and science section contact: Gwen Clarke‚ art and science editor‚ Nursing Standard‚ The Heights‚ 59-65 Lowlands Road‚ Harrow-on-the-Hill‚ Middlesex HA1 3AW. email: gwen.clarke@rcnpublishing.co.uk Person-centred care: Principle of Nursing Practice D Manley K et al (2011) Person-centred care: Principle of Nursing Practice D. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 31‚ 35-37. Date of acceptance: February 7 2011. Summary This is the fifth article in a nine-part series describing the Principles of Nursing Practice developed
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incident that occurred whilst in placement at a Unit for Clients with behaviour and learning needs‚ and associated autistic difficulties. Clients are both sexes and range in age from four to eighteen. It will be undertaken‚ defining person centred care in relation to the incident‚ it will demonstrate awareness to roles and responsibilities of professionals in meeting the needs of the client and it will demonstrate the importance of inter-professional collaboration and discuss the issues that facilitate
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Hospice Care Plan Walden University Hospice Care Plan Mrs. Thomas has a history of breast cancer and is status post bilateral mastectomies with subsequent radiation and chemotherapy treatments. She has recently been diagnosed with lung metastasis and further treatment is not recommended by her physician and due to a poor prognosis he is recommending palliative care. Mrs. Thomas has been spending most of her days in her bed crying. She has had very little contact with her sons and
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Affordable Care Act The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the new health care reform law in America and is often called by its nick-name Obamacare. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are made up of the Affordable Health Care for America Act‚ the Patient Protection Act‚ and the health care related sections of the The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act and the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act. It also includes amendments to other laws like the Food‚ Drug and Cosmetics Act
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Transforming Care at the Bedside: Adhering to the Ethical Principles of Patient Autonomy‚ Beneficence‚ and Nonmaleficence The Nursing Role Abstract This paper explores several published articles following the national program‚ Transforming care at the Bedside (TCAB)‚ developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI); and how it supports the ethical principles of patient autonomy‚ beneficence‚ and nonmaleficence in patients‚ especially
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This assignment will reflect on and critically analyse my personal and professional development in the domain of care management over the last three years. It will additionally outline how I plan to continue to develop in this domain once I have qualified as a registered nurse. My development so far will be analysed from the perspective of the skills‚ knowledge and values required of a registered nurse. Through this reflection I hope to confirm that my practice meets the standards for entry onto
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Problems of Disparities in Health Care Insurance The United States leads the world in spending on health care. Yet ‚ other countries spending substantially less than the United States have healthier populations. America’s performance is marred by deep inequalities linked to income‚ health insurance coverage‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ geography‚ and – critically – access to care. Employer-based Insurance plans Income The United States is the only wealthy country with no universal health insurance
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people‚ will be without health care insurance because coverage will be too expensive (CQ Health beat News‚ 2005). The United States spends more money on health care than other industrialized nations but is the only one that doesn’t ensure health care coverage for all citizens. Every year‚ approximately 18‚000 unnecessary deaths occur because of health insurance lacking in the United States‚ (Institute of Medicine [IOM]‚ 2002). Proponents of universal health care coverage say this problem is fixable
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What is long term care? Long-term care refers to a collection of services that are intended to meet the medical and non-medical needs of disabled or chronically ill patients. These services include social‚ medical/nursing‚ and community services. They often require assisting the patient or patients in performing day-to-day tasks like dressing‚ bathing and eating. Long-term care can be provided for anybody and can be performed in a nursing home‚ in the individual’s residence or in assisted living
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the course‚ it has become increasingly clearer how healthcare professionals play in to the role of end-of-life care for patients. Although I have not chosen a path in hospice or palliative care‚ it has become evident that end-of-life cares will be part of my nursing career regardless. As a nursing professional‚ it is important to remain a patient advocate throughout the end-of-life care process by ensuring ethical decision-making‚ continuing effective communication‚ and providing best practice and
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