Assessment of the Family: A Nursing Priority Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Terese Verklan December 7‚ 2014 Assessment of the Family: A Nursing Priority Family Health is very important in the nursing assessment. The patient outcome and recovery depends on the family support of the patient. One way to assess a family is by using Gordon’s Health Patterns. Gordon’s functional health patterns provide a holistic model for assessment of family because assessment
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Green Life Nursing Institute‚ Diploma in Nursing Science & Midwifery Session : 2010 --- 2011 Subject: English lll 3rd year Final Exam of 5th semester Full marks: 50 July 2013 Time: 2 hrs 1. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions. 3×5= 15 Insomnia can be caused by medication‚ herbs or caffeine‚ stressful life events can also be a contributing factor
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Care Quality of Nursing Homes in America The quality of care in nursing homes around the country is a topic that has become heavily researched over the past 30 years. In some parts of the world‚ like Wales‚ residents appreciate the care they receive from loving nurses and good programs (Palfrey‚ 2011). However‚ in many countries such as the United States‚ residents argue that there is a major need for reform in the nursing home industry. This issue has recently become overwhelmingly important
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Decision-making is an imperative part of nursing. In order to make a decision many factors have to be evaluated for a conclusion to be made. This process is involved in every aspect of patient care and a higher level of thinking is necessary when carried out by a nurse. Critical thinking involves examining the data‚ weighing its evidence‚ and selecting a decision based on the best rational criteria. This is important because decision-making by nurses has a direct effect on the care they deliver to
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nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing by her "vision of trained nurses and her model of nursing education" (Stanhope
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Cause and Effects of the Nursing Shortage Abstract The nursing shortage is a growing concern for the nation. The aging population is causing more demand for qualified healthcare professionals. At the same time‚ healthcare professionals are retiring faster than they can be replaced. This shortage of nursing professionals is causing more overtime work‚ which creates more nursing errors. Scholarships and grants are being awarded to students to try and generate more nursing professionals. Many
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The Image and Voice of Nursing May 19‚2012 Introduction One of the most diverse and powerful profession is nursing. Although it is a powerful profession the image of nursing does not reflect this. The importance of nursing is shaped by the images people see as patients‚ family members‚ members of a community and in the media. Over time there have been many images of nursing from angels to sexual cartoons. There have been many nurses who have had a voice
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Philosophy 1. How are Plato’s and Descartes’ views of the soul/self similar? Both Plato and Descartes believe that the soul/self is best (or only) to think and learn separate from the body and its faculties. According to Plato‚ “the soul reasons best without bodily senses.” Plato claims that sight‚ hearing‚ pain‚ and pleasure are a distraction to the soul in its search for reality‚ and that true knowledge can only be achieved with pure thought alone. “The body confuses the soul and prevents
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opportunities in which healthcare professionals are able to help patients‚ and there are many opportunities for failure with patients. When an unexpected outcome occurs‚ it is prudent to explore the occurrence and the path which resulted in this outcome. This paper describes the use of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) in a scenario involving a patient death‚ and then utilizes Change Theory and Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) to demonstrate effective
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Historical development of Nursing Timeline Iva Sandford HCS 513 January 30‚ 2011 Jenna Hasenour Historical development of Nursing Timeline Nursing has not always been a respected profession. In fact‚ it was a job reserved for the women of “ill repute.”A publication once read that a nurse should not be subject to headaches or easily “knocked up” (Hutchinson‚ 1998). However‚ as the timeline below shows‚ nursing has evolved over time because of the many contributions of those before us have
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