Introduction This paper presents the care to a patient during one shift in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Tony*‚ a 79 year old‚was admitted to ICU with suspected anoxic brain injury;post Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest; and Head Injury. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation was initiated by his son. When the EMTambulance arrived Tony was pulseless‚ cardiac monitoring showed Ventricular fibrillation – he was cardioverted twice at the scene. Inthe Emergency Department (ED) he developed Ventricular tachycardia
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Competition vs competence Competition and competence‚ to extremely similar words‚ yet two entirely different connotations. In my perspective competence is substantial to be successful. If you don’t have competence in life‚ you have and are nothing. Since the very beginning people have been based on strength‚ speed and agility. However‚ that didn’t initially entitle that they were the most effective. Generation after generation of repetition and misconception proves that no one person is better
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Nursing Care Plan |Student | |Course |NURS 211L |Date |5/27/2011 | |Instructor | | | | | | |Patient Initial | _____J.G________ ___Age 59 Female_____
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COMMUNITY COLLEGE DEPARTMENT OF NURSING CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL Subjective Data (Basic Conditioning Factors) Student: Date of Care: 10/03/09 Patient’s Initials: P. V. Age: 37 Room #: 3114 Bed 1 Allergies: Food: NKA Gender: F Medications: NKA Environmental: NKA Admitting Diagnosis: Pancreatitis Developmental Stage (Erickson and Havinghurst): (List Developmental stage and tasks‚ assess each task) 1. Selecting a mate: Although patient
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University of Phoenix Material Intercultural Competence Worksheet Part 1: Short Paragraph Instructions: Respond to each question below with at least 150 words‚ using complete sentences. Additionally‚ include an example from the reading materials that supports your position. 1. What does “intercultural” communication mean to you? Intercultural communication to me means many things. It mainly means the way that people communicate throughout the different cultures that they derive from
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Week 5 Journal: The Communication Competence Scale (Lewicki et al.‚ 2009‚ p. 691) Results To begin‚ I have a caveat and that is I did not receive instructions on how to interpret my score on this questionnaire‚ but I was successful in locating the “Communication Competence Scoring Grid” at https://brainmass.com. I believe the questionnaire results accurately reflect my communication competence. Strengths My strengths were in the areas of “Presence Cognitions” and “Consequence Cognitions”. Presence
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The Importance of Continuing Competence for Nurses Nursing is a self-regulating profession where nurses set their own standards of practice “based on research and clinical evidence” (College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia [CRNBC]‚ 2013)‚ and ensures that patients receive the highest quality care possible (CRNBC‚ 2013). All nurses are required to meet The College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia’s (CRNBC) annual Continuing Competence Requirements as an indicator to the public that
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Transcultural Nursing and Culturally Competent Care are in society. It will also clarify what these two terms are for those nurse and health professions that are not clear on what it is. Transcultural Nursing is a study‚ research‚ and practice‚ focused on culturally based care beliefs‚ values‚ and practices of individuals or groups of similar or different cultures. Along with it being “directed toward holistic‚ congruent (appropriate)‚ and beneficial health care.” Transcultural Nursing has changed
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culturally congruent care are the key factors for effective and excellent nursing care (Srivastava‚ 2007). However‚ health care provider’s roles and responsibilities in meeting health care needs of the clients in consideration to cultural perspective and diversity are getting more challenging and complicated due to increased number of people from a group of multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society‚ which‚ in turn requires health care providers to acknowledge and understand variations of cultural healthcare
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Conflict Competence in the Workplace Craig E. Runde I s conflict inevitable in the workplace? If you are like most leaders‚ your answer will be “yes.” Once that threshold is crossed‚ the only issue left is whether conflict will lead to good or bad results. Most people view conflict as something negative to be avoided. When asked‚ they readily agree that this approach rarely works and usually leads to unproductive outcomes. So‚ what does it take to address conflict competently? Conflict
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