Guanxi is one of the powerful forces in chinese culture‚ literally means “Relationship”. The concept of Guanxi has its roots from the Confucianism which came into existence since 5th BC and became the culture of china. In confucianism the relationship is given the importance in the family or in the workplace or in the social life. Guanxi express the relationship of one person to another or to one party to another. However‚ more importantly the term also express an obligation of one party to another
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Nursing Considerations for Mr. J.’s Visit to the E.R. Mr. J. is an 84 year old man who was admitted to the hospital for assessment after a fall. His physical assessment indicated multiple contusions to the face and shoulder‚ an unkept appearance and possible malnourished state. While a CAT scan and x-ray showed no fractures or bleeding‚ the fact that the patient had head trauma was most alarming. Traumatic injury to the head could lead to a hemorrhagic stroke or cerebrovascular accident‚ could
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Thank you for bringing this case to our attention. I had an opportunity to review this case with our Triage RN. Patient was referred to ED due to patient’s age (85 y/o)‚ history (long snapshot of chronic medical conditions) and symptoms (unresolved cough x 1 month‚ weakness‚ low blood pressure). Our RN thought this patient would be admitted and her intention was to expedite admission/transfer process. As far as having various conversations of ER transfers‚ we have had challenges in this area
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Relevance to nursing practice. Death is highly relevant to nursing as the nursing staff faces the death of a patient almost every day (depends on the department they are in). The debate against hiding patient’s prognosis to informing them must be greatly considered. Before considering such action‚ nurses need to know what is best for the patient and what constitutes a good death. The representation of a good death is when one is relief of symptoms‚ open communication is present‚ the individual dignity
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PPM continues to be relevant and representative of the current nursing practice. During one such discussion on 5 South‚ the clinical nurses discovered an issue in the discharge process related to the PPM 3A’s of authority‚ autonomy‚ and accountability. In quarter 1‚ 2015‚ 5 South scored 88.3% always‚
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Nursing Diagnosis #1 Analysis. This is an 89 year old male who recently admitted to the hospital after complaints of persistent diarrhea with history of recurrent Clostridium difficile. He stated that he has had a bout of diarrhea that has been unresolved after completing a round of vancomycin and has recently lost an excess of 5 pounds. Dehydration was initially treated with intravenous fluids. However‚ it was discovered that he was in acute kidney failure and was diagnosed with acute kidney
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Baker IDI heart and Diabetes Institute is the Primary healthcare facility which helps to maintain the health and well being of each individual in the community. This essay is focused on the services provided by Bakers IDI and describes the importance of service learning to the Nursing students. It also explains the aims and benefits of service learning to nursing students. Bakers IDI is one of the leading Diabetes and Heart institute of Australia which has the mission of reducing disability
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Heart disease‚ stroke‚ cancer‚ diabetes‚ and arthritis are the most common‚ costly‚ and preventable chronic diseases in the United States. Seventy percent of the total deaths in the U.S. are attributed to chronic diseases and fifty percent of that deaths are due to heart disease and stroke. Total expenditure for treatment of chronic diseases is $277 billion (Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion‚ 2012). Disease management is the key factor in managing these chronic conditions and improving the quality
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achieved magnet status are better than those in healthcare organizations that do not have such a status (Administrator‚ 2011). However there are some benefits to this program as hospitals that possess the magnet status can demonstrate high levels of nursing staff retention when compared to other hospitals. They also have a better chance of recruiting more competent and qualified nurses when compared to other area hospitals within the marketplace‚ this can lead to a higher quality of
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a) What was the problem from a project manager’s point of view? This case study is purely management failure case study and there are many big lessons that one has to learn when big names like Target Canada and their big team move ahead with really unrealistic approach. The mistakes can happen from one person while working alone‚ but when mistakes happens when a larger crew or team with a series of long arguments and discussions is not acceptable at any times. The whole Target Canada launch team
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