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    Employ a range of communication strategies and processes which are central to the work in palliative care; Effective communication skills with those who display emotions such as anger‚ fear‚ sadness‚ depression‚ withdrawal or confusion People when diagnosed with a life limiting illness can show a range of different emotions such as fear‚ sadness and anger. You need to be sensitive towards your patient showing these emotions and you should also have compassion. Effective communication skills with

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    effective patient-centered care even in the presence of cultural conflict (Campinha-Bacote‚ 2011). As a future nurse educator‚ my role will encompass assisting students to provide patients culturally competent care “... even when the patient’s health beliefs‚ practices‚ and values are in direct conflict ...” with that of the student or medical team to achieve positive patient outcomes (para. 1). Two concepts discovered are that patient-centered care and cultural competency aim to provide patients high-quality

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    Politics‚ Legislation‚ and Implications to Patient Care Abstract There are constant changes to laws and legislation regarding patient care and safety. The purpose of this report is to inform the reader of recent and upcoming changes to legislation that may affect nursing care of patients. Research by L. Aiken‚ et al. and A. Tourangeau‚ support the need for higher education of registered nurses. Their research proves that patient outcomes are improved when registered nurses carry

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    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Alicia Rodgers HSA 505 – Health Services Planning and Marketing Dr. Gwendolyn Francavillo October 23‚ 2011 Abstract There have many attempts to reconstruct our nation’s health care system. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ better known as Health Care Reform‚ is a federal law that was passed on March 23‚ 2010. This statute was passed in order to guarantee medical care and insurance coverage to all Americans; reduce costs of coverage;

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    By providing Family Centred Care and allowing the presence of a primary care giver it is not only important for the emotional health of a hospitalised child‚ it can also help the family to feel involved in the care and decision making‚ it also allows parents to remain in control of their child and have a positive effect on the family’s health as a whole‚ with reports showing that the biggest cause of stress for parents of hospitalised children is the lack of parental control (Corlett & Twycross‚

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    factors within a family unit can affect a family’s ability to access and utilize appropriate healthcare resources. According to Bodenheimer and Grumbach‚ (2012) access to health care is affected by many factors such as the ability to pay for services‚ availability of medical members‚ the location of the facility‚ and the availability of transportation to reach these services (p. 17). All of these factors can have a significant impact a family’s ability to meet their health care needs. These factors

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    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Com/215 The American Health Care system has been the subject of many political stances since the early 19th Century. Within the last 5 years‚ the view of providing proper health reform has been delivered in many different forms. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as “ObamaCare” or ACA is a national health care plan aimed at reforming

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    Study of Mario Abstract Counseling members of the Latino culture who reside in the United States comes with many challenges‚ as family structure‚ economic‚ and social factors influence an individual’s ability to cope with his new surroundings. In the case study of Mario‚ an examination of his US residency and the motivational role his family played in his relocation is crucial in determining his mental state and understanding of support. Latino men are generally hesitant to seek counseling and admit

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    Annette Shifflett POL 210 J. Pedigo The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ which was signed by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010‚ put into place healthcare and insurance reforms intended to assist all Americans in their endeavor to obtain affordable healthcare and insurance. Those Americans‚ who had been previously unable to obtain even basic healthcare because they made too much money for Medicaid but could not afford to pay insurance

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    Layoffs in Hospitals can affect patients care. Teresa Carlos COMM/215 August 26‚ 2013 Layoffs in Hospitals can affect patient care. Today’s expanded healthcare environment requires nurses to provide high quality care to achieve best patient outcomes and satisfaction‚ but also the healthcare system is required to reduce costs provided on healthcare at the same time. One of the ways to reduce cost in hospitals is to layoff the personnel; RN’s‚ LPN’s‚ UAP’s‚ and transporters. “Nurses are experiencing

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