26 year old Native American female admitted with the diagnosis of Cellulitis. Her chief complaint of fever and vomiting that started at 1600 on 11/2/2016 with pain‚ swelling and redness in the right and left forearm. Patient reported shooting up Opana and using cocaine in the last 12 hours. Patient cleans her needles with Clorox and believes she may have injected Clorox into her right forearm. She also reports pain in the left forearm as well. The patient has no known drug allergy‚ no past medical
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The ethical dilemma This case presents an ethical dilemma‚ a situation which arises when one must choose between mutually exclusive alternatives (Beauchamp& Walters‚ 2003). Decisions may have results that are desirable in some respects and undesirable in others. In Juana ’s case‚ her decision to refuse the blood transfusion had the desired outcome of allowing her to remain true to her religious beliefs. However‚ her choice also resulted in her death. If she had followed the recommendation of
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Intro 350 In this assignment‚ I selected a case study (refer to appendix) in which I will be linking my Sam to the legal‚ ethical‚ professional and personal factors that are raised in the scenario. My essay will relate back to my Sam throughout while linking to relevant legislations and guidance stated by the nursing and midwifery council. In my chosen scenario‚ this issues of consent and mental capacity and a potential safeguarding concern are raised. I have decided to use the issue of consent
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international markets to relate to the cause and actually collaborate with it. It might be hard though getting a skilled manufacturing and managing workforce that is able to successfully reach the retailer’s goal. Finally‚ mass social media communication is
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Care Planning Proforma 5NH008 Patient/Client…………………………………………………………………………………… PBL Group/Site/Facilitator………………………………………………………………… Problem/Need Outcome Nursing Care Interventions Evaluation Write a problem statement identifying an actual or potential need How does this impact on the patient/user? Ensure this statement is personalised Patient problems should have been identified with the patient/carer/parent following holistic assessment Identify a short term and long term goal
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intercultural communication challenges to better their communication in the workplace and improve student learning. Through conducting secondary research‚ the authors revealed that nurses faced difficulties when communicating with “culturally and linguistically diverse colleagues and students” (Henderson et al.‚ 2016). As result of these findings‚ descriptive qualitative research was conducted among clinical nurses‚ nurse academics‚ and student nurses to identify what intercultural communication challenges
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care and clear communication and honesty is the key to the trust built between nurses and those in our care ‚To facilitate that trust we must be able to communicate effectively and clearly. Effective communication is fundamental to good nursing practise and to improved patient care and without it we will fail. Communication as defined by the Oxford Dictionary; The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking‚ writing‚ or using some other medium. Flin states‚ ’Communication is the transfer
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consent in clinical nursing and midwifery practice. This essay is an overview of the patient’s right to accept or decline their treatment as a part of patients’ autonomy in self-decision making. Some issue that faced by the health professionals in refusal of treatment are highlighted. The discussion part deeply argue about the compromised autonomy of patients and the ethical dilemmas that confront by health professionals in safeguarding wishes of patients in that situations. The nursing and midwifery
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governed by the states Board of Nursing‚ but other laws and regulations may impact practice‚ and other boards may play a role. The purpose of this paper is to develop a greater understanding of the scope of practice for nurse practitioners within the state of Oklahoma. Oklahoma’s mission for nurse practitioners is to promote‚ advance‚ and support high standards of health care delivery. The Association of Oklahoma Nurse Practitioners (AONP) and the Oklahoma Board of Nursing will help recognize professional
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1. In the Essentials‚ what‚ if anything‚ surprised you‚ is new to you or did you find confusing or unclear about the role of the BSN nurse? As I read The Essential of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice (American Association of Colleges of Nursing‚ 2008) I found that most of the material was not foreign to me as we have become familiar with it throughout our courses here at NAU. I did find essential V as a surprise as it states that BSN nurse should be familiar with the financial
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