Akers Chamberlain College of Nursing Theoretical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice NR501 Kari Luoma September 13‚ 2014 Importance of Theory In today’s society‚ the lack of knowledge involving nursing theories is present. Theorists began discoveries in the early 1800s with Florence Nightingale and have continued to expand ever since (Hegge‚ 2013). “Nursing theory is defined as an organized framework of concepts and purposes designed to guide the practice of nursing" (nursingtheory.org‚ 2013)
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Uttarakhand Tragedy – A Man-Made Disaster Recent tragedy because of heavy rains and flash floods in Uttarakhand has resulted in heavy loss of life‚ property and damage which will take years to recover. Many villages and cities were affected because of this catastrophe. Why meteorological department did not warn residents of those areas earlier in advance? Why evacuation orders were not issued? Why proper disaster response team was not in place so that when such a disaster strikes the whole government
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Part I: Community Assessment and Analysis Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey Amy Beddow‚ RN.‚ Sherry Byk‚ RNC.‚ Amber Walker RN.‚ and Teri Zimowski RN. Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0105 Concepts in Community Health October 27‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey has a vast array of community dynamics that are team has researched. Hunterdon County is the 18th most populated county in the state of New Jersey out of
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On Tuesday‚ December 20‚ 2016‚ at approximately 4:34PM‚ I‚ Officer Larry Thomas was informed by Officer Utsey over the radio‚ that he was called to the peep area‚ room 31‚ here in the emergency room at UAMS hospital‚ in reference to a patient refusing to take medication. Upon arrival‚ I observed Officer Utsey‚ Officer Friday and the medical doctor Tyler Griffin standing in the hallway talking with this patient. I later discovered that this patient name was Donald Best Jr. While Mr. Best was talking
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ARTICLE REVIEW Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Angina‚ United States‚ 1995-2010 Nursing 230 October 30‚ 2013 Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Angina‚ United States‚ 1995-2010 The article I chose to review was called Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Angina‚ United States‚ 1995-2010. The purpose of the article was to study the national decline in preventable hospitalizations for angina‚ and
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patient’s danger of getting harmed and the patient’s wellbeing (Henneman‚ Gawlinski & Guliano 2012). This essay contains a rationale‚ a case scenario of a patient who shows respiratory deterioration and the appropriate nursing actions to be undertaken in such a case. Nurse’s role Nursing assessments and interventions which reduce unpleasant patient outcomes are vital. There are various reasons for worse patient outcomes like improper diagnosis‚ lack of administering the right medication and poor control
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Elevating Prostate Cancer Awareness in Orange County among African American Men University of Central Florida Community Diagnosis Health seeking behavior: prostate cancer screening among African-American men ages 40 and older related to the fact that African American men are 50% more likely to develop prostate cancer than any other racial or ethnic group (Maurer & Smith‚ 2005‚ p. 443) and risk factors: family history of prostate cancer‚ a diet high in fat‚ and non-participation
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characteristics of emergency managers? How can planning ahead of a disaster help emergency managers and other leaders make decisions during disaster response? Leadership and decision-making skills are vital characteristics of emergency managers. This is because such managers need these techniques and skills especially during crisis moments. During emergencies and crises‚ emergency managers require these skills to help victims and communities‚ as well as manage staff the emergency. During such periods
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Evidence-Based Practice Paper Nevada State College NURS 418: Nursing Research Methods Description of EBP Guideline The evidence-based practice guideline that I chose is titled‚ “Myocardial Infarction‚” written by the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim. The intended users for this guideline are health care providers and physicians. The target population is individuals with suspected or known myocardial infarction. The objective of this guideline is to “collect
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the importance of responding safely to emergency incidents as an emergency response driver. There are two meanings to the term emergency response. Firstly an emergency response is the fourth of five related elements that make up Integrated Emergency Management (IEM) when dealing with major incidents. The five elements are: 1. Risk assessment. 2. Hazard prevention and minimisation. 3. Preparedness. 4. Response. 5. Recovery. As an emergency response driver‚ you have to arrive at the
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