The Legalization of Drugs and its Outcomes The growing tensions and violent acts have shaped America negatively due to the everlasting War on Drugs between the government and the subversive people. People dying from overdoses and diseases‚ prisons overflowing with inhuman conditions‚ and violence have played a big role in shaping the American society. What kind of an example will we set for the future generations and how are we going to save our children from the dangers of illicit and unlawful
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Preventing Patient Falls in Inpatient Hospital Settings Introduction For the most part‚ hospitals are places where one comes for healing and it is place where our clients should feel safe and away from harm. Nurses have an important role as a patient advocate and are to provide all clients with safe‚ compassionate‚ and quality care at all times. Nonetheless‚ the hospital can also be a dangerous place for inpatients. It is a foreign environment to clients and there may be alterations in their
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The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA). Regarding for the first records manager‚ there are a programmed plan that consisted of records management project and a freedom of information (FOI) project need to develop. The programmed should include the survey process‚ policy by the NPSA and also updating the policy and approach. Keywords: NPSA‚ appraisal and retention scheduling‚ pilot survey‚ policy and approach 1.0) Introduction of the article In July 2001‚ The National Patient safety (NPSA) was
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Article Review: Increasing RN-BSN Enrollments: Facilitating Articulation through Curriculum Reform Karl Jennette Transitions in Professional Nursing Increasing RN-BSN Enrollments: Facilitating Articulation through Curriculum Reform Introduction There is a significant need to increase the BSN enrollment as the majority of new nurse enrollment is at the associate degree in nursing level (Spencer‚ 2008‚ 312). It will be discussed‚ based on the article; Increasing RN-BSN Enrollments: Facilitating
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DIPLOMA IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE Level 3 Promote and Implement Health and Safety in Health and Social Care 4222/306 HSC 037 Second submission. LEARNER NAME Gill Ball LEARNER WORK-BASE Timberdine City & Guilds REG. NUMBER PRC8727 ASSESSOR’S NAME Sue Francis Assessment Centre Number: 024995 Worcestershire County Council Learning‚ Development and Well-being Vocational Assessment Centre County Hall Spetchley Road Worcester WR5 2NP Guidance for Learners on completing their workbooks If you
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Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient Confidentiality: Ethical Implications to Nursing Practice Patient confidentiality is a fundamental practice in healthcare and it is integral part of healthcare ethical standards (Purtilo & Dougherty‚ 2010). According to the American Nurses Association (ANA) code of ethics “the nurse has a duty to maintain confidentiality of all patient information” (Nursing world‚ p.6). Also‚ when a patient confidentiality
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Cultural Safety Principles Assignment BNKH501 Z Group 2010001919 29/03/12 Monigue Dalziel 1610 words Garrod‚ A. (2002). Cultural safety: Living with a disability. Whitireia Nursing Journal‚ 9‚ 14-19. Every unique person living with a disability is part of a wider disability culture. This culture shares their experiences‚ values‚ beliefs and their general ways of life. Within a population‚ the disability culture has minimal power due to being the minority. Annette Garrod reminds us about
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Patient advocacy requires nurses to support and protect their patients. Nurses often find themselves in ethically questionable situations that conflict with their personal and professional morals. Sometimes‚ speaking out for the patient requires them to demonstrate moral courage—for instance‚ in the face of conflicting loyalties‚ in highly charged conflict situations‚ or when the patient’s rights are being violated. This article provides an overview of moral courage‚ defines important terms‚ examines
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in a society. Cultural safety established as a concept in nursing practice in New Zealand with respect to health care for Maori people and later it progressed to provide quality care for people from different ethnicities and cultures. Therefore‚ nurses must provide the care within the cultural values and norms of the patient‚ otherwise which diminishes‚demeans or disempowers the cultural identity and well-being of an individual (Wepa‚ 2005). The definition of Cultural Safety given by New Zealand Nursing
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Patient confidentiality In a television episode of ER which aired on NBC in 2000‚ Carol Hathaway became aware of risky sexual behaviors that had led to a 14 year old girl having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) and cervical cancer. Prior to finding this information out‚ Carol Hathaway had promised the patient that she would not tell anyone about whatever the patient discussed with her. But upon realizing the high risk of the girl’s behavior‚ Carol Hathaway came to find herself in a dilemma of
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