Nursing Liability The American Nurse Association provides guidelines and policies for standards of care and scope of practice; they are listed in the Nurse Practice act. While hospital policies may vary from facility to facility it is the Nurse Practice Act that guides and dictates the standards by which nurse perform their duties and are held liable. Nurse have the legal duty of adhering to the standards of care whenever they are taking care of patients‚ when they fail to perform to these standard
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Cultural Assessment Culture in Nursing Nurses need to be culturally sensitive and culturally competent because a person’s culture is the foundation for what they believe in and how they act. It is especially important when it comes to a person’s health. A patient’s culture can influence the decisions they make in regards to their health and treatment. Berman‚ Snyder‚ Kozier‚ Erb (2008‚ p.506) define culture as “nonphysical traits‚ such as values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes‚ and customs‚ that are shared
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The Sophists believed that truth is based on relativism. Relativism is the belief that knowledge is determined by specific qualities of the observer‚ including ethnicity‚ age‚ gender‚ religious training‚ and cultural conditioning. The Sophists taught that we only believed things that seem true according to our culture. They also taught that individuals only believe that their ways are best because that is what truth within their culture is. The Sophists also break down relativism into two basic
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‘models of reflection’ which have been proposed. Evaluate your findings‚ discussing ways these models can be applied. Critically analyse at least two of these models of reflection and write a report which explains the model‚ sets out your analysis and conclusions and describes how you will use your chosen model. Whether we talk of Froebel‚ Dewey‚ Kolb or Gibb‚ these few along with many other learned psychiatrists‚ psychologists and child experts have one thing in common. Reflection. After all
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Nursing Informatics Nursing informatics can best be described “as the integration of data‚ information and knowledge to support patients and clinicians in decisions across roles and settings‚ using information structures‚ process‚ and technology” (Knight & Shea‚ p. 93). Nursing informatics has evolved over the last half decade from a system with only a few abilities to a worldwide technological system used in many hospital settings and physician offices in order to unify healthcare‚ eliminate error
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AN INDEPENDENT VOICE FOR NURSING Concept Analysis of Acculturation in Filipino Immigrants Within Health Context Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ is a Doctoral candidate in Nursing (Research & Education) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Keywords Acculturation‚ Filipino immigrants‚ concept analysis Correspondence Reimund Serafica‚ MSN‚ RN‚ School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene‚ University of Hawaii at Manoa‚ Honolulu‚ HI 96822. E-mail: reimund@hawaii.edu nuf_231 128..136
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Communication (from Latin "communis"‚ meaning to share) is the activity of conveying information through the exchange of thoughts‚ messages‚ or information‚ as by speech‚ visuals‚ signals‚ writing‚ or behavior. It is the meaningful exchange of information between two or a group of person. One definition of communication is “any act by which one person gives to or receives from another person information about that person’s needs‚ desires‚ perceptions‚ knowledge‚ or affective states. Communication
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MANAGEMENT - MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION COMMUNICATION AND COORPORATION WS SEMESTER 2012 ALEXANDER ODARTEY LAMPTEY WS/MBA/12/13/00164 MBA-Communication and Coorporation (WS/MBA/12/13/00164) Communication and Coorporation WS/MBA/12/13/00164 WS12/13 - Research Project The quest for leadership and organizational success requires the identification‚ reliance‚ application and implementation of effective leadership communication strategies‚ theories‚ models and tools in today’s
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Introduction The purpose of the Communications Management Plan is to define the communication requirements for the project and how information will be distributed. The Communications Management Plan defines the following: What information will be communicated—to include the level of detail and format How the information will be communicated—in meetings‚ email‚ telephone‚ web portal‚ etc. When information will be distributed—the frequency of project communications both formal and informal Who is
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Reflection UNCC 100: By Natalie Harris – S00132892 Personally I have been fortunate enough to be one of the few people in relation to the world‚ who have been born into the wealth of the western world. Receiving an education‚ a home to live in and a good health care system. This reflection will discuss the common good and social justice in regard to the mission of the Australian catholic university‚ the affect it has had on my life and strategy’s
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