the patient with diabetes make better food choices‚ based on how their bodies are responding to specific foods. Patients should be taught specific directions for obtaining an adequate blood sample and what to do with the numbers that they receive. Research has found that patients who have had education on the use of their meters and how to interpret the data are more likely to perform self-blood glucose monitoring on a regular basis (Franz‚ 2012). There are many different glucose monitors
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering scope
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Economic Critique University of Phoenix ECO371 January 21‚ 2013 Economic Critique Currently‚ our country is in a recession‚ and the unemployment rate is at an all-time high. The unemployment rate consists of people not only out of work but also those who can work and are actively looking for work (Colander‚ 2010). Unemployment also means there are more people out of work than there are jobs available (Colander
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What is nursing? What exactly does it mean to nurse a patient‚ and how has this definition changed over the past centuries? What does the discipline of nursing consist of? In this essay‚ I aim to attempt to answer these questions‚ along with the help of a myriad of nursing researchers whose studies have helped to broaden my perspective on what exactly it is that I now do for a living. I will be discussing the different types of nursing knowledge that assists us as nurses to care for patients and
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Nursing Jurisprudence Assignment #2 1. Intentional torts share three common elements as described in the text on page 113: There must be a volitional or willful act by the defendant. The person so acting must intend to bring about the consequences or appear to have intended to bring about the consequences. There must be causation. The act must be a substantial factor in bringing about the injury or consequences. Examples of intentional tort include: assault‚ battery‚ false imprisonment
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remember I was a sick child and‚ I figured that I wanted to be a nurse someone who was always helping people and that at a point of time in my life they helped me. Nursing is a health care profession that involves taking care of another person in which a person needs the formal education and training in the art of science of nursing. Nurses help individuals‚ families‚ and groups to achieve health and prevent diseases‚ and they care for the sick and injured using procedures based on knowledge‚ skill
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Nurse Educator The AACN Preferred Vision of the Professoriate in Baccalaureate and Graduate Nursing Programs (2008) states that “courses in the nursing program will be taught by faculty with graduate-level academic preparation and advanced expertise in the areas of content they teach.” There is national recognition‚ however‚ of the growing shortage of nursing educators to fill faculty and other educator roles within the healthcare delivery system. Master’s programs that prepare graduates for nurse
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The purpose of this assignment is to critique two research studies that I have identified from my practice. I am currently working as a community staff nurse within a District Nursing team (DN). Leg ulcers have a huge impact on the DNs workload‚ Moffat; Franks & Oldroyd (1992) evidenced that time spent by DNs caring for people with leg ulcers ranged from 9-22% of the total workload. Douglas (2001) informs us that leg ulceration affects around 1% of the population. This evidence has provided the author
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MUSIC CRITIQUE HANDEL’S MESSIAH A SOULFUL CELEBRATION Producers Qunicy Jones and Mervyn Warren took George Frederic Handel’s Messiah for a spin and did a wonderful job with it. They took a classical masterpiece and funk-defied it. This was one of the most important pieces of music to come across in decades‚ taking Handel’s Messiah to the masses of R & B lovers. In true style‚ the composer re-arranged Handel’s Messiah‚ to produce a classic collection of black music‚ while at the same time
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A Critique Paper President Aquino on Monday‚ July 22‚ 2013 delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA). They said that it was Pnoy’s longest SONA so far but has been applauded less frequently compared to last year. The President began his SONA by recalling how he started‚ nearly four years ago‚ a group of influencial people persuaded him to run in the 2010 presidential elections just when her mother died‚ promising him that while serious problems chase the country and assured
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