of providing optimum help for a service user (Hornby and Atkins‚ 2000). Goodman and Clemow (2010) explain that collaborative practice is actually based around two ideas. The first is that nurses need to be able to work with other professionals‚ and the second is that they need to be able to work with ‘people’. They go on to explain that the concept of collaborative practice is based on the idea that excellent patient care relies on the expertise of a number of care providers. Day (2006) points out
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Health Promotion Paper Decreasing Childhood Obesity Advanced Practice in Health Promotion and Risk Reduction: NURSM-639 April 5‚ 2013 Decreasing Childhood Obesity a the Sumter Family Health Introduction The goals of Healthy People 2010 are to increase quality and years of optimal health‚ along with eradicating disparities. One area of major concern is the alarming epidemic of obesity in children. These children will have lifelong complications if this issue is not addressed
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assessment with a learner‚ whilst critically evaluating my practice‚ using professional standards and current theory and literature to illustrate how I have developed as a mentor and educator in practice. For the purpose of this assignment‚ the key aspect I will be focusing on will be standard 4 – creating an environment for learning‚ from the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008) Standards to support learning and assessment in practice: mentors. Throughout this assignment‚ I will incorporate the
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was located in the tendon itself‚ it is considered rare. These types of cysts are generally located in the hand‚ wrist‚ and foot. They recur in about ten percent of cases due to fluid leakage and incomplete removal. The implications of this article for health care professionals are a need for clear diagnosis‚ complete removal during surgery‚ and try to avoid leakage during surgery. A clear diagnosis can be achieved by MRI’s and ultrasound scans which helps determine the size and the location of the
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From September 2010 to May 2011 I interned with the Health Care Administration under the direction of the Executive Nursing Administrator at a hospital facility with nationally integrated service networks. I was told at the time of my hire that I would be privy to all conferences which took place with administrative officers; and that information discussed would be strictly confidential. During the course of my internship there were conferences held with administration and other “agents” at least
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Journal Article Research Critique by C. O’Neal MBA 532 UA – Quantitative Business Analysis Instructor:Dr. Ed Ohlson Cheryl O’Neal 3/8/2008 Journal Article Research Critique by C. O’Neal Introduction Cancer patients experience a variety of symptoms that are associated with the disease process itself and with the treatment regimens used to control or eradicate the disease. The authors (Bender‚ Engberg‚ Donovan‚ Cohen‚ Houze‚ Rosenzweig‚ Mallory‚ Dunbar-Jacob
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Evidence Based Health promotion Health promotion has emerged in the last decade as an important force to improve both quality and quantity of people’s lives. Sometimes termed ‘the new public health’ it seeks to support and encourage a participative social movement that enables individuals and communities to take control over their own health. (Bunton‚R & Macdonald‚G 1992) Health promotion plays an important part in everybody’s life and the lives our children and our children’s children. The
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Studying business or science related subjects at university level is more important that arts related courses like literature. Do you agree or disagree? When considering tertiary level education‚ there is a school of thought that believes that studying more concrete topics such as commerce‚ physics or biology is more valuable to society than spending time focused on novels and other literary subjects. However‚ this argument is flawed for a number of reasons as will now be presented. Although certain
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The American Academy of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) has developed a curriculum of content and expected competencies of graduates from baccalaureate nursing program. These “Nine Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice” were established in 2008 and serves as the guidelines for all AACN approved colleges and universities. These essentials are 1. Liberal education for baccalaureate generalist nursing practice. 2. Basic organizational and systems leadership for quality care
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and Local Health Departments. Community/public health nursing practice: health for families and populations (3rd ed.‚ p. 727). St. Louis‚ MO: Elsevier/Saunders. References Agar‚ M.H. (1973). Ethnography and the addict. In Nadar‚ L.‚ and Maretzki‚ T.W.‚ (eds.) Cultural Illness and Health. Washington‚ DC: American Anthropological Association. Agar‚ M.H. (1986). Speaking of ethnography. Beverly Hills‚ CA: Sage Publications American Nurses Association (ANA) (2007). Public health nursing: Scope and
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