The module code: NPCG1011: Principles of Nursing Practice Module leader: Kay Townsend Assignment title: A critical reflection on practice Word Count: 1850 words The following essay will show the importance of reflection on practice in order to explore nursing skills for a patient well-being. For this reason‚ it will explain in more detail that understanding the evidence base which underpins nursing/patient care is an integral part of nursing practice. Also it will
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In randomized clinical trials‚ it is difficult to decide whether there is an ethical reason for offering an option that could potentially cause more harm than benefits. Doctors must decide whether to recommend an experimental option to a patient. There is a question of ethics that arises whether one could make the decision without sufficient evidence on each choice. Consequentialism is an ethical approach that reasons an action’s morality is contingent upon the outcome of the action. Decisions involving
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On an early Thursday morning in January I was introduced to Patient Y‚ a 30-40 year old female who was being induced with her third child. She was 39 weeks and 1 day and was having an elective induction. She was very willing to have a nursing student present through her laboring process and therefore I was able to experience the complete birth and eventually use her for my OB paper. Patient Y had diabetes‚ hypertension‚ and depression prior to her pregnancy. She did not have any major surgeries
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Description of the Activity: Mrs. K was an 82 year old admitted to the hospital for sepsis. She had a medical history of HTN‚ MI‚ COPD‚ and dementia. I took care of her Thursday to Sunday. Mrs. K was a DNR. Mr. K‚ was her husband‚ and had stayed by Mrs. K’s side and slept by her bed in a chair every night. The first two days I was with Mrs. K she was hooked to IV antibiotics‚ fluids‚ and TPN. She was somewhat responsive but only she had to take the couple of oral medications she had ordered
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Clinical Issue Article Analysis – Step 3 Carina Calugaru‚ Lana Fretz-Mason‚ Jeanna Hancock‚ Alyssa Hocking‚ Christopher Vinson NUR/518 February 24‚ 2015 Dr. Patricia Shannon Clinical Issue Article Analysis – Step 3 Chaney‚ D.‚ Coates‚ V.‚ Shevlin‚ M.‚ Carson‚ D.‚ McDougall‚ A.‚ & Long‚ A.‚ (2010‚ December). Diabetes education: what do adolescents want?. Journal of Clinical Nursing‚ 21(1)‚ 216-223. This research article uses an exploratory qualitative design study to explore the beliefs
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health needs are well-attended to within the acceptable standards and ethics that bind and govern the practice of patient-care. In light of these and other inherent desires of mine‚ to be of help to people in society‚ I am of the opinion that the Clinical Nursing Leader course when pursued at the Masters level‚ places me on the way to achieving my (complete sentence) ? This dream of mine took root when I had to cater for a nephew who suffers from autism. This situation brought me to the grim
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understanding to those who don’t. Nearly everyone experiences situational depression at some point in life. That’s depression that comes with the loss of a loved one‚ loss of a job‚ or experiencing some other tragedy. Situational depression goes away‚ clinical depression doesn’t or at least rarely does but it can be
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OUTLINE OF REFLECTION There are many definitions in the literature of reflection‚ most however agree that it is an active‚ conscious process Reflection is often initiated when the individual practitioner encounters some problematic aspect of practice and attempts to make sense of it. Dewey Dewey (1933) defined reflection as: An active persistent and careful consideration of any belief or supposed form of knowledge in the light of the grounds that support it and the further conclusion to which
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Examination of Clinical Psychology Paper 1 Examination of Clinical Psychology Psy 480 January 28‚ 2013 Dr. Lewis When a student is entering into psychology‚ there are many venues he or she will have to look into. Will he or she decide to become a Social Worker‚ a Psychologist‚ a Psychiatrist or a Clinical Psychologist? First the student will need to do some research to see what each
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Common interview Questions and answers: Clinical jobs: Tell me about yourself: I’ve been a Registered Dietitian since 2001‚ and have had different roles in the field. I really enjoy the 1 on 1 interaction with patients and educating patients. I also enjoy being part of a team. My interest in this position is to get back into the clinical setting and have more of the 1on 1 patient interaction which I find fulfilling. Other: My areas of expertise are nutrition and educating patients on nutrition
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