The speciality surgical nurse plays a crucial role in communication and the inter-professional team. The role of a surgical nurse has rapidly developed into a speciality type of nursing. Medical advances in technology continue to expand and develop for surgical nurses and patients undergoing different types of surgery such as palliative‚ exploratory‚ emergency and elective surgery. A surgical nurse is required to have a high level of critical thinking skills‚ ability to multi task‚ an extensive knowledge
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Types of consent Consent comes in a form of implied and expressed consent. In nurses’ day-to-day dealing with patients‚ consent is secured from patients frequently. Implied consent refers to nonverbal acknowledgement of a health care provider’s request to provide treatment (O’Keefe‚ 2001). An example of implied consent would be when a nurse walks to the patient and inform the patient that she is going to administer an antiemetic injection and the patient rolls up his/her sleeve and brings his
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The role of nurses in gestational diabetes. (DIABETES CARE)(Brief Article) Journal of Diabetes Nursing | May 1‚ 2003 | Assignment 2 Research studies‚ recently conducted in America‚ have found that diet and exercise play an important role in predisposing a woman for gestational diabetes (GD). This study compared the rate of insulin treatment and perinatal outcome in women with gestational diabetes under endocrinologist-based versus diabetes nurse-based metabolic management. A total of 244 participants
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What is AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive (1). A virus is a piece of genetic material‚ RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a protein coat. To replicate‚ a virus must infect a cell and direct its cellular machinery to produce new viruses. A virus cannot
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other health markets to hire nurses. Organizations hire nurses are o perform at the top of their credentials. The organization is giving nurse more responsibilities beyond the historical duties as beside assistant to the physician. Today‚ nurse’s authority and opportunities in leadership roles are jobs‚ such as Disease Nurse Managers‚ Case Managers‚ Performance Improvement Coordinators and Safety Officers. There is a slim likelihood of seeing a decrease in nurse positions. Their positions are
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Neonatology is an important role in the hospital when a baby is born. A neonatal nurse takes care of the sick newborns till they are okay to be discharged from the hospital. The sick newborns have to be placed in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)‚ they are placed in the NICU for reasons such as they are born prematurely‚ complications during the birth‚ or they show signs of problems during the first couple of days after birth. Although the neonatal nurse takes care of sick newborns their time
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Enhancing nurse education through technological advances is a growing trend of nursing programs today. As the complexity and amount of information that nurses are required to comprehend‚ support has grown for integrated curriculum approaches that include instruction with the innovative use of technology. A new litany of teaching and learning methods has arrived to include internet clinical instruction‚ online discussion boards‚ and research opportunities for both students and faculty. Programs
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NURSES HAVE A LEADER’S ROLE IN PATIENT SAFETY CULTURE Patient’s safety is and should always be the most important aspect the health care provider should consider. Nurses are the foundation of the health care profession because they are not only there to provide relief and concern‚ but they play a direct role in the patient’s safety culture. It is important that leading nurses assess the safety culture in the workplace and clearly articulate an important framework to guide personnel in their
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AIDS is a disease that damages the immune system and interferes with a person’s ability to fight off disease. It is most commonly transmitted sexually‚ but can also be transmitted through infected blood exposure and through birth. Mayoclinic.com says “AIDS is a chronic‚ potentially life-threatening condition” AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV‚ HIV targets T-cells which are vital immune system cells and without them it is nearly impossible to fight a common cold let alone a life threatening disease
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AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The illness alters the immune system‚ making people much more vulnerable to infections and diseases. This susceptibility worsens as the disease progresses. HIV is found in the body fluids of an infected person (semen and vaginal fluids‚ blood and breast milk). The virus is passed from one person to another through blood-to-blood and sexual contact
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