Profitability Ratios Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) or Return on Equity (ROE) Numerator – the net profit or income‚ usually taken before tax. Capital Employed or Shareholders Equity - Designed to indicate the effective use of the shareholders capital in the business with respect ot the net profits that they have generated over the period of concern. Net Profit/Income Percentage or Return on Sales Helps to identify the impact of administrative‚ selling and distribution costs on profit
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her career. Florence Nightingale was not only a nurse‚ she was a researcher‚ educator‚ and theorist. Her contributions to nursing and society are numerous. Florence Nightingale has been referred to as the “mother of modern nursing” (Johnson & Webber‚ 2005). Through her work and example‚ nursing became a respectable profession for women. She collected data through observation and research and applied that knowledge to social reform on the issues of public and military health and sanitation at
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The Caring Nurse: ADN versus BSN The Caring Nurse: ADN versus BSN Caring is the heart of nursing. Most nurses have a quality about them that harbors caring. Caring is defined by Merriam-Webster dictionary as‚ “effort made to do something correctly‚ safely‚ or without causing damage‚” or “things that are done to keep someone healthy‚ safe‚ etc.” Nurses‚ whether they are an associate degree educated or baccalaureate educated‚ want to do a good job. They don’t come to work to intentionally
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English Patient Michael Ondaatje’s book The English Patient was published in 1992. At first this book would appear to be a mystery at first‚ but at heart it is a story of romance‚ growing up‚ and the war. This book takes place at an abandoned villa in Italy toward the end of World War II. Due to the authors writing style he flip flops between characters and settings though out the book making it confusing for some and intriguing for others. The story begins in a villa in Italy‚ with the nurse‚ Hana
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Johnston Due date: September 21‚ 2010 “Becoming A Nurse” OUTLINE Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the different levels of nursing available to be able to work in the healthcare field‚ what their job description for each level entails‚ and determining do they really have what it takes to become a good nurse. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: First off let me say “I Love My Job”. I knew from a childhood age that I wanted to be a nurse. There is nothing better than the great feeling that
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Today‚ one of my patients presented to the ED with a 3cm laceration on his right hand that was three days old. He also reported a pain level of 7/10. First‚ my nurse preceptor and I had the patient wash his hands with soap and water to remove the dirt and bacteria from the wound. Thereafter‚ we sprayed wound cleanser to the wound and rinsed it with normal saline to further aide in removing debris and decreasing bacterial counts. After‚ I dried the wound edges with a sterile gauze. This is done in
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Print Challenging nursing’s sacred cows Issue Date: April 2008 Vol. 3 Num. 4 Authors: Carol A. Rauen‚ MS‚ CCNS‚ PCCNKathleen Vollman‚ MS‚ MSN‚ CCNSRichard B. Arbour‚ MSN‚ CCRN‚ CNRNMarianne Chulay‚ PhD‚ RN‚ FAAN Until recently‚ healthcare practitioners have answered questions about clinical practices with their best guesses‚ intuition‚ and tradition. But evidence-based practice (EBP) compels us to use solid scientific evidence instead‚ and to base nursing protocols on this evidence. As defined
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Patient Safety at Grand River Hospital & St. Mary’s General Hospital Most patients would like to think that safety is a major priority at the hospital they are visiting. They would like to believe that the hospital actively engages in practices that should nearly diminish any possibility for an accident or mistake to occur. However‚ the premise of patient safety is relatively new. Medical errors remain a sensitive topic with patients‚ physicians‚ and hospital administrators. Physicians and
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Introduction There is an increasing emphasis of the importance of the role of nurses as educators and therefore is important to have an understanding of how to implement a teaching plan in clinical practice. Education of patients and family is the professional responsibility of the nurse. The nurse should aim for the patient to achieve independence in the management of their own health. This assignment will compromise of a proposed teaching plan regarding self-administration of sub-cutaneous insulin
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Psychiatric Nurses Student name School name Course name or course # Date Abstract There are many different types of nurses all over‚ but each has a different task to follow. Nurses in general are trained and set out in the world to generally help others. Nursing is at such a high demand nowadays that it’s really attracting a lot of people who don’t even have a career choice set coming out of high school. Psychiatric nurses are trained in behavioral therapy‚ which basically allows them
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