overview of the nurse prescribing initiative and how it developed will be addressed. The importance of ethical principles‚ accountability and legal issues that surround nurse prescribing will be demonstrated. As a patient will be addressed in the example‚ a pseudonym will be used. According to Luker et al (1997)‚ in 1985 the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) made a case for the prescribing rights for nurse. The Cumberledge Report (1986) acknowledged that the government recognised that nurses should be eligible
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Claudia Read Mrs Griffiths 21 November y - 3rd October Effective Communication & Interpersonal Interactions There are many different ways to communicate and situations to communicate in. This will be a report explaining the role of effective communication and interpersonal interaction in a health and social care setting. Communication Contexts There are many different contexts of communication. For example‚ there is informal and formal communication. The difference between these two contexts
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from the start. I was able to get quick peeks of the tasks that the nurses had to accomplish throughout the day as I ran blood and specimens back and forth to the lab and various floors. The nurses were always up on their feet‚ running around taking care of the many patients that flooded the floors. As I discharged patients from their stay in the hospital‚ they always made a comment regarding the outstanding care that every nurse provided them during their stay. Whenever I heard those comments‚ I
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epigastric pain described as bad heartburn. Her sister tells the nurse‚ "I felt like that when I had toxemia during my pregnancy." Admission assessment by the nurse reveals: today’s weight 182 pounds‚ T 99.1° F‚ P 76‚ R 22‚ BP 138/88‚ 4+ pitting edema‚ and 3+ protein in the urine. Heart rate is regular‚ and lung sounds are clear. Deep tendon reflexes (DTRs) are 3+ biceps and triceps and 4+ patellar with 1 beat of ankle clonus. The nurse applies the external fetal monitor‚ which shows a baseline fetal
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REGISTERED NURSES and licensed practical nurses join professional nursing organizations for many reasons. For example‚ some join to learn what’s going on and stay current in their field or specialty. Others want to network or enjoy the peer recognition that comes from being an active member of a major organization. Nurses may join a general organization‚ such as the American Nurses Association‚ a specialty group‚ such as the Emergency Nurses Association‚ or a state nursing association-or one of each
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that talked about an oncology patient who was very upset about being treated by a nurse who smelled strongly of cigarettes and had nicotine stained nails. Meanwhile‚ the nurses are educating the patients and encouraging them not to smoke. Hypocritical‚ yes‚ but according to many nurses‚ “nurses had to have the right to choose how to live their lives without being turned into ‘health gods’ “ ("How happy and‚" 2008) Nurses are looked at as perfect role models who should be the picture of health. But we
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Counseling skills Prepared by: Gulle Bakir Abdulla Avesta Kaife Hamad Dahen Luqman Raza Dawan Qadr Omar Kurdistan Rashid Xurshid Date of submission 22/2/2014 Content Pages Introduction 1 History of counseling skill and counseling definition 1-2 Skill and counseling skill definition ‚ type of counseling and important of counseling 3 advantage and aim of counseling 4 Basic of counseling skill 5-6 Field of counseling 6-7 The difference between the counseling‚ psychotherapy and psychoanalytic
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INFLUENTIAL NURSES OF THE AMERICAN NATION Throughout American history‚ many registered nurses have contributed in the foundation towards successful nursing. These women were acting well before their time‚ and could be classified as activists. However‚ if it were not for the brave young women that shaped medical nursing‚ many of the factors that are practiced today would not receive credit. Merely focusing on just handful of women are Florence Nightingale‚ Clara Barton‚ Dorothea Dix‚ Mary Mahoney
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Asia Lipanovich October 18‚ 2013 MGMT3640 Gerald Alcantar Improving Interpersonal Communication in Today’s Diverse Workplace Sometimes even when you think you are giving a positive statement such as‚ “I have a friend who’s [gay‚ lesbian‚ bisexual‚ transgender] that you should meet‚” it might not be taken as positive to the receiver. In today’s world we live and work in an extremely diverse atmosphere. Sayings such as the one listed above can lead others to have hasty feeling towards each other
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The skills required of leadership that we found in the articles are; Human Skills These skills should to be owned by the managers to work within a team because it is also like a mirror to their leadership abilities. Managers‚ who have this skill‚ usually have the advantage to communicate with other people and increase their motivation in performing a duty. If these skills are not owned by the manager‚ diversity in terms of race‚ language and culture‚ it will be difficult for managers to create
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