Intervention Paper: Treatment Paradigm of Elderly Trauma Patients N569 Darren J Hunt‚ RN College of Nursing University of New Mexico Abstract As the population of our world grows older on average‚ the question of how to care for them becomes increasingly complex. With the longer life expectancy there exists a kind of Achilles heal regarding elderly trauma patients and the response to treatment for life-threatening injuries. The older trauma patient is often times a victim of slow trauma (occurring
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Behavior module is the Subordinate-Centered Communication. This counseling approach is centered on the subordinate where the supervisor asks many different questions to help the subordinate come up with an informed choice to solve the problem. Reading the Interpersonal Communications made me realized that I need to improve upon my ability to enhance my questioning and responding skills in order to better counseling my subordinates more effectively. The Subordinate-Centered Communications approach would
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Dolphins have been kept in captivity for since the 1870s. The keeping of dolphins has long been a controversial issue. The main argument for keeping dolphins in captivity relates to the positive conservation message that seeing a living dolphin can create. Those who argue against dolphins in captivity highlight the inadequacy of dolphinariums to cater for the needs of these highly intelligent creatures. Today‚ North American dolphinariums are successfully breeding these cetaceans and are not dependent
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The Patient Safety Movement Florida Institute of Technology According to patientsafetymovement.org (2013)‚ over 200‚000 patients die each year due to preventable causes. This is more than the number of deaths from lung‚ breast and prostate cancer combined. With such a high number of patients at risk of preventable death‚ the idea of patient safety moved to the forefront of medical discussions in the early 1990’s with the release of the Institute of Medicine’s report To Err is Human. The
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Person-Centered Reflection Paper According to Gerald Corey‚ in the book‚ Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy” person-centered therapy has similar concepts and values as existential therapy. Person-centered therapy was founded on the principles that humans’ are primarily trustworthy and are capable of self-actualization. Carl Rogers believed that individuals are capable of “Congruent (genuineness‚ or realness)‚ unconditional primary regard (acceptance and caring)‚ and accurate empathic
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Prioritizing Patient Safety Patient Safety – Start up: “Patient safety” the new mantra is now revealing out its structure as a major component to be concentrated by the health care providers. Patient Safety that emphasizes the reporting‚ analysis‚ and prevention of medical error that often leads to adverse healthcare events. Lack of patient safety – the silent killer having its impact more than any other disease or traffic accidents and it is holding a record of leading position
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Informal interview with patient and wife An informal interview will be conducted with the patient and his wife to develop the occupational profile and together pertinent information. Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM) The COPM will be used to determine how important it is to the client for him to be able to perform self-care tasks. It will also be used to determine what leisure activities he enjoys. Motor Assessment Scale (MAS) The MAS will be used to assess the client’s sitting
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1. Can he refuse to assist in this procedure? The dental assistant cannot refuse to assist in this procedure. Besides it being unethical to refuse helping this patient solely because he has AIDS it is also illegal (Anderson‚ 2009). Dental assistants are bound by a code of professional conduct‚ adopted in August 2007 by the Dental Assistants National Board. Justice and fairness is one of the codes of conduct. This states the dental assistant has a duty to treat people fairly‚ behaving in a manner
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MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP | [Date] HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT- A LONG TERM VIEW CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. HIGHER EDUCATION STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT- A LONG TERM VIEW CASE STUDY OF UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. TOPIC OVERVIEW Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) report‚ Education at a Glance (2012)‚ says 30% on average of adults in OECD countries have tertiary level education. According to the report‚ attainment of higher education has increased tremendously over the past
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model for patients or clients. 1. Nurses less concern on humanisers care of patient feeling and emotion. Example: A nurses treating patient too strict and focus on doctor’s order until they forgot about patient emotional and spiritual. 2. The patient often labels as bed number or diagnosis rather than treated as individuals. Example: Patient Mr. X admit with the history of the psychological problem for three years. When the nurses passing report called the Mr. X as PSY patient. 3. Nurses
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