Introduction In nursing there are some Fundamental patterns of knowing that help nurses in making informed decisions when in practice (Estabrooks 2005). Barbara Carper identifies the four basic patters of knowing; empiric as the science of nursing‚ aesthetic as the art of nursing‚ personal knowledge and ethics as the moral component (Kingsley 2002).This report will outline the four patterns of knowing and indicate how Melanie should have used them to make an informed decisions while looking after
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Date -29-15 Josh Ellsworth Sgt. Supervising Team 4 Patrol 6 to 6 3 12 work shift He supervises 5 employees. He has been an 8 year employee Policy for reporting an injury> to immediately inform a supervisor and depending what the circumstances were‚ he would have the injured employee complete a memorandum. Should if injured they would be taken to San Gorgonian Hospital. He has known of the claimant for 12 years. He was a pct. Assigned to the COP community policy unit He believes that he was assigned
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Presenting Problem Pt is a 16 y/o white female presetting to NNBHC with mother due to suicidal statements. Pt mother reports the pt made suicidal statements about self-harm about a week ago‚ due to not getting her way or attention seeking behaviors. Pt mother stated she attempted suicide a year ago by overdosing on brother’s medication due to conflict between her boyfriend. Pt currently denies SI/HI. The pt states she has been depressed due to the transition of moving with biological mother.
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to American Nurses Association website‚ nursing- sensitive indicators are defined as the structure‚ process and outcomes of nursing care (nursingworld.org). Quality care for patients in the hospital is important to their healing process. It is important to know what the nursing-sensitive indicators are and how they affect patients. The indicators are intended to focus plans and programs to increase quality and safety in patient care. In this scenario with Mr. J‚ many members of the healthcare
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Introduction of case study My case study done at ward 3(female ward)‚ Hospital T and the title is bronchopneumonia‚ I choose this title because that is often occur at the ward. Patient L is a 14 years old Chinese girls and she came to hospital complaint of cough with greenish sputum as long as 2 weeks‚ she had fever at home and complaint of chest pain. She came from A&E admitted at ward 3 at 30/4/2012 (Monday)‚ 3.35pm accompanied with PPK. She admitted at the ward 3 as long as 5 days and she
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model of nursing for assessment of a patient presenting with an ectopic pregnancy. The discussion begins with a definition of ectopic pregnancy. This will be followed with the introduction to the patient and an explanation of the model used to assess the patient. The assessment is based on pre-operative care. One particular identified need of the patient will be discussed in detail in relation to the care implemented. The care provided will be critiqued along with a critique of model of nursing. Ectopic
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Introduction Page 3 Risk Scenario Related to Patient Care and Safety Page 5 Risk Scenario Related to the Physical Plant Page 9 Risk Scenario Related to Staffing Page 13 Best Practices in 4 Hospitals Page 15 Tenet Healthcare Page 16 Cleveland Clinic Stroke Improvement Plan Page 17 Conclusion Page 18 References Page 19 Introduction The issue of risk scenario carries immense importance for most
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of the illness. Nurse case managers influence the disease process through the sharing of their knowledge‚ providing community based resources‚ and the relationships that are formed with the patient (Cohen & Cesta‚ 2005). The purpose of this paper is to describe how the nurse and healthcare organizations can provide supportive and preventative patient
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Team Consultation Case Scenario #1: CPS The team meeting: Your job is to be supportive and reflective as you process the problem and help the worker establish a plan of action. You must reach a consensus about the plan. Follow the 5 steps. A family has just moved into the state and the FBSS worker has been working with this family for 2 months. She has developed close ties with the children and mother. The father has remained aloof. The children have made an outcry of physical abuse‚ the mother
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important. One barrier to this intervention is that this intervention may add a tremendous amount of work for the nurses who are already busy with their everyday workload and they may be unwilling to participate in the intervention. If that is the case Prairie Winds could hire a third nurses who works with the residents and every week the third nurse can do home visits for a certain amount of residents to ensure that each month every resident gets a home visit at least once. Though if Praire Winds
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