1.0 INTRODUCTION I propose to study the attitude‚ knowledge and experiences of nurses on prioritizing comfort measures in care of the dying patient in an acute hospital setting. I am particularly interested in this field as I worked in a hospice during semester break where palliative care of the dying concentrated on the quality of life of the patient. When the prognosis for the patient was imminent death‚ care was focused on reducing the severity of the disease symptoms rather than vainly trying
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Observation Assignment Location: Fashion Square Mall‚ Orlando Begin time: 3:16pm End time: 3:37pm Date: Wednesday May 30‚ 2012 I am sitting just before the escalator to go upstairs to the food court and movie theater. I am sitting on a wooden bench with my girlfriend to my left. There are many shops surrounding me such as Champs‚ Pacsun‚ Traffic‚ Lids‚ Home Elements and Dollar Tree. The area that I will be observing is about 50 feet by 100 feet. There are 4 potted trees around me‚ one to my
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Participants were instructed to perform bimanual single ipsilateral limb movements of the left and right hand from the home position to targets. Four different movement combinations (conditions) were possible: i) bimanual congruent movements towards the easy target (closer and larger buttons)‚ ii) bimanual congruent movements towards difficult targets (farther and smaller buttons); iii) bimanual incongruent movements with left hand towards the easy target (closer and smaller button) and the right
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I performed an art piece on February 17th which I named “Worst Generation.” I used the object of a phone and looked at it from two different angles. From a lazy millennial and as a member of the millennial generation trying their best with the technology available to them. I will be critically examining how this performance related to my student learning objectives‚ while also analyzing my performance‚ which I did under three different theories: performativity‚ the alienation effect‚ and mimesis
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In order for one to gain an understanding of an early childhood environment‚ one must put them inside one. People really do not understand what takes place everyday if they do not sit back and observe the interaction amongst the children and the staff. I observed a class at A Child’s World- Doylestown. A Child’s World is located at 2001 South Easton Road‚ Doylestown‚ PA 18901. The building is brand new‚ they just moved in June 2003‚ however A Child’s World has been in business for 10 years and they
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dwindle away as the time passes. That hour is where I have done most of my observations for this assignment. To being‚ it has been very interesting to watch children of so many ages interact. The gym has been broken up into 3 parts – as a result of the games that the children want to play. One half of the gym is for basketball‚ the other end is for kick ball and the side portion is for scooters. The basketball court is mainly the high school boys. When they need another player‚ they invite
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Workplace Observation Paper Tracey Williams University of Phoenix MGT 331 Organizational Behavior May 10‚ 2005 Workplace Observation Paper I am currently employed at B&L pharmaceuticals‚ one of the largest manufactures of generic medications in the world. In this paper I will discuss how communication flows in my workplace‚ organizational diversity‚ and conflict management. With my current position as a Group Leader the flow of communication is very important. Communication
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Court Report 1. The name of the case is “Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad Vs. Mobifusion‚ Inc” and case number is 112CV236774. 2. Date and time of the session I attended is February 20th‚ 2014 at 9:00 a.m. 3. Number of department is Dept. 2‚ and the name of the judge is Patricia M. Lucas. 4. John V. Komar is the attorney for the plaintiff (Malaysia Venture Capital Management Berhad) and Chris Kao is the attorney for the defendant (Mobifusion‚ Inc) 5. Nature of dispute: a) The plaintiff
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• When I came into the clinic I was greeted by Patrick and Monica. They showed me around the clinic. I was also introduced to Liah‚ Antinique‚ and the rest of the team. With no hesitation I started to help Antinique with a patient that came in for a dental and a mass removal; it was a schnauzer named Jackpot. Antinique was filling out some information in the records and asked me if I can pull up 0.5ml of hydromorphone and 3.0ml of penicillin. The patient’s records were written on index cards and
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I had the chance to observe and learn what a nurse leader does on a daily base on a busy cardiovascular surgical step-down floor. During my shadowing I followed assistance nurse manager for six hours‚ during those hours we audited floor nurse’s charting especially telemetry strip reading charting‚ had the chance to help out a nurse who was having a hard time drawing blood‚ since the ANM was good at drawing blood he jumped in to help out but‚ mostly we spent most of the hours going room to room between
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