Transcultural Nursing is an important aspect of healthcare. Firstly‚ there has been a rise in multicultural identities‚ with people expecting their cultural beliefs‚ values‚ and lifeways to be understood and respected by nurses and other health care providers. Furthermore‚ transcultural nursing also enables nurses to more accurately assess the patient to provide culturally appropriate interventions to prevent or alleviate discomfort. (Andrews & Boyle‚ 2012) Transcultural nursing is defined as a
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notify the relevant authorities before taking action. Afterwards‚ the health professional can reassure the people by communicating his qualifications and offering to guide those affected through a safety drill. The measures adopted should not put either party in danger‚ but instead‚ promote their safety (James et al.‚ 2010). Therefore‚ the measures adopted should be within the guiding ethical and health principles governing the healthcare profession.
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In England alone in 2011 there were 14.9 million finished patient admission episodes in National Health Service hospitals with 5.2 million being emergency admissions (The Health and Social Care Information Centre‚ 2012). It may seem such a large number however nurses must treat each patient in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of conduct which writes that nurses must treat patients as individuals (NMC‚ 2008). Holland‚ Jenkins‚ Solomon and Whittam (2008) claims a successful
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Patient abuse in nursing facilities is becoming more prominent. Abuse is not only physical‚ but emotional‚ sexual‚ neglect and financial exploitations. The elderly are the most vulnerable and least likely to complain‚ so unfortunately they are the targets. Most families research in depth about the nursing facility that they will place their loved one‚ in hopes that abuse doesn’t occur. Although the research is done‚ families should still look for signs and symptoms of abuse since they are leaving
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Foundations of Nursing Knowledge In this assignment there will be a definition of what communication is; a model of communication‚ the communication process‚ an introduction of what verbal and non verbal communication is‚ and what barriers there are and how they can be overcome and what skills are required. Communication is said to be shared equally by sending‚ giving or the exchanging of a person’s ideas and must always have a sender and a receiver in order for the process to be completed
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Nursing 3000 Conceptual Model for Professional 1. A) Roy’s Adaptation Model B) Callista Roy was a prominent nurse‚ theorist‚ writer‚ lecturer‚ researcher‚ and teacher. Roy’s first ideas appeared in a graduate paper written at UCLA in 1964. She published these ideas in “Nursing Outlook” in 1970. 2. Roy believes adaptation occurs in four different modes: physiologic mode‚ the self-concept‚ the role function mode‚ and the interdependence. There are three concepts to this model: the human being
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Bar Code Scanning and Patient Safety Phyllis Harman University of Southern Indiana Bar Code Scanning and Patient Safety The following paper explores eight published articles that address the issue of bar code scanning for medication administration and patient safety. Online research was conducted to locate and review articles which are included in review of literature‚ and to acquire accurate information addressing the issues discussed. The understanding of Bar Code Scanning for Medication
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Nursing is an art and a skill that involves caring for people who are disadvantaged by virtue of being in poor physical‚ mental‚ social‚ or even spiritual health. The aim of nursing is to promote health through a variety of different interventions‚ but mainly involves the use of medical interventions in contrast to holistic interventions. Nursing also has a history of operating within the biomedical model‚ which focuses mainly on the illness and not the individual (Oberle & Bouchal‚ 2009). Because
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Patient Safety Initiatives in the Hospital Setting Introduction Patient safety is described by the US Institute of Medicine as “the freedom from accidental injury due to medical care or from medical error” (Mansour‚ 2012). With that being said‚ patient safety has long been a major issue for hospitals. In the past many patients have been injured during hospital stays‚ some being injured severely with death being the result. With the growing trend of lawsuits‚ hospitals were becoming
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Patient Centred Care Essay This essay is based on the Case study of a patient named as Mrs Ford. It will be written as a logical account‚ adopting a problem solving approach to her care. She is elderly and has been admitted onto a medical ward in the hospital‚ following a stroke. This essay analyses the care that she will receive and focuses on the use of assessment tools in practice. Interventions will be put in place directly relating to the assessment feedback and in line with best practice.
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