NURSING Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the
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What is clinical psychology? What do clinical psychologists do? How much do they make a year? What stress is put on them daily? Clinical psychology is a professional specialty concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain‚ emotional disturbance‚ and behavior problems. Basically‚ what clinical psychologists do is hold sessions‚ usually weekly‚ with patients‚ or clients to diagnose and treat their emotional or mental illness via interviews and tests. On a daily basis‚ they take part
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The Nursing Shortage: Why Today’s Shortage is Unique Introduction: The nursing profession has experienced shortages many times in the past. This pattern was cyclical‚ with periods of high vacancy rates followed by layoffs and an oversupply of registered nurses. Today‚ we are experiencing another drought for nursing‚ but due to many factors‚ this shortage is different from anything the profession has witnessed in previous years. There are many that feel this shortage is severe and prolonged
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Clinical Data Representation Codes Carolyn Irving Grantham University 1). Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine: The Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine (SNOMED) is maintained by the College of American Pathologists (CAP). SNOMED’s design is based on the premise that a detailed and specific nomenclature is essential to accurately reflect‚ in computer readable format‚ the complexity and diversity of information found in a patient record” (CAP‚ 2000; SNOMED‚ n.d.). It has multitaxial (11 fields) coding
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Surface area and Lateral surface area of Polyhedrons LSA or Lateral Surface Area refers to the sum of the areas of all the faces of a three-dimensional figure‚ excluding its bases. SA or Surface Area- refers to the sum of the areas of all the faces of a three-dimensional figure. It also referred to as the Total Surface Area (TSA). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Rectangular Prism LSA= P(h) *where P=perimeter of the base ; h= measurement of the height SA= 2B+ LSA *where B= area of the
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Rosemarie F. Daya Clinical Instructor Submitted by: Abastillas‚ Danesse R. BSN III- B / Group 5 February 2013 CHAPTER I OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY A. General Objective After ascertaining a nurse-patient interaction and wide-ranging assessment and providing care to the clients and attentive study of the client’s condition‚ student will be able to expand knowledge‚ developed skills‚ achieve comprehensive evaluation and augment attitude through the exploitation of the nursing process on the
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REFLECTION ON DOCUMENTATION ASSESSMENT EXPERIENCE I have come to learn that documentation is an important part of nursing practice‚ in the clinical setting (Perry & Potter‚ 2014). One of the fundamental aims for nurses in all areas is to safeguard the welfare of their patients through proper documentation ((Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia - Codes and Guidelines‚ n.d). This can be achieved by implementing and upholding good documentation practice through progress notes writing in every healthcare
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code: NPCG1011: Principles of Nursing Practice Module leader: Kay Townsend Assignment title: A critical reflection on practice Word Count: 1850 words The following essay will show the importance of reflection on practice in order to explore nursing skills for a patient well-being. For this reason‚ it will explain in more detail that understanding the evidence base which underpins nursing/patient care is an integral part of nursing practice. Also it will show the
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Presenting Problem: Pt is a 17 year old African American female presenting with PTSD‚ MDD‚ moderate with psychosis historically but no psychosis presently. Pt is presently transitioned to Riverside Acute Center due to making statements of self-harm and becoming aggressive towards staff that caused her to be restrained in Riverside Residential Unit. The therapist who has been working with her in residential believes that she is self-sabotaging. She has become increasingly volatile and has lost her
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Think back over the clinical experience you’ve had this semester. Share with your peers a change that has in your perception of community/public health nursing. Relate how this will impact your current place of employment. The clinical experience I have had in this semester definetly help me have better understanding about the role of a public health nurse and the importance of health and well-being of the communities. This is the foundation for me‚ as a nursing profesional‚ to reach out the community
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