad for him but at the same time question
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What is nursing? What exactly does it mean to nurse a patient‚ and how has this definition changed over the past centuries? What does the discipline of nursing consist of? In this essay‚ I aim to attempt to answer these questions‚ along with the help of a myriad of nursing researchers whose studies have helped to broaden my perspective on what exactly it is that I now do for a living. I will be discussing the different types of nursing knowledge that assists us as nurses to care for patients and
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Based on the situation I encountered during my clinical‚ decision making in clinical settings is a judgment to be made on the patient care and as nurses‚ our judgment on patient care must be professional. We also need to be aware of the possibilities of our actions and decision. Clinical decision making does not only rely on the individual‚ but in a health care setting‚ the decision doesn’t just come because looking at my situation‚ I didn’t ask any other nurses about their opinion but I was just
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Clinical Hypnosis Studies Addressing Aichmophobia Whether it’s donating blood‚ receiving a vaccine or receiving a thorough anesthetic‚ the process is difficult on almost anybody. And some unfortunate people are particularly affected by the unpleasant process of getting injections‚ some even going so far as to avoid donating blood or getting scheduled immunizations. Sometimes‚ it blossoms into a full blown phobia of needles. This particular phobia is known as aichmophobia and is described as an
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by most healthcare facilities. They are usually organized and managed by nursing managers and nursing educators. Skills competency fairs allow staff to demonstrate competence with nursing skills that are used daily to provide optimal patient care. The primary goal of these fairs is to ensure competency of the staff‚ to achieve positive outcomes for patients (Roman‚ 2015). Before planning the fair‚ nursing managers and nursing educators come together and collaborate to create a list of necessary competencies
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1SA1a. During my clinical rotation a significant change I noticed in a patient was a decrease in blood pressure while exercising. Prior to exercise my patient had a blood pressure of 115/60mmhg. While running on the treadmill his blood pressure had dropped to 82/55mmhg. I alerted the nurse of his blood pressure immediately after taking the blood pressure. The nurse was aware and said it has been ongoing. We assessed the patient who was lightheaded‚ gave him some water and told him to stop exercise
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Clinical Governance and Risk Management have become increasingly important over the last decade in the various fields of nursing. The development of the concept of clinical governance will be discussed and how it can be facilitated into practice with relation to learning disabilities nursing. Clinical Governance was first introduced in the White Paper ‘The New NHS: Modern‚ dependable’ (DoH‚ 1997). Donaldson (1998) viewed clinical governance as the vehicle to achieve‚ locally‚ continuous improvements
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In this essay I will be discussing the difference in nursing practice regarding manual handling and how it has evolved over the years. Extensive amounts of thought‚ new equipment and procedures have gone into the present manual handling practices. Many injuries have occurred over the years due to lifting‚ twisting and bending the wrong way. There are constant improvements being made to assist workers with manual handling and avoid further injuries. In past nurses had minimal aids to assist them
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reflective reasoning in relation to your development in the Nursing field‚ one will have to define these two terminologies. Personal development means to include activities that improve awareness‚ can develop potential that will ultimately enhance the quality of life. Medical colleges advocate personal development plans as a basis for continuing professional development. Whereas‚ reflective reasoning is where a nurse can apply learning and insights of others into their own work. In nursing courses students
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projects. The decision was colossal since the chosen candidates would be the first products Vertex attempted to bring through development and hopefully onto the market on its own (Pisano). Industry Response Of the several drug candidates in clinical testing‚ four candidates were thought to be the most promising that had not been partnered yet. The candidates were VX-148 (Psoriasis)‚ VX-702 (Acute Coronary Syndrome)‚ VX-765 (Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis)‚ and VX-950 (Hepatitis C)
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