One aspect that I believe to have been a successful part of my practice over these past few weeks is my increased confidence and ability to recognize assessment results that stray from the norm‚ such as a blood pressure of 90/60. This was particularly made apparent a few times within these past few weeks‚ but more particularly when working with a patient whose temperature averaged around 34.5 degrees Celsius. As that is well below what one’s average temperature could be and could be a warning sign
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quality and knowledge of cultural competence in nurses and other health care workers in order to improve the health and well being for all people across the globe. Transcultural Nursing is a theory that emphasizes the study of the whole person. The basis of it’s teachings are on the fact that efficient care is reflected by valuing the core culture values of each individual. 2. How many references did you find? - When I did by search on CINAHL‚ I typed in transcultural nursing as my keyword and I
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post will define cultural self-assessment and an explanation of why it is important in our nursing practice. It will also describe the five steps in the process for delivering culturally congruent nursing care and how it is applied in my own practice. I will also discuss definitions and categories of cultural competence. As nurses‚ we are exposed to many different types of culture when providing care for our patients and families. To provide such care‚ one must complete a cultural self-assessment
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Sensitivity analysis is a technique that indicates exactly how much a project’s profitability (NPV or IRR) will change in response to a given change in a single input variable‚ other things held constant. Sensitivity analysis begins with a base case developed using expected values (in the statistical sense) for all uncertain variables. Then‚ each uncertain variable is usually changed by a fixed percentage amount above and below its expected value‚ holding all other variables constant at their expected
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scopes and guidelines that nursing professionals use in their daily practice and some examples in my practice that are affected by those guidelines. Also how ethics‚ morals and values affect nursing policies and ways the affect the nurse in providing care. Scope of Practice The nursing scope of practice was developed by the American Nurses Association (ANA). The ANA describes the scope of practices as “the ‘who’‚ ‘what’‚ ‘where’‚’ when’‚ ‘why’ and ‘how’ of nursing practice.” (ANA‚ 2010 p.2). This
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relationship within themselves‚ staff‚ and other elderly within the nursing home. By providing nursing interventions in every aspect of the patient’s health he or she can achieve an optimum health outcome and wellness (Nurse Groups‚ 2015). Practice-Specific Concepts Caring and Education are two specific practice concepts critically important for the nursing practice. Caring. According to the theory by Jean Watson‚ nurses and nursing professions goal is to help people achieve a higher level of or harmony
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Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Nursing Theory in Professional Practice Nursing is the art and science of caring for individuals with potential or actual health problems. Nursing is the art of providing quality‚ compassionate care while evaluating the patients’ biopsychosocial and spiritual needs. Nursing as a science evaluates the patients’ health and response to disease. Nurses assist individuals and groups to maintain or attain optimal health. They implement care to accomplish
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Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care November 01‚ 2010 Cultural Diversity in Nursing Care Health in all cultures is an important aspect of life. A person’s cultural background‚ religion and/or beliefs‚ greatly influences a person’s health and their response to medical care (Spector‚ 2004). These diverse cultures guide decisions made in daily life; what food eaten‚ living arrangements made‚ medications taken and medical advice listened to. A nurse must be knowledgeable and respectful of these
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Leadership in Advanced Practice Nursing Roxanne Raya South University Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse NSG 5000 Dr. Diane Anderson August 17‚ 2013 Leadership Styles in Advanced Practice Nursing According to the leadership quiz I am a participative leader‚ which is the type of leadership that that takes into account the input of other group members‚ but the leader at the end still have the final decision (Lewin‚ n.d.). Participative leadership is a method of guiding people based on democratic
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GLOBAL marketing class CULTURAL SENSITIVITY IN GLOBAL MARKETING: AUSTRALIA–MALAYSIA RELATIONS Australian companies have been exporting‚ forming joint ventures and setting up wholly owned overseas operations since the middle of the last century. In the 1880s Colonial Sugar Refinery Limited (CSR) invested in the Fijian sugar industry and Burns Philp and Co Ltd established stevedoring‚ shipping‚ retailing and copra production throughout the South Pacific. Early this century‚ Australian mining
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