following is an excerpt from the book Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine‚ 4th Edition. Copyright permission to reproduce this excerpt has been generously granted by McGraw-Hill. We encourage you to read further in this useful resource book‚ available now in the revised 7th Edition (2010). . Albert R. Jonsen‚ Mark Siegler‚ and William J. Winslade‚ Clinical Ethics: A Practical Approach to Ethical Decisions in Clinical Medicine‚ 4th edition. New York: McGraw-Hill
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Examination of Clinical Psychology PSY/480 September 23‚ 2013 Amy McCall Examination of Clinical Psychology History of Clinical Psychology Early conceptions of psychology derived from the Greeks. The ancient Greek way of understanding disease transported thought outside the control of the Gods and toward social‚ biological and psychological effects exchanged between the mind and body (Plante‚ 2011‚ p. 33). Aristotle‚ Hippocrates‚ Plato‚ and Aristotle each believed that the "spirit or
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Clinical Information Systems Rachel Bisesi The topic I have chosen for Presentation Project is the Clinical Information System. According to Nanette Sayles and Kathy Trawick‚ who wrote "Introduction to Computer Systems for Health Information Technology”‚ a clinical information system is used to collect and store information related to patient care. The clinical data stored in the clinical information system (CIS) are patient identifiable and used to diagnose a patient’s condition‚ make decisions
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Cultural and Clinical Psychology Between Cultural and Clinical Psychology there is an intersection of two academic traditional methods of study and thought. The scientific field of cultural psychology represents an ongoing evolution of decades upon decades of research and effort by psychologist in an effort to understand the ways in which ones culture shapes the individuals mental health and physical health (American Psychological Association‚ 2012). Cultural psychology moves beyond the confines
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Detection of Clinical Change in Condition Nursing Clinical Objective Assessment and Recognition using SBAR communication Initiative‚ and Immediate Activation of RRT/EMT. Patient and family can also alert the rapid response team if indicated. Rapid Response Team Responsibilities Clinical Indicators for Activating RRT. Complications. Research shows that unexpected cardiopulmonary arrest and deaths in hospitals are preceded by a 6 ½ hours of warning signs‚ subtle changes‚ and signs of clinical instability
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Professionalism in a Clinical Nursing Setting Professionalism in a Clinical Nursing Setting Customer Inserts His/her Name University Name Introduction: Professionalism holds within its ambit several factors that combine to give it a collective meaning. It is marked by achieving an alignment between one’s attitude and the expectations of his profession. Professionalism is the part and parcel of all major professions of the world and clinical nursing is no exception in this regard. Moreover‚ professional
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was undertaken in order to fulfill these duties and obligations‚ whilst developing existing knowledge and skills as a mentor in practice. The aim of this assignment is to explore and critically analyse experiences of mentoring learners in the clinical setting. It will cover the learning outcomes as described in Table 1. |Table 1. Learning Outcomes | |
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Clinical Laboratory Scientist What They Are and What They Do A clinical laboratory scientist can have a few different names such as “Medical Laboratory Scientist” or “Medical Laboratory Technician/Technologist”. A clinical laboratory scientist‚ or CLS‚ works in a laboratory testing different samples—bodily fluids‚ tissue samples‚ and cultures‚ to name some—to identify diseases and treatments for said diseases. What it Takes and Training To become a CLS‚ one must have a background of high school
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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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healthcare professionals to make safe and informed decisions following advances in clinical intervention and medical complexities due to the ageing population with associate co-commodities (). Decision-making pervades in all clinical care and activities‚ and clinical decisions have profound and direct effect on patient safety‚ care and outcome. Clinical decision-making (CDM) involves healthcare professionals applying clinical judgment to select the optimal evidence-based option to control risks and provide
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