When it comes to the career of nursing‚ professionalism is taken to a whole other level. Not only does professionalism come in to account with your business professionals and peers‚ but you have patients with whom professionalism is highly practiced as well. Professionalism in nursing means that you are able to handle all the responsibilities given to you in an efficient and proper way. It means that when you are given an order to carry out by the doctor or a patient who
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Tobacco smoking is the practice of burning tobacco and inhaling the smoke (consisting of particle and gaseous phases). (A more broad definition may include simply taking tobacco smoke into the mouth‚ and then releasing it‚ as is done with tobacco pipes and cigars). The practice may have begun as early as 5000-3000 BC. Tobacco was introduced to Eurasia in the late 17th century where it followed common trade routes. The practice encountered criticism from its first import into the Western world onwards
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of this assignment is to demonstrate how Peplau’s concept of the nurse-patient relationship can be used to influence an incident in practise. I have chosen to focus on the nurse-patient relationship‚ as I am in the early stages of my adult nurse training and I feel it would be beneficial to understand this relationship more accurately. The first part of this assignment defines a concept and briefly outlines the nurse-patient relationship as a concept. The second part focusses and outlines Peplau’s
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Maintaining Patient Safety When working in an acute care setting such as a hospital‚ safety is the number one priority. A safe environment greatly reduces the risk for illness or injury. It’s not only for the patient; it’s also for the healthcare provider. For a nurse‚ it begins when she/he meets the patient. She must assess the room and make sure there is no debris littered on the floor‚ that all IV tubing is untangled and not on the floor‚ and that the patient’s bed is down in the lowest position
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105: The Human Side of Quality Improvement QI 106: Level 100 Tools Leadership L 101: Becoming a Leader in Health Care Patient Safety PS 100: Introduction to Patient Safety PS 101: Fundamentals of Patient Safety PS 102: Human Factors and Safety PS 103: Teamwork and Communication PS 104: Root Cause and Systems Analysis PS 105: Communicating with Patients after Adverse Events PS 106: Introduction to the Culture of Safety Person- and Family-Centered Care PFC 101: Dignity and
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Patient and Family Involvement to Ethical Issue on Care Decision Making Purpose: Decision making is a crucial element in the field of medicine and health care. The physician has to determine what is wrong with the patient and recommend treatment‚ while the patient has to decide whether or not to seek medical care‚ and go along with the treatment recommended by the physician. Patients have both rights and responsibilities when it comes to their health and the health care services
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We must pay attention to the psychological state of the patient when applying the full program to get rid of obesity‚ we must convince that to get rid of this disease will not be overnight‚ the disease needs a long time‚ Insisting on applying these steps until you get the best results‚ it is first and foremost for the patient to get rid of obesity‚ the patient should revolve around three important things: conviction‚ persistence and patience. involves on
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Patient Teaching J. D. is a 3 yr old boy with West Syndrome‚ absence of the corpus callosum‚ and developmentally delayed with controlled spasms since 10/2012 until recently when J.D. presented to Miller Children’s emergency department with several episodes of spasm-like activity and vomiting up his keppra. Mom describes the episodes a 5-10 seconds in duration‚ with upward and outward jerking of his arms. The learner‚ which will be the mother‚ speaks English as her first language‚ she has a
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Patients with AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV causes the human immune system to be altered‚ causing the human body to be vulnerable to infections and diseases. AIDS is a growing virus in the human race affecting men‚ women‚ and children. Target Population In the past‚ white homosexual males and intravenous drug users were people who were known as targeted population for Aids
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For one who plans on having a career in the medical field‚ is bound to have patients come in who’s allegation may not always be true due to tests contradicting their information. These are the types of situation where‚ as a physician‚ one needs to be careful in order to prevent making the patient angry or in some cases embarrassed. As physicians‚ it is our job to make sure that our patients feel they can be trusted and respected at the same time. Personally‚ I need to make sure that all of the information
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