In the article‚ “Latino Immigrant Acculturation and Crime‚” written by Lorna L. Alvarez-Rivera‚ Matt R. Nobles‚ and Kim N. Lersch‚ the authors exposed that the rapid increase in the Hispanic population established the Latino immigrant acculturation in the American lifestyle‚ generating a more crime-related problem rather than less. Today‚ the Hispanic people represent for over 14% of the United States population‚ becoming the “fast growing minority group” in our country (Alvarez-Rivera‚ Nobles‚ and
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Caring for Dementia Patients Rodrick Williams English 122 Professor Susan Turner – Colon Caring for Dementia Patient It can be very difficult caring for a patient with dementia. Most caregivers are unaware of the problems‚ they must face. A family member attempting to care for a loved one without training will eventually turn to a Nursing Home that has experienced staff in the care of dementia patients. Although many families feel a sense of
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quality of care we delivery is very important not just to the patient‚ but also the nurse. When we care for patients it is important to make the patients the priority and make their clinical experience a good one. A nurse usually develops their plan of care to satisfy the patients needs‚ so we call that patient-centered care. Dabney and Tzeng (2013) describes patient-centered care as a therapeutic relationship that occurs among health care providers and the patients that are receiving health care services
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nurse but‚ the patient and the rest of the staff as well. By the term “aim” I mean a goal‚ after receiving hand off report from your nurse collegue a nurse can than gather that information to develop their goal for the day. Goals are important‚ they determine the focus of the nurse and allow them to accomplish their tasks efficiently and in a timely manner. Core Competency: Managing Patient-Centered Care Let’s face it‚ a nurse would not have a career if it were not for patients‚ this does not mean
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Writing Assignment #7 Tiara Diaz ITT Technical Institute/Breckinridge School of Nursing NUR 270 Jennifer Kyte APRN‚ MSN May 7th‚ 2012 The plan of care for a patient with esophagogastric balloon tamponade tubes is formulated around the primary nursing diagnosis of ineffective airway clearance related to aspiration of blood (Ackley‚ B.‚ Ladwig‚ G.‚ 2011) Bleeding often stop spontaneously‚ but if it does not‚ a Sengstaken-Blakemore or Minnesota tube is inserted to provide constant
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The Growing Latinos in America: Making the Next Generation the Greatest Working Resource Through Higher Education • Table of Content · Introduction................................................................................................. 3 · Investing in Latino Education ...................................................................... 3 · Latino Trends‚ Barriers and Hope ................................................................ 6 · Taking Steps to Promote College
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is one of the most substantial reforms in Medicare since 1965. This is now considered the law of the land according to Douglas Holtz-Eaton. The PPACA portrays a “coverage first” strategy. “Sadly‚ a review a of the state’s experience bodes poorly for the future of national reform.” (Point/Counterpoint 177) There are two major driving factors in which could propose a threat for this reform. The first factor is it costs too much. Many decades
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relationship with their children whilst in hospital. Family centred care has become very important in the hospital setting. In years past children who were admitted to hospital were left in the hands of the doctors and nurses and parents were only allowed to visit during visiting hours (Shields etal 1998). Caring for these children was left to the nurses. Later studies were done to show that children suffered greatly. (Shields et al). Family centred care involves not only the child but also incorporates
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ADN vs. BSN Approaches to Patient Care ADN vs. BSN Approaches to Patient Care Associates prepared nurses are able to sit for the NCLEX as well as bachelors prepared nurses. They are both able to practice and perform many of the same skills and procedures. Their differences in clinical competencies are few‚ but their differences in critical thinking‚ decision making‚ communication‚ leadership‚ and management techniques and abilities‚ are many. The bachelors prepared nurse has received
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p37-41w29_ART&SCIENCE 18/03/2011 15:20 Page 37 art & science literature review & Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia Scrase W‚ Tranter S (2011) Improving evidence-based care for patients with pyrexia. Nursing Standard. 25‚ 29‚ 37-41. Date of acceptance: December 29 2010. Summary Fever or pyrexia is a common clinical condition which nurses treat regularly. Fever and hyperpyrexia are defined in this article with a physiological explanation for this adaptive response
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