These experiences have helped me gain knowledge and come to appreciate the different backgrounds and customs of people from other cultures. After reviewing the continuum‚ I would say that I land at the “cultural precompetence” level. I have a desire but no clear plan to achieve cultural competence. I always am very open and interested to learn about people from other cultures‚ I just don’t have a plan or ever work to carry out a plan in order to do so. I wouldn’t say that any of my activities or
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BED POSITIONS AND USES PRONE The prone position is a position of the body lying face down. It is opposed to the supine position which is face up. Using terms defined in the anatomical position‚ the ventral side is down (which is towards the abdomen)‚ and the dorsal side is up (which is towards the back or posterior of the body). Prone refers to that pattern for the forearm‚ where the palm of the hand is directly behind the head‚ or at the sides and the radius and ulna are crossed. The main physiological
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Definition of Nursing Leslie Burgess Submitted to Sarah P. Combs PhD‚ MPH‚ RN in partial fulfillment of NR444 Professional Role Development Regis University February 1‚ 2012 Nurses have been described as “lacking professional commitment and motivation‚ low in risk taking and change-making‚ having a ‘blue-collar mentality‚’ being cautious and conservative‚ and suffering from lack of cohesiveness and collegiality” (as cited in Chandler‚ 1986‚ p.1). With this definition of what a nurse has
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responsibility when dealing with individuals or other companies in the business environment. When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when
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Week7 1. Why is it important to presume competence in educational settings? Discuss with regards to the social relational understanding of disability (in particular‚ barriers to doing and barriers to being). It is important to presume every child is competence in educational settings‚ such positive attitude are necessary for educator to facilitate inclusion (Biklen & Burke‚ 2006). The notion of presuming competence viewing ‘disability’ from the perspective of social relational understanding of disability
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Is cultural competency required in today’s nursing care? Nursing is a holistic profession which always expected to provide culturally congruent care through the process of developing cultural competence. Nevertheless‚ cross culture of the society increases progressively‚ the health disparities also increase gradually and nurses always face challenges while they give care for different cultured patients. By establishing a transcultural nursing‚ according to Prosen‚ “theory of nursing concerned with
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knowledge base for career advancement. Four important concepts identified in this base of knowledge include: leadership‚ management‚ critical thinking‚ and evidence based practice (Kearney-Nunnery‚ 2012‚ pp. 3‚ 9-10‚ 127‚ 187). These professional nursing concepts are necessary in clinical practice‚ professional performance in general‚ and even activities of personal life. Important Concepts: Leadership‚ Management‚ Critical Thinking‚ & Evidence Based Practice Leadership is an activity that is expected
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Hi Katherina‚ Human error in nursing is usually unavoidable‚ unpredictable and unintentional. Further‚ some risks include language barriers‚ neglecting to follow the policy‚ in a hurry to complete the task. As a supervisor‚ I encountered a nurse who gave a patient the wrong medications. The error occurred when the patient answered to the wrong name‚ and the nurse failed to check the patient’s identification bracelet. Other errors can include carelessness on the behalf of the staff as well as not
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plan of care I developed for Mr X while he was under my care in a post anaesthetic unit. It will discuss my nursing assessments‚ and what diagnoses I developed from this. It will then discuss the rationale behind my nursing interventions using relevant literature. My plan of care will be analysed throughout while identifying how my nursing care meets best practice guidelines. A nursing care plan is begun at a patients admission. In this case Mr X was booked in for an elective surgery‚ which meant
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Cultural diversity and Cultural shock Variety of behavior found among the people within or far apart from the nation can be termed as cultural diversity. The way they live till the way they think varies‚ within the one from next culture. It can be seen within the community‚ where the people from around the world lives and the way of thinking varies from us. It is one of the great aspects of life too in which we can learn about other cultures and learn the way they see. It not only helps to learn
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