Malpractice or Poor Judgement? The practice of medicine has never claimed to be an exact science. In fact‚ it is very much a hit-and-miss situation. Taking into account these above factors‚ India seems to be on a destructive trend regarding their level of health care. Ever since private medical services fell under the Consumer Protection Act (COPRA) in April 1993‚ the number of malpractice suits filed against doctors has begun to soar. For example‚ in Kerala‚ approximately 1800 cases (15%
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This week was the first time I did my clinical rotation as an FNP student and it was absolutely a completely new world for me! Why? First‚ I was expecting to just follow my preceptor who is a PA as I mentioned before. However‚ it was great that I an opportunity to follow my PA’s supervising physician who is a surgeon! Before going any further‚ I would like to share that I am in a specialty clinic – hand surgery - a subspecialty of orthopedics. The clinic deals with issues related to the elbow and
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Clinical Reflection: This week in clinical I had my first real labor and delivery experience. My patient‚ RW‚ was admitted for pre-Eclampsia and headache. She was my first patient to be married and older than me‚ so my experience was a little different. One of the most striking complications of her pregnancy was her obesity. She had a BMI of 49.89‚ which complicated her FHR monitoring‚ mobility‚ and labor progression. RW had also had back surgery which was complicated by osteomyelitis
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Theorist Dr. Patricia Benner Tricia Ulferts Northern Illinois University Introduction Dr. Patricia Benner is a nursing theorist whose experience with the Dreyfus Model of Skill Acquisition has earned her many awards and honors for her contribution to the nursing profession. In her work From Novice to Expert: Excellence and Power in Clinical Nursing Practice‚ Dr. Benner introduced the concept that expert nurses develop skills and understanding of patient care over time using a sound educational
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Frankenstein: Who Should Be Judged and Who Should Receive Sympathy? In 1818‚ Mary Shelley published her first novel‚ Frankenstein. We have all heard of the tales of Victor Frankenstein. He was man who crossed a line between playing scientist and God. He created a living being out of various body parts of human corpuses. Even though his creation was already breathing‚ he realized the error in his ways. Instead of terminating the living being‚ he cast the monster out into the harsh world. Some audiences
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Examine Clinical Psychology The History of Clinical Psychology Clinical Psychology is the part of the psychology field that focuses on treatment and evaluation of mental illness‚ psychiatric issues and abnormal behaviors. The treatment that developed in clinical psychology assists persons with their development as an individual and well-being (The History‚ 2013). Clinical psychology started at the University of Pennsylvania in 1896 when a clinic was
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CLINICAL ASSESSMENT Clinical Assessment Psychology 270 April 20‚ 2013 Information that I would like to learn is about Clara’s history. I would like to learn more about her biological parents if the information is available. What was she like before she was adopted‚ what type of lifestyle her biological parents had and whether there were factors involved such as: drugs‚ alcohol‚ etc? Some questions that I would ask would be: Does she have friends or siblings‚ and if so how does she interact
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Immanuel Kant’s critique of the power of judgement is an analysis to point out the necessary conditions of what judgement is. His critique contains four moments which are four analyses of why human beings need to appeal to reason to establish beauty‚ rather than experience. He says that aesthetic judgements or what he likes to call judgements of taste are rooted in a person’s subjective feelings‚ but also contain universality. Kant believes our feelings of beauty are immensely different from our
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Judgement The main theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ is judgement. Because of Hawthorne’s broken past many of his writings focus on sin and judgement in Puritan societies. Throughout The Scarlet Letter we journey with Hester as she returns to her village after being held in jail because of her grievous sin of adultery. Hawthorne uses Chillingworth and the townspeople in order to show that‚ “When we judge others we are not defining them we are defining ourselves.” When
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The Last Judgement by Michelangelo: 1535ish The last judgment is a painting that covers an entire wall in the Sistine Chapel. This is a fresco painting and it’s 48 by 44 feet. This painting was inspired by the Christian bible and portrays the second coming of Christ. This painting draws your attention from the center where Christ is standing with his mother beside him and extends to towards his surrounding‚ which is all different saints with various instruments. Initially‚ most of the characters
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