This essay will explore the nurse’s professional responsibility for safeguarding vulnerable patients. It will identify vulnerabilities specific to Blanche‚ a ninety year old lady with medical and physical problems (appendix 1). Other issues such as patient rights‚ autonomy and accountability will be discussed. It will consider the nurses professional behaviour and interventions to support Blanche. The Department of Health (DH‚ 2000a‚ p.8) define a vulnerable adult as a person over eighteen
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individuals from Middle East‚ Asia‚ Africa‚ and South American views trust as the initial step in relationship building. In this culture‚ trust is something that needs to be earned through established long term relationships. In contrast‚ low context cultures views learning logical‚ factual and emphasizes learning through the use of explicit instructions and/or explanation (Lamberton & Minor‚ 2014). This can be found in The United States‚ Canada‚ Germany and Switzerland (Lamberton
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Cell Phone Operated Robotic Car Awab Fakih‚ Jovita Serrao Abstract — Conventionally‚ wireless-controlled robots use RF circuits‚ which have the drawbacks of limited working range‚ limited frequency range and limited control. Use of a mobile phone for robotic control can overcome these limitations. It provides the advantages of robust control‚ working range as large as the coverage area of the service provider‚ no interference with other controllers and up to twelve controls. Alth ough the appearance
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Laser eye surgery has enabled millions of people to throw away their eyeglasses. Now several medical technology companies are hoping that lasers aimed at the feet will allow millions to take their socks off‚ even in public. The target is toenail fungus — an infection in an estimated 10 percent of American adults‚ or 23 million people — that causes toenails to become thick‚ yellow and fetid. If these lasers‚ which recently completed small clinical trials‚ work‚ they will represent a new way
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Describe and Discuss the significance of Self-concept and Self-esteem. Explain why Self-Esteem and Self-Concept is so important for people working within the hospitality industry. If you work in hospitality industry‚ you have to interact with customers therefore you need to have the high communication skill to give customers all good service. In fact‚ the high communication abilities are demanded in the nature of hospitality industry (Camillo & Pietro 2012). One of the keys to have good communication
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Learning Log: 1st reading log/week 2 Lecture 1 Required Reading Reference: Velasquez‚ M. (2012). Business ethics: concepts and cases‚ (7th ed.) (pp. 76-83). Upper Saddle River‚ N.J.: Pearson. (Utilitarianism). Lecture 1 Additional Reading Reference: Taylor‚ A. (2008). Examined Life: Peter Singer on our obligation to alleviate suffering [video file]. Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVViICWs4dM Record a brief description of what the required reading was about. What responses do you
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The Bank has to face with many risks in the business‚ like Interest rate risk‚ Foreign exchange risk‚ Credit risk‚ and Operation risk…Lending money is one of the main operations of each Bank. By mobilizing money as saving account‚ the Bank uses this money for individual customer‚ or business to borrow and make profit. But recently‚ with the inflation‚ the credit risk increases a lot which causes the bad debt in many countries‚ as well as the regression of world economy. “Credit risk is the distribution
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A language is a system composed of several different components‚ including symbols and grammatical signals. It allows a community or group of individuals a form of interaction‚ communication‚ emotional connection‚ and the ability to pass on traditions and customs from generation to generation. These systems do not have to be vocal auditory‚ since languages are about communication regarding of the mode. All languages have a set of symbols that can be seen as words or signs representing something in
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General Surgery Case Study Brief Summary Background: Barbara Norris grew up in a small town in western Massachusetts. She developed a fond respect and admiration for the nursing profession due to her mother and grandmother both being nurses. She knew that nursing was the career she wanted to peruse. She obtained her nursing degree from Eastern Massachusetts University‚ and began to work at EMU in the emergency room. She was an ER nurse for four years then transferred
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Context means the varied circumstances in which a work of art is (or was) produced and/or interpreted and also the context of the viewer’s feelings towards that art. Context helps to shape the imagination of the viewer. Whether context is necessary or not it is debatable. Context helps the viewer to understand when‚ where‚ why and by whom it was made‚ art answers all these four questions when its examined and a failure to do so is the failure of the viewer not the artist. With context the viewer
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