Clinical features and diagnosis of diabetic ketoacidosis in children INTRODUCTION — Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. DKA can less commonly occur in children with type 2 diabetes mellitus [1‚2]. (See "Classification of diabetes mellitus and genetic diabetic syndromes".) In recent years‚ the incidence and prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus have increased across all ethnic groups. This has been coupled with an
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After forming a clinical judgement‚ a nurse makes a decision by implementing what should be done and how it should be done. Clinical decision making is process of drawing from various dimensions of knowledge‚ in which nurses organize data‚ form conclusions‚ and act on these conclusions ensuring the best possible outcome for the patient (Gillespie & Paterson‚ 2009). Nursing process frameworks describe the decision-making process as a set of steps including assessment‚ identification of a problem‚
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Clinical governance is defined as “A framework through which NHS organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safe-guarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excellence in clinical care will flourish.” Clinical governance incorporates quality assurance‚ quality improvement and risk and incident management. It also monitors and helps to ensure that the standards of care are maintained and‚ if necessary‚ improved. Clinical governance
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Importance of Education The importance of learning in enabling the individual to put his potentials to optimal use is self-evident. Without education‚ the training of the human minds is incomplete. No individual is a human being in the working world until he has been educated in the proper sense. Now I’m not saying you’re not a human being without education. The mind was made to be trained and without education‚ a person is incomplete in that sense. Education makes man a right thinker and a correct
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ultimately benefit the child and the rest of the family. Discuss your growth as a clinician from the beginning of the course until now. What specific areas do you feel fairly proficient in‚ and what do you need to focus on for your final clinical course?
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my own as I have not had a reply from team members until 17th December. Conference agenda is with their conference pack and this is one on my own Contents Title page 1 Contents 2 The importance of leadership 3 Leadership Thoeries 4 Influential Leader 5 Bibliography 5 The importance of leadership A leader is a person who is a figure head of an organisation or a group of people‚ a leader is someone that followers/employees will look to for guidance and as an example. Leaders
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My Greatest Challenges and Accomplishments in Clinical Clinical has progressively gotten better for me because I gained more hands-on experience. My greatest challenges so far have been thinking appropriately in a quick amount of time and taking initiative. All of my challenges will make me stronger and more confident in the Long-Term Care setting. More so‚ I’ve had accomplishments in the setting which have made me more sure of myself. I believe it’s important to learn from the challenges‚ rather
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Nursing Process and Clinical Decision-Making The nursing professional faces a myriad of decisions on a daily basis. The effectiveness of the decision-making process is crucial to ensuring positive outcomes in the clinical setting. If the nursing process is misunderstood or misapplied to the decision-making process by a failure to use critical thinking skills‚ the results can be catastrophic to the anticipated outcomes. Furthermore‚ an immaturity in critical thinking may influence decisions because
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What is considered morally right? What ethical decision-making process leads a person to a particular decision? In clinical research‚ ethics plays a very critical role‚ as medical professionals and researchers heavily rely on their ethics and the ethical decision- making process to produce the best caring response for patients. One way to guarantee that patients involved in clinical research are
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Health Promotion primarily emphasizes the importance of health and the prevention of disease. The promotion of health should be the focal point of any list of responsibilities for a nurse. Along with the promotion of health‚ the wellness of health is important equally. Improvements in health are highly essential to living an extended and perfect life (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2010). Three stages exist when it comes to the prevention of a disease; i.e. primary‚ secondary and tertiary. The various components
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