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    What makes a good Linguistics critical review? Commentary on Review Topic Write a critical review of Wolfson’s article‚ ’Compliments in Cross-Cultural Perspective’. In your review you should summarise the text and then evaluate it (800 words) Academic Style and Conventions 1. Analysing the topic Notice how the topic is asking students to do two things - to summarise the text and to evaluate it. When reading a text‚ keep these two points in mind: - What is the text saying? (summary) - What

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    Reaction to our health care system A baby gets sick and the parents take it to the doctor‚ a child breaks its arm and it gets taken to the doctor‚ an elderly woman is ill and she gets taken to the doctor. This is the way that it should be. When people get sick they should be able to visit the doctor in order to help them get better. Unfortunately‚ this is not how it is in reality. In the United States people go to the doctor without worry only if they have health insurance. Many people do

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    Marks:_______/100 Title Service Delivery of Non-governmental Organizations: The Case of Emergency Response of CARE to Haiti Earthquake Abstract: In this case study‚ the author will give a review on the service delivery of CARE in Haiti after the earthquake happened in January‚ 2010. Through the case study‚ the services delivered by CARE are presented. By analyzing the case‚ we can know much better on how NGOs carry out the service delivery in a specific area and what the results are

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    FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES Foundation and Undergraduate Programmes 2011 School of Medicine  Doctor of Medicine  Foundation in Science School of Nursing  B.N. (Hons.) Nursing  Dip. Nursing  Foundation in Science INTRODUCTION Built on the principles of audacity‚ perseverance‚ integrity and excellence‚ UCSI University is a leading institution of higher learning with campuses in Kuala Lumpur‚ Terengganu and Kuching‚ Malaysia. Started in 1986‚ UCSI University is the flagship institution of the

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    Medication error is any preventable event that may cause or lead to inappropriate medication use or harm to a patient (FDA‚ 2009). Being one of the most common medical errors‚ medication errors are not a subject to take without due consideration. In 2006‚ the National Academies stated “Studies indicate that 400‚000 preventable drug-related injuries occur each year in hospitals.  Another 800‚000 occur in long-term care settings‚ and roughly 530‚000 occur just among Medicare recipients in outpatient

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    Medication Error

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    University of Perpetual Help System of Laguna Dean’s List from 1st year to 2nd year ➢ 1986-1990= Secondary Education Liceo de San Pedro 3rd Honorable Mention‚ Best in Math Awardee and NCEE topnotcher (7th place) ➢ 1980-1986= Primary Education Liceo de San Pedro WORK EXPERIENCE: ➢ July 25‚ 2008 to present= Assistant Professor I Global City Innovative College‚ College of Nursing in Allied Health Services Medical-Surgical and Obstetric and

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    Causes of medication errors and methods to reduce errors ​Nurses have an ethical and legal responsibility to assess a patient’s need for a drug‚ administer it safely and correctly and evaluate the response to it. They should always make patient safety a priority because patients rely on the nurse’s skills‚ knowledge and professionalism. Nurses have a critical role in administering medications to the patients by following the six rights of drug administration. These six rights are: Right medication

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    Handout 3.1 Pretest Write the letter corresponding to the medical term defined. __a_  1. inflammation of the skin of the extremities a. acrodermatitis b. acrocyanosis c. dermatitis __c_  2. pertaining to under the skin a. dermal b. percutaneous c. hypodermic __a_  3. pertaining to upon the skin a. epidermal b. percutaneous c. subcutaneous __b_  4. disease of the skin a. dermatology b. dermatopathy c. dermatitis __b__  5. red skin a. xanthoderma b. erythroderma

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    program: Problem Solving Phase Implementation Phase 1. In the problem-solving phase the following steps are carried out: Define the problem Outline the solution Develop the outline into an algorithm Test the algorithm for correctness Problem solving is a mental process and is part of the larger problem process that includes problem finding and problem shaping. (Problem finding means problem discovery. It is part of the larger problem process that includes problem shaping and problem solving

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    and Errors JEFFERY MCCOMAS‚ MSN‚ RN‚ CNS MICHELLE RIINGEN‚ DNP‚ RN‚ CNS-BC SON CHAE KIM‚ PhD‚ RN Congress authorized an initiative in 2004 to create a national health information technology infrastructure to improve patient outcomes through increased efficiency.1 The stated goal was to have electronic health records (EHRs) implemented for all Americans by 2014.2‚3 The current literature supports the use of EHR because of the potential for higher quality of care‚ reduction in medication errors‚ ease

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