Cancer Right now‚ cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world. In the early 1990s almost 6 million new cancer cases developed and more than 4 million deaths from cancers occurred. Also more than one-fifth of all deaths were caused by cancer and it has been predicted‚ by the American Cancer Society‚ that about 33% of Americans will eventually develop this disease. This is a huge disease that is killing people all over the world. The field of cancer study is called Oncology. The government
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genocide was a disastrous affair that should have never occurred. However‚ we need to take it further than that: we need to understand why it happened and how it came to be so fatal in such a short period of time. This can be done using a holistic approach. With the holistic approach‚ we will be able to avoid pointing blame at any specific group of people nor factor the cause down to a hasty explanation; instead‚ we need to understand that the Rwandan genocide was a complex and distinct event full of different
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HOLISTIC NURSING Suggesting that holistic nursing care should be introduced in postgraduate critical care nursing‚ Lane et al (2005) point out that critical care education is an important aspect of professional development for a critical care nurse. Interdependence between physiological and psychosocial theories and concepts is important for the development of critical care educational programs. A multidisciplinary educational framework provides a deeper understanding of all those factors that
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RN PCCN The Holistic Exam NU333 Physical Assessment Kaplan University The Holistic Exam A complete and throughout physical exam is not complete without assessing the body‚ mind and spirit of a patient. RNs and physicians need to be able to understand all the factors that make up our patient’s holistic health. Factors such as living situation‚ life cycle stage‚ stress‚ understanding cultural components‚ mental status… the list goes on and on. Without having a solid understanding of
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palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients October 29‚ 2012 Literature Review A Paper Presented to Meet Partial Requirements For NRSG-494B Transcultural Nursing Southern Adventist University School of Nursing Literature Review: The palliative care needs of ethnic minority patients: staff perspectives An article titled “The Palliative Care Needs of Ethnic Minority Patients: Staff Perspectives” discussed the palliative care staff’s perceptions of multicultural care provision
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Bedside Rounding: Improving Patient Care and Safety Purpose: * PATIENT SAFETY * Reducing preventable errors resulting in facility acquired illness/injury * Reducing increased healthcare costs related to errors due to inadequate shift change reports * Involving patients in their own care by allowing them to be involved in their own report during shift change * Reducing barriers to communication between patient‚ family‚ and staff Benefits: * PATIENT SAFETY * Allows nurse
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helps reduce the thickness of secretions. | Sputum excretion will be easier for the patient which therefore clears up the airway. | Administer O2 at no more than 2L per min | COPD patients retain O2 (fremault 2008) | Saturation in an adequate level. | (ii) Breathing pattern‚
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Growing up I was always the child taking care of others. When I was a child‚ I was the first one grabbing the bandaid and taking care of my siblings when they were sick. Even to this day in college I am known as the mom of the group because I am always making sure everyone is safe and happy. Becoming a nurse never crossed my mind till I volunteered at the VA hospital when I was in Junior High School. The more time I spent with the nurses in the ICU unit the more I started to fall in love with the
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failure to act by a medical professional that deviates from the accepted medical standard of care. Medical negligence does not always result in injury to the patient. Gross negligence is a more serious form of negligence that can be describes as simply carelessness. Regular negligence is seen as a person or company falling below an expected standard of care‚ gross negligence is seen as a complete failure to show care or willful disregard for safety and human life. Medical negligence becomes medical malpractice
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Health April 14‚ 2013 CVD and Cancer After taking the cancer and CVD risk assessment I learned that aside from working in the sun without protection‚ smoking is my largest risk for cancer or CVD. Aside from these two risk factors I live a fairly healthy life‚ I work harder than most people my age can even fathom from their deep-fryer station at McDonald’s‚ I eat fairly well and I seldom find myself stationary. My top-dog risk factor as determined by the cancer and CVD risk factor assessment
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