Clinical Summary and Flow Chart Substance Abuse History: The patient’s is a thirty eight year old single woman. Her drug of choice is alcohol. She had her first drink at age 13 at which time she would sneak drinks at family gatherings and sometimes on the weekends with friends. At age 18 she started to drink more frequently and greater amounts‚ about 8-10 drinks‚ on each occasion. At times she would pass out. She noticed her drinking becoming a problem around the age of 28. She was drinking
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Clinical Reflection in ICU For the purpose of this essay I will give a descriptive account of what implementation means within the Roper‚ Logan and Tierney (1986) nursing process. I will describe what implementation involves for the nurse and will be focusing on one aspect of the holistic care given to my patient whilst on placement. I have had the opportunity to see a stroke patient today - she wasnt under the stroke team but her MRI came back with 2 right Cerebellar infacts and CT results showed
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As I reflect on my rotation of Nursing Science II on a medical surgical floor at Thompson Hospital‚ I begin my rotation with a notion of I am not certain what to expect‚ but I am expecting to be dealing with many different illnesses and with some patients who have multiple co-morbid on top of the illness that brings them into the hospital. So‚ to reinforce my knowledge of surgical illness and my assessments‚ I am looking for similarities and differences that I have observed from our practices back
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Ethical Decision Maker- verses-Legal Decision Maker Mary Pat Laws Wilmington University I’m starting to write a research paper‚ I’m not sure my introduction is correct‚ I need some guidence. It’s been many years since I wrote a research paper. ABSTRACT Introduction Ethical decision-making is required when a Healthcare Organizations must address a conflict or doubt regarding competing values‚ such as personal‚ organizational‚ professional and social values. When involved in a decision
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1. Question : (TCO 1) Why is maximization of the current value per share a more appropriate financial management goal than profit maximization? Student Answer: Because by maximizing the current stock value you also maximize the company’s profit for the year. Because this criterion is non-ambiguous. Because financial managers always act in the best interest of shareholders. B and C Points Received: 3 of 3 Comments: 2. Question : (TCO 1) Market
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Answer the following questions in 50 to 150 words each. Provide citations for all the sources you use. • What is gender? What is sex in biological terms? Are gender and sex the same thing? Explain why or why not? According to "Eldis" (2013)‚ “’Gender refers to the socially constructed roles and relations between men and women‚ while ’sex’ refers to biological characteristics which define humans as female or male.” Gender and sex are similar but they are not the same thing. I say this because
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During my placement setting while working with my buddy nurse and the continual direction from my clinical instructor‚ I have been assigned to care for a 85 year old female patient that was admitted with Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and Failure to Cope (FTC). On the clinical day before I was told that she would be discharged on the following day. I also review her chart and saw the discharged order from the doctor and a keep component that I read is that she would be leaving the following morning
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Lowenstein P. 452). I believe that I am learning the tools that are required to be a competent educator. I am still a novice educator‚ but with time I will develop and gain experiences in the areas that need improvement. How do YOU feel about your clinical experience? Have you discussed this with your preceptor? If not‚ why not? I am learning a lot by observing various educator conduct various teaching sessions. Each educator in the hospital has a different approach to teaching. I discuss with my
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the goal of approaching each patient with information which is as current as possible. The clinical practice guidelines are advocated because many experts have collaborated to produce the guidelines. According to Brent James‚ most matters can be standardized. However‚ given each patient is an individual‚ no individual or treatment is perfectly compatible with every patient. (Leonhardt) While the clinical practice guidelines approach is said to rely on the most recent research‚ such reliance does
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Article Review: Increasing RN-BSN Enrollments: Facilitating Articulation through Curriculum Reform Karl Jennette Transitions in Professional Nursing Increasing RN-BSN Enrollments: Facilitating Articulation through Curriculum Reform Introduction There is a significant need to increase the BSN enrollment as the majority of new nurse enrollment is at the associate degree in nursing level (Spencer‚ 2008‚ 312). It will be discussed‚ based on the article; Increasing RN-BSN Enrollments: Facilitating
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