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    in the nurse-patient relationship. Nurses have the abilities to develop a therapeutic relationship that focuses on the needs of the patients. The best way to achieve effective nurse-patient relationship is through communication. Communication barriers have been one of the major causes of poor patient care. And if these communication barriers were lifted‚ it can help the nurse earn the patients’ trust while also creating some boundaries. I believe that the focus of nursing is patient-centered care

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    Patient Confidentiality‚ a Case Study Inna Gerenshteyn Empire State College Patient Confidentiality‚ A Case Study Advances in technology‚ including computerized medical databases‚ the Internet‚ and telehealth‚ have opened the door to potential‚ unintentional breaches of private/confidential health information. Protection of privacy/confidentiality is essential to the trusting relationship between health care providers and patients. Quality patient care requires the communication of

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    therapeutic relationship and why developing this with patients is important. Firstly‚ Communication is verbal and non-verbal. It is‚ therefore‚ defined as an act of conversing with people‚ to pass information‚ to consort‚ to express thoughts‚ to send a message across and being understood. However‚ it is a process that involves both patient and nurse actively. Consequently‚ nurses need to create a positive emotional atmosphere for the patient to relax and happy to communicate. Additionally‚ Nursing

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    has focused on measuring and reporting hospitals’ adoption of evidence based practices to improve patient safety. Through annual surveys‚ the program measures whether hospitals have adopted these practices and make the data publicly available on the Leapfrog Group Web site (http://www.leapfroggroup.org). One goal of the program is to direct consumers to hospitals that have adopted Leapfrog’s patient safety practices. Overall‚ I think it is useful for the public to have this information available

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    EE4791 Database Systems Guidelines* for Tutorial 1 * Disclaimer: These are guidelines‚ rather than the actual solutions. 1. For each of the following pairs of entities indicate whether (under typical university circumstances) there is a one-to-many or a many-to-many relationship. Then using the shorthand notation introduced in the lecture‚ draw a diagram for each of the relationships. a. STUDENT and COURSE (students register for courses) Many-to-many (M:N) STUDENT COURSE b. BOOK

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    The patient intake process‚ simply said‚ is the process of taking information to establish new patients into your facility. This process is almost never the same between facilities‚ however no matter how it is done‚ it is very time consuming. The process can also involve updating already established patient’s information. You do this simply by reviewing their information with them to make sure that it is all the same. Once they are finished providing you with any new or updated information it

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    The concept of patient autonomy is directly linked to the concept of patient choice. According to Beauchamp and Childress (1994) autonomous patients are capable of understanding and acting intentionally without controlling influences or manipulation. Intrinsic in the principle of autonomy is the right to self determination on which is anchored the idea that an individual is entitled to make decisions about their current treatment as well as about any future treatment for when they become incapacitated

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    pain‚ and shortness of breath. He received coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery to repair 4 blood vessels. This patient has a history of coronary artery disease‚ hypertension‚ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)‚ hyperlipidemia‚ and a partial colectomy due to cataracts. My preceptor and I took care of Mr. C the day he received the CABG surgery. The patient returned to the CICU very drowsy and restless. As a few hours went by we noticed he was having multiple hallucinations.

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    Patient teaching is an important factor when it comes to nursing. The patient must be aware of the things occurring so that they can provide self-care and make medical decisions. Each and every individual should be educated on heart attacks; it’s one of the most important areas in nursing. Many people are not aware of how dangerous this could be. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States (it’s responsible for 1 of every 2.9 deaths). Research from 2009 estimated 610

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    use this situation for my reflection the patient will be referred to as “James”. This is in order that his real name is protected and that confidentially maintained in line with the An Bord Altranais Code of Professional Conduct (2000). James‚ a seventeen year old boy was admitted with a fractured wrist who suffers with schizophrenia. Jame’s condition caused him to have delusions and hallucinations which made him act inappropriately towards other patients and staff. He found it hard to relax and

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