1986 congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) as a result of clients being transferred from private hospitals to public hospitals without appropriate screening and stabilization (Potter & Perry‚ 2009). This act states that most hospitals must provide an examination and needed stabilizing treatment‚ without consideration of insurance coverage or ability to pay‚ when a patient presents to an emergency room for attention to an emergency medical condition (www.emtala
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Emergency Breakdown? Don’t Just Leave Your Car Out There An accident can happen to anyone‚ accidentally or unintentionally. This means that no matter how careful you are on the road‚ you can still experience an unfortunate incident while driving on Brisbane’s highways or city roads. This includes an emergency vehicle breakdown. While the first thing you might want to do is to get out of the car right away‚ do not fall into this temptation. Not only will you put your car automobile at risk of an
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In the short story “Emergency” by Denis Johnson‚ Georgie and FH work at an Iowa hospital emergency room. The main characters Georgie and FH are representing the American society during the Vietnam War. They are portraying how America was in a real state of “Emergency” and in need of urgent help. Georgie and FH are completely blinded by how drugs are.affecting them. At some point‚ FH mistakes a drive-in for a cemetery‚ he thought the speakers were military tombstones‚ until Georgie points out that
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This was done by doing an analysis of a lot of different research articles on this topic and complying a list of recommendations that healthcare providers should follow and incorporate into their practice. There will also be a brief mention of some nursing research that can be developed from this guideline‚ and how this can be use in the clinical practice setting in the future. Care of Drying Adults in the Last Days of Life The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
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appropriate description of the chain of command that was used in the simulation for the community health nurse. | The candidate provides an appropriate description‚ with no detail‚ of the chain of command that was used in the simulation for the community health nurse. | The candidate provides an appropriate description‚ with limited detail‚ of the chain of command that was used in the simulation for the community health nurse. | The candidate provides an
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nurse‚ I know that nursing is all about the compassion you show to patients. In order to be a good nurse‚ one has to understand both the physical and emotional needs of their patients. A good nurse allows their ethics to guide their nursing. My vision of nursing will not only encompass the care I give to patients‚ but also the care I provide for the community in which I live. Nursing is rooted in public service and the desire to help others. I hope that my philosophy of nursing will incorporate my
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my front radar and observed the vehicle traveling at a speed of 75 MPH in a 65 MPH zone. As the vehicle continued past me‚ I checked my rear radar and observed the vehicle traveling at a speed of 75 MPH. I stopped‚ turned around and activated my emergency equipment. I stopped the vehicle in the 700 block of North U.S. 81. I approached the driver side window and made contact with a white male who was identified as Javier Leon-Grado
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Japan Journal of Nursing Science (2008) 5‚ 71 doi:10.1111/j.1742-7924.2008.00111.x EDITORIAL Nursing theory – remembering our future Modern nursing theory began with Virginia Henderson in the 1960s. In her grand theory of nursing‚ she defined nursing as “assisting individuals to gain independence in the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery (Henderson‚ 1966‚ p. 15). Since the 1970s‚ the literature on nursing theory has focused upon two levels of nursing theories: the
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Associates of Capstone in Criminal Justice CJ299 March 11‚ 2011 Unit 6 Community Policing Project This is indeed one of the last projects for this term. I have had an awesome time in this class and I have learned a lot with the different projects that we have been asked to do. As I begin this project I will try to describe a few different things and hope that you learn as much as I do as you read this project about Community Oriented Policing and Problem Oriented Policing. These are the two
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communication patterns would differ from my own. I made my observations over two days. The environment I chose to observe was an emergency room waiting area. I chose this because I figured the people that I would be observing would not necessarily be very different from me‚ but I figured that they would be in a different emotional state then I was. I was just an observer in the emergency room while everyone else was there because of some sort of serious medical issue. During my observations I tried to identify
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