Mr. Williams is a 42 year old male who presented to the the ED with severe anxiety. He denies feelings of depression‚ however reports frequent crying spells over the course of the past few weeks. At the time of the assessment Mr. Williams is calm and cooperative. Mr. Williams reports tonight while at work he became tearful‚ felt like his face was heating up‚ and "butterflies in his stomach." He expressed the noise from the machine had some effect on his mood. Mr. Williams reports over the past few
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Nursing Practice Ms. Cadillac-Tessitore is an intermittent employee hired to help develop and train the Hemodialysis Registered Nurse’s to perform peritoneal dialysis. She helped the Nurse Manager and peritoneal Coordinator in the planning‚ coordination and implementation of the program. This is a brand new program‚ developed to bring back the Veterans who are receiving their care out in the community. With the complexity of their care due to increased co-morbidities it is critical for them to
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Nurses must consider the needs and respect the values of every patient. The nine provisions of the Code of Ethics for Nurses establishes guidelines to ensures that every patient is treated with dignity‚ respect and decisions being made on behalf of the patient conform to ethical standards. To promote dignity and respect‚ nurses need to communicate openly‚ honestly‚ and sincerely to gain the trust of their patients and provide care without prejudgment. Factors that may impact decision making of the
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about is a seventy year old male who has been married for nearly fifty years. He has two grown up sons‚ both married with children of their own. Mr Woods has Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease diagnosed ten years ago. Prior to this disease Mr Woods was a lifelong smoker‚ beginning at the age of fourteen years‚ smoking up to thirty cigarettes per day. Mr Woods condition has progressively worsened over the past few years‚ and he now requires home oxygen therapy. A patient was brought into the
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Prior to this assignment‚ I thought that medical ethics meant to practice nursing as a prudent nurse would practice‚ in a socially acceptable way. Ethical behavior is one doing what is right rather than what is wrong. I knew that all medical professionals had to comply with patient confidentiality‚ but I did not realize that all medical professionals‚ including writers‚ were held accountable just as if they were providing bedside patient care. I never considered medical writing before and never wrote
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Z-CORP’s scenario is a perfect story of what us as individuals might undergo in our practical life. Every so often a certain interest is favored over another‚ and it is our responsibility to make a rational decision. There are a lot of factual issues that concern Z-CORP’s standpoint. It is not explicit if Z-CORP has violated city regulations‚ and if so‚ to what extent. Richardson believes that according to his new (more sensitive test) that Z-CORP is indeed over the city limit –slightly. However
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passed in 2010. The nursing profession is one of the largest divisions in the healthcare workforce and requires large transformations in order to meet the goals that the United States has set forth. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) conducted a report in 2010 which laid out recommendations for health care professions in order to make the goals attainable. Transforming education‚ transforming practice‚ and transforming leadership are three areas that greatly impact the nursing profession (IOM‚ 2010)
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1. Admit the patient using critical thinking skills to assess and prioritise nursing interventions related to Audrey’s. • Comfort and Safety. Audrey who is diagnosed with fractured left NOF (neck of femur) must be evaluated using pain assessment to obtain the optimal pain management intervention. Analgesics and non-pharmacologic approaches will be helpful to ease her pain and anxiety(Fink‚ 2000). As for her safety‚ the bed must be lowered down‚ side rails up if necessary and all her needs must
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“Nursing encompasses autonomous and collaborative care of individuals of all ages‚ families‚ groups and communities‚ sick or well and in all settings. The role of a nurse includes the promotion of health‚ prevention of illness‚ policy and education.” (Lankshear‚ S.‚ Personal Communication. 2015.) But a nurses’ most important job is to provide compassionate‚ and ethically- sound care to every client that comes into their wake while keeping a calming demeanor. This demeanor is known as mindfulness
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maintaining patient confidentiality and respecting their decision about what information they disclosed and withheld (Johnston 2016; Hann‚ Ivester & Denton‚ 2017). Autonomy is one of the four key principles in nursing (Johnston‚ 2016) respecting‚ which should be a nurses’ priority (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)‚
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