Peer-Reviewed Concept Analysis Article Grand Canyon University Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Roles and Practice: NUR-502 July 24‚ 2013 Peer-Reviewed Concept Analysis Article Woman-centered care in childbirth is the process in which a woman can make choices‚ be involved in‚ and has control over her care and relationship with her physician or midwife (Maputle & Donavon‚ 2013). Woman-centered care is a philosophy of care which gives priority to the wishes and needs of the female
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Tyler | Compassion | March 11/13 | A compass is a navigational tool used to guide its user in a desired direction. It has four directions; east‚ west‚ north and south. A moral compass‚ which I have recently learned‚ is also used to guide its user in a desired direction. A moral compass‚ when used‚ will provide its user moral focus as the user learns to lead in an ever more challenging and demanding world throughout their life and career. A good leader needs a moral compass that
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A Crime of Compassion A Crime of Compassion by Barbara Huttmann is a story between a nurse and the patient’s wishes to die. The story is about Mac who was a cop that came into the hospital complaining about a cough that seems hard to get rid of. Later test confirmed that he had lung cancer that leads him to be confinement to the hospital. After six months‚ he lost his hair‚ bone and youth. Due to his condition‚ It was normal for Mac to trigger a code blue which announce a patient life is threaten
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Concept Analysis Stephanie Hobbs NR 501: Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Instructor: Dr. Patricia Fedorka September 30‚ 2012 Introduction According to McEwen & Wills (2011)‚ concept analysis is an approach to clarify and define terms so that writers and readers have a common language. The process of a concept analysis is to: 1. Select a concept 2. Determine the aims or purposes of analysis 3. Identify all the uses of the concept possible 4. Determine the
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A Crime of Compassion or Just a Crime? In “A Crime of Compassions” Barbara Huttman (writer) told the audience in the Phil Donahue show and every person that read A Crime of Compassion about Mac and the way Mac suffered from lung cancer. “Mac was a young‚ witty‚ macho cop who walked into the hospital with 32 pounds of attack equipment‚ looking as if he could of single-handedly protect the whole city‚ if not the entire state” (par 4). By the vivid description and effects Barbara Huttman gives her
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Fatigue is a subjective feeling of tiredness which is distinct from weakness. Unlike weakness‚ fatigue can be alleviated by periods of rest. Fatigue can have physical or mental causes. Physical fatigue is the transient inability of a muscle to maintain optimal physical performance. Muscle fatigue is mainly caused by the limitations of a nerve’s ability to generate a continued signal and the reduced ability of the muscle fiber to contract. Many muscle properties change during fatigue including the
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feelings. God gives us a wonderful present‚ that is a chance to have compassion. We born as a social human‚ we never could do everything by ourselves lonely‚ so we need helps each other in lives. For examples‚ when a child gets lose in the street‚ and you see her crying laughly there‚ you will grow a feeling that you need to help her‚ and make she smiles instead of the cry. That is because we leaned of others and we grow our compassion as well. Susan sontag asserts that people may choose not to look
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but when I read "A crime of Compassion"� by Huttmann ‚ I changed my mind. A terminally ill ends a life of a person who suffered for 6 months and was resuscitated fifty two times in one month. Terminally ill should be a reason to accept whether the person wants to be alive or just die and stop suffering. Only the patient must have right to decide about his own life not even his family has the right to decide for him. Mac was a patient in the story "A crime for compassion"� who wanted to die and stop
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Module Title: The Foundations of Nursing: Care‚ Compassion and Communication Module Code: SDH1042-N Module Leaders: Carol Wylie & Jacquie Horner Communicating with patients. A reflective account This reflective account will focus on my experiences whilst on practice placement within an orthopedic elective surgery ward. I will be reflecting upon my feedback received via the 360 degree interpersonal skills assessment tool and the interpersonal and communication skills within the
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• Compassion o Definition according to Miriam-Webster: Compassion is the “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to alleviate it.” This definition reveals that to be compassionate‚ you must first be conscious to other’s suffering around you. If you have compassion‚ the observations you make then evoke a desire within you to not just leave someone in distress‚ but to do something to change their situation. o Definitions of compassion in nursing care: Compassion is a
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