In 2012‚ I realized my life was not the life that I wanted to be living. I was unhappily married‚ severely overweight with several health ailments and not the kind of mother I wanted to be to my daughter. It was then when I came to the realization only I had the power to change my direction in life. On December 31‚ 2012 I underwent weight loss surgery and had a Lap-Band placed. Now‚ if one thing I have come to realize in life is that people are going to judge you no matter how hard you try and
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TUH. Upon review of current institutional policies it was discovered that Curos disinfecting port protectors were being used on "All patients‚ All lines‚ All the time" (AAA) in order to prevent central line associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI). Further research into proper maintenance and care of IV’s and CDC guidelines in order to meet 2016 National Patient Safety Goals ( NPSG) revealed that current practices may not
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Decision Making January 20th 2011 How Ethics Affects Nursing Practice In the nursing profession we have a respect for our patients but obtaining trust and maintaining the confidentiality of the patient’s information has been established from years ago starting with the Oath of Hippocratic. The patient’s confidentiality includes protecting any information the patient divulges to medical personal‚ and not disclosing or sharing the information to others. If trust is betrayed‚ the patient’s would
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MRSA The patient safety problem of interest to me that I have chosen to talk about is MRSA. “MRSA” stands for Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Staphylococcus Aureus or “Staph Aureus” for short. ( SARI‚ 2007). MRSA is transferred from person to person through a bacteria (germs). Many people carry this germ. It is estimated that one in three people are carriers of this germ (CDC Gov 2013) but it is not always harmful - these people would have it on their skin or in their nose‚ but
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Before a patient or doctor can go into surgery‚ there are many steps you must go through first. Both patient and doctors must put on a clean gown‚ scrub cap or hairnet‚ and specially for the doctor‚ scrub in. This is an important task to do‚ the insure bacteria does not spread. When a patient prepares for their surgery‚ there are informed to start weeks or days prior. Normally it begins with the patient to stop taking a blood thinning pain medicine (if they use it) such as Advil to prevent your
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A Noiseless Patient Spider by Walt Whitman is a poem written in free verse. It has two stanzas with five lines. The poem’s theme is showing how someone or Whitman‚ he could be referring to himself‚ tries to find their way in a huge and unending world. People will throw their threads looking for somewhere to anchor down and live‚ just like the spider in the poem. The promontory and the area around it and the spider symbolize just how big the world is around us. It can be difficult for us to settle
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much or how little should physicians care for their patients without becoming attached or appearing aloof? Is it a physician’s responsibility to provide comfort in the midst of dying or should teamwork with a counselor or chaplain be sufficient? These are questions I don’t have the answers to‚ but I am hopeful that throughout the duration of this course I may gain a better understanding of how to answer these questions for myself. The third patient Dr. Ylitalo and I visited was a 75 year old man who
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following approaches is best for a nurse seeking an answer to a clinical question related to patient care?| A)|using intuition to answer the question| B)|asking the clinical nursing supervisor| C)|reading a textbook about the subject| D)|reading current research on the topic| 2.|The conscious and intentional use of research and theory-based information to make decisions and answer clinical questions about patient care delivery is referred to as:| A)|research utilization review| B)|evidence-based
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Abnormal Psychology Assessment. Abnormal Psychology. For this assignment I have chosen a patient ‘Mary’ who was diagnosed with ‘Anorexia Nervosa’‚ from a clinical placement‚ on an adult acute ward. In order for me to ensure confidentiality has/will be maintained throughout the assignment I have used an assumed name for my selected patient as well as keeping the trust anonymous. The assignment is divided into several different sections‚ the first part will be a description of the disorder‚
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Coping Strategies of Family Members of Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients Prepared by: ( The Hashemite University School of Nursing Foundations of Nursing Theories Course 2013/2014 Supervised by: Dr. Jamila Introduction Many studies that reflect the importance of coping to environmental stress because without coping to it we can’t deal of any thing around us‚ every day all of people exposed to stress regardless its severity. Coping as a term has many definitions‚ according
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