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    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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    Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Nur391 January 14‚ 2010 Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing The American Nurse’s Association’s code of ethics provides guidelines to help nurses make ethical decisions with the patient’s needs as the main focus of concern. In the case where Marianne‚ a 79-year-old woman who is admitted for a hemorrhagic stroke and her family is in conflict over the decision to have surgery or not to have surgery‚ the code of ethics expresses the need for the nurse to be

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    The Nursing Process 1. A client comes to the walk-in clinic with reports of abdominal pain and diarrhea. While taking the client’s vital signs‚ the nurse is implementing which phase of the nursing process? 1. Assessment 2. Diagnosis 3. Planning 4. Implementation 2. The nurse is measuring the client’s urine output and straining the urine to assess for stones. Which of the following should the nurse record as objective data? 1. The client reports abdominal pain 2. The client’s urine output

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    Career Choice: Following my bachelor degree in biology‚ I will apply to graduate programs for wildlife biology and a teaching assistantship. My goal is to become a wildlife biology with an emphasis on ecology and conservation through research. Wildlife biologists study animals and other wildlife and how they interact with their ecosystems. They study the physical characteristics of animals‚ animal behaviors‚ and the impacts humans have on wildlife and natural habitats. The median annual wage

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    Mora‚ Nichole Mae V. March 15‚ 2013 BSN III-A Thea Camille Samonte‚ RN‚ MAN TERM PAPER ABOUT ABORTION I. INTRODUCTION Abortion‚ expulsion of the products of conception before the embryo or fetus is viable. Any interruption of human pregnancy prior to the 28th week is known as abortion. The term spontaneous abortion‚ or miscarriage‚ is used to signify delivery of a nonviable embryo or fetus due to fetal or maternal factors‚ as opposed to purposely induced abortion

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    To begin with upstream‚ it is defined as the level in which we use primary prevention methods before the person gets the disease. (Levels of Disease Prevention‚2009) Primary prevention aims to prevent the disease from occurring. So primary prevention reduces both the incidence and prevalence of a disease. (Levels of Disease Prevention‚2009). In primary prevention‚ choices are encouraged that will promote the overall health of an individual‚ population or community. Basic healthcare choices such as

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    knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing helps nursing practice today because it shows not only how far we have come in healthcare and nursing but also how important education has been and still is for nurses. Looking back on history and research of practices help us understand why we do some of the things we do today as nurses such as something as simple as washing our hands. It is also amazing how far medical technology has come. Three trends in nursing practice: 1. The training and education

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    Introduction The profession of nursing main factor is to improve the health and quality of life. That is geared towards individuals‚ families‚ and communities/ population depending on area of interest. Which allows certain skills and qualities that is required by nurses to be carried out by their roles and responsibilities. The foundation that represents the nursing profession is the conceptual framework pillars of nursing. For example‚ public health nursing to use the philosophical skills and practices

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    standards. The nurse’s education license and nursing standard establish the ground work in which nurses are to meet. If their practice drops below acceptable standards of care and competence will ultimately open the nurse up to litigation (2011). It is important for the health care profession to obey all laws that have been put in place to avoid un- wanted legal and ethical issues. Ethical and Legal Issues (2017) explain how the legal implications of nursing practices are linked to licensure‚ state

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    March 11‚ 2014 Renee Martin-Thornton Ethical and Legal Issues Ethics is an integral part to nursing practice. The American Code of Ethics for Nurses (ANA) with interpretive statements acts as a guide for professional conduct by outlining the ethical values of the profession. The Code provides the profession with a statement of responsibility to the public and serves as a basis for individual nursing decisions in clinical situations when ethical dilemmas arise. The code integrates universal‚ ethical

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