Directions: The following question is based on the accompanying documents in Part A. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the source of the document and the author’s point of view. Be sure to: 1. Carefully read the document-based question. Consider what you already know about this topic. How would you answer the question if you had no documents to examine? 2. Now‚ read each document carefully‚ underlining key phrases and words that address the document-based question. You may also wish
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Craig was hired to perform a safety consultation for Countryside Care Nursing Home. Countryside nursing home has experienced a rising number in accidents due to resident transfer. Craig was tasked with finding a cost justified way to reduce injuries in the facility. During resident transfer the nursing home requires that patients be lifted by two nurse’s aides at a time. Although the nurses were trained to follow all the best practices to prevent injury to both themselves and the patients‚ accidents
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Today the average five year old is learning how to ride a bike without their training wheels‚ but when I was five years old I was learning how to count carbohydrates. In the summer of 1999 I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just after turning five years old. As I grew older I found this disease harder to live with. All I wanted to do was fit in and look like all the young celebrities you see on T.V. and in magazines. That was not reality for me. In 2010 my dance school was invited to perform in
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program and research for this paper I have gained a significant insight into the Korean culture. Physiologically‚ Koreans have very distinctive physical characteristics. A few of these characteristics include small slanted eyes‚ a yellow skin tone‚ and a flat face (Barkauskas et al.‚ 2002). These characteristics differ greatly from the physical characteristics of Americans and can make it difficult for American practitioners to determine abnormalities in the Korean people. The health care provider
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DIABETES MELLITUS In the United States‚ about 16 million people suffer from diabetes mellitus‚ although only half of these individuals are diagnosed. Every year‚ about 650‚000 people learn they have the disease. Diabetes mellitus is the seventh leading cause of all deaths and the sixth leading cause of all deaths caused by disease. Diabetes is the most common in adults over 45 years of age; in people who are overweight or physically inactive; in individuals who have an immediate family
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Through the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct (NMC‚ 2004) nurses supply high standards of care to patients and clients. One code nurses adhere to is clause 6 which pronounces nurses must maintain professional knowledge and competence‚ have a responsibility to deliver care based on current evidence‚ best practice and validated research (NMC‚ 2004). Validated research involves critiquing and acquiring the skills of synthesis and critical analysis‚ this enables nurses
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pain assessment and treatment. It means that a nurse must assess the nature and intensity of the pain and document the findings in a way that facilitates further assessment and follow-up. In that context‚ pain is indeed the fifth vital sign ("Pain Management‚" n.d.). The nurse will assess Lillian pain by asking if she is in pain‚ and if she answer yes‚ then the nurse will perform a thorough pain assessment‚ including the intensity‚ quality‚ location‚ timing (onset‚ duration‚ frequency)‚ symptoms‚ treatments
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Care Plan Norma Valdez-Rosa South University Online Introduction Chronic illness affects the whole family not just the patient. As discussed in our readings from this week‚ the impact of disease on family members includes: Emotional impact‚ financial impact‚ Impact on family relationships‚ Impact on the caregiver’s education or work‚ Impact on the caregiver’s leisure time and Social impact for the caregiver (Golics‚ et al‚ 2013). All of these factors are import to consider when
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Diabetes Mellitus is an endocrine disorder caused by excessive high blood glucose levels (Martini pg. 377). It is characterized by glucose concentration that are high enough to overwhelm the reabsorption capabilities of the kidneys (Martini pg. 377). This is a disease of the pancreas‚ the pancreas produces the hormone insulin. The insulin helps the body to get energy from the foods we eat. When a person has diabetes the pancreas either cannot make enough insulin or is using it incorrectly. An individual
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Understanding Change Management In Nursing Leaders Nursing Essay Leadership is defined as influencing people to achieve a purpose or set of goals‚ but differentiating it from management causes confusion in many instances (Tappen‚ Weiss and Whitehead‚ 2004; Senior and Fleming‚ 2006; Robbins‚ Judge and Sanghi‚ 2009). Leaders can be managers but not all managers can be effective leaders‚ making leadership an important aspect of effective management (Tappen‚ Weiss and Whitehead‚ 2004). Several attempts
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